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Amelie (Le Fabuleux Destin D'Amelie Poulain, Amelie from Montmartre)
(Country: France; Year: 2001; Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Writer: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Stars: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Serge Merlin, Jamel Debbouze, Urbain Cancellier, Dominique Pinon, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Nanty)
A girl with an eccentric, repressed childhood grows up attracted to the odd detail in everyday life and to the strangest people.
Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner
(Country: Canada; Year: 2000; Director: Zacharias Kunuk; Writer: Paul Apak Angilirq; Stars: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu,
Peter Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy
Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu,
Pakkak Innuksuk)
First movie ever made in Inuit, it
tells a tale of love, tradition and
revenge.
The Anniversary Party
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason
Leigh; Writer: Alan Cumming, Jennifer Jason
Leigh; Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Alan
Cumming, Parker Posey, Kevin
Kline, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C
Reilly)
A couple's anniversary proves to
be a test of their fidelity as well as
of friendship.
Bangkok Dangerous (Krung Thep Antharai)
(Country: Thailand,; Year: 2000; Director: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang; Writer: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang; Stars: Pawalit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha, Patharawin Timkul, Pisek Intrakanchit)
A deaf mute gunman tries to escape the deadly Bangkok underground.
Battle Royale (Batoru Rowaiaru)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2000; Director: Kinji Fukasaku; Writer: Kenta Fukasaku; Stars: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto)
Futuristic Japanese survival gameshow where school children fight for their lives.
Maids and Lawless Heart
The Believer
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Henry Bean; Writer: Henry Bean; Stars: Ryan Gosling, Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus, Isabelle Nanty, Dominique Pinon)
An intelligent Jewish boy grows up into an urban terrorist who hates Judaism.
Boyhood Loves (Amour D'Enfance)
(Country: France; Year: 2001; Director: Yves Caumon; Writer: Yves Caumon; Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Lauryl Brossier, Fabrice Cals, Michele Gary, Roger Souza, Bernard Blancan, Nicole Miana, Fredric Bonpart, Paul Crouzet)
A young Frenchman returns from the city to the rural home of his youth to visit his dying father in this subtle, effective drama.
La Ciénaga (The Swamp)
(Country: Argentina/Spain; Year: 2000; Director: Lucrecia Martel; Writer: Lucrecia Martel; Stars: Graciela Borges, Mercedes Moran, Sofia Bertolotto, Juan Cruz Bordeu, Martin Adjemian, Andrea Lopez, Leonora Balcarce, Diego Baenas, Sebastian Montagna, Silvia Bayle)
A long hot summer on Argentinian estate for dysfunctional extended family.
Chain Camera
(Country: USA,; Year: 2001; Director: Kirby Dick; Stars: The students of John Marshall
High School)
High school life seen through the
eyes of 16 student videologues.
The Chateau
(Country: USA; Year: 2001; Director: Jesse Peretz; Writer: Jesse Peretz, Thomas Bidegain; Stars: Paul Rudd, Sylvie Testud,
Romany Malco, Didier Flamand,
Donal Loguem, Philippe Nahon)
Decent culture clash comedy in which two very different American brothers inherit a dilapidated French chateau.
The Icelandic Dream and Gas Attack
The Chimp (Maimal, Le Singe)
(Country: Kirghizstan,; Year: 2001; Director: Aktan Abdykalykov; Writer: Aktan Abdykalykov; Stars: Mirlan Abdykalykov, Sergej Golovkin, Alexandra Mitrokhina, Dzylkycy Dzakypov)
A teenage boy confronts adulthood as he waits to join the army.
Chop Suey
(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: Bruce Weber; Writer: Bruce Weber; Stars: Peter Johnson, Teri Shepherd, Frances Faye, miscellaneous celebs, male models)
Cinematic scrapbook.
The Circle (Dayereh)
(Country: Iran/Italy; Year: 2000; Director: Jafar Panahi; Writer: Kambozia Partovi; Stars: Fereshteh Sadr Orafai, Fatemeh Naghavi, Nargess Mamizadeh, Maryam Parvin Almani, Elham Saboktakin)
Women from prison try to stay clean and out of trouble in a country where they are not respected.
