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Jean-Jacques Jauffret – Après le sud AKA Heat Wave (2011)
A modern drama freely based on real events. One sweltering afternoon in the south of France, four lives intersect: those…
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Claude Lanzmann – Un vivant qui passe AKA A Visitor from the Living (1997)
In 1979, while making his epochal Holocaust film, “Shoah,” Claude Lanzmann filmed this interview with Maurice Rossel, a Red Cross…
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Radu Mihaileanu – La source des femmes (2011)
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual…
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Aldo Fabrizi – La famiglia Passaguai AKA The Passaguai Family (1951)
PLOT SYNOPSIS: From the comedy “Cabin 27”, by Anton Germano Rossi. One Sunday at the beach of Ostia of cavalier…
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Alexander Kluge – News From Ideological Antiquity Marx-Eisenstein-Capital [Theatrical Cut] (2010)
Quote: It’s settled: we’re going to film CAPITAL on Marx’s scenario–the only logical solution. –Sergei Eisenstein, Oct 12, 1927. This…
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Éléonore Faucher – Gamines AKA Sisters (2009)
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother.…
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Émile Cohl – Fantasmagorie (1908)
Description: Cohl made “Fantasmagorie” from February to May or June 1908. This is considered the first fully animated film ever…
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Kaspar Jancis, Ülo Pikkov & Priit Tender – Frank and Wendy (2005)
Two American secret agents – Frank and Wendy – are sent to the world’s hotbed of danger, known as Estonia.…
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Rouben Mamoulian – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [+Commentary] (1931)
The film, made prior to the full enforcement of the Hays code, is remembered today for its strong sexual content,…
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