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A Day in the Country (1946)Partie De Campagne
Finally released in 1946, ten years after it was shot, Jean Renoir's Partie de campagne was hailed as an 'unfinished masterpiece'. Since then, his masterly adaptation on a Maupassant story has grown in reputation to the point where it has become Renoir's best-loved film. On an idyllic country picnic, a young girl leaves her family and fiancé for a while, and succumbs to an all-too-brief romance. Shot on location on the banks of two small tributaries of the Seine, Renoir's sensuous tribute to the countryside - and to the river - has seldom been surpassed. In its bitter-sweet lyricism, its tenderness and poetic feel for nature, its tolerant satire of bourgeois conventions and its poignant sense of the transience of innocence and love, 'Partie De Campagne' seems to distil the essence of all that is most personal of Renoir's art. - Director:
- Jean Renoir
- Cast:
- Sylvia Bataille, Jane Marken, Georges D'Arnoux
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Falbalas (1945)Paris Frills
Micheline (Micheline Presle), a young woman from the provinces, arrives in Paris to prepare for her marriage to a silk manufacturer from Lyon, Daniel Rousseau (Jean Chevrier). Flush with the romance and excitement of Paris, she ends up falling in love with the best friend of her husband-to-be, the fashion designer Philippe Clarence (Raymond Rouleau). An unremitting womaniser, Clarence seduces her into a tempestuous liaison doomed for failure. - Director:
- Jacques Becker
- Cast:
- Raymond Rouleau, Micheline Presle, Jean Chevrier
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Taza, Son of Cochise (1954)Son of Cochise
In 1872 the long and bloody war fought between United States Cavalry troops and Apache Indians came to an end with the signing of a peace treaty between General Howard and the mighty Chief Cochise. Three years later Cochise lay dead, having bestowed the responsibility of his tribe to his first born son Taza (Rock Hudson). To maintain peace, Taza agrees to cooperate with the US Calvary but in gaining an ally he makes a powerful enemy - the legendary Geronimo. - Director:
- Douglas Sirk
- Cast:
- Rock Hudson, Russell Johnson, Hugh O'Brian
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Rafi Pitts' devastating drama follows a young Iranian woman's struggle to bring her husband's murderers to justice. When her husband is shot dead after being accused of stealing a horse, Sanam (Roya Nonahali) is left with the arduous task of working the family farm alone with her 10-year-old son, Issa (Ismail Amani). As she fights for compensation from the disinterested authorities, the distraught Issa, who witnessed his father's execution, is left alone with his rage and sorrow. Subtle and deeply affecting, 'Sanam' paints a realistic and compelling portrait of the social inequalities that abound in a remote rural community. - Director:
- Rafi Pitts
- Cast:
- Ghorban Ahmadi Galdi, Ismaïl Amani, Ali Reza Amini
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On June 25, 2009 the news of Michael Jackson's death took the world by storm affecting many, especially Khaled (Ahmad EI-Fishawy), a respected junior cleric whose nickname was "Jackson" during his school days. But, what does a preacher have in common with the King of Pop? More importantly, can he now go back to his normal life, or will his memories and relationships with his loved ones raise the most prominent question in his mind? Is he the Sheikh, Jackson, or both? - Director:
- Amr Salama
- Cast:
- Ahmad El-Fishawi, Salma Abu-Deif, Omar Ayman Altounji
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"Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" is writer, producer and director Albert Lewin's lushly romantic visualisation of the often-told legend of the sea. A glamorous Ava Gardner is Pandora, who falls hard for the charismatic James Mason as Hendrik, a 17th-century seaman eternally condemned to sail the oceans. - Director:
- Albert Lewin
- Cast:
- James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick
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Jesmark, a struggling fisherman on the island of Malta, must make an agonising choice: repair his leaking luzzu - the traditional wooden fishing boat that has been in his family for generations - or decommission it and give in to the temptation of illicit dealing on the black market. Featuring a Sundance Film Festival award-winning lead performance from Jesmark Scicluna - a non-professional actor and real life fisherman - Alex Camilleri's acclaimed debut feature takes inspiration from Italian Neorealist filmmakers and offers a glimpse into the beauty of an island rarely portrayed in cinema. - Director:
- Alex Camilleri
- Cast:
- Jesmark Scicluna, Marlene Schranz, David Scicluna
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Belle (2021)Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess / Ryû to sobakasu no hime
Suzu (voice of Kaho Nakamura) is a 17-year-old high school student living in a rural village with her father. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. One day, she enters "U", a virtual world of 5 billion members on the internet. There, she is not Suzu anymore but Belle, a world-famous singer. She soon meets with a mysterious creature. Together, they embark on a journey of adventures, challenges, and love, in their quest of becoming who they truly are. - Director:
