Subgenre Sampler
Bread and Tulips (2000)
- Dir. Silvio Soldini
Feat. Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Marina Massironi… - When 40–something housewife Licia Maglietta is deserted by her family during vacation, she seizes on a chance to roll the romantic dice once…
Circle, The (2000)
- Dir. Jafar Panahi
Feat. Brano Holicek, Pavlina Mourkova, Jeri Pecha - Banned its native Iran, this compendium of linked stories circumscribes the various oppressions women must suffer under that country’s strict…
City of Lost Souls (2000)- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Teah , Michelle Reis, Ren Osugi - Another turbo–charged piece of blood–drenched lunacy from prolific genre stylist Takashi Miike, marked out by its Brazilian protagonist…
Code Unknown (2000)- Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Arsinee Khanjian, Thierry Neuvic… - Perhaps dir. Haneke's (THE PIANO TEACHER) least straightforward effort, this sketches a series of interconnected storylines loosely bound by themes…
Comedie de L'Innocence (Comedy of Innocence) (2000)- Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Balibar, Charles Berling - A spooky psychological thriller, in which a young boy of nine tells his mother (Huppert) that in fact he is the son of another woman. When this…
Crimson Rivers, The (2000)- Dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
Feat. Jean Reno, Vincent Cassel - A bizarre murder in the French Alps draws detectives Jean Reno and Vincent Cassel into the killing–cycle of a particularly grisly…
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)- Dir. Ang Lee
Feat. Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi… - A fantasy–fuelled, Chinese feudal melodrama laced with jaw–dropping combat sequences (arguably the best ever staged), this represents a…
Day I Became a Woman, The (2000)- Dir. Marziyeh Meshkini
Feat. Fatemeh Cherag Akhur, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh - A trio of strong metaphorical tales that outline three aspects of “a woman’s lot” in contemporary Iran, with humour and cinematic…
Dead or Alive 2 (Tobosha) (2000)- Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Shinya Tsukamoto - Understated yet rewarding sequel to the mind–blowing gangster actioner follows on from the 'end of the world' with an unrelated story, with…
Faithless (2000)- Dir. Liv Ullmann
Feat. Erland Josephson - Formidable high–brow drama directed by actress Ullmann from an autobiographical script by her veteran collaborator Ingmar…
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