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Tengiz Abuladze – Natvris khe aka The Wishing Tree (1976)
This adaptation of Giorgi Leonidze’s short stories sees twenty-two episodes coalesce into one phantasmagoric narrative. Set in pre-revolutionary Georgia, it…
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Noribumi Suzuki – Ôoku jûhakkei AKA Dolls of the Shogun’s Harem (1986)
Plot Summary A new shogun is appointed to the throne when his brother dies. He find out that the former…
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Elia Kazan – America, America (1963)
Elia Kazan, ethnic Greek but Turkish by birth, tells the story of the struggles of his uncle – in this…
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Yakov Protazanov – Don Diego i Pelageya aka Don Diego and Pelageya (1928)
Careless and merciless bureaucratic machine turns a case of 80 year old peasant Pelageya Demina about crossing a railroad in…
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Hellmuth Costard – Fußball wie noch nie AKA Soccer As Never Before (1971)
The sun shone on Old Trafford on 12th September 1970 as Manchester United beat Coventry 2:0 in a league match.…
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Raoul Ruiz – La Ville des pirates AKA City of Pirates (1984)
City of Pirates (La Ville des pirates, France/Portugal, 1983) Raúl Ruiz’s City of Pirates is (de)composed under the sign of…
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Sirri Sureyya Onder & Muharrem Gulmez – Beynelmilel AKA The International (2006)
Beynelmilel / International: Co-directed by Muharrem Gülmez and scriptwriter Sirri Süreyya Önder, Beynelmilel / International takes movie-goers to the days…
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Otar Iosseliani – Adieu, plancher des vaches! aka In Vino Veritas aka Farewell, Home Sweet Home (1999)
Review by Scott Tobias: A giant pet stork, with scanning eyes that quietly observe the human folly surrounding it, lends…
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