dspc's - Rented List
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The Witnesses (2007)Les Temoins
This moving and powerful drama from the acclaimed director of 'Alice and Martin' and 'Strayed' follows the lives of a group of friends and lovers in 1980s France. Handsome young Manu (Johan Liberau) arrives in Paris where he shares a cheap hotel room with his sister (Julie Depardieu). He soon strikes up a platonic friendship with fifty-something Adrien (Michel Blanc) who introduces Manu to his friends Sarah (Emmanuelle Beart) and her partner Mehdi (Sami Bouajila). Unexpectedly, sparks fly between Manu and Mehdi and the two embark upon a secret and passionate affair that will ultimately change everybody's lives. - Director:
- André Téchiné
- Cast:
- Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila
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Noi Albinoi (2002)Nói albínói / Noi the Albino
Is he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi (Tómas Lemarquis) drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland, cut off from the outside world by a shroud of snow. He dreams of escape from this white-walled prison with Iris (Elín Hansdóttir), a pretty young city girl who works in a local gas station, but his clumsy breaks for freedom spiral out of control and seem doomed to end in failure. - Director:
- Dagur Kári
- Cast:
- Tómas Lemarquis, Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, Elín Hansdóttir
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In 'Rosie', award-winning Irish novelist Roddy Doyle brings his signature brand of warmth and authenticity to a modern story of a Dublin family who have found themselves with nowhere left to go. Hailed as the most important Irish film of the year, 'Rosie' follows a young mother as she searches to find a room for the night for her family - a tense race against time as the hours count down and their options run out. Set over 36 hours, 'Rosie' tracks a normal family faced with impossible choices and exposes just how easy it is to slip through the cracks. Directed by Paddy Breathnach, 'Rosie' is a cinematic tour de force about love, family and how you protect your children when you have nowhere to call home. - Director:
- Paddy Breathnach
- Cast:
- Sarah Greene, Moe Dunford, Ellie O'Halloran
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Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)Ugetsu
In 16th century Japan, amidst the pandemonium of civil war, potter Genjuro (Mori Masayuki) and samurai-aspirant Tobei (Ozawa Sakae) set out with their wives in search of wealth and military glory, respectively. Two parallel tales ensue when the men are lured from their wives: Genjuro by the ghostly charm of Lady Wakasa (Kyo Machiko); Tobei by the dream of military glory. - Director:
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Cast:
- Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka
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Middle-aged farmer, Donal (Nigel O'Neill), is content to lead a simple, quiet life, sharing his home in a little Irish village with his increasingly frail mother, Florence (Stella McCusker). He works the fields during the day and drinks in the local pub at night. The only indication he may wish for something more is an old campervan, which he has lovingly restored. His peace is shattered one evening when he returns to find Florence murdered in an apparent home invasion, a ruthless act that sees Donal setting off for Belfast in his little red van, on an impulsive, furious mission for vengeance. What he finds is a world of violence and brutality that he can't understand, and deep-rooted family secrets that will shake him to his core. - Director:
- Chris Baugh
- Cast:
- Nigel O'Neill, Susan Lynch, Józef Pawlowski
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The life and controversial death of Vincent van Gogh as told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them. Beginning a year after his demise, this portrait of the artist is built via a series of interviews conducted by Armand Roulin (Booth) - a regular model for the artist's portraits - who becomes obsessed with van Gogh's death, caused by a bullet wound to the stomach. Was it an accident? Was it suicide? 'Loving Vincent' sets out to explore one of art's great mysteries, a unique film created using over over 65,000 hand painted frames and features music from the award winning composer Clint Mansell (The Fountain; Black Swan). - Director:
- Dorota Kobiela
- Cast:
- Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Robert Gulaczyk
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Award-winning writer/director John Butler (The Stag) returns with a charming story of the unlikely friendship between two boarding school roommates - music-mad Ned (Fionn O'Shea) and macho rugby player Conor (Nicholas Galitzine). In this funny and observant tale, i the boys take an instant dislike to each other but are/ encouraged by their teacher (Andrew Scott) to find their own voices and defy the status quo. - Director:
- John Butler
- Cast:
- Fionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott
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Of Horses and Men (2013)Hross í oss
