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Werner Kissling – Eriskay, a poem of remote lives (1935)
Made in 1934 by an amateur ethnographer and aristocratic German diplomat who had abandoned his country to live in Scotland,…
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Johan Lundh – Den som söker AKA Crestfallen (2013)
Her parents dead, Tuva discovers that she is adopted, and she and her daughter begin trying to find their hidden…
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Zbynek Brynych – O Happy Day aka Seventeen & Anxious aka Heiße Teens aus gutem Haus (1970)
Synopsis (courtesy of Rovi):Seventeen and Anxious was also released as O Happy Day. The film’s alternate title is a reference…
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Benjamin de Lajarte – Les jeux des nuages et de la pluie AKA Games of Clouds and Rain (2013)
Li Qin leaves her tempestuous husband and unknowingly provides a trail for a detective who has been, for months, secretly…
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Herbert Brenon – Beau Geste (1926)
IMDb user commentsBoth this original and the Wellman remake are marvellous Golden Age films – it’s difficult to compare silents…
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Pioniere in Ingolstadt aka Pioneers In Ingolstadt (1971)
A “Three Movie Buffs” review:This early Fassbinder film tells the story of two very different women, both friends, in a…
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Ulrike Ottinger – Taiga (1992)
a review from the New York Times by Stephen Holden:Quote:In the opening moments of “Taiga,” a mesmerizing eight-hour journey into…
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Mitchell Leisen – Suddenly, It’s Spring (1947)
Review SummaryA post-WWII romantic comedy that explores the effects of the war on American marriage, this film stars Fred MacMurray…
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Carl Andersen – Vampiros Sexos AKA I Was a Teenage Zabbadoing (1988)
Synopsis: A female vampire from the planet Arus tries to vampirize the descendants of Dr. Fun Helsing. With her poisoned…
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