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AragamiAragami (2003)
Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Takao Osawa, Masaya Kato, Tak Sakaguchi
Another confidently executed, blood–soaked samurai fantasy from dir. Kitamura (VERSUS), set in a remote medieval temple into which a wounded…
ArmaanArmaan (2003)
Dir. Honey Irani
Feat. Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Gracey Singh
A hospital soap–opera, Bollywood–style, centering around a doctor and his neurosurgeon son who dream of turning a private hospital into a…
As Far as My Feet Will Carry MeAs Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2003)
Dir. Hardy Martins
Based on the novel by Josef Martin Bauer, this film recounts the harrowing true story of Clemens Forell, the German POW who escaped a Siberian labour…
At Five in the AfternoonAt Five in the Afternoon (Panj é asr) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf
Feat. Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi
Delivering perhaps her most visually poetic, yet dramatically starkest work to date, the dir. of THE APPLE and BLACKBOARDS has a father and daughter…
AzumiAzumi (2003)
Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura
Feat. Aya Ueto, Shun Oguri, Kenji Kohashi
The dir. of VERSUS advances to a studio–scale budget for this historical action yarn, set around a skilled swords–woman in ancient feudal…
BaghbanBaghban (2003)
Dir. Ravi Chopra
Feat. Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Paresh Rawal
A genial Bollywood family drama in which a middle–aged couple on the verge of retirement arrange for their four sons and…
Barbarian Invasions, TheBarbarian Invasions, The (2003) Recommended
Dir. Denys Arcand
Feat. Remy Girard, Stephane Rousseau, Dorothee Berryman
Another finely–wrought drama from French–Canadian dir. Denys Arcand, who invests his keen sense of history, politics, literature and sex…
Battle Royale II: RequiemBattle Royale II: Requiem (Battle Royale 2) (2003)
Dir. Fukasaku Kinji, Fukasaku Kenta
Feat. Tatsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Shugo Oshinari
Bolder and bloodier sequel that introduces 9/11–style terrorist topicality into its violent, 'last teen standing' scenario, with overt…
Beautiful BoxerBeautiful Boxer (2003)
Dir. Ekachai Uekrongtham
Feat. Asanee Suwan
Fact–based actioner which follows a gifted 'Muay Thai' martial artist rising from his poor, rural background into the champions' league of…
Best of Youth, TheBest of Youth, The (La Meglio gioventù) (2003) Recommended
Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
Sprawling and heady Italian saga tracks the lives of two brothers through the idealistic dreams of the 1960s and the long messy aftermath of…

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