Subgenre Sampler
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1998)
- Dir. Patrice Chereau
Feat. Pascal Greggory, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Charles Berling… - Friends and associates of a deceased painter make a procession, via train, to the artist’s burial in this superb French drama. A highly nuanced…
Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl (Tian yu) (1998)- Dir. Joan Chen
Feat. Li Xiaolu - Coming–of–age story set in the 70's about a teenage girl who is sent to the countryside during the "Down to the Countryside" Movement in…
Apple, The (1997)- Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf
Feat. Massoumeh Naderi, Zahra Naderi, Ghorban Ali Naderi - More than the curiosity piece you'd expect from its 17 year old director, this is a strange, small film that uniquely blends documentary footage with…
Artemisia (1997)- Dir. Agnes Merlet
Feat. Valentina Cervi, Miki Manojlovic, Michel Serrault - Study of the first significant female painter, Artemisia Gentileschi, the daughter of Caravaggio's one–time assistant in 17th Century…
Au Petit Marguery (1997)- Dir. Laurent Benegui
Feat. Stephane Audran, Michel Aumont - You are cordially invited to attend the farewell dinner of a long–loved Parisian restaurant whose Chef is losing his sense of smell. Memories…
Character (1997)- Dir. Mike van Diem
Feat. Fedja Van Huet - A murderous confrontation bookends an elegantly told story of class, oppression and perseverance in 1920s Rotterdam, in which a young…
Dance of the Wind (1997)- Dir. Rajan Khosa
Feat. Ami Arora, Roshan Bano, Kitu Gidwani - Set in contemporary Delhi, this drama concerns the responses of classical Hindi singer Kitu Gidwani to her mother’s death. Steeped in a particular…
Eel, The (1997)- Dir. Shohei Imamura
Feat. Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu - After doing eight years for killing his wife, an inhibited man (Yakusho Koji of SHALL WE DANCE) sets himself up at a quiet riverside barbershop, the…
Gadjo Dilo (1997)- Dir. Tony Gatlif
Feat. Romain Duris, Rona Harther, Izidor Serban - Re–casting a spotlight onto the poor and downtrodden yet spiritually rich gypsy culture, film–maker/musician Toni Gatlif grafts a…
Going to School with Dad on My Back (Bei qi baba shangxue) (1997)- Dir. Youchou Zhou
- Straightforwardly touching tale of a young boy, who with the help of his selfless family, graduates from his impoverished Malian River village to the…
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