dspc's - Rented List
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Six Shooter is the BAFTA Nominated, Academy Award winning first film written and directed by acclaimed playwright Martin Mcdonacgh. This Black and Bloody comedy stars Brendan Gleeson and Ruaidhri Conroy alongside The Cream of Irish acting talent. On a train journey home through Rural Ireland, a man whose wife has just died encounters a strange and possibly psychotic young oddball. His outlandish words and actions set in motion a chain of events that lead inexorably to the tale's dark and dangerous conclusion. - Director:
- Martin McDonagh
- Cast:
- Brendan Gleeson, Rúaidhrí Conroy, David Wilmot
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People of the Mountains (1942)Emberek a havason / People on the Alps
'People of the Mountains' is set in a remote Transylvanian community where a woodcutter lives with his young family, working the high mountain forests. Beginning as a lyrical portrait of a long-vanished way of life, the story gives way to the catastrophic impact of industrialisation on the community and the tragedies which follow in its wake. Istvan Szots has been compared to Ford, Dovzhenko and Renoir but this film, shot almost entirely on location and using mostly non-professional actors, was also cited by De Sica and Zavattini as a model for the Italian neorealist movement of the 1940s. Disapproved of by the ruling authorities, the reputation of this powerful and elemental film has continued to grow and it is now considered one of the greatest Hungarian films of all time. - Director:
- István Szöts
- Cast:
- Alice Szellay, János Görbe, Péterke Ferency
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On the morning of the 16th June 1904, Leopold Bloom set out an odyssey that was to become one of the most wonderful tales of the 20th century. Bloom is an enthralling story of lust, loss and love - a fantastical adventure into the imaginations and desires of its three main characters, Stephen Dedalus, Molly Bloom and the extraordinary Leopold Bloom. - Director:
- Sean Walsh
- Cast:
- Stephen Rea, Angeline Ball, Hugh O'Conor
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Electra, My Love (1974)Szerelmem, Elektra
Revolutionary in form as well as content, "Electra, My Love" is one of the great Miklós Jancsó's finest works. Set amidst the open plains and grasslands of Hungary, and shot in twelve long, beautiful, intricately choreographed takes by cinematographer János Kende, it is a provocative call to arms against any system that rules without justice. An expert in the symbolic expression of forbidden political ideas, Jancsó here radically reworks the ancient Greek myth as a philosophical reflection on the dialectics of power and oppression. Electra (seeking revenge for the murder of her father, the former king) attempts to rouse a cowardly and apathetic population against the rule of usurper tyrant Aegisthus. Jancsó's film examines issues of law, justice and power; the deliberate distortion of myth and reality reflecting the real horrors that Hungary had endured and was at that time still enduring. It s relevance for contemporary society is still potent and clear today. - Director:
- Miklós Jancsó
- Cast:
- Mari Töröcsik, György Cserhalmi, József Madaras
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Damnation (1988)Kárhozat
In a small Hungarian town lives Karrer (Miklós Székely B.), a listless and brooding man who has almost completely withdrawn from the world, but for an obsession with a singer in the bar he frequents. The first film in which Hungarian auteur Bela Tarr's fully realised his mesmerising and apocalyptic world view is an immaculately photographed and composed study of eternal conflict: the centuries-old struggle between barbarism and civilization. - Director:
- Béla Tarr
- Cast:
- Gábor Balogh, János Balogh, Péter Breznyik Berg
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Son of Saul (2015)Saul Fia
Saul Auslander (Géza Röhrig) is a member of the Sonderkommando, the Jewish prisoners forced to assist in the machinery of the Nazi concentration camps. While at work, he discovers the body of a boy he recognises as his son. As the Sonderkommando plan a rebellion, Saul vows to carry out an impossible task: to save the child's body from the flames and to find a rabbi to offer the boy a proper burial. - Director:
- László Nemes
- Cast:
- Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn
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After saving the lives of his platoon during the Korean War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) is hailed as a bona fide American hero. This couldn't have come at a better time for his mother (Angela Lansbury) who is hell-bent on boosting the career of his stepfather, a senator straight from the McCarthyite wing of the US political spectrum with designs on the Presidency. So far so familiar - but why does Shaw's former captain (Frank Sinatra) have recurring nightmares that suggest that his distinguished comrade-in-arms might not be all that he seems? - Director:
- John Frankenheimer
- Cast:
- Frank Sinatra, Paul Frees, Laurence Harvey
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Set in Dublin's violent gangland, the award winning Irish series is a hard-hitting and unflinching look at the lives and loves of the criminals who work in the city's drug organisations, the pressures that result in young people joining the gangs and the dangers that they face. It tells the story of the rise and fall of young gang footsoldier Darren (Robert Sheehan), his doomed love for his childhood sweetheart Rosie (Ruth Negga) and their deadly involvement in the dark world of chilling gang kingpin John Boy Power (Aidan Gillen) and his weaselly second in command - and pretender to the throne - Nidge (Tom Vaughan-Lawlor). - Director:
