Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Twenty 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…
Vera Drake (2004)
- Dir. Mike Leigh
Feat. Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Peter Wight - An impeccable period drama from Mike Leigh that ranks alongside the director's best work, this is the moving story of a middle aged woman who was…
Anatomy of Hell (Anatomie De L'enfer) (2003)- Dir. Catherine Breillat
Feat. Amira Casar, Rocco Siffredi - A queasily explicit sex drama about a suicidal woman who challenges (and pays) a promiscuous gay man to participate in an uneasy nightly ritual of…
Ashes and Sand (2003)- Dir. Bob Blagden
Feat. Nick Moran, Lara Belmont - Promising but ultimately disappointing drama set among the members of a girl–gang in Brighton, England. Although based on an…
Casa de los Babys (2003)
- Dir. John Sayles
Feat. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daryl Hannah, Marcia Gay Harden… - Another quality ensemble drama from dir. John Sayles, that this time brings together six American women waiting to start a family through a Mexican…
Mother, The (2003)- Dir. Roger Michell
Feat. Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Stephen Mackintosh… - An unforgettable British drama about an aging widow, alienated from her ambitious son and neurotic daughter, who confronts the vacuum of her life…
Osama (2003)- Dir. Siddiq Barmak
Feat. Marina Golbahari - Though nothing to do with a certain infamous terrorist, this first Afghani film made since the rise and fall of the Taliban also happens to be a…
Prey For Rock n Roll (2003)- Dir. Alex Steyermark
Feat. Gina Gershon, Drea De Matteo, Lori Petty - Gina Gershon puts her all into a role playing an aging rock–singer who must decide whether to continue pursuing the dream after her 40th…
Real Women Have Curves (2003)- Dir. Patricia Cardoso
Feat. America Ferrera - A natural antidote to Hollywood silicone, this tells the charming coming–of–age story of an ‘ordinary’ Mexican–American…
Singing Behind Screens (Cantando dietro i paraventi) (2003)- Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Bud Spencer, Davide Dragonetti - Visually opulent Italian epic directed by Ermanno Olmi (THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS) set in coastal China and centred on a plucky widow who takes her…
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