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Subgenre Sampler
Vertical Ray of the Sun, The (At the Height of Summer) (2001)- Dir. Tran Anh Hung
Feat. Tran Nu Yen-Khe, Nhu Quynh Nguyen, Le Khanh - Conjuring once more the scent, hue and atmosphere of Vietnam, the dir. of SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA depicts the complicated sisterhood of three women in…
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…
Farewell - Brecht's Last Summer, The (2000)
- Dir. Jan Schutte
Feat. Josef Bierbichler, Monika Bliebtreu, Elfriede Irrall - Prior knowledge of the life of playwright Bertolt Brecht (played by Josef Bierbichler) will enhance this accomplished chamber–drama, set at an…
Me You Them (Eu Tu Eles) (2000)- Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Feat. Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia - Set in the arid hinterlands of Brazil, this serio–comic study of rural polyandry has Regina Case (Brazil’s Oprah Winfrey) hitch up three…
Shower (Xizhao) (2000)- Dir. Zhang Yang
Feat. Pu Cunxin, Zhu Xu - A popular success with international audiences, this Chinese comedy is centred around a modern–day bathhouse in Beijing without a…
Bleeder (1999)- Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Kim Bodnia - Hard–nosed drama about a brooding man who turns destructive when he learns of his girlfriend’s pregnancy in…
Cabaret Balkan (The Powder Keg) (1999)- Dir. Goran Paskaljevic
Feat. Nikola Ristanovski - Troubling split–portrait of the Serbian psyche, depicting a series of often violent incidents over the course of a single night in Belgrade,…
Colour of Paradise, The (1999)- Dir. Majid Majidi
Feat. Mohsen Ramezani - A gripping, compassionate study of a blind Iranian boy’s attempts to connect with his egotistical father and a carpentry tutor when he is taken to…
La Veuve de Saint-Pierre (Widow Of Saint-Pierre) (1999)- Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Emir Kusturica, Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil - In 1850, on a tiny island near Canada, an oafish Emir Kusturica is sentenced to die by guillotine. While waiting for an executioner to arrive from…
Lies (Gojitmal) (1999)- Dir. Jang Sun-Woo
Feat. Kim Tae Yeon, Lee Sang Hyun - Highly controversial in its native Korea (the source novel was banned) this tale of S&M sex–addiction between a schoolgirl and an older…
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