| Fires on the Plain Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. In this Japanese anti-war film, acts of cannibalism bring home the terrifying brutality of war. Japanese troops are in retreat in the Philippines. Supplies run out and discipline crumbles. Based on the novel by Shohei Ooka. |
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| The Emergency Exit Wyjscie Awaryjne This film takes place in a small, Polish village at the beginning of the 80s. This is where the Koledowie family lives ... One day Ms. Koledowie finds out she is soon going to become a grandmother. The fear of losing her authority and being involved in a scandal leads her to come up with a really devilish plan. |
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| Fratricide Amidst hopeless squalor, four young exiles -- two Kurds, two Turks -- meet in Germany, unleashing a nightmarish cycle of violence they believed they had left behind. In Turkish, Kurdish & German with English subtitles |
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| Best of Youth La Meglio Gioventù A family epic spanning four decades of social unrest from the 1960s to the 1990s and incorporating such events in Italy's history as the hippy movement, the flood of Florence, the Red Brigades, Mafia scandals, kidnapping and political assassinations. The film focuses on Italian brothers Nicola and Matteo Carati, whose lives take very different paths, divided by politics but bonded by blood. Originally produced in 2003 as a miniseries for Italian television, but never broadcast; released to theaters as a motion picture instead. |
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| 4 Two men and a woman happen to meet in a bar. Through their conversations, both the intriguing and banal details of their lives emerge. But is anyone really telling the truth? Topics are discussed from the meat market, to the president's drinking habit and even the Soviet cloning project. Following their late-night lies, these three strangers journey their separate ways through a surreal and apocalyptic landscape that is the dark heart of new Russia. |
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| Eternity and a Day Mia Aioniotita Kai Mia Mera A celebrated Greek writer, who is terminally ill, sets his sights on one last idyllic day. Embarking on a voyage to relive an idealized time with his long lost wife, his day is interrupted when he happens upon a lost and troubled eight-year-old boy. The two strangers, crossing paths at a special moment in time, share a poignant life experience. |
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| À Tout de Suite Free-spirited art student Lili falls in love with a bank robber and joins him on his cross-continent escape when a sudden betrayal leaves her stranded in the middle of nowhere. |
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| La Petit Lieutenant Antoine has just been transferred from Normandy to Paris. He is happy, but his wife prefers the country. Antoine loves her dearly, but he loves his job just as much. When the body of a drifter is found murdered along the Seine, a seemingly routine investigation suddenly turns violent and forever changes his life. |
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| La Moustache When a man shaves off his mustache, a trademark he's had for years, no one around him notices, instead insisting he's never even had one. Is he going insane, or is this some kind of strange conspiracy? |
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| Great Match La Gran Final The story of three soccer fans, who live in the farthest-flung corners of the planet but are determined to watch the TV broadcast of the 2002 World Cup final. A global comedy featuring a family of Mongolian nomads, a camel caravan of Tuareg in the Sahara, and a group of Indios in the Amazon. In Kazajo dialect (Mongolia), Tamashek (Niger) and Tupi (Brazil), with optional English subtitles; credits in Spanish. |
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