- David Caffrey
- Cast:
- Aidan Gillen, Chris Newman, Robert Sheehan
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From the drawing rooms of the bourgeoisie, where the wealthy clung to Victorian notions of class and privilege, to the miseries of the tenements, where poor families crowded into single rooms, Dublin in the early 1900s was as combustible as bone-dry tinder. Then labour organiser and modern Irish hero Jim Larkin arrived to light the match! - Director:
- Tony Barry
- Cast:
- Bryan Murray, Cyril Cusack, David Kelly
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Bilal (Firat Ayverdi), a 17-year-old Kurdish boy, has travelled through the Middle East and Europe to join his girlfriend, freshly immigrated to England. But his journey comes to an abrupt end when he is stopped on the French side of the Channel. Having decided to swim across, Bilal goes to the local swimming pool to train. There he meets Simon (Vincent Lindon), a swimming instructor in the midst of a divorce. To impress his estranged wife (Audrey Dana) and win back her heart, Simon decides to risk everything by taking Bilal under his wing, and give him shelter and swimming lessons. An ode to the abandoned immigrants trapped on the shores of Calais and the good Samaritans who take risks to help them, the ironically titled Welcome stars popular French actor Vincent Lindon as Simon and talented newcomer Firat Ayverdi as Bilal, in his first role. Although Simon and Bilal develop a sincere father-son relationship, Simon takes the risk of being arrested for helping an illegal immigrant. - Director:
- Philippe Lioret
- Cast:
- Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana
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As all of Ireland north and south of the border voted for peace in the Good Friday referendum, a small group of dissident republicans opposed to the peace process began planning a bombing campaign. They called themselves the Real IRA and selected their target carefully, choosing Omagh, a small market town. Their plan was simple - to create an atrocity so devastating that it would destroy the peace process in its tracks. This BAFTA winning film examines the events and aftermath of August 15th 1998, when a Real IRA bomb claimed thirty one lives. It tells the story of the Omagh Support and Self Help Group as they strive to find the truth of what happened that day. At the heart of the film is the story of Michael Gallagher, who lost his 21-year old son Aiden in the explosion. - Director:
- Pete Travis
- Cast:
- Gerard McSorley, Michèle Forbes, Brenda Fricker
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Elle (2016)Oh!
From legendary filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, 'Elle' is a gripping psychological noir thriller. Starring iconic actress Isabelle Huppert in a career-defining role, 'Elle' follows Michele LeBlanc (Huppert), founder and CEO of a successful video game company, who is attacked in her own home. Upending our expectations, Michele begins to track down her assailant, and soon they are both drawn into a curious and thrilling game, one that at any moment may spiral out of control. - Director:
- Paul Verhoeven
- Cast:
- Isabelle Huppert, Oury Milshtein, Laurent Lafitte
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Zev Guttman (Academy Award Winner Christopher Plummer), receives a mysterious package from his close friend Max (Academy Award Winner Martin Landau), containing a stack of money and a letter detailing a shocking plan. Both Zev and Max were prisoners in Auschwitz, and the same sadistic guard was responsible for the death of both their families - a guard who, immediately after the war, escaped Germany and has been living in the U.S. ever since under an assumed identity. With Max wheelchair-bound, Zev must embark on a crosscontinental road-trip to bring justice once and for all to the man who destroyed both their lives. - Director:
- Atom Egoyan
- Cast:
- Christopher Plummer, Kim Roberts, Amanda Smith
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The Handmaiden (2016)Ah-ga-ssi
In 1930s Korea, during Japanese occupation, Sookee (Tae-ri Kim) is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on an enchanting and lavish estate with her domineering uncle. Yet Sookee has a secret, she has been recruited by a swindler posing as an illustrious Count to spy on the Lady so he can eventually seduce her and steal her fortune. However, this swindler is not the only one with a desire to seduce. - Director:
- Chan-wook Park
- Cast:
- Min-hee Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Jin-woong Jo
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Tell No One (2006)Ne Le Dis A Personne
Relentless edge-of-your-seat suspense, jaw-dropping, high-octane action and a powerful love story combine in what has been hailed by many critics as the best film of the year. 'Tell No One' follows one man's frantic race against time when his tragic past is suddenly and unexpectedly unearthed. Dr. Alex Beck (François Cluzet) is left unconscious after his wife, and childhood sweetheart, Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) is brutally murdered. 8 years on and still unaware of the truth, Alex receives an anonymous e-mail. Clicking on the link he sees a woman's face in a crowd - Margot's face...But before this can sink in, Alex is thrown headlong into a deadly chase - running from both the Police and a team of killers who will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden. - Director:
- Guillaume Canet
- Cast:
- François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier
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