This is the DOGMA film number 20.
An excellent film about dominating factors in theatre schools over innocent apprentice acting students. Their relations with teachers, directors, stress and competition in auditions, etc. A moving topic pseudo-document realistic film.
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Vincent Lannoo – Strass (2001)
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Jacques Boigelot – Paix sur les champs AKA Peace Over the Fields (1970)
1961-1970ArthouseBelgiumDramaJacques BoigelotQuote:
Peace in the Fields takes place around 1925. Stanne a wealthy Flemish farmer, is alleged to have murdered his fiancée 20 years before. Although the case against him was dismissed fierce resentment still burns between his family and that of Johanna, the victim’s mother. And then the farmer’s son falls in love with the girl’s younger sister. Johanna forbids their marriage and her old enemy starts to feel again the pangs of conscience, the need to confess the crime.Read More » -
David Greene – Bella Mafia (1997)
1991-2000CrimeDavid GreeneDramaUSAIMDB plot summary : When Sofia marries into a Mafia family, she doesn’t know what she’s getting into. When her husband, all her brothers-in-law, and her father-in-law are murdered by a rival family, Sofia, her mother-in-law and her sisters-in-law swear to get revenge upon the family.Read More »
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Artan Minarolli – Gjallë AKA Alive! (2009)
2001-2010AlbaniaArtan MinarolliDramaSynopsis:
In a country where tradition is constantly at war with modernity, Koll is a college student set on enjoying his youth to the fullest. When his father dies and he is forced to assume responsibility for an ancient crime, Koll is thrust into the gruesome, feudal heart of contemporary Albania…Read More » -
Joseph Cedar – Medurat Hashevet AKA Campfire (2004)
2001-2010DramaIsraelJoseph CedarPlot Outline: a story of one woman’s personal battle for acceptance, but also a portrait of a political movement that has forever affected millions of lives in the Middle East.Read More »
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William A. Seiter – Hired Wife (1940)
1931-1940ComedyScrewball ComedyUSAWilliam A. SeiterSynopsis:
Kendal Browning is a secretary in love with her boss, Stephen Dexter, a man who every spring succumbs to his weakness for blondes. Much to Kendal’s chagrin, Stephen’s current affliction is model Phyllis Walden. When Stephen’s cement company is threatened with a takeover by one of his competitors, Stephen’s attorney, Roger Van Horn, suggests that Stephen marry and put his assets in his wife’s name, thus averting the danger of takeover. Stephen foolishly dispatches Kendal to bring back Phyllis as his bride, but Kendal cleverly tenders Stephen’s proposal in such a way that Phyllis rejects him, thereby making Kendal Stephen’s bride by proxy. On their wedding night, Kendal confesses her deviousness to Stephen, who throws her out until he realizes that his new wife owns everything. Read More » -
Kultur Films – Artists of the 20th Century – Salvador Dali (2004)
USA2011-2020ArthouseDocumentaryKulturArtists of the 20th Century – Salvador Dali movie was released Apr 13, 2004 by the Kultur Films Inc. studio. An enlightening view of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Artists of the 20th Century – Salvador Dali video These definitive biographies are accompanied by a visual analysis of the artist’s major work.
ARTISTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY is a series that presents a look at the major artists of the century Artists of the 20th Century – Salvador Dali film. This program examines the life of Salvador Dali and the social, artistic and political circumstances that led to the unique style he created Artists of the 20th Century – Salvador Dali review.Read More »
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Jean Negulesco – Phone Call from a Stranger (1952)
Drama1951-1960Film NoirJean NegulescoUSAOn a flight from Chicago to Los Angeles via Iowa, lawyer David Trask gets to know three of his fellow passengers as one technical issue after another leads to delays and unscheduled stops along the way. Those three are physician Dr. Robert Fortness, struggling actress with the stage name Binky Gay, and loud salesman Eddie Hoke, who is both quick with a joke and quick to show off a photograph of his beautiful wife, Marie Hoke. Below the surface, the three have deeper stories, which are bringing them back to Los Angeles and which Dr. Fortness and Binky divulge to David. Dr. Fortness, an alcoholic, is returning to own up to his drunken part in the death of a friend, and his wife Claire’s complicity in the matter. Binky, after being away in New York for a year, is returning to her husband, Mike Carr, hoping to take him away from his overbearing mother, former vaudeville star Sally Carr, who still basks in her former but no longer shining glory, and who is the cause of any marital problem she and Mike have had as she sees Binky as competition in every sense of the word. Because of an incident en route and his burgeoning friendship with them, David feels compelled to help them resolve their issues. Specifically in dealing with Eddie’s life, David is forced to reflect on his own and the reason he left his home in Midland City, Iowa.Read More »
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Lucrecia Martel – Zama (2017)
2011-2020ArgentinaDramaLucrecia MartelBased on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires. Read More »








