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Jûzô Itami – Marutai no onna AKA Woman in Witness Protection (1997)
Synopsis:Following the release of his Minbo No Onna — less a film than a textbook on how to extricate oneself…
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Maurice Gleize – Le récif de corail AKA Coral Reefs (1938)
Brisbane, Australia, late 1910s. A man on the run from a murder charge buys a place as a stowaway on…
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Ivan Andonov – Vchera AKA Yesterday (1988)
Quote:The second half of the 60s. The era of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, the sexual revolution and the…
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Nanni Moretti – La cosa (1990)
From: Cinema On Cinema: Self-reflexive Memories in Recent Italian History Films, by Tiziana Ferrero-RegisNanni Moretti’s documentary, La cosa (The Thing,…
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João César Monteiro – A Comedia de Deus AKA God’s Comedy (1995)
Quote:This bizarre satiric comedy stars writer/director Joao Cesar Monteiro as Joao de Deus, who runs a small ice cream parlor…
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Takashi Miike – Tengoku kara kita otoko-tachi AKA The Guys from Paradise (2000)
Quote:Allegedly based on a number of true cases, The Guys From Paradise is a prison story set in the Phillipines…
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Harun Farocki – Zwischen zwei Kriegen AKA Between Two Wars (1978)
Quote:A film about the time of the blast furnances – 1917-1933 – about the development of an industry, about a…
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Ettore Scola – Romanzo di un giovane povero (1995)
Two neighbors, young Vincenzo and old Mr. Bartoloni, are utterly unhappy. On the one hand Vincenzo must lead a miserable…
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Claudio Guerín – La casa de las palomas AKA The House of the Doves (1972)
Synopsis:‘This Spanish/Italian melodrama concerns the rivalry between a mother and her daughter for the affections of a rakish drifter. The…
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