Cool And Crazy (Heftig Og Begeistret, Cool & Crazy)
(Country: Norway; Year: 2001; Director: Knut Erik Jensen; Stars: Berlevag Male Choir)
Norwegian documentary telling the tale of a male voice choir and its members in the remote fishing village of Berlevag.
CQ
(Country: USA/Luxembourg/France/Italy; Year: 2001; Director: Roman Coppola; Writer: Roman Coppola; Stars: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall,
Elodie Bouchez, Gerard
Depardieu, Giancarlo Giannini,
Massimo Ghini, Billy Zane, Jason
Schwartzman, John Philip Law,
Dean Stockwell)
Idealistic young film maker must
decide where his loyalties lie as
the 1970s approach.
The Travelling Salesman and Gabriel And Me
Cry For Bobo
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: David Cairns; Writer: David Cairns; Stars: Mark McDonnell, Steven
McNicoll, Tracey Roberts)
Tartan short: a hilarious,
old-fashioned slapstick comedy
about a criminal clown.
The Deep End
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Scott McGehee, David Siegel; Writer: Scott McGehee, David Siegel; Stars: Tilda Swinton, Goran Visnjic,
Johnathan Tucker, Peter Donat,
Josh Lucas)
A mother tries to protect her son
from suspicion after his lover is
found dead.
The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo)
(Country: Mexico / Spain; Year: 2001; Director: Guillermo del Toro; Writer: Guillermo del Toro; Stars: Marisa Paredes, Frederico Luppi,
Eduardo Noreiga, Fernando
Tielve, Inigo Garces, Irene
Visedo.)
Ghosts haunt an isolated
orphanage during the last year of
the Spanish Civil War.
Dogtown And Z-Boys
(Country: USA; Year: 2000; Director: Stacy Peralta; Writer: Craig Steyck; Stars: Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva, Bob
Biniak, Jay Adams, Shogo Kubo,
Jim Muir, Peggy Oki, Glen E
Friedman, Ian MacKaye, Henry
Rollins)
Absorbing documentary about
the birth of modern
skateboarding, told by those who
were there.
Down From The Mountain
(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: D A Pennebaker, Chris Hegedus,
Nick Doob; Stars: Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris,
Alison Krauss, John Hartford,
David Rawlings,. Ralph Stanley,
The Fairfield Four, The Cox
Family, Chris Thomas KIng)
Nashville concert for those who played on the soundtrack of O Brother, Where Art Thou.
Station Jim and Friends Have Reasons
Enigma
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Michael Apted; Writer: Tom Stoppard, based on the
novel by Robert Harris; Stars: Dougray Scott, kate Winslet,
Jeremy Northam, Saffron
Burrows)
A complex World War Two tale of intrigue, romance and
code-breaking.
Eureka (Yûreka)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2000; Director: Shinji Aoyoma; Writer: Shinji Aoyoma; Stars: Koji Yakusho, Aoi Miyazaki,
Masuri Miyazaki, Yochiro Saitoh.)
All aboard the magical mystery
bus.
Fat Girl (A Ma Soeur!)
(Country: France; Year: 2000; Director: Catherine Breillat; Writer: Catherine Breillat; Stars: Anais Reboux, Roxane
Mesquida, Libero de Rienzo,
Arsinee Khanjian, Roman
Goupil, Laura Betti)
Two teenage sisters at French
holiday resort respond to agony
and ecstasy of first time sex.
Freaks
(Country: US; Year: 1932; Director: Tod Browning; Writer: Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Woolf, Al Boasberg, based on the story Spurs by Tod Robbins; Stars: Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Prince Randian, Johnny Eck, Roscoe Ates, Angelo Rossito, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Zip, Pip, Elvira Snow, Jennie Lee Snow, Schlitzie, Pete Robinson, Henry
Victor)
Infamous exploitation shocker with real-life barnyard oddities.
Friends Have Reasons (Las Razones de mis Amigos)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2000; Director: Gerardo Herrero; Writer: Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde; Stars: Marta Belaustegui, Joel Joan,
Sergi Calleja)
A loan undermines three friends
relationship.
