Fad,Jal is a Serere Senegalese village. At school, children learn, in French, the grammar and history of France. Villagers practice their religion in a church, a vestige of colonialism. At the foot of a tree, the ancestor and a griot tell in Wolof the history of the village to the children, its creation, its customs, its traditions. This is an opportunity to discover the crafts, agricultural techniques and the difficulty of exploiting the land because of the drought. In parallel, the daily Serere is confronted to the governmental policy which appropriates from now on the lands, previously transmitted orally between the villagers.Read More »

Florian Widegger wrote:
‘Goodbye romance – welcome reality’ is the almost programmatic title of one of the songs that accompanies this remarkable film by Siggi Götz and Jess Franco’s former assistant, who died young. The 18-year-old Dave is imprisoned for stealing a motorbike, but fakes a suicide and, chased by law enforcement officers, makes his way through West Berlin, which was surrounded by a wall at the time and is the film’s secret main attraction. First he seeks out his girlfriend, a stripper in one of the city’s hippest clubs, then he settles unfinished business with his ex-client … Schenkel’s official directorial debut – enriched with great punk and new wave music made in West Germany – is a chilly and visually stunning document of the no-future generation. Rightly cult!Read More »

From DVD booklet:
The works recorded here are made by Jun Kurosawa mainly in his years
at university.
The remarks on Jun Kurosawa’s works have been focusing on his
impulse of destruction, which are expressed in degenerative keywords
such as “death” and “thanatos”: whereas aesthetical images are
also often mentioned. Is it because his distinct features help them to
establish such images? The features can be described as “film scratch”
and “harsh noise,” all of which can be found in his masterpieces such
as “NEKO-MIMI (1994)” and “JESUS WITH ONE LEG (1991-1994).”Read More »

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A once-dead man is resurrected by a mysterious old man’s spiritual magic to take revenge on those who killed him.
An unusual and bizarre historical drama with a vaguely Western atmosphere.
Starring the sword-fighting star Kozaburo Ramon, directed by Kenji Shimomura.Read More »

Three performers for six roles: this is the game of the film. A melodrama about two love triangles. In the first, Hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover. In the second, attorney Lamorciere discovers her woman would like to elope with his assistant. During the trial against two murderer lovers, attorney agrees to a minor sentence for them.Read More »

Shown at the Dalisay Theater, 23 April – 2 May 1949, GITANO is a costume picture with plenty of songs and dances.

The story deals with a gaieties and frolics of Gypsies led by Ricardo (Jaime De La Rosa), shown here dancing with Ramona (Rebecca Gonzales).

Through Don Rodolfo (Jaime Castellvi), Ricardo’s group were invited to perform for the former’s lady love, Pepita (Delia Razon), shown her joining the gypsies in their dance.Read More »

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Mateusz (Franciszek Pieczka) lives with his sister Olga (Anna Milewska) in a cottage by a lake. Unsophisticated in life, he is condemned to her care. He is troubled by the thought that Olga might one day leave him. When lumberjack Jan (Virgilius Gryn) appears in his sister’s life, Matthew experiences a drama. The film is based on Tarjei Vesaas’ novel “The Birds.Read More »

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Harry, who lives with Anna and their seven children, works as a barber in a seedy asylum. The patients love him, but his boss is of another opinion. When, not surprisingly, Harry gets the sack and Anna decides to move their family halfway across the globe, he grows a bit weary… In the course of a few summer weeks, a string of strange characters cross Harry’s path: Walter, a mercenary who desperately needs a war in Europe; Jesper, a pornographer who is unfortunately allergic to naked bodies; a seductive plastic surgeon; and finally Sonja…Read More »

A teen, who is the exact double of a rock star, switches places with him so the rock star can spend some time with a “real family.” Each has problems trying to adapt, so they decide to switch back again and appreciate their own families.Read More »