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Roberto Rossellini – La Nave Bianca aka The White Ship (1941)
Quote: La Nave Bianca is a movie about a group of firemen on a Italian battleship, that takes part in…
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John Cromwell – Jalna (1935)
In this adaptation of author de la Roche’s chronicle of the passionate lives of the strange Whiteoaks of Jalna, their…
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Roy Andersson – En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron AKA A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)
Synopsis: Like modern times’ Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Sam and Jonathan, two travelling salesmen peddling novelty items, take us…
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Alessandro Blasetti – Resurrectio (1931)
PLOT SYNOPSIS: Desperate because abandoned by his lover (V. Alexandrescu), orchestra conductor hesitates: to kill himself, or kill her? He…
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Vittorio De Sica – Maddalena, zero in condotta AKA Maddalena, Zero for Conduct (1940)
Miss Elisa teaches commercial correspondence in a girls’ school, where, customarily, all the letters are sent to a certain Mr.…
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Helmut Käutner – In jenen Tagen aka Seven Journeys (1947)
Synopsis: Told in seven chapters, Käutner’s first postwar film portrays the lives of average people overwhelmed and traumatized by the…
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Brian De Palma & Wilford Leach & Cynthia Munroe – The Wedding Party (1969)
This independent film was a joint effort by Sarah Lawrence theatre professor Wilford Leach and two of his students, protégé…
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Johannes Grenzfurthner – Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)
Instant Cult Film from Austria. Allegedly on a €5.000 budget! Brilliant commentary on the Euro Crisis, international politics, internet and…
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Walter Hugo Khouri – O Palácio dos Anjos aka The Palace of Angels (1970)
Synopsis: In São Paulo, the greedy Bárbara is not happy with her work in a loan and investment company. When…
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