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Our story begins with Macunaima’s miraculous birth to an old woman in a tiny jungle settlement. Born full grown, he discovers his life’s purpose which leads him and his family/followers on a journey to the Big City. On the way, more miracles occur, but Macunaima still has the heart and mind of a child. In the Big City, he is co-opted by terrorists who enlist him in their revolutionary schemes. In the Big City he learns that nuts are not always food and other hilarious lessons of life.Read More »
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An old man tells his grandson who has come to visit him for the holidays some local folk tales, from quite old ones to recent ones, dealing more or less with possession, ingenuity and insanity. One may think of Boccace.Read More »
The ten-year-old boy lived through the events of May 1968 hidden away at his grandparents’ house, surrounded by his uncles and great-grandmother, all bivouacked around a mysterious hideout. Adapted from the novel by Christophe Boltanski.Read More »
Three men break into a bank and are pursued by three other men. The burglars have been at this sort of thing for years; the policemen have only been in their jobs for a few months. Two young men chase a girl because they want to learn how to tango, but soon find themselves caught up in a dance for a fortune – even though a million ain’t worth as much as it used to be. Hard work is hardly ever worth it, but it’s always worthwile keeping oneself occupied, says Bruno Markward to Bubi. In order to help his friend, Bubi trains as a bricklayer so that he can knock a hole through the ceiling. But because women are never easy, Bruno the expert winds up in front of the arch-criminal, Lotz, with whom he has already done time not so long ago in the same Nazi prison. Graf the waiter is caught in bed – but not with his wife. Julian, a trainee police inspector who is definitely still wet behind the ears, loses his friend Bubi and his girlfriend Tina, but because he can run faster, he does manage to catch Lubowitz – the fox with the mask. There is a wonderful canary in a supporting role. Berlin, just after the war, between winter and spring, is backdrop for these city-dwellers who find themselves in difficult but also humorous situations.Read More »
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Back from the US to his village in Niger, a man brings western outfits to his close friends, who immediately identify with cow-boys. A bloody western begins in the savannah…Read More »
A young artist in crisis tries to survive in Ljubljana while she attends parties, has a strange relationship with her mentor, sees her best friend leave for Berlin and, gets her period.Read More »
The film is a Drama/Comedy starring DOUG STANHOPE as an alcoholic standup comedian, who gets a second chance in life when he reconnects with the son he’s never known.Read More »
Simple is 26 but he has the intellectual abilities of a three year old. Simple is handicapped. Since the death of his father, he lives with his mother and his younger brother Kléber. But when their mother dies in a car accident, both teenagers are left to their own devices. Kléber is going to take his big brother under his wing but for the two young people life is not a chimera.Read More »
