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The Marriage Of Maria Braun and A Swedish Love Story
Among The Wolves
(Country: Belgium, France; Year: 2024; Director: Tanguy Dumortier, Olivier Larrey; Writer: Tanguy Dumortier, Yves Fagniart, Olivier Larrey, Marguerite d'Ollone; Stars: Yves Fagniart, Olivier Larrey)
The life of wolves through four seasons.
Billy And Molly: An Otter Love Story
(Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Charlie Hamilton-James; Stars: Billy Mail, Susan Mail)
When a wild otter in need of help washes up in Shetland it gives Billy a new lease of life.
Daisy Petal Game
(Country: Estonia; Year: 1977; Director: Peeter Simm, Peeter Urbla, Toomas Tahvel; Writer: Peeter Simm, Peeter Urbla, Osvald Tooming, Jaan Tooming; Stars: Arvo Kukumägi, Zoja Tsjurilo, Jaan Brezauski, Aleksandr Habalov, Karl Kalkun, Arnold Altmäe, Elle Kull, Lembit Ulfsak, Külliki Tool, Mikk Mikiver, Rudolf Allabert, Jüri Järvet, Helend Peep, Enn Klooren)
Three timeless tales of love, one bold new wave.
Farewell, Home Sweet Home!
(Country: France, Switzerland, Italy; Year: 1999; Director: Otar Iosseliani; Writer: Otar Iosseliani; Stars: Niko Tarielashvili, Lily Lavina, Philippe Bas, Stephanie Hainque, Mirabelle Kirkland, Amiran Amiranashvili, Joachim Salinger, Emmanuel de Chauvigny, Otar Iosseliani, Narda Blanchet, Yannick Carpentier, Vincent Darasse, Mathieu Amalric, Viviane Bonelli, Viviane Bourguinet)
An aristocratic family lives a double life in a stately castle
Feelings (Jausmai)
(Country: Lithuania; Year: 1968; Director: Algirdas Dausa, Almantas Grikevicius; Writer: Vytautas Žalakevičius; Stars: Regimantas Adomaitis, Juozas Budraitis, Regina Paliukaitytė, Eugenija Bajorytė, Bronius Babkauskas, Laimonas Noreika, Algimantas Masiulis)
It’s the end of the war. Germans are on one side of the Curonian Lagoon, Russians on the other. This difficult time also splits up twin brothers Kasparas and Andrius – one is devoted to his family, the other to political ideals. Both are fighting for survival.
Germany Year Zero
(Country: Italy, France, Germany; Year: 1948; Director: Roberto Rossellini; Writer: Roberto Rossellini, Carlo Lizzani, Max Kolpé, Sergio Amidei, Basilio Franchina; Stars: Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze, Franz-Otto Krüger, Erich Gühne, Heidi Blänkner, Jo Herbst, Barbara Hintz, Adolf Hitler, Karl Krüger, Alexandra Manys, Christl Merker, Gaby Raak, Inge Rocklitz, Hans Sangen)
Twelve-year-old Edmund wanders the ruins of Berlin in search of a way to support his starving family.
Is It Easy To Be Young?
(Country: Soviet Union; Year: 1986; Director: Juris Podnieks; Writer: Abrams Klezkins, A. Klockis, Jevgenijs Margolins, Juris Podnieks)
Documentary about young people living in Soviet Latvia.
The Marriage Of Maria Braun (Die Ehe der Maria Braun)
(Country: West Germany; Year: 1978; Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; Stars: Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Lowitsch, Ivan Desny, Gisela Uhlen, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Gottfried John, Hark Bohm, George Byrd, Claus Holm, Gunter Lamprecht)
A heart-breaking study of life for one woman in post-war West Germany. Out to own now on the RW Fassbinder Commemorative Collection: Vol 2.