My Brother Tom and The Chateau
Gabriel And Me (Gabriel & Me)
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: Udayan Prasad; Writer: Lee Hall; Stars: Iain Glen, David Bradley, Sean
Landless, Rosie Rowell, Billy
Connolly, Ian Cullen, Sean Foley,
Trevor Fox, Bridie Hales, Nicky
Hayer, Jacqueline King)
A boy tries to become an angel
so he can save his dad from
dying.
Gas Attack (The Silent Killer)
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: Kenny Glennan; Writer: Rowan Joffe; Stars: Sherko Zen-Aloush, Benae
hassan, Robina Qureshi, Laurie
Ventry, Morag Caulder.)
Something unthinkable happens in Glasgow.
Ghost World
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Terry Zwigoff; Writer: Dan Clowes, Terry Zwigoff; Stars: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johanssen, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Stacey Travis, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Teri Garr)
Teenage rebel makes friends with middle-aged jazz collector and discovers alienation.
Here To Where (From Here To Where)
(Country: France; Year: 2001; Director: Glen Luchford; Writer: Glen Luchford; Stars: Abbas Baktiari, Paul Berczeller, Christine Bergstrom, Merhan Nasseri, Mai Pexton)
Documentary (or mockumentary)
about one man's life in an airport.
Her Father's Daughter (La Fille de Son Pere)
(Country: France/UK; Year: 2000; Director: Jacques Deschamps; Writer: Jacques Deschamps, Olivier
Lorelle; Stars: Cast: Natacha Regnier, Francois
Berleand, Fanny Cottencon,
Frederic Pierrot)
A man decides to pose as his
friend and claim to be the father
of a child that isn't his.
Night Shift and Tangerine
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: John Cameron Mitchell; Writer: John Cameron Mitchell; Stars: John Cameron Mitchell, Michael
Pitt, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask,
Theodore Liscinski, Rob
Campbell, Michael Aronov,
Andrea Martin, Ben
Mayer-Goodman, Alberta
Watson, Gene Pyrz)
Musical, in which a transsexual
punk rocker recounts her life
story.
The Icelandic Dream (Islenski Draumurinn)
(Country: Iceland; Year: 2000; Director: Robert I Douglas; Writer: Robert I Douglas; Stars: Thor Sverisson, Jon Gnarr, Hafdis
Huld, Matt Keeslar, Laufey Bra
Jonsdottir)
Likeable Icelandic comedy.
The Inner Tour
(Country: Israel / Palestine; Year: 2001; Director: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz)
Documentary sees a busload of
Palestinian tourists visit Israel.
In July (Im Juli)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2000; Director: Fatih Akin; Writer: Fatih Akin; Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul,
Mehmet Kurtulus, Idil Uner,
Branka Katic, Sandra Borgmann)
Quirky German romantic comedy
road movie that should raise a
few smiles.
Jump Tomorrow
(Country: USA/UK; Year: 2000; Director: Joel Hopkins; Writer: Joel Hopkins; Stars: Tunde Adebimpe, Hippolyte
Girardot, Natalia Verbeke, James
Wilby)
Unpretentious, entertaining
romantic comedy of culture
clashes.
Southern Comfort and Cool And Crazy
Kandahar (Safar E Ghandehar)
(Country: Iran; Year: 2001; Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; Writer: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; Stars: Niloufar Pazira, Hassan Tantai,
Sadou Teymouri, Hayatala
Hakimi)
A woman returns to Afghanistan
to save her suicidal sister.
Lawless Heart
(Country: UK; Year: 2002; Director: Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger; Writer: Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger; Stars: Douglas Henshall, Tom Hollander, Bill Nighy, Clementine Celarie, Josephine Butler, Ellie Haddington, Stuart Laing, Sukie Smith)
Relationship ensemble drama, as lives intersect following a death.
Left Turn
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: Sean Ellis; Writer: Sean Ellis; Stars: Lucy Russell, Andy Tiernan,
Heather Jay Jones, Una
Brandon-Jones)
A woman gets more than she
bargains for when she picks up
an old lady hitchhiker.
