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Subgenre Sampler

 
Brief CrossingBrief Crossing (2001)
Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Gilles Guillain, Sarah Pratt
Compelling and explicit portrayal of the brief sexual encounter between a naive French teenager and a married English woman who meet on an overnight…
Count of Monte Cristo, TheCount of Monte Cristo, The (2001)
Dir. Josee Dayan
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Ornella Muti, Jean Rochefort
The classic tale of injustice and revenge (by Alexander Dumas), gets respectful treatment in this French TV mini–series starring Gerard…
Crying... Silicon TearsCrying... Silicon Tears (Klama) (2001)
Dir. Thanassis Papathanassiou
One of the biggest hits of recent Greek cinema, this is a lavish parody of 1960s Greek movie melodramas, mixing musical, comedy and suspense into a…
Dark Blue WorldDark Blue World (Tmavomodry Svet) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Jan Sverak
Feat. Krystof Hadek, Ondrej Vetchy, Charles Dance
From the dir. of KOLYA and based on the story of Czech pilots who fled the Nazis in WW2 to fly alongside the RAF, this is an unsentimental, yet…
Devil's Backbone, TheDevil's Backbone, The (Espinazo Del Diablo, El) (2001)
Dir. Guillermo Del Toro
Feat. Eduardo Noriega, Frederico Luppi, Marisa Paredes
This elegant amalgam of melodrama and horror movie set in a boys orphanage during the Spanish Civil War is rich in baroque atmospherics, and features…
Divided We FallDivided We Fall (2001) Recommended
Dir. Jan Hrebejk
Feat. Boleslav Polivka, Anna Siskova, Jaroslav Dusek
In WW2 Czechoslovakia, couple Bolek Polívka and Anna Sisková shelter their Jewish neighbour during the Nazi Occupation, with much absurd comedy…
Dog DaysDog Days (2001) Recommended
Dir. Ulrich Seidl
Feat. Maria Hofstatter, Alfred Mrva, Erich Finsches
A wilfully transgressive Euro–drama examining middle–class dysfunction and despair in a Viennese suburb over a few days in a summer heat…
Eureka Eureka (2001)
Dir. Shinji Aoyama
Feat. Aoi Miyazaki, Koji Yakusho
Unforgettably beguiling Japanese road trip movie shot in sepia–toned cinema scope, following the existential odyssey of a group of emotionally…
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle (2001)
Dir. Philippe Harel
Feat. Benoit Poelvoorde, Jose Garcia
Less sports drama than celebration of the endearingly average, this comical biopic charts the 30–year career of big–hearted, but…
I'm Going HomeI'm Going Home (2001) Recommended
Dir. Manoel de Oliveira
Feat. Michel Piccoli, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Calmly balanced between drama and sly comedy, this excursion into the trials and experiences of old age, is a late tour–de–force by the…

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