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Subgenre Sampler

 
Twenty Thirty FortyTwenty Thirty Forty (20 30 40) (2004)
Dir. Sylvia Chang
Feat. Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, Lee Sinji
The destinies of three women in contemporary urban Taiwan – aged 20, 30 and 40 – evolve in parallel as each feels their way through the…
Anatomy of HellAnatomy of Hell (Anatomie De L'enfer) (2003)
Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi
A queasily explicit sex drama about a suicidal woman who challenges (and pays) a promiscuous gay man to participate in an uneasy nightly ritual of…
High TensionHigh Tension (Haute tension, Switchblade Romance) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Alexandre Aja
Feat. Cecile De France, Maïwenn
A grisly yet indeed tense French horror movie directed with stunning virtuosity, about two women whose rural weekend getaway turns horrific when they…
Joy of MadnessJoy of Madness (Lezate divanegi) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Hana Makhmalbaf
An unusual and invigorating self–reflexive documentary created by the teenage sister of acclaimed filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf, during the…
OsamaOsama (2003) Aro Favourite
Dir. Siddiq Barmak
Feat. Marina Golbahari
Though nothing to do with a certain infamous terrorist, this first Afghani film made since the rise and fall of the Taliban also happens to be a…
Singing Behind Screens 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…
A Tale of a Naughty GirlA Tale of a Naughty Girl (Mondo Meyer Upakhyan) (2002) Recommended
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…
Satin RougeSatin Rouge (2002) Recommended
Dir. Raja Amari
Feat. Hiam Abbass, Hend El Fahem
A still–attractive but lonely widow is liberated through the world of belly–dancing in this infectious romantic drama from Tunisia. At…
So CloseSo Close (Chik yeung tin sai) (2002)
Dir. Corey Yuen
Feat. Shu Qi, Karen Mok, Vicki Zhao
Presenting... a heroic trio of femmes for a new generation – a kind of high–octane "Asian Charlie's Angels". This super–flash…
8 Women8 Women (8 Femmes) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Francois Ozon
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart
In the classic whodunnit mould, this whimsical French "thriller" starts with a man’s dead body in a snowbound Alpine manse in the 1950s, and eight…

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