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Subgenre Sampler

 
A Ma Soeur!A Ma Soeur! (For My Sister, aka Fat Girl) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero de Rienzo
An artfully impassive study of sexual predation that takes place during the summer holidays of two teenage sisters – the dumpy Anais Reboux and…
AmelieAmelie (2001) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
A charming romantic comedy stamped with the purely cinematic style of dir. Jean–Pierre Juenet, who here remixes intricate set pieces, editing…
Princess BladePrincess Blade (Shurayuki-Hime) (2001)
Dir. Shinsuke Sato
Post–apocalyptic Japanese samurai action adapted from a graphic novel, employs a stark visual style to convey its tale of a disturbed young…
Read My LipsRead My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos
Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
Girls Can't SwimGirls Can't Swim (Les filles ne savent pas nager) (2000)
Dir. Anne-Sophie Birot
Feat. Isild Le Besco, Karen Alyx, Pascale Bussieres
Moody French coming–of–age drama about two girls, one who lives in the coastal town in Brittany, the other from the city. Best…
All About My MotherAll About My Mother (1999) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Cecilia Roth
Almodovar's "celebration of mother and womanhood" has been hailed as something of a departure for the director, though in fact all of his (beloved)…
An Autumn TaleAn Autumn Tale (1998) Recommended
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Marie Riviere, Beatrice Romand, Alain Libolt
Completing his suite of films based on the four seasons, dir. Rohmer provides another mellow, seemingly unplotted comedy, in which Rhone valley…
Run Lola RunRun Lola Run (1998) Recommended
Dir. Tom Tykwer
Feat. Franke Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu
Runaway foreign–language hit clocks up mileage from a simple conceit – flame–haired punkette Lola has twenty minutes to go like the…
Terrorist, The (1998)
Dir. Santosh Sivan
Feat. Ayesha Dharkar
Discovered and championed by the actor John Malkovich, this intensely concentrated thriller depicts the hardening and training of 19–yr old…
ArtemisiaArtemisia (1997)
Dir. Agnes Merlet
Feat. Valentina Cervi, Miki Manojlovic, Michel Serrault
Study of the first significant female painter, Artemisia Gentileschi, the daughter of Caravaggio's one–time assistant in 17th Century…

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