Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
A Summer's Tale (1996)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Melvil Poupaud, Amanda Langlet - Once more exploring the fickleness of love, dir. Rohmer involves holidaying student Melvil Poupard in a love–quadrangle of romantic options. In…
Antonia's Line (1996)- Dir. Marleen Gorris
Feat. Willeke van Ammelrooy, Els Dottermans, Jan Decleir - The deserving winner of the '96 Best Foreign Film Oscar recalls the 50 year history of matriarch Antonia and her defiantly unconventional brood in…
Autumn Sun (Sol de otoño) (1996)- Dir. Eduardo Mignogna
Feat. Frederico Luppi, Norma Aleandro - Argentine drama following a Jewish woman who pretends to be in a relationship with a Jewish man from Uruguay (Frederico Luppi, CRONOS) to appease her…
Bag of Rice (1996)- Dir. Mohammad-Ali Talebi
Feat. Jairan Abadzade, Shirin Bina, Masume Eskandari - A child and her elderly neighbour have small adventures on the streets of Tehran while trying to buy a sack of rice. Those seeking a rare alternative…
Beaumarchais (1996)- Dir. Edouard Molinaro
Feat. Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain - Wigs and quippery at the ready, this is 18th century French history conceived in vivacious strokes of social satire and perfumed with a savoury wit,…
Beyond Hypothermia (Sip si 32 doe) (1996)- Dir. Patrick Leung
Feat. Lau Ching Wan - A master Hong Kong hitwoman is contracted to bump off top–level crime lords in this brooding suspenser, directed by a longtime assistant to…
Blade, The (1996)- Dir. Tsui Hark
Feat. Xin Xin Xiong, Moses Chan, Man Cheuk Chiu - Honour and retribution are the key themes in this densely–plotted, straight–faced actioner set in a mythic–historical setting.…
Boy Who Stopped Talking, The (1996)- Dir. Ben Sombogaart
Feat. Brader Masiki, Ercan Orhan, Halsho Hussain - A nine–year–old boy is forced to flee war–ravaged Turkey for the Netherlands, but decides to stop talking in protest. As well as…
Celestial Clockwork (1996)- Dir. Fina Torres
Feat. Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle - Cinderella–type comedy that has a gifted Venezualan opera singer vaulting for stardom in an eccentric Parisian setting. Consistently sunny in…
Day of the Beast (1996)- Dir. Alex de la Iglesia
Feat. Alex Angulo, Armando De Razza, Santiago Segura - If Almodovar made a horror movie it might look like this – beautifully shot and designed, funny and exciting. Though he can't quite sustain the…
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