Bak-Jwi Park Chan-wook :: South Korea :: 2008 :: 2h13 Sang-hyun (Song Kang-Ho) is a modern catholic priest. He is both rational and motivated by a selfless desire to help and to do the right thing. He volunteers for a risky medical experiment to find the cure for a deadly virus, in which he ends [...]
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Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle :: UK, India :: 2008 :: 2h Jamal (played by the British actor Dev Patel) grows up in the slums of Mumbai, scavenging the dumps till a wave of religious violence turns him into an orphan. Together with his ruthless brother Salim and the equally orphaned little Latika (the acting debut [...]
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Time Kim Ki-duk :: S. Korea :: 2006 :: 1h37 Ji-woo has been with his girlfriend See-hee for two years. When she sees him looking or talking to other girls See-hee feels over-whelmed with a jealousy and a fear that their love is over. He assures her that it is not, but she can not [...]
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Sanxia haoren Jia Zhang Ke :: China :: 2006 :: 1h48 Coal miner San-Ming arrives in the southern Chinese town of Fangje looking for his estranged wife and daughter, whom he has not seen in sixteen years. With an address in hand, he is taken to the rivers edge and told the house lies somewhere [...]
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Ha-Buah Eytan Fox :: Israel, France :: 2007 :: 1h57 A Romeo and Julliet story set in a contemporary turbulent war-torn Israel. Noam returns to Tel Aviv from his tour of duty at an Israeli checkpoint, to meet up with his friends Lulu and Yali in the little bubble of their lives. His mild indifference [...]
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Curse of the Golden Flower Man cheng jin dai huang jin jia Zhang Yimou :: China :: 2006 :: 1h54 An epic Shakespearean drama unfolds when characters with nerves of steel and the agility of phantoms clash in tragic blood-stained events cloaked by a stunning, tranquil beauty. A spectacular experience of old school theatre in [...]
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Valley of Flowers Nalin Pan :: France, Germany, India :: 2004 :: 2h A mystic love story which originates high in the Himalayas amongst the 19 century silk routes. When Jalan (played by the beautiful and enigmatic Mylène Jampanoï) lays her eyes on a bandit leader Ushna, who is working through a personal vendetta against [...]
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Karov la bayit (Close to Home) Dalia Hager, Vidi Bilu :: Israel :: 2006 :: 1h30 Two girls, Smadar and Mirit, are doing their compulsory military service in Jerusalem. One of them is a rebellious, assertive character, the other a beautiful and enticing introvert. They are sent on patrol together through the streets, taking down [...]
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Jiang cheng xia ri Wang Chao :: China/ France :: 2006 :: 1h28 Aging teacher Qiming returns to the city of Wuhan (south central China) after having lived in exile in the countryside most of his life. Picked up at the port by his beautiful daughter, his sets out to track down is out-of-view son. [...]
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Les Filles du botanisteDai Sijie :: France, China :: 2005 :: 1h45Orphaned girl Li Min gets sent to a draconian botanist for a schooling placement where she meets An, his patient and dutiful daughter…. The violent shocks in the story-line do not make watching any easier either, forcing the viewer to take on a very lenient position towards the characters and their play, a requirement which was easily avoided with more attention to detail.
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