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Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Angst vor der Angst AKA Fear of Fear (1975)
Margot, who lives in a comfortable middle class apartment, fears that she is losing her mind after having had her…
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Carl Theodor Dreyer – Præsidenten AKA The President (1919)
Quote: It perhaps comes as no surprise, given Carl Theodor Dreyer’s lifelong, idealized melancholy over his own unresolved parentage, that…
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Bent Hamer – Eggs (1995)
Quote: Two brothers in their seventies, Pa and Moe, have lived together all their lives in a little house in…
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Nacer Khemir – Tawk al Hamama al Mafkoud AKA Le collier perdu de la colombe AKA The Dove’s Lost Necklace (1991)
Synopsis: The story revolves around Hassan, who is studying Arabic calligraphy from a grand master. Coming across a fragment of…
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Carl Theodor Dreyer – Der var engang AKA Once Upon a Time (1922)
Quote: Once upon a Time (a.k.a. Der var engang) is an atypical film for the Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer,…
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Marco Bellocchio – Marcia trionfale AKA Victory March (1976)
Synopsis: The drawbacks and difficulties of military life are explored in this film. Paolo Passeri (Michele Placido) is a college…
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Nacer Khemir – Les baliseurs du desert AKA The Wanderers (1986)
Synopsis: A teacher is assigned to a remote desert village that is obsessed with a mysterious buried treasure and whose…
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Johannes Schmid – Agnes (2016)
The non-fiction author Walter falls for the physics student Agnes. He is fascinated by her extreme attitude towards life and…
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Carlos Jaureguialzo – Matrimonio AKA Marriage (2013)
Quote: Argentine director Carlos Jaureguialzo offers a fine take on the challenge with Matrimonio (Marriage), which will have its world…
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