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Presque RienPresque Rien (Almost Nothing) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Sebastien Lifshitz
Feat. Jérémie Elkaïm, Stephane Rideau
French drama of melancholic first love that, despite the common themes, sets itself apart with sensitive acting and a deeply felt approach to the…
Road Home, TheRoad Home, The (2000)
Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Zhang Ziyi, Honglei Sun, Hao Zhang
Tackling the period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, period dir. Zhang Yimou (RAISE THE RED LANTERN) gives the story of a young man's return home…
Shadow MagicShadow Magic (2000)
Dir. Ann Hu
Feat. Jared Harris
The 'shadow magic' in question is the early cinema, which is brought to Beijing in 1902 by a travelling promoter (Harris), who, along with a local…
ShowerShower (Xizhao) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Zhang Yang
Feat. Pu Cunxin, Zhu Xu
A popular success with international audiences, this Chinese comedy is centred around a modern–day bathhouse in Beijing without a…
Sky Is Falling, TheSky Is Falling, The (Cielo cade, Il) (2000)
Dir. Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi
Feat. Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe
Two young orphan girls are sent to live with relatives in Tuscany, Italy during WW2 and discover intriguing new perspectives through their Jewish…
Town is Quiet, TheTown is Quiet, The (La Ville est Tranquille) (2000) Recommended
Dir. Robert Guediguian
Feat. Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
A characteristically gritty yet humanist urban drama that expands out in scope from the directors’ previous snapshots of life in his home town…
Werckmeister HarmoniesWerckmeister Harmonies (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. Bela Tarr
Feat. Lars Rudolph, Peter Fitz, Hanna Schygulla
A visionary film to herald in the 21st century, Bela Tarr’s apocalyptic masterpiece begins with the arrival of a bizarre circus attraction to a…
AfterlifeAfterlife (1999) Recommended
Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Arata Erika Oda, Susumu Terajima
Original, intriguing conception of what happens after life – a panel of students challenge a succession of deceased persons to choose one…
All About My MotherAll About My Mother (1999) Recommended
Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Cecilia Roth
Almodovar's "celebration of mother and womanhood" has been hailed as something of a departure for the director, though in fact all of his (beloved)…
BleederBleeder (1999)
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
Feat. Kim Bodnia
Hard–nosed drama about a brooding man who turns destructive when he learns of his girlfriend’s pregnancy in…

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