L.I.E.
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Michael Cuesta; Writer: Stephen M. Ryder, Michael
Cuesta, Gerald Cuesta; Stars: Brian Cox, Paul Dano, Billy Kay,
Bruce Altman, James Costa,
Tony Donnelly, B Constance
Barry)
A disaffected youth on Long
Island becomes involved with a
rich paedophile, after his father
has been arrested for fraud.
Lifetime Guarantee: Phranc's
Adventures in Plastic
(Country: USA,; Year: 2001; Director: Lisa Udelson)
Documentary about a Jewish
lesbian folk singer who switches
career to sell Tupperware.
Boyhood Loves and The State I'm In
Little Dieter Needs To Fly
(Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: Werner Herzog; Stars: Dieter Dengler)
The life of an extraordinary Vietnam war hero.
Little Otik (Otesanek)
(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2000; Director: Jan Svankmajer; Writer: Jan Svankmajer; Stars: Veronika Zilkova, Jan Hartl,
Jaroslava Kretschmerova, Pavel
Novy, Kristina Adamcova, Jiri
Labus, Dagmar Strirna, Zdenek
Kozak, Jitka Smutka)
Grotesque take on the story of
the little wooden boy.
Lucky Break
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: Peter Cattaneo; Writer: Ronan Bennett; Stars: James Nesbitt, Olivia Williams,
Timothy Spall, Bill Nighy,
Christopher Plummer, Lennie
James, Ron Cook, Frank Harper,
Raymond Waring)
British cons plan an escape by
staging a prison musical.
Maids (Domesticas, O Filme)
(Country: Brazil,; Year: 2001; Director: Fernando Meirelles, Nando
Olival; Writer: Cecelia Homem de Mello,
Fernando Meirelles.; Stars: Claudia Missura, Graziella
Moretto, Lena Roque, Olivia
Araujo, Renata Melo, Robson
Nunes, Tiago Moraes.)
A look at the lives of five maids in
Sao Paulo.
Manji
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: Rene Mohandas; Writer: Rene Mohandas; Stars: Amrie Singh, Durdana Bedi,
Mandeep Sandhu, Laxmi
Kathuria)
A widowed garage owner deals
with his wife's death while trying
to patch up his relationship with
his son.
Ghost World and Trouble Every Day
The Man Who Wasn't There
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Joel Coen; Writer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen; Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances
McDormand, James Gandolfini,
Tony Shalhoub, John Polito,
Scarlett Johanssen)
An introspective barber in a small
Californian town in the Forties
initiates a blackmail that goes
wrong.
Mullet
(Country: Australia; Year: 2001; Director: David Caesar; Writer: David Caesar; Stars: Ben Mendelson, Susie Porter,
Andrew S. Gilbert, Belinda
McClory, Tony Barry, Kris
McQuade, Peta Brady, Wayne
Blair, Paul Kelman)
A man returns to his hometown...
and regrets it.
My Brother Tom
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: Don Rotheroe; Writer: Alison Beeton-Hilder, Dom Rotheroe; Stars: Jenna Harrison, Ben Whishaw, Honeysuckle Weeks, Michael Erskine, Adrian Rawlins, Judith Scott)
Two school loners fall in love.
Night Shift (Trois Huit)
(Country: France; Year: 2000; Director: Philippe Le Guay; Writer: Philippe Le Guay; Stars: Gerald Laroche, Marc Barbe, Luce Moucel, Bastien Le Roy)
Would you be friends with this guy?
The Natural History of the Chicken
(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: Mark Lewis)
Homage to hens.
Kandahar and Manji
No Man's Land
(Country: Belgium/Bosnia/France/Italy/Slovenia/UK; Year: 2001; Director: Danis Tanovic; Writer: Danis Tanovic; Stars: Branko Djuric, Rene Bitorajac,
Filip Sovagovic, Georges
Siatidis, Simon Callow, Katrin
Cartlidge)
Black comedy about the Bosnian
conflict told from the viewpoint of
a trench between warring
factions.
