Drama

  • Laurent Cantet – Jeux de plage (1995)

    Laurent Cantet1991-2000DramaFranceShort Film
    Jeux de plage (1995)
    Jeux de plage (1995)

    18 year old Eric, on vacation in the South with his parents, decides to escape the stifling situation especially with his 50 year old father, and join a group of fellow youth.Read More »

  • Serge Friedman – Les magiciennes (1960)

    1951-1960DramaFranceMysterySerge Friedman
    Les magiciennes (1960)
    Les magiciennes (1960)

    Pierre, a young pianist, goes to Munich for the funeral of his father, the great Alberto, a famous illusionist. Everything surprises and shocks him in this fairground world where he feels like a foreigner. He is however very attracted by a beautiful young girl who is part of the troop, Hildegret. Pierre discovers that under this identity, for the needs of the show, are actually hiding two twin sisters Greta and Hilda. And the illusion has only just begun.Read More »

  • Jules Dassin – 10:30 P.M. Summer (1966)

    Jules Dassin1961-1970DramaUSA
    10 30 P.M. Summer (1966)
    10 30 P.M. Summer (1966)

    During a thunderstorm, Greek alcoholic Maria, her English husband, Paul, their small daughter Judith, and traveling companion Claire seek refuge overnight in a small Spanish hotel. While drinking Maria observes Paul and Claire embracing on a balcony and is strangely excited.Read More »

  • Takeshi Sato – Chocolate to heitai aka Chocolate and Soldiers (1938)

    1931-1940DramaJapanTakeshi SatoWar
    Chocolate to heitai (1938)
    Chocolate to heitai (1938)

    Chocolate and Soldiers (チョコレートと兵隊, Chokorēto to Heitai) is a 1938 Japanese war film directed by Sato Takeshi and one of the most effective Japanese propaganda films of the late 1930s. The American director Frank Capra said of Chocolate and Soldiers “We can’t beat this kind of thing. We make a film like that maybe once in a decade. We haven’t got the actors. It shows the common Japanese soldier as an individual and as a family man, presenting even enemy Chinese soldiers as brave individuals. It is considered to be a “humanist” film, paying close attention to the human feelings of both the soldier and his family. Cinema theorist Kate Taylor-Jones suggests that Chocolate and Soldiers provided “a vision of the noble, obedient and honourable Japanese army fighting to defend the emperor and Japan.” (from wikipedia)Read More »

  • Denis Côté – Hygiène sociale AKA Social Hygiene (2021) (HD)

    Denis Côté2021-2030ComedyDramaFrance
    Hygiène sociale (2021)
    Hygiène sociale (2021)

    Antonin is a bit of a dandy. He has a way with words that could have made him a famous writer, but instead mostly serves to get him out of trouble.Read More »

  • Roberto Rossellini – Un Pilota ritorna aka A Pilot Returns (1942)

    Roberto Rossellini1941-1950DramaItalian Cinema under FascismItalyWar
    Un Pilota ritorna (1942)
    Un Pilota ritorna (1942)

    A Fascist pilot, Lt. Gino Rossati (Massimo Girotti), is flying a bombing run from Italy to Greece in the early spring of 1941. He is shot down by British aircraft and becomes a prisoner of war, first of the British and later the Greeks. In one of the prison camps, he falls in love with Anna (Michela Belmonte), the teenage daughter of an Italian doctor. During a bombardment by the Italians, he is able to escape by stealing a British plane. He returns home, although wounded, and lands in time to hear the reports of Greece’s surrender.Read More »

  • Milena Aboyan – Elaha (2023)

    2021-2030DramaGermanyMilena Aboyan
    Elaha (2023)
    Elaha (2023)

    Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?

    5 wins, 7 nominations.Read More »

  • Terry Gilliam – The Zero Theorem (2013)

    Terry Gilliam2011-2020DramaFantasyUnited Kingdom
    The Zero Theorem (2013)
    The Zero Theorem (2013)

    Quote:
    The Zero Theorem casts Christoph Waltz as Qohen Leth, an egghead data processor who is given a mission to make order out of chaos. This being a production by Terry Gilliam – the rambling mad uncle of British cinema – Qohen Leth is clearly screwed from the outset. The Zero Theorem is a sagging bag of half-cooked ideas, a dystopian thriller with runaway dysentery, a film that wears its metaphorical trousers around its metaphorical ankles. In fits and starts, I quite enjoyed it.Read More »

  • David Evans – Fever Pitch (1997)

    1991-2000ComedyDavid EvansDramaUnited Kingdom
    Fever Pitch (1997)
    Fever Pitch (1997)

    Hornby adapted the book for the screen and fictionalized the story, concentrating on Arsenal’s First Division championship-winning season in 1988-89 and its effect on the protagonist’s romantic relationship. Firth plays “Paul Ashworth”, the character based on Hornby, a teacher at a school in North London, and his burgeoning romance with Sarah Hughes (Ruth Gemmell), a new teacher who joins Ashworth’s school. The film culminates with the real life events of Arsenal’s match against title rivals Liverpool in the final game of the season on May 26, 1989, a Michael Thomas last-minute goal giving Arsenal the 2–0 win they needed to win the title.Read More »

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