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The most exuberant set piece in the acutely sensitive Set Me Freefinds two girls blithely spurning the puppy-dog attentions of the boys at a dance party to hold hands and exchange gazes. As in much of her autobiographical coming-of-age tale, director Léa Pool uses long, steady close-ups to limn the girls’ discovery of each other, coaxing tender, unaffected performances from her two young actresses. They stand on the precarious threshold of adolescence, when physical love has not yet divided into erotic and platonic categories.Read More »
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Léa Pool – Emporte-moi AKA Set Me Free (1999)
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Amo Bek-Nazaryan – David Bek (1944)
Drama1941-1950Amo Bek-NazaryanArmeniaWar

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David Bek (died: 1728) was one of the most prominent figures of the Armenian liberation movement against the Safavid and Ottoman occupying forces. In 1722-25 with direct support from Mkhitar Sparapet, he headed the armed struggle of Syunik (particularly from Kapan) and Artsakh Armenians against Safavids, which led to the slaughter and expulsion of Muslims from the Turkic villages of the Kapan and Meghri districts of Eastern Armenia, that were destroyed by him. In 1726-28 Armenians under the leadership of David Bek fought with Ottoman forces, that were attempting to conquer Transcaucasia.Read More » -
Annette Haywood-Carter – Foxfire (1996)
Annette Haywood-CarterDramaUSA

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them…Read More »
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Yorgos Tzavellas – Mia zoi tin ehoume AKA We Only Live Once (1958)
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Robin Davis – J’ai épousé une ombre aka I Married a Dead Man (1983)
Robin Davis1981-1990DramaFranceThrillerHeavily pregnant Helene (Nathalie Baye) is on a train, on the run from her abusive boyfriend (Richard Bohringer), when she meets the also-pregnant Patricia. When a train-crash kills Patricia and her intended husband, Helene is mistaken for her and adopted by her new in-laws. Helene assumes this new identity, trying to secure a future for her baby, and finds a charmed life on a Bordeaux vineyard. However, the specter of the past threatens her newfound happiness.Read More »
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Marcel Carné – La Merveilleuse Visite AKA The Marvelous Visit (1974)
1971-1980DramaFantasyFranceMarcel CarnéQueer Cinema(s)

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Jean stars as an angel who has fallen from heaven and landed in a picturesque French village.
Nursed back to health by the local priest and his helper, he returns the favor in a surprising fashion.Un matin, le recteur d’un petit village breton découvre le corps d’un jeune inconnu gisant nu sur la grève.
Au presbytère où on l’a transporté, l’inconnu retrouve ses esprits et déclare
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Satyajit Ray – Pratidwandi aka The Adversary (1970)
1961-1970ClassicsDramaIndiaSatyajit RaySiddhartha Chowdhury, a brilliant medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father’s sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job.Read More »
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Satyajit Ray – Jana Aranya AKA The Middleman (1975)
1971-1980DramaIndiaSatyajit RayA bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.Read More »
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Arthur Penn – Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
1961-1970Arthur PennCrimeDramaUSA
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1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde’s criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympatico to his goals in life. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has a few obstacles to happen. Read More »




