Coco avant Chanel Anne Fontaine :: France :: 2009 :: 1h50 The young Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel (Audrey Tautou) and her sister were left to an orphanage by her father. Every Saturday, she would wait to see if he came back for her, which he never did. Her mother had died of tuberculosis, and the nuns [...]
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Venkovský Ucitel Bohdan Slama :: Czech Republic :: 2009 :: 1h57 The introverted Petr (Pavel Listka) arrives in a little Czech village to take the job of biology teacher at the local school. As Petr was raised in a teachers’ family in Prague, we are led to wonder what he is looking for, or running [...]
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Blow up Michelangelo Antonioni :: UK :: 1966 :: 1h50 Young fashion photographer Thomas (David Hemmings) takes a few pictures of a kissing couple in the park. The woman, Jane (Vanessa Redgrave), is appalled by the intrusion into her privacy and wants the pictures destroyed. The photographer’s curiosity has been tickled and on return to [...]
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Bancs Publics (Versailles rive droite) Bruno Podalydès :: France :: 2009 :: 1h50 We follow a woman on her daily routine through the crowded Parisian underground, weaving in between people, waiting for connecting trains, climbing up stairs and escalators. By the time she surfaces, she finds herself in the leafy Versailles walking to her work. [...]
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Villa Amalia Benoit Jacquot :: France :: 2008 :: 1h31 One lonely night, Ann (Isabelle Huppert) follows Thomas to the house of another woman. She sees them passionately kiss on the doorstep before they go in. Ann is left standing outside, half hidden behind a tree in the front garden in a residential suburb of [...]
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Ober Alex van Warmerdam :: The Netherlands :: 2006 :: 1h37 Edgar (Alex van Warmerdam) is an ageing waiter with a life as empty as the spacious highway restaurant in which he works. His mistress sits at a table hoping to get some attention from him in a last desperate attempt to rescue their sinking [...]
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Atomik Circus, le retour de James Bataille Didier Poiraud, Thierry Poiraud :: France, Germany, UK :: 2002 :: 1h30 A small dusty town far removed from civilisation prepares for their annual party. The pack of village oddball tooth-missing outcasts is run by Bosco, the owner of the local hotel/ nightclub. His daughter is to be [...]
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