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SheitanSheitan (2006)
Dir. Kim Chapiron
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, Roxane Mesquida
A gaggle of young hedonists on a bender expend their energies at a disco and are invited by pouting barmaid Mesquida (A MA SOUER) to her remote…
Singer, TheSinger, The (Quand j'étais chanteur) (2006)
Dir. Xavier Giannoli
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Cecile De France, Mathieu Amalric
Gerard Depardieu works his rotund charm as a journeyman lounge singer, crooning his way through half–empty nightclubs while forging an unlikely…
Sinking of Japan, The Sinking of Japan, The (Nihon chinbotsu) (2006)
Dir. Shinji Higuchi
Feat. Ko Shibasaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Japan is posited as a submerging island nation in this cloying, ultra–earnest disaster movie, based on the (oft–told) theory that seismic…
Still LifeStill Life (Dong) (2006) Recommended
Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
Feat. Zhao Tao
Another arresting globalisation story from China's leading contemporary filmmaker, situated on the banks of the Yangtze River, where once thriving…
SuddenlySuddenly (Underbara älskade) (2006)
Dir. Johan Brisinger
Feat. Michael Nyqvist, Anastasios Soulis, Moa Gammel
Quality Swedish drama explores themes of grief and solace in its portrait of a bereaved family man, who must come to terms with the sudden death of…
Syndromes and a CenturySyndromes and a Century (2006) Aro Favourite
Dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Feat. Arkanae Cherkam, Jaruchai Iamaram, Nu Nimsomboon
A rural hospital surrounded by Thailand's evergreen jungle is the setting for this blissful meditation on memory and desire, shot in the exquisite…
TaxidermiaTaxidermia (2006) Recommended
Dir. Gyorgy Palfi
Feat. Csaba Czene, Gergely Trócsányi
Grostesque though exquisitely crafted oddity from the dir. of HUKKLE degenerates well beyond the threshold of bad taste in its history of three…
Tell No OneTell No One (Ne le dis à Personne) (2006)
Dir. Guillaume Canet
Feat. Francois Cluzet, Marie-Josee Croze, Andre Dussollier
Convoluted yet propulsive French thriller about a man whose deceased wife contacts him eight years after her supposed murder, triggering a quest to…
Them Them (Ils) (2006) Recommended
Dir. Xavier Palud, David Moreau
Feat. Olivia Bonamy, Michael Cohen, Adriana Mocca
French horror that takes the 'home invasion' subgenre to chilling new heights, sees a young couple terrorized in their home by unseen intruders.…
Tiger and the Snow, TheTiger and the Snow, The (2006)
Dir. Roberto Benigni
Feat. Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi
Italian jester Roberto Benigni unites comedy and tragedy within the throws of the Iraq war, playing a poet who follows his true love (real life…

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