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In 1900, an ambitious young man goes to Paris to make a fortune there. He will naturally get rich but by becoming a dreaded bandit. When he falls in love with the woman of his life, he tries to reform. To this end, he joins the colonial army.Read More »
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Based on the epic prose poem by Lautreamont detailing the metaphysical adventures of the sinister Maldoror. This episode involves Maldoror’s hallucinatory encounter with an entity in the form of a glowworm that promises him enlightenment in exchange for the murder of a wraith called Prostitution. Maldoror, enraged, slays the hideous worm and makes love to Prostitution sealing his arcane initiation by which he is enlightened and transformed into a demon enemy of humanity.Read More »
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The story is about a 26-year-old girl who lives alone in the house inherited from her parents.Read More »
A housewife in coastal Kerala sparks quiet rebellion after trying to replace a mattress, challenging patriarchy through small acts of resistance in her journey toward self-liberation.Read More »
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Acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas follows up on the international success of Fin Août, Début Septembre and Irma Vep with this sweeping adaptation of the sprawling three-volume tome by Jacques Chardonne. Set in three chapters spanning from the beginning of the 1900s to after WWI, the first section takes place in the fictional village of Barbazac, located in the Cognac region. Protestant pastor Jean Barnery (Charles Berling) learns of his wife Nathalie’s (Isabelle Huppert) infidelity from the village grapevine and sends his daughter away. At the same time, 20-year-old Pauline (Emmanuelle Beart) returns to the village after the death of her father. Pauline and Jean are almost immediately attracted to each other when they first meet at a ball. Soon Jean installs Nathalie and their daughter in an apartment, files for divorce, and resigns as minister. Read More »
Another Crazy Cats comedy caper, this time bringing them on a whirlwind global tour on a chase after a glorious Aztec treasure.Read More »
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A sumptuous period melodrama; a story of aristocratic star-crossed love by one of Mizoguchi’s favorite authors, Matsutaro Kawaguchi (Ugetsu).Read More »
Shinya Ban returns from the south and is deeply disappointed when he learns,
that his mutual friend Yuriko is marrying Toshio, the son of Zenpei Hamaguchi,
for her obligation. He encouraged the unhappy Yuriko,
and taught her how to make her marriage with Toshio a happy one.
He makes a fresh start as an architect under the care of Ryosuke Shibata,
who had taken care of his father, but Ryosuke’s daughter Sumiko has feelings for him.
Fujie Kakimoto’s son Koichi came to know about Sumiko,
and asked her to marry him after coming to Shinya to ask for her design.Read More »
PLOT: Provincial France at the beginning of the summer break. A family is going south for their holidays, from Burgondy to the Landes (South French Atlantic coast). When Mischka, a difficult old Grandpa, is accidentally left behind at a highway rest stop by his family, he manages to take his own journey with a ragtag group of travelers. This alternative off-beat family of wandering gypsy-misfit include a rocker, Joli-cœur, a teenage runaway, Jane and a male nurse, Gégéne, who’s left his days behind. Spending a few days together, while they seem a disparate group, they all bond and become a new sort of family. A few days in which to come to terms with how to navigate between the family they’re born with and that which they choose.Read More »