The Orphan Of Anyang (L'orphelin d'Anyang, Anyangde Guer)
(Country: China; Year: 2001; Director: Wang Chao; Writer: Wang Chao, based on his novel; Stars: Zhu Jie, Sun Guilin, Yue Sengyi, Liu Tianhao, Miao Fuwen)
Drama about a man who decides to protect a baby, whatever the cost.
Possible Loves (Amores Possiveis)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2000; Director: Sandra Werneck; Writer: Paulo Halm; Stars: Carolina Ferraz, Murilo Benicio,
Irene Ravache, Emilio de Mello,
Beth Goulart, Alberto Szafran,
Luiza Mariani, Drica Moraes,
Christine Fernandes)
The effect of a single twist of fate
on a lifetime of love.
Princesa
(Country: Italy/Germany/UK; Year: 2001; Director: Henrique Goldman; Writer: Ellis Freeman, Henrique Goldman, Fernanda Farias de Albuquerque, Maurizio Jannelli.; Stars: Ingrid de Souza, Cesare Bocci, Lulu Pecorari, Mauro Pirovano, Biba Lerhue)
Do girls have more fun?
Promises
(Country: USA/Palestine/Israel; Year: 2000; Director: Justine Shapiro, B Z Goldberg,
Carlos Bolado)
Illuminating documentary
showing the realities of the
Arab-Israeli conflict through the
eyes of seven children.
Little Dieter Needs To Fly and This Filthy Earth
Rain
(Country: New Zealand; Year: 2000; Director: Christine Jeffs; Writer: Christine Jeffs, from the novel by Kirsty Gunn; Stars: Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki, Sarah Peirse, Marton Csokas, Alistair Browning, Aaron Murphy)
Coming-of-age tale set against the backdrop of a family holiday.
Raw Deal - A Question of
Consent
(Country: USA; Year: 2000; Director: Billy Corben)
A disturbing investigation of an
alleged rape at a frat house.
Rivers And Tides
(Country: Germany; Year: 2001; Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer; Stars: Andy Goldsworthy)
A portrait of Scottish artist Andy Goldsworthy whose fleeting natural artworks have earned him international renown.
Runaway
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini)
Documentary about the plight of Iranian girls who run away from home.
Samia
(Country: France; Year: 2000; Director: Philippe Faucon; Writer: Philippe Faucon, Soraya Nini; Stars: Lynda Benahouda, Mohamed
Chaoch, Kheira Oualhaci,
Lakhdar Smati, Nadia El Koutei,
Yamina Amri, Farida Abdallah
Hadj, Aicha Abdelhamid, Amel
Sahnoune, Marie Riviere)
Straightforward, honest drama
about culture and generational
clashes in a French-Algerian
family.
Hedwig And The Angry Inch and The Natural History of the Chicken
Southern Comfort
(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: Kate Davis; Stars: Robert Eads)
A female-to-male transsexual "hillbilly" is diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
Startup.com
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Chris Hedegus, Jehane Noujaim; Stars: Tom Herman, Kaleil Tuzman)
Documentary charting the rise and fall of a dotcom company.
The State I'm In (Die Innere Sicherheit)
(Country: Germany; Year: 2000; Director: Christian Petzold; Writer: Christian Petzold, Harun Farocki; Stars: Julia Hummer, Barbara Auer,
Richy Muller, Bilge Bingul,
Gunther Maria Halmer, Katharina
Schuttler)
Old revolutionaries still on the
run flee from Portugal to
Germany with their teenage
daughter.
Station Jim
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: John Roberts; Writer: Mark Wallington; Stars: George Cole, Charlie Creed-Miles, Prunella Scales, Celia Imrie, Nadia Sawalha, Timothy West, Laura Fraser, Thomas Sangster, Martin Savage, John Thompson)
Whimsical tale about a station porter.
Storytelling
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Todd Solondz; Writer: Gary Mitchell; Stars: Robert Wisdom, Leo Fitzpatrick, Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Julie Hagerty)
Dual storyline explores suburban hypocrisy.
