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In this simple family drama from Iran, two children invent an intricate plan to conceal the loss of a pair of shoes. Ali (Amir Farrokh Hashemian) and his sister Zhara (Bahare Seddiqi) are living in a poor neighborhood. Their mother is suffering from illness and their father is overworked and underpaid. When Ali is sent out to pick up his sister's shoes, a blind street peddler accidentally swipes them. Afraid that he will get a beating if his parents find out, he and Zhara concoct a plan by which...
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When Emma Kusters' husband, a low-level factory laborer, snaps on the job, killing his foreman and sacrificing his own body to the machinery, it leaves her alone and the focus of a feud between the liberals and conservatives of the German government. As the political battle heat up, Emma faces the intrusion of a hypocritical leftist couple who insinuates themselves into her life in order to make a political example of her personal loss. Fassbinder's satire of liberal Socialism and his critical view...
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Mathilde (Sandrine Kiberlain) is an unhappily married woman whose dissatisfaction manifests itself in kleptomania, fainting spells, and sexual frigidity. All attempts at conventional therapy fail until she meets a mysterious doctor (Francois Berleand) who suggests alternative methods such as feng shui and hypnosis. But as Mathilde's mental state improves, she experiences a sexual awakening that threatens her physician husband Nico (Vincent Lindon). This intense psychological drama from acclaimed...
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This drama from director Fatih Akin (HEAD-ON) catapults audiences through an unforgettable journey from Turkey to Germany. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE) explores the relationship between a father and son, as well as the contentious issues of immigration and bureaucracy. Nejet isn't pleased with his father's new girlfriend, a prostitute named Yeter, until he discovers that Yeter is actually a stand-up single parent with a good heart. But, when Yeter suddenly passes away, she leaves in...
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Ursula (Brigitte Bardot) is a convent girl vacationing in Spain, when she meets Lamberto (Stephen Boyd), a vicious criminal, who murders her uncle and seduces her aunt (Alida Valli). The pair of misfits then flee the scene and hide in the mountains, turning their backs on the law and morality. Once again paired up with director Roger Vadim (...AND GOD CREATED WOMAN), Bardot sizzles and sets the screen on fire.
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Living quietly and very much alone, aging bachelor Andres is disturbed by the loud parties thrown by his young neighbor, Mariana. When he alerts the police to one of her gatherings, she plots a cruel revenge. Mariana begins sending Andres anonymous love letters, inventing a desperate, suicidal secret admirer for the old man. Concerned and intrigued, he hires a private detective to locate the phantom woman. The deception turns even more cruel when the detective hires a prostitute to play the writer...
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Marcos (Marcos Hern�ndez) is a chauffeur who lives an impoverished existence with his family in Mexico City. His day job offers him a glimpse of a world far beyond his reach, as he drives the fabulously wealthy and beautiful daughter of a general around the town. Fed up with his meagre existence, Marcos turns to crime, but bungles the chance to make his family wealthy and instead puts all their lives under threat. Directed by Carlos Reygadas (JAPON), BATTLE IN HEAVEN paints a stark contrast between...
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The LONE WOLF AND CUB series chronicles the adventures of disgraced Shogun assassin Ogami Itto and his infant son Daigoro, who sell their services to people in need while traveling the countryside in search of revenge against the hit squad who killed Itto's wife. In this sixth and final film of the series, Ogami faces his ultimate challenge when all remaining members of the enemy Retsudo clan band together for a face-off on a snowy battlefield.
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Incredible selection of rare, out-of-print and foreign films Carmen (DVD) [D2843]
Carmen is one of the few indisputable masterpieces of its time to be composed for a small theater and Glyndebourne provides a heaven-sent backdrop for this sizzling Peter Hall production. "Bizet's score sounds miraculous in this theatre. " FINANCIAL TIMES. The accent is on stark realism and dramatic intensity. An electrically vivid Carmen is portrayed by Maria Ewing ".a rare combination of gifted singer and outstanding actress" SUNDAY TELEGRAPH. Bizet's famous Spanish gypsy is matched with the sentimental...
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Agnes Dumont (Brigitte Bardot) anonymously writes a best-selling and scandalous romance novel, for which her highly respectable father, a stuffy government official, ships her off to a convent. Instead, the coquettish Agnes escapes to Paris, where she lives with her brother, a guide at the Balzac museum, and attempts to earn money by entering a striptease contest!
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Features: DVD Features: Region [unknown] Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Discographies Photo Stills DVD-ROM Features: Weblinks Desktop Images Playlist: 1. Vote For Love 2. Children Of The Underworld 3. Cain 4. Brighter Than The Sun 5. To Have And Have Not 6. Whatever That Hurts 7. I Am In Love With Myself 8. In A Dream 9. Wings Of Heaven...
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This allegory for contemporary Argentinean society follows a computer programmer who is left wandering aimlessly through the remote countryside. He meets a succession of equally directionless souls, painting a biting portrait of a nation whose people have lost the will to be productive and don't know where to turn for inspiration.
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This double-feature contains the Ernst Lubitsch-directed romantic comedies THE OYSTER PRINCESS (1919) and I DON'T WANT TO BE A MAN (1918). The first film concerns an American oyster tycoon's attempts to marry off his daughter. The second film follows a teenage girl's attempts to pass as a boy in order to not be held down by society's expectation of females.
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A special online chat room is inhabited by young people who like to put themselves in dangerous situations and then tell others about their experiences. When certain members of the room start getting out of control, though, others express a desire to leave the chat room. Soon certain participants are found murdered, striking fear in those who want to get out of the destructive social circle. Director Jacoba Rispa combines an attractive young cast and elements of popular Hollywood horror thrillers...
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