Paisan
(Country: Italy; Year: 1946; Director: Roberto Rossellini; Writer: Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini, Rod Geiger, Alfred Hayes, Klaus Mann, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini; Stars: Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Dots M. Johnson, Alfonsino Bovino, Maria Michi, Gar Moore, Harriet White, Renzo Avanzo, Bill Tubbs, Father Vincenzo Carrella, Captain Owen Jones, Sergeant Elmer Feldman, Dale Edmonds, Achille Siviero, Roberto Van Loel)
Through six separate stories, mainly based on cultural or linguistic misunderstandings, Roberto Rossellini uses the aesthetics of documentary film to paint a chronicle of the cruelty of war and the cost of self-sacrific.
Rome, Open City (Roma, Citta Aperta)
(Country: Italy; Year: 1945; Director: Roberto Rossellini; Writer: Sergio Amidei, Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini; Stars: Aldo Fabrizi, Anna Magnani, Marcello Pagliero, Vito Annichiarico, Maria Michi, Harry Feist)
Neo-realist masterpiece about the impact of the Second World War on the Italian people.
Repentance
(Country: Georgia; Year: 1987; Director: Tengiz Abuladze; Writer: Tengiz Abuladze, Nana Janelidze, Rezo Kveselava; Stars: Avtandil Makharadze, Ia Ninidze, Zeinab Botsvadze)
Varlam, the head of a small Georgian town, cannot rest in his grave – someone keeps digging him up. When the culprit is caught, he claims that Varlam’s smiling mask hid a tyrant who is responsible for the suffering of many and deserves contempt.
Seven Songs From the Tundra (Seitsemän laulua tundralta)
(Country: Finland; Year: 2000; Director: Anastasia Lapsui, Markku Lehmuskallio; Writer: Anastasia Lapsui; Stars: Anatoli Hudi, Igor Hudi, Tajuda Hudi, Vitalina Hudi, Hadko Japtik, Ivan Japtik, Arkadi Laptander, Lidija Okotetto, Viktor Pistsulin, Janina Serotetto, Aidar Ahmetzjanov, Aleksandr Bukrejev, Dmitri Didenko, Andrei Pando, Marija Pando)
A contemplation of the Nenets in a seven-part chronicle, each guided by a meaningful song.
Smile At Last
(Country: Estonia; Year: 1985; Director: Leida Laius, Arvo Iho; Writer: Marina Šeptunova; Stars: Monika Järv, Hendrik Toompere jr, Tauri Tallermaa)
A sensitive teen’s survival in a harsh orphanage mirrors the alienation of late-Soviet society.
Some Interviews On Personal Matters
(Country: Soviet Union; Year: 1978; Director: Lana Gogoberidze; Writer: Erlom Akhvlediani, Zaira Akhvlediani, Lana Gogoberidze; Stars: Sofiko Chiaureli, Gia Badridze, Ketevan Orakhelashvili, Janri Lolashvili, Salome Kancheli, Levan Abashidze, Nutsa Aleqsi-Meskhishvili, Ketevan Bochorishvili, Dodo Abashidze, Nana Dzhordzhadze, Manana Gamtsemlidze, Nana Mchedlidze, Ana Nijaradze, Gigola Talakvadze)
A Swedish Love Story
(Country: Sweden; Year: 1970; Director: Roy Andersson; Writer: Roy Andersson; Stars: Ann-Sofie Kylin, Rolf Sohlman, Anita Lindblom, Bertil Norström, Lennart Tellfelt, Margreth Weivers, Arne Andersson, Maud Backéus, Verner Edberg, Elsie Holm, Tommy Nilsson, Gunnar Ossiander, Gunvor Tännérus, Lennart Tollén, Björn Andrésen), Official Site
Two youngsters fall in love.
Waves Of Passion
(Country: Estonia; Year: 1930; Director: Vladimir Gaidarov; Writer: Kurt J Braun, Hans Fischer, Max W. Kimmich; Stars: Raymondo van Riel, Ita Rina, Fritz Greiner, Vladimir Gaidarov, Juta Jol, Ernst Falkenberg, Hugo Laur)
Bootlegging, perilous escapades, and fiery romance on the southern shores of the Gulf of Finland.
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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