Subgenre Sampler
Foreign Cinema: 3343 Films to Buy & Rent
Zozo (2005)
- Dir. Josef Fares
Feat. Imad Creidi
- Sincere and occasionally dreamlike tale of displacement follows the plight of a 10–year old boy (Creidi) caught in the midst of Lebanon's civil…
2046 (2004)
- Dir. Wong Kar-Wai
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li…
- A companion piece of sorts to IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, this has the seasoned stylist dir. Wong Kar–Wai sketch an impressionistic portrait of loss,…
3-Iron (Bin-jip) (2004)
- Dir. Kim Ki-Duk
Feat. Seung-yeon Lee, Hee Song Jae
- Odd, elliptical love story from the dir. SPRING, SUMMER concerns the blossoming romance between a domestic abuse victim and her savior, a…
36 Quai Des Orfevres (2004)
- Dir. Olivier Marchal
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil
- Gerard Depardieu and Daniel Auteuil partner again for this straight–faced policier as two veteran cops who compete for the top job while trying…
5x2 (Five Times Two) (2004)
- Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stephane Freiss
- Simple and powerful 'deconstruction' of modern marriage, which offers five widely–spaced scenes from the relationship of an average French…
6 AM (2004)
- Dir. Adrian Kwan
Feat. Kenny Kwan, Steven Cheung, Charlene Choi…
- Popular Canto–pop duo ‘The Boy’z’ star in this absurdist gangster tale, playing high school slackers ‘Bowl’ and ‘Noodle’ who…
Ab-Normal Beauty (Sei mong se jun) (2004)
- Dir. Oxide Pang
Feat. Race Wong, Rosanne Wong
- Dir. Oxide Pang's solo followup to THE EYE is also a voyeuristically themed nerve–shredder, set around a young and rich photography student…
Aftermath (2004)
- Dir. Paprika Steen
Feat. Sofie Grabol, Soren Pilmark, Mikael Birkkjaer
- A young couple struggle to cope following the death of their only daughter, in this somber Danish drama starring Sophie Grabol (THE…
Agatha and The Storm (Agata e la tempesta) (2004)
- Dir. Silvio Soldini
Feat. Licia Maglietta, Giuseppe Battiston, Emilio Solfrizzi
- Loosely woven tale of a middle–aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her…
Arahan (2004)
- Dir. Ryoo Seung-Wan
Feat. Ryoo Seung-beom, Yoon So-yi, Ahn Sung-Ki
- Urban martial arts injected with supernatural pep, this effects–laden action comedy has an ultimately limited box of tricks, but provides more…