Jump Tomorrow and Fat Girl
Tangerine
(Country: UK,; Year: 2001; Director: Alison Peebles; Writer: Colin Hough; Stars: James Grant, Ann Scott Jones, Paul Samson)
A painter on a large rail bridge finds the life-change of retirement difficult.
Tattoo
(Country: Germany; Year: 2002; Director: Robert Schwentke; Writer: Robert Schwentke; Stars: August Diehl, Christian Redl, Nadesha Brennicke, Ilkur Bahadir, Jasmin Schwiers, Monika Bleibtreu, Fatih Cevikkollu, Johan Leysen, Ingo Naujoks, Florian Panzner, Gustav-Peter Wohler)
Stylish German Se7en style thriller.
Tears Of The Black Tiger (Fa Talai Jone)
(Country: Thailand; Year: 2001; Director: Wisit Sasanatieng; Writer: Wisit Sasanatieng; Stars: Chartchai Ngamsan, Stella Malucchi, Supakorn Kitsuwon, Arawat Ruangvuth, Sombat Metanee)
Tongue-in-cheek Thai tale of love and revenge, in glorious technicolor.
This Filthy Earth
(Country: UK; Year: 2001; Director: Andrew Kotting; Writer: Andrew Kotting, Sean Lock; Stars: Rebecca R. Palmer, Shane Attwooll, Demelza Randall, Xavier Tchili)
Two sisters scrape a living farming muddy land, without hope or release.
The Travelling Salesman (Commesso Viagiatore)
(Country: Italy; Year: 1999; Director: Francesco Dal Bosco; Writer: Francesco Dal Bosco, Daniele Costantini; Stars: Claudio Bigagli, Maddalena Crippa, Giovanni Visentin, Carlo Croccolo, Martina de Salve, Valentina Emeri, Katia Pietrobelli, Keke Vannoli, Alessandro Zigrossi)
This weird Italian effort takes far too long to reach its destination.
No Man's Land and Eureka
Trouble Every Day
(Country: France; Year: 2001; Director: Claire Denis; Writer: Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau; Stars: Vincent Gallo, Tricia Vessey,
Beatrice Dalle, Alex Descas,
Florence Loiret-Caille)
A tale of a depressive American
doctor, honeymooning in Paris,
and a nymphomaniac who eats
men.
Taurus (Telets)
(Country: Russia; Year: 2001; Director: Alexander Sokurov; Writer: Youri Arabov; Stars: Leonid Mozgovoi, Maria Kuznetsova, Sergei Razhuk, Natalia Nikulenko, Lev Yellseyev, Nikolai Ustinov)
The last days of Lenin.
Wit
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Mike Nichols; Writer: Mike Nichols, Emma Thompson, based on the play by Margaret Edson; Stars: Emma Thompson, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Atkins, Audra McDonald, Jonathan M. Woodward, Harold Pinter, Rebecca Laurie, Su Lin Looi, Raffaello Degruttola, Miquel Brown, Hari Dhillon)
University don fights cancer by treating it as she does the sonnets of John Donne.
The Warrior
(Country: India; Year: 2001; Director: Asif Kapadia; Writer: Asif Kapadia, Tim Miller; Stars: Irfan Khan, Puru Chhibber,
Sheikh Annuddin, Noor Mani,
Damayanti Marfatia, Sunita
Sharma)
A repentant murderer is pursued
through the mountains.
Yellow Asphalt (Asphalt Tzahov, Asphalt Zahov, Yellow Asphalt: Three Desert Stories)
(Country: Israel; Year: 2000; Director: Danny Verete; Writer: Danny Verete; Stars: Sami Samir, Tatjana Blacher, Raida Adon, Motti Katz, Moshe Ivgi)
Three stories of the clash between traditional and modern cultures set among the Bedouin people, economically told.
Chop Suey and L.I.E.
You Really Got Me (Amatørene)
(Country: Norway; Year: 2001; Director: Pål Sletaune; Writer: Pål Sletaune, Jonny Halberg; Stars: Robert Skjærstad, Andrine Sæther, Trond Høvik, Philip Zandén, Per Schaaning, Bernhard Ramstad, Bjørn Sundquist)
A loser gets mixed up in the kidnapping of a rock star.
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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