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Turtles Can FlyTurtles Can Fly (Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Bahman Ghobadi
Feat. Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif
The first widely–released film to emerge from post–Hussein Iraq, this wrenching tale concerns a raucous gang of children who scratch out…
Twenty Thirty FortyTwenty Thirty Forty (20 30 40) (2004)
Dir. Sylvia Chang
Feat. Sylvia Chang, Rene Liu, Lee Sinji
The destinies of three women in contemporary urban Taiwan – aged 20, 30 and 40 – evolve in parallel as each feels their way through the…
UnconsciousUnconscious (Inconscientes) (2004)
Dir. Joaquin Oristrell
Boisterous 'Freudian farce' set amidst the extravagent architecture of Barcelona in 1913, where a disturbed psychiatrist suddenly adandons his…
UshpizinUshpizin (2004)
Dir. Giddi Dar
Respectful and dryly humorous parable of an ultra–Orthodox Jewish couple on the eve of the festival of Succoth, who invite two travellers…
Very Long Engagement, AVery Long Engagement, A (Long dimanche de fiançailles, Un) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Feat. Audrey Tautou, Gaspard Ulliel, Clovis Cornillac
Another crowd–pleasing favourite from the dir. of AMELIE, which uses the Great War as setting for the fairytale search by Audrey Tatou for her…
Walk on WaterWalk on Water (2004)
Dir. Eytan Fox
An arresting drama based on the obsessive efforts of an Israeli Mossad hitman –in grieving over his wife's suicide – to search for and…
Wayward Cloud, TheWayward Cloud, The (2004)
Dir. Ming-liang Tsai
Feat. Kang-sheng Lee, Shiang-chyi Chen
Eye–popping musical numbers burst forth from this outré Tsai Ming–liang offering, which couples the Taiwanese director’s usual…
WhiskyWhisky (2004) Recommended
Dir. Juan Pablo Rebella, Pablo Stoll
Feat. Jorge Bolani, Mirella Pascual, Andres Pazos
From the vintage of Aki Kaurismaki and Jim Jarmusch, this low–key marriage charade stands as the driest comedy in years, accounting for a…
World Without Thieves, AWorld Without Thieves, A (Tian xia wu zei) (2004)
Dir. Feng Xiaoning
Feat. Andy Lau, Rene Liu
Two thieves resolve to go straight, only to become entangled in high–stakes plot aboard a long haul train. Starring the ever–watchable…
World, TheWorld, The (Shijie) (2004)
Dir. Jia Zhang-ke
Feat. Zhao Tao
The dir. of PLATFORM continues his perceptive and wry dissection of Chinese society reacting with surreal clumsiness to the forces of globalisation,…

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