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Subgenre Sampler

 
GuantanameraGuantanamera (1996)
Dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio
Feat. Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorria
A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
Horseman on the RoofHorseman on the Roof (1996)
Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Olivier Martinez
Strapping melodrama in the old–fashioned Errol Flynn milieu set during the cholera epidemic of 1800s France. A tale of chivalry, loyalty and…
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're DeadNobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead (1996)
Dir. Agustin Diaz Yanes
Feat. Victoria Abril, Pilar Bardem
Alcoholic and reluctant whore Victoria Abril turns a few clever tricks on a Mexican mob's laundering operation. A Spanish pulpy fiction grafted with…
O'QuatrilhoO'Quatrilho (1996)
Dir. Fabio Barreto
Feat. Fabio Barreto, Mariana Pellegrino Barreto
Steamy Latino variant on the patented love–triangle/adultery story, set among immigrants newly settled in turn of the century Brazil, freshly…
Other Side of Sunday, TheOther Side of Sunday, The (1996)
Dir. Berit Nesheim
Feat. Marie Theisen, Bjorn Sundquist, Hildegun Riise
Yearning to discover the 'other side' of life in 1950s Norway, teenager Marie Theisen evades her harshly religious father to explore the amorphous…
PonettePonette (1996) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Doillon
Feat. Victoire Thivisol
Staying at her Aunt's provincial cottage after the accidental death of her mother, a four–year–old girl comes to terms with death, while…
Prisoner of the MountainsPrisoner of the Mountains (1996) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Feat. Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr, Susanna Mekhraliyeva
A Tolstoy fable is here seamlessly transposed to the Chechean conflict, with two Russian soldiers apprehended by a Chechean village elder who hopes…
Pure Formality, APure Formality, A (Una pura formalità) (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski
A chilling interrogation of an elusive murder suspect transpires under weather most foul. Roman Polanski and Gerard Depardieu face–off…
Satan ReturnsSatan Returns (1996)
Dir. Allan Lam
Feat. Chingmy Yau, Donnie Yen
On a rash mission to find the devil's daughter, a cult member with strange powers resorts to wrenching the hearts (and we mean literally) of women…
Self Made Hero, ASelf Made Hero, A (1996)
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Mathieu Kassovitz
Mattieu Kassovitz (director of LA HAINE) proves to be no slouch actor here as a WW2 idler who swats up and cheekily ascends the ranks of the…

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