- Mamoru Hosoda
- Cast:
- Kaho Nakamura, Ryô Narita, Shôta Sometani
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L'Enfer (1994)Tornment
Paul (François Cluzet) and Nelly (Emmanuelle Béart) have what appears to be the perfect life; happily married, a wonderful son and a successful business in their idyllic lakeside hotel. For Paul it all seems too perfect and he begins to suspect his wife of having an affair. Tormented by nightmares and visions his paranoia soon threatens Nelly as his jealousy descends into madness. - Director:
- Claude Chabrol
- Cast:
- Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone
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The Worst Person in the World (2021)Verdens verste menneske
Acclaimed filmmaker Joachim Trier returns with 'The Worst Person in the World', a wistful and subversive romantic drama about the quest for love and meaning. Set in contemporary Oslo, it features a star-making lead performance from Renate Reinsve as a young woman who, on the verge of turning thirty, navigates multiple love affairs, existential uncertainty and career dissatisfaction as she slowly starts deciding what she wants to do, who she wants to be, and ultimately who she wants to become. As much a formally playful character study as it is a poignant and perceptive observation of quarter-life angst, this life-affirming coming of age story... - Director:
- Joachim Trier
- Cast:
- Renate Reinsve, Mia McGovern Zaini, Anders Danielsen Lie
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Night Moves (1975)The Dark Tower
L.A. detective Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) has problems. Missing persons and bedroom stakeouts are no match for his glory days as a pro-football player. His wife is having a not-so-secret affair. And while sorting things out, he takes on the case of a runaway teenager that may be a lot more than he can handle. - Director:
- Arthur Penn
- Cast:
- Gene Hackman, Neil Brooks Cunningham, Michael Ebert
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Slaughterhouse Five (1972)Slaughterhouse-Five
Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) is an ordinary World War II soldier with one major exception: he has mysteriously become unstuck in time. Billy goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden. - Director:
- George Roy Hill
- Cast:
- Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche
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Paris, 13th District (2022)Les Olympiades, Paris 13e
Set in the French capital's 13th arrondissement, where a predominantly East Asian community resides, Audiard's passionate romance charts the interwoven relationships between four twenty-somethings, played by Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba, Jehnny Beth and Noemie Merlant. 'Paris, 13th District' is a modern story of love and life, reflecting the shifting attitudes towards identity and fidelity. - Director:
- Jacques Audiard
- Cast:
- Sacha Petronijevic, Lucie Zhang, Makita Samba
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Jack London's novel 'The Sea Wolf' had it all: action, mystery and widespread popularity. But Jack Warner, claiming the title was too similar to the studio's 'The Sea Hawk', wanted to give the 1941 film version something else: a new name. Producer Henry Blanke resisted, saying it would be "a detriment to the box office...(like changing) 'Gone with the Wind' to 'Molly from the South'". As film fans know, Molly stayed in the South and the haunting nautical adventure took a big bite out of the box office, becoming one of the top moneymakers of 1940-41. Edward G. Robinson and a superb cast are the hands on deck for this voyage into nightmare. Robinson is Captain Wolf Larsen, a hell-bent seadog who ranks with Moby Dick's Ahab and Mutiny on the Bounty's Captain Bligh. Doom is the mad seafarer's fog-shrouded port of call...and he intends to take a roughneck recruit (John Garfield), 2 castaways (Ida Lupino and Alexander Knox) and his crew (including Gene Lockhart and Barry Fitzgerald) with him. Adventure - and eerie suspense - ahoy! 'The Sea Wolf' was such a box-office hit that it was given a national theatrical reissue in 1947, but to do so, the film was cut to a length of 86 minutes, and remained that length for 70 years. Long thought to exist only in substandard form, Warner Bros, is proud to present this film as first released in 1941, restoring its original 100-minute running time from 35mm nitrate elements. - Director:
- Michael Curtiz
- Cast:
- Edward G. Robinson, Ida Lupino, John Garfield
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Germany, a group of international passengers become entwined with a Nazi plot to assassinate the German peace campaigner Dr Bernhardt (Paul Lukas). As the express train leaves from Paris to occupied Berlin the German, French, American, British and Russian passengers, are not all what they seem. A political assassination n route threatens the planned peace conference, and when Dr Bernhardt is kidnapped, the beautiful Frenchwoman Lucienne (Merle Oberon) recruits the American Robert Lindley (Robert Ryan) and three other passengers to help find the missing doctor. As time runs out, the five must comb the shadowy ruins of bombed-out Frankfurt, with only a few clues to uncover the loyalist Nazi spy ring. - Director:
- Jacques Tourneur
- Cast:
- Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin
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