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Why Didn't Anybody Tell Me It Would Become This Bad in Afghanistan

Rated: 0 | 125 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: Observing the world around him through an iron-barred apartment window in Amsterdam, a disillusioned veteran of the war in Afghanistan reflects on the frailty of man, the fragility of self and the inherent isolation of everyday life. Dutch filmmaker Cyrus Frisch directs and stars in this stunning study in abstraction, a Tribeca Film Festival selection that was shot entirely through the lens of a cell phone camera.
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And the Ship Sails On

Rated: 0 | 218 Views Released Year: 1984

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: On the eve of World War I, a luxury liner leaves Italy with a motley cargo of artists, royals and a quixotic rhinoceros -- all on a mission to scatter the ashes of a world-renowned diva. Director Federico Fellini's quirky, imaginative fable delivers a stylized world of curious aristocrats who keep the plot moving with their own dramas, unaware of looming events that will change their lives forever.
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Love and Anger

Rated: 0 | 173 Views Released Year: 1969

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Carlo Lizzani, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Jean-Luc Godard pool their considerable talents for this cinematic exercise that presents five stories spanning the gamut of human emotion, from the heady passions of ardor and rage to chilling apathy. Set against the turbulent social and political backdrop of the 1960s, the short, thematically linked vignettes paint a larger portrait of a volatile decade.
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My Brother Is an Only Child

Rated: 0 | 196 Views Released Year: 2007

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: In a small Italian town, two disparate brothers come of age during the 1960s and '70s. Accio (Elio Germano) and Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio) remain close despite their opposing political views, but when they both fall for the same woman, the rift between them grows. Taking place over a 15-year period, this comic drama directed by Daniele Luchetti explores Italy's changing sociopolitical landscape through the brothers' turbulent relationship.
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Umberto D.

Rated: 0 | 184 Views Released Year: 1952

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: Bankrupt and lonely, an old man (Carlo Battisti) considers committing suicide. Since he has only a devoted dog and a maid (Lina Genneri) as his companions, things look bleak -- until one day when the old man's luck changes, giving him new hope. Director Vittorio De Sica's touching portrait of one man's effort to retain his pride in the face of adversity is a treasure of Italian post-war cinema.
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8 1/2

Rated: 0 | 159 Views Released Year: 1963

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: Dog-tired movie director Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) retreats to thoughts of yesteryear when his producers, his wife (Anouk Aimee) and his mistress (Sandra Milo) all pressure him to start making another movie. Director Federico Fellini's semiautobiographical rumination on the joys and rigors of filmmaking -- as well as lovers past and present -- won two Oscars: Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design, Black-and-White.
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L'Age D'Or

Rated: 0 | 171 Views Released Year: 1930

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: Iconoclastic director Luis Bunuel trumpets his trademark critiques of religion and bourgeoisie society in this surrealistic, 1930 film -- which retains the power to shock its audience. As a nameless man and woman (portrayed by Gaston Modot and Lya Lys, respectively) attempt to consummate their sexual desire, the forces of righteousness continually thwart their passion. Artist Salvador Dali penned the provocative script.
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Daughters of the Sun

Rated: 0 | 154 Views Released Year: 2004

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: This Iranian drama was recognized at the Montreal festival of World Cinema as the Best First Feature by filmmaker Mariam Shahriar. Following in the trend of recent movies celebrating the strength of Iranian women, the film tells the story of a young woman who pretends she's a man in order to get a job at a local carpet factory. Her secret is safe until a female colleague develops feelings for her. Stars Altinay Ghelich Taghani and Soghra Karimi.
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Diary of a Chambermaid

Rated: 0 | 157 Views Released Year: 1964

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: This wicked adaption of the Octave Mirbeau novel is classic Luis Buñuel. Jeanne Moreau is Celestine, a beautiful Parisian domestic who, upon arrival at her new job in provincial 1930s France, entrenches herself in sexual hypocrisy and scandal with Buñuel regulars Michel Piccoli (as a philandering husband) and Muni (as his l'amour fou).
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Diary of a Country Priest

Rated: 0 | 133 Views Released Year: 1950

Genre: Foreign Art House
About: The priest of Ambricourt (Claude Laydu) is a reserved and dedicated young man whose inability to mesh in social situations causes him to feel isolated from the very population he's supposed to be serving. Adding to his troubles are his health problems, which make him unable to carry out his obligations. Growing ill and ever more confused as to what his life really means, the priest is further distanced from his village and from God.
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