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Subgenre Sampler

 
RosettaRosetta (1999) Recommended
Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Emilie Dequenne
Drawing creative parallels with the Danish 'Dogma' movement, this is a rigidly intense study in survivalism that forsakes any plot contrivance to…
Three SeasonsThree Seasons (1999) Recommended
Dir. Tony Bui
Feat. Harvey Keitel
The first US film to be shot in post–war Vietnam, this intertwined series of four tales set in contemporary Saigon, rapturously conveys a…
Time RegainedTime Regained (Le Temps Retrouve) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Beart, John Malkovich
Legendary surrealist Chilean director Ruiz takes a break from his schedule or runaway obscurities (most sadly unavailable in NZ) for this legit…
Venus Beauty InstituteVenus Beauty Institute (Venus Beauty) (1999)
Dir. Tonie Marshall
Feat. Nathalie Baye, Audrey Tautou
A modest beauty salon is the setting for this wry ensemble piece about the vagaries of womanhood, with an engagingly eccentric collection of clients…
Yi YiYi Yi (A One and a Two) (1999) Recommended
Dir. Edward Yang
Feat. Nien-Jen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata
Masterful cinema – a drama that loosely surveys a middle–class family in contemporary Taipei, encompassing a wealth of human observation…
2 Seconds2 Seconds (1998)
Dir. Manon Briand
Feat. Charlotte Laurier, Dino Tavarone
A frothily enjoyable drama set around a mountain–bike rider (Laurier), who despite an addiction to the thrills of high speed cycling, is forced…
Alice Et MartinAlice Et Martin (1998)
Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Carmen Maura, Mathieu Amalric
A maladjusted young drifter (Alexis Loret) has success as a Paris fashion model and a torrid love affair with his half–brother's…
An Autumn TaleAn Autumn Tale (1998) Recommended
Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Marie Riviere, Beatrice Romand, Alain Libolt
Completing his suite of films based on the four seasons, dir. Rohmer provides another mellow, seemingly unplotted comedy, in which Rhone valley…
Beau TravailBeau Travail (1998) Recommended
Dir. Claire Denis
Feat. Denis Lavant, Michel Subor, Gregoire Colin
Best Film of 2000 for many highbrow critics, this oblique study of jealousy and power in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion is pure…
BesiegedBesieged (1998)
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Thandiwe Newton, David Thewlis
Returning to a 'chamber–piece' setting reminiscent of LAST TANGO IN PARIS, dir. Bertolucci unfolds an enigmatic relationship in a Rome…

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