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Series
Film Movement volume year 5, film 8
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Swiss German
Description
"Ruža left Belgrade more than 25 years ago to seek a new life in Zurich. Now in her fifties, she has completely detached herself from the past. She owns a cafeteria and maintains an orderly, joyless existence. Mila, a waitress there, is a good-humored Croatian woman who also emigrated decades ago, but, unlike Ruža, she dreams of returning to a house on the Croatian coast. Both of them receive a jolt when Ana, a young, itinerant woman who has fled...
22) Dreams of dust
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Français
Description
A Nigerien peasant comes looking for work in Essakane, a dusty gold mine in northeastern Burkina Faso, Africa. He quickly finds out the gold rush ended twenty years before and the inhabitants of this wasteland manage to exist simply from force of habit.
23) Mother of mine
Series
Film Movement volume 5, film 4
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Finnish
Description
Uncle: Biography of a humble man, retold by an anonymous nephew, who strings together a collection of his uncle's passions, failings and beliefs.
When nine-year-old Eero's father is killed at the beginning of World War II his mother, broken by grief, is unable to care for him. She sends Eero out of Finland to live with a family in Sweden, away from the conflict. Feeling abandoned by his biological Finnish mother, he cannot quite attach to his Swedish...
24) Raja
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Français
Description
Raja is a nineteen year old orphan literally and figuratively scarred by life. Fred is an emotionally bankrupt westerner living amid his plush gardens and palm trees. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Marrakech, Raja is a cross-cultural drama about a wealthy middle-aged Frenchman's complex relationship with local youth. Fred's attempts to seduce Raja, and their mutual attempt at manipulation, are fractured by their gross disparity of income,...
25) Viva Cuba
Series
Film Movement volume 5, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
In a tale akin to "Romeo and Juliet," the friendship between two children is threatened by their parents' differences. Malú is from an upper-class family and her single mother does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito's mother is a poor socialist who is proud of her family's social standing, and places similar restrictions on her son. What neither woman recognizes is the immense strength...
26) Giorni e nuvole
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Italiano
Description
"Well-to-do, sophisticated couple, Elsa and Michele, have a 20 year-old daughter, Alice, and enough money for Elsa to leave her job and fulfill an old dream of studying art history. After she graduates, however, their lives change. Michele confesses he hasn't worked in two months and was fired by the company he founded years ago. Elsa overcomes her initial shock by pouring extra energy into facing the crisis while Michele, exhausted by an unsuccessful...
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 7
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Français
Description
It is summer, and thirty-year-old Antoine is forced to leave the city to return to his family in Provence. His father is sick, so he must assume the lifestyle he thought he had shed: driving the family grocery cart from hamlet to hamlet, delivering supplies to the few remaining inhabitants. Accompanied by Claire, a friend from Paris whom he has a secret crush on, Antoine gradually warms up to his experience in the country and his encounters with...
28) XXY
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Español
Description
The dramatic story of a 15-year-old hermaphrodite, born with what the doctors call 'ambiguous genitalia,' whose parents moved from Buenos Aires to an isolated cabin outside of Piriápolis, Uruguay, to protect their child from prejudice.
29) Gigante
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 9
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
A shy and lonely 35 year old security guard at a supermarket works the night shift monitoring the surveillance cameras. One night he discovers a 25 year old cleaning woman through one of the cameras and is immediatly attracted to her.
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 6
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
While waiting for his estranged son's visit, 80 year old Antonio walks in his fields, reminiscing about his life.
Seventy: talks about the loneliness that many elderly people experience nowadays.
31) Lake Tahoe
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 3
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
After crashing the family car teen-age Juan embarks on a one-day journey to find help fixing it.
32) Mine
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 12
Publisher
Filmmovement
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in modern U.S. history: Hurricane Katrina. This gripping, character-driven story follows New Orleans residents as they attempt the daunting task of trying to reunite with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles that arise when two families love the same pet. Who...
33) Troubled water
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 11
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Norwegian
Description
The Kolaborator. Goran, a promising young soccer player, is forced to become a soldier as the war in Yugoslavia begins. He is quickly transformed from a talented athlete into an executioner. But soon Goran must make the decision of his life when he is ordered to kill someone from his past.--Container.
Jan, recently released from prison after serving time for the murder of a child, has always maintained his innocence and is ready to put the past behind...
Series
Film Movement volume year 7, film 4
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Czech
Description
When a young natural sciences teacher (Pavel Liška) turns down a prestigious school in Prague to work in the backwaters of a remote Czech village, it seems like an odd choice, but he's looking for the space and quiet that he thinks only the country can afford. Once settled, he meets Marie (Zuzana Bydžovská), a local widow whose husband left her to work their farm and raise an adolescent son (Ladislav Šedivý). They form a firm friendship one she'd...
35) 1981
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
When his family moves into their new home, young Ricardo Trogi feels different from his classmates. He creates a new reality to avoid being discovered for what he really is. How long can the truth be denied?
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
Español
Description
Sofia: It's been four years since Sofia disappeared. Now, for the first time, she will have to tell her story.
Bad day to go fishing: Jacob van Oppen, the former "strongest man on earth" and now an alcoholic, and his manager Orsini, who calls himself "the Prince," make a good living by traveling around small South American towns and organizing wrestling exhibitions. Arriving in Santa Maria, they are met with uncommon enthusiasm: the local newspaper...
37) Come undone
Series
Film Movement volume 8, film 3
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Italiano
Description
12 years: For twelve years, she ignored sneers and mockery and stood up for her relationship. But that was probably a mistake.
Come undone: A married woman becomes involved in a heated affair with a married waiter, and as their neatly ordered world falls apart, they are faced with a life-changing choice which neither is entirely prepared to make.
Series
Film Movement volume 8, film 4
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Español
Description
For most of his life, Ignacio Carrillo travelled the villages of northern Colombia, playing traditional songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to have once belonged to the devil. He eventually married and settled in a small town, leaving the nomadic life behind. But after the traumatic death of his wife, he vows never to play again, and embarks on one last journey to return the instrument to its rightful owner.
Series
Film Movement volume 8, film 12
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Newlyweds Alex and Alice are hosting a New Year's Eve party for their closest friends at a remote cabin in the mountains. The other couples arrive in various states of discord, and the tensions are compounded when Alice's friends bring along a surprise guest--the very young and beautiful Helena. Alex and Alice try to keep the evening from spiraling out of control, and their own marriage from coming apart.
Series
Film Movement volume 8, film 10
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Russian
Description
On a desolate island in the Arctic Circle, two men work at a small meteorological station, taking readings from their radioactive surroundings. One day while Sergei is out, inexperienced Pavel receives terrible news for Sergei from HQ. Intimidated, Pavel can't bring himself to disclose the information. When the truth is finally revealed, the consequences explode against a chilling backdrop of thick fog, sharp rocks, and the merciless Arctic Sea.
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