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Jean-Claude Biette – Loin de Manhattan (1982)
Writer-director Jean-Claude Biette’s 1982 French comedy drama Loin de Manhattan is intriguing and densely scripted, with playful performances and teasing…
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Ettore Scola – C’eravamo tanto amati AKA We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974)
Quote: C’eravamo tanto amati, a tribute to Vittorio De Sica, is not only about the difficult, frustrating post-World War II…
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Manoel de Oliveira – Francisca (1981)
Quote: Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira made this amazing film in 1981, at the age of 72; as powerful as…
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Werner Schroeter – Nuit de chien AKA This Night (2008)
Quote: Werner Schroeter is one of the German new wave’s prophets without honour. He was too confrontationally weird to take…
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Philippe Lesage – Les démons AKA The Demons (2015)
A young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence. A daring, exquisite study of agitated child…
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Luis Buñuel – Un chien andalou (1929)
In a dream-like sequence, a woman’s eye is slit open–juxtaposed with a similarly shaped cloud obsucuring the moon moving in…
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Jean-Pierre Lajournade – Les Souffrances du jeune Werther (1968)
Free adaptation of Goethe. 68’s spleen and rebellion with Garrel Brothers… Adaptation libre du roman épistolaire éponyme et premier roman…
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Ivo van Hove & La Comédie-Française – Les Damnés AKA The Damned (2016)
Ivo van Hove’s first staging with the Troupe marks the entry into the repertoire of the scenario of The Damned.…
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Ingmar Bergman – Ingmar Bergman Bris Soap Commercials (1951)
In 1951 there was a conflict in the Swedish film industry. The production companies had declared a ban on filming…
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