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La Maison de NinaLa Maison de Nina (2005)
Dir. Richard Dembo
Feat. Agnes Jaoui, Sarah Adler, Katia Lewkowicz
Quietly accomplished French drama focused on the relationships within the fragile structures of the 'houses of hope': houses run by surrogate mothers…
Sophie Scholl: The Final DaysSophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005) Recommended
Dir. March Rothemund
Feat. Julia Jentsch
An interesting and worthy companion piece to the excellent DOWNFALL, this necessarily grim drama looks at the trial of 21–year–old…
Speer And Hitler: The Devil's ArchitectSpeer And Hitler: The Devil's Architect (2005)
Dir. Heinrich Breloer
Feat. Sebastian Koch, Tobias Moretti
Painstaking docu–drama attempts to reevaluate the war crimes of one Albert Speer, Third Reich celebrity and Hilter’s personal architect…
Brotherhood of WarBrotherhood of War (Tae Guk Gi) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Kang Je-Gyu
Feat. Jang Dong-Gun, Won Bin, Lee Eun-Joo
Deemed as one of the most graphic and violent war films ever made, this tells the story of two South Korean brothers (Bin and Dong–Gun) who…
DownfallDownfall (Der Untergang) (2004) Aro Favourite
Dir. Oliver Hirschbiegel
Feat. Bruno Ganz, Thomas Kretschmann, Juliane Kohler
Widely acclaimed for its claustrophobic intensity, intelligence and detail, this vivid re–enactment of the last ten days in the life of Adolf…
Innocent VoicesInnocent Voices (Voces inocentes) (2004)
Dir. Luis Mandoki
Feat. Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela
The tumultuous upheaval of civil war is witnessed through the eyes of a terrified 12–year–old boy, whose approaching teenage years spell…
Life is a MiracleLife is a Miracle (Zivot je cudo) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Emir Kusturica
Feat. Slavko Stimac, Natasa Solak
Another feverish, frenetic and heartfelt vision from Balkan dir. Emir Kusturica (UNDERGOUND), attempting here to fathom and unknot the bloody Bosnian…
Operation ValkyrieOperation Valkyrie (Stauffenberg) (2004)
Dir. Jo Baier
Feat. Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Hardy Kruger
Highly credible Germanic take on the failed 'Valkyrie' plot to assassinate Hitler favors sobering realism over Hollywood heroism. Made for German…
Sun, TheSun, The (2004)
Dir. Alexandr Sokurov
Feat. Robert Dawson, Issey Ogata
A lucid, painstaking portrait of Emperor Hirohito, whose authority over Japanese troops during WWII is contrasted against intimate scenes of…
Trilogy 1: The Weeping MeadowTrilogy 1: The Weeping Meadow (To Livadi pou dakryzei) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Theo Angelopoulos
The first part of an intended trilogy of films dealing with 20th century Greece, this monumental epic depicts the travails of a Greek refugee family…

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