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Successful actress returns to her family home in rural Austria to visit her ailing father and her sister who spent her whole life taking care of him and her family. The reunion is marked by jealousy, introspection and a secret.Read More »

A former prostitute working at a Swiss reform school meets a girl who reminds her of herself.Read More »

Jim Tudor, screeanarchy.com
Margarette von Trotta found Ingmar Bergman a long time ago. She recollects as much in her new documentary about the iconoclast Swedish filmmaker, Searching for Ingmar Bergman, an excellent, excellent effort which she goes ahead and stars in. She was a young lady, living in late-1950s Paris, when her Nouvelle Vague-obsessed cohorts dragged her to a screening of Bergman’s first internationally acclaimed masterpiece, The Seventh Seal. Read More »

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Un milliard dans un billard is a 1965 French romantic crime film directed by Nicolas Gessner. Bond-style gadgetry is used in this situation comedy about the amateur thief Bernard (Claude Rich) who meets his match in the felonious female pro Bettina (Jean Seberg), and the amateur teaches the seasoned veteran crooks a new angle. ~ Dan Pavlides. All Movie Guide.Read More »

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The construction of the Great Western Railroad creates heavy conflict between the railway company and neighboring Indian tribes. Worse, criminal gang leader Santer sets his eyes on a gold mine located on holy Indian land and influences the construction supervisor to re-rout the planned railroad straight through Apache land. Old Shatterhand, who works as a measurement technician, discovers the evil plan and searches contact with the Apaches in an effort to avert war.Read More »

Kerstin floats stoically across the Mecklenburg Lake District in her red GDR kayak. She glides aimlessly across the water for days on end, between tourism and dreariness, endeavouring to remain alone. The many rivers and lakes are familiar to her. But where does Kerstin come from? What is she fleeing from? Who is chasing her? The uniformity of this journey is broken when Alima appears, who finally asks the paddling loner the right questions.Read More »

A quirky east German family embark on a voyage to Naples in their beloved Trabant, passing by various regions and their stereotypical inhabitants along the way. The family have to address issues both technical and personal along the way.Read More »

“Heinz Emigholz opens his latest, Slaughterhouses of Modernity, with a voice. This would have normally been shocking as Emigholz’s austere “Photography and Beyond” series of films lack any sort of voiceover, preferring the subjects (always architecture) to do the talking themselves. Oftentimes, this means an overview of an architect’s career (Perret in France and Algeria or Maillart’s Bridges) or an attempt to compare and contrast the details of certain works (Two Museums or Two Basilicas). Read More »

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Keller, a painter, while at the ballet is impressed with the beauty of Nicole and sketches her head on the body of a nude model. When it is shown, it causes embarrassment to Nicole’s husband, Walter, a diplomat whose career is threatened. Nicole decides to get a divorce to ease things. She sees Keller, who tries to make amends for the trouble he has caused. Nicole resumes her singing career in nightclubs, and Keller agrees to help her get a divorce.
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