Şöhretini yitirip, bunalıma düşen eski bir sinema aktörüyle, aşık olduğu bir bar hostesinin öyküsü.Read More »
Drama
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Nesli Çölgeçen – Kardesim benim AKA My Brother (1983)
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Kevin Brownlow – It Happened Here (1966)
1961-1970DramaKevin BrownlowUnited KingdomWarIt is the Second World War. The Nazis have invaded Britain. There is a split between the resistance and those who prefer to collaborate with the invaders for a quiet life. The protagonist, a nurse, is caught in the middle.
British film historian Kevin Brownlow was all of 18 when he conceived the idea for this alternate-history film depicting what life in London would have been like if Nazi troops had conquered England in July 1940. Along with his friend and collaborator Andrew Mollo (only 16 at the time), he took eight years to piece the film together using borrowed equipment and begging scraps of film stock from established filmmakers such as Stanley Kubrick.Read More »
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Maryam Touzani – Adam (2019)
Drama2011-2020Maryam TouzaniMoroccoQuote:
Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter, Warda. When Samia, a young pregnant woman knocks on their door, Abla is far from imagining that her life will change forever.Read More » -
Yuval Adler – Bethlehem (2013)
Drama2011-2020IsraelThrillerYuval AdlerSynopsis:
Tells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence.Read More » -
Thomas Brasch – Engel aus Eisen AKA Angels of Iron (1981) (DVD)
Drama1981-1990CrimeGermanyThomas BraschBerlin, 1948/1949. The town is divided into two sectors. The world is close to World War III. West Berlin is kept alive by the biggest airlift in history. While the city is deadlocked, three teenagers set out to fulfil their dreams: Völpel (Hilmar Thate), ex-executioner, receives secret information from Police Headquarters. Gladow (Ulrich Wesselmann), 17 years old, wants to be like Al Capone. Lisa Gabler (Katharina Thalbach) dreams of buying Berlins biggest revue venue the ‘Friedrichstadt Palast.’ But suddenly, the droning of the airplanes ceases? Based on a true story from the times of the ‘Berlin Blockade.’Read More »
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Yermek Shinarbayev – Azghyin ushtykzyn’azaby AKA The Place on a Grey Tricorne (1993)
1991-2000DramaKazakhstanYermek ShinarbayevSynopsis
Some days of the young man living in Almaty. Boozes, girlfriends, an idle talk, drugs – here the maintenance of his life. And, seemingly, it for a long time, if not forever. “I didn’t manage to appeal to the Marble Admiral as he turned on heels, precisely the horse who became on racks before the Pole star and specified to me that place on the cocked hat where I will have to carry out the life…”Read More » -
Ilya Khrzhanovskiy & Jekaterina Oertel – DAU. Nora Mother AKA DAU. Nora Mama (2020)
2011-2020ArthouseDramaIlya KhrzhanovskiyJekaterina OertelRussiaOnce just a girl from the provinces, Nora is now married to a successful scientist and lives together with her family within the confines of a secret and privileged Moscow institute. Nora is visited by her mother for the first time since her wedding. Her mother closely observes the atmosphere within the couple’s home, trying to work out whether her daughter is happy. During the course of their intimate conversations the complexity of their contradictory relationship is revealed.Read More »
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Hugo del Carril – Más allá del olvido AKA Beyond Oblivion (1956)
1951-1960ArgentinaCrimeDramaHugo del CarrilQuote:
Más allá del olvido (Beyond Oblivion) is one of the best films made in Argentina and the best Hugo del Carril directed. Based on the novel Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach, this melodrama tells the story of Fernando (del Carril) that cannot get over the premature death of his beloved wife Blanca, so he decides to embark on an extended trip to Paris. There, he meets Monica (Laura Hidalgo), in every way an exact duplicate of his late wife, except that she’s a brazen woman of the streets. No matter; Fernando is soon hopelessly in love and intent on bringing her back home and making her into the woman she’s supposed to be; for her part, Monica imagines that she may have stumbled upon a very good deal.Read More » -
Efthimis Kosemund Sanidis – II (2014)
2011-2020DramaEfthimis Kosemund SanidisGreeceShort FilmAn old groom walks in the open horizon towards a bride waiting for him. They meet but the distance between them starts to grow once again.Read More »









