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Julien Duvivier – L’affaire Maurizius AKA On Trial (1954)
Synopsis:Etzel, the son of prosecutor Wolf Andergast, discovers that eight years ago his father condemned Léonard Maurizius to a life…
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Luigi Zampa – Il medico della mutua AKA Be Sick… It’s Free (1968)
Review SummaryThis comedic social satire mercilessly lampoons Italy’s ineffectual health-care system that allows for corruption and mass hypochondria. An ambitious…
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Jaime Bayarri – Neumonía erótica y pasota (1981)
Synopsis:Etzel, the son of prosecutor Wolf Andergast, discovers that eight years ago his father condemned Léonard Maurizius to a life…
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Heinosuke Gosho – Osorezan no onna AKA An Innocent Witch AKA Woman of Osore Mansion (1965)
A rarely seen but important 1965 work by Heinosuke Gosho. Some remarks by Arthur Nolletti, in his book The Cinema…
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Delfina Castagnino – Lo que más quiero AKA What I Love the Most (2010)
Pilar lives in the south. She recently lost her father and is now on her own. María came to visit…
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Rolf Hansen – Die große Liebe AKA The Great Love (1942)
Quote:During a leave in Berlin, Lieutenant Paul Wendlandt, a young Luftwaffe pilot, falls for Anna Holberg, a famous singer, who…
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Nelson Pereira dos Santos – Rio, 40 Graus AKA Rio, 40 Degrees (1955) (HD)
SynopsisA semi-documentary on the people of Rio de Janeiro. The camera follows boys from a hillside shanty town who sell…
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Richard Kern – Tumble (1991)
Quote:Tumble demonstrates Richard Kern’s departure from narrative filmmaking in the early nineties. He was clearly more interested now in photography,…
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Michael Findlay & Roberta Findlay – Mnasidika (1969)
Synopsis:A man awakes from his sleep to discover that he’s in ancient Greece. He witnesses a scantily-clad woman whom he…
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