Du levande Roy Andersson :: Sweden, France, Germany :: 2007 :: 1h34 A fluid succession of minimalist static-camera scenes exposing the human condition in an abstracted Swedish city. The scenes do not make up a coherent story-line, but rather combine to show different sides to our existence. And that existence is not a particularly joyful [...]
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Les Derniers jours du monde Jean-Marie Larrieu, Arnaud Larrieu :: France :: 2008 :: 2h10 The world is coming to an end and does not do so quietly. Amid the chaos, we follow Robinson (Mathieu Amalric) who has just separated from his bourgeois wife Chloé (Karin Viard). While everyone is running, Robinson is searching, desperate [...]
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The Reader Stephen Daldry :: USA, Germany :: 2008 :: 2h03 Germany. 1958. The bright Michael Berg is only 15 when he meets a woman in her mid-30s, Hanna (Kate Winslet). She is an introverted, distant, sad character who takes advantage of the presence of the young man to start a sexual relationship. Their meetings [...]
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The Girlfriend Experience Steven Soderbergh :: USA :: 2009 :: 1h25 Chelsea (Sasha Grey) is a young escort prostitute who is working on her business of draining as much money out of men she can manage, while keeping them company through the credit crunching storm, pretending she cares for them. Surprisingly enough, she is in [...]
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