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Subgenre Sampler
Like Water for Chocolate (1993)
- Dir. Alfonso Arau
Feat. Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne - Certifiable foreign–language block–buster blends the irresisistible ingrediants of primal female desire with old–fashioned…
Maadadayo (Madadayo) (1993)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Tatsuo Matsumura, Kyoko Kagawa - A masterful, understated last word from Japanese sensei Kurosawa, here paying tribute to an inspiration from his own life with the story of a retired…
My Favourite Season (Ma Saison Préférée) (1993)- Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Marthe Villalonga - Involving French character drama, which observes the cracks in a woman's family dynamic when her elderly mother must move in with her due to poor…
Oh, Woe is Me (Helas Pour Moi) (1993)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Gerard Depardieu - Gerard Depardieu is the most accessible thing on offer in Godard's latest enigma, a film that's controlling idea is perhaps 'the desire of a God to…
Puppetmaster, The (1993)- Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Li Tianlu - The turbulent pre–WWII history of Taiwan is woven into this epic yet simple docu–drama of the early years of famous puppeteer Li Tianlu,…
Scent of Green Papaya, The (1993)- Dir. Tran Anh Hung
Feat. Tran Nu Yen-Khe, Man San Lu, Thi Loc Truong… - Drama as crisp and luxuriant as its title observes a wealthy Saigon family over two turbulent decades through the eyes of a peasant servant girl. Its…
Slingshot, The (1993)- Dir. Ake Sandgren
Feat. Jesper Salen, Stellan Skarsgard, Basia Frydman - A bittersweet snapshot of pre–war Stockholm in which an enterprising 10–year–old flirts with boyhood rebellion. This local…
Sofie (1993)- Dir. Liv Ulmann
Feat. Liv Ullmann - Actress Liv Ullmann makes a confident directing debut with this period drama about a Jewish woman's emotional journey over 20 years that begins with…
Temptation of a Monk (1993)- Dir. Clara Law
Feat. Joan Chen, Zhang Fenyi - Graphic chronicle of blood–letting by a fierce warrior general in 7th century China, that hews to the visual traditions of the classic Japanese…
Three Colours: Blue (1993)- Dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Benoit Regent, Emmanuelle Riva… - Immaculate, introspective meditation on grief, redemption and liberty, Kieslowski's masterpiece borders on the pretentious. This redefines ART…
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