Winner of the Best New Director award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Benedikt Erlingsson's critically acclaimed debut feature 'Of Horses and Men' is a darkly comic country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Set in the stunning Icelandic countryside, love, death and sex become interlaced in this playful, affectionate yet unflinching portrait of a remote valley community as seen from the horses' perspective. - Director:
- Benedikt Erlingsson
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- Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Charlotte Bøving, Steinn Ármann Magnússon
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A woman disappears. Four marriages are drawn into a tangled web of love, deceit, sex and death. Lantna is an intriguing psychological thriller about love, infidelity and mistrust. It's about the mistakes we make, the consequences we suffer and the attempts we make to fix things up. Detective Leon Zat (Anthony La Paglia) moves through a dark labyrinth of human relationships on his journey to sove the mystery of a woman's disappearance. - Director:
- Ray Lawrence
- Cast:
- Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey
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"My Rembrandt" is set in the world of the Old Masters and offers a mosaic of gripping stories in which unrestrained passion for Rembrandt's paintings leads to dramatic developments and unexpected plot turns. While art collectors such as Eijk and Rose-Marie de Mol van Otterloo, the American Thomas Kaplan and the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch show us their special connection with 'their' Rembrandt, French baron Eric de Rothschild puts two Rembrandts up for sale, triggering a hard political battle between the Rijksmuseum and the Louvre. The film also follows aristocratic Dutch art dealer Jan Six as he seems to be on the trail of not just one but two 'new' Rembrandt paintings. This nerve-wracking journey of discovery seems to be the realisation of his biggest boyhood dream. - Director:
- Oeke Hoogendijk
- Cast:
- Jan Six, Duke of Buccleuch, Eric de Rothschild
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The men of the Kirby family are drowning - in secrets, lies and tortured memories. David Wenham (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Hugo Weaving (The Matrix) and Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under) star in this powerful, multi-award winning epic of the struggle to survive every family's worst nightmare. Despite outward appearances, a dying relationship, fading dreams and personal failures are tearing brothers Alex, Toby and Marty apart - but it is the Kirby patriarch, Cliff, whose own devastating history is now threatening to destroy them. In the face of this painful truth, there is nowhere for the Kirby clan to hide - and no way their lives will ever be the same. - Director:
- Brendan Maher
- Cast:
- David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Samuel Johnson
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Mel Gibson delivers an electrifying performance in directors Peter Weir's compelling story of friendship and adventure between two Australian soldiers in 1915. They cross continents and great oceans, climb the pyramids and walk through the ancient sands of Egypt to join their regiment at the fateful battle of Gallipoli. The echoes of history blend with the friends' compelling destiny as they become part of a legendary World War I confrontation between Australia and the German allied Turks - a battle that is to Australians what the Alamo is to Americans. - Director:
- Peter Weir
- Cast:
- Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Kerr
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Our Little Sister (2015)Umimachi Diary
Sachi, Yoshino and Chika are three sisters living happily together in a relaxed seaside town south of Tokyo. When their long-estranged father passes away they meet their shy teenage half-sister at his funeral. Bonding quickly, they invite the orphaned Suzu to live with them and she eagerly agrees, sparking a journey of self-discovery for all four sisters, looking back into painful pasts in order to reach forward to more hopeful futures. - Director:
- Hirokazu Koreeda
- Cast:
- Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho
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Thirteen-year-old Laura (Susannah Fowle), an incorrigible free spirit from the Australian outback, is enrolled in a prestigious girls' boarding school. The indoctrination process is a rough one, and Laura very nearly loses her individuality and sense of self-worth. When she does mature, however, it is on her terms, and not the school's. - Director:
- Bruce Beresford
- Cast:
- Julia Blake, Dorothy Bradley, Kay Eklund
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As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian-based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic Jose Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President. - Director:
- Robert Connolly
- Cast:
- Bea Viegas, Christine Martins, Ana Rosa Mendoça
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