Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Real Women Have Curves (2003)
- Dir. Patricia Cardoso
Feat. America Ferrera - A natural antidote to Hollywood silicone, this tells the charming coming–of–age story of an ‘ordinary’ Mexican–American…
Singing Behind Screens (Cantando dietro i paraventi) (2003)- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Bud Spencer, Davide Dragonetti - Visually opulent Italian epic directed by Ermanno Olmi (THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS) set in coastal China and centred on a plucky widow who takes her…
Thirteen (2003)
- Dir. Catherine Hardwicke
Feat. Holly Hunter, Evan Rachel Wood, Nikki Reed - Startling depiction of a young teenager who spins out of control as she falls in with the wrong crowd and beyond the reach of her struggling…
Uptown Girls (2003)- Dir. Boaz Yakin
Feat. Brittany Murphy, Dakota Fanning, Heather Locklear - Effectively fluffy comedy of teenage bad manners and pre–pubescent precociousness has Brittany Murphy playing an airhead pop–star who…
Whale Rider (2003)- Dir. Niki Caro
Feat. Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton… - A stirring, widely–acclaimed adaptation of Witi Ihimaera’s novel about a young girl’s struggle to win the approval of her patriarchal…
A Tale of a Naughty Girl (Mondo Meyer Upakhyan) (2002)- Dir. Buddhadev Dasgupta
Feat. Samata Das, Rituparna Sengupta, Arpan Basar - Caught between the push of tradition and the pull of the promise of a new life, a bright prostitute's daughter runs away to Calcutta to escape a…
Banger Sisters, The (2002)- Dir. Bob Dolman
Feat. Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush - Cute comedy about the reunion of two rock groupies from the 70s, one of whom is still living the life (Goldie Hawn), the other (Susan Sarandon) has…
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)- Dir. Gurinder Chadha
Feat. Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers… - Adding exotic, gender–twisting charm and two vivacious performances to the underdog–feelgood formula, this…
Between Strangers (2002)- Dir. Edoardo Ponti
Feat. Sophia Loren, Pete Postlethwaite, Mira Sorvino… - The lives of three quite different women move into thematic proximity in this lightweight, but worthy drama. As played by Loren, Sorvino and…
Blue Car (2002)- Dir. Karen Moncrieff
Feat. Agnes Bruckner, David Strathairn - A rites–of–passage drama of distinction, this is realistic and affecting in its account of a high–school student whose flair for…
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