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Subgenre Sampler

 
AmeliaAmelia (2009)
Dir. Mira Nair
Feat. Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor
A conventional retelling of the Amelia Earhart legend, examining the ground–breaking aviator’s turbulent love life during the years between…
An EducationAn Education (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina
An assured and alluring coming–of–age drama set in swinging sixties London (1961 in fact), with teenage ingenue Carey Mulligan falling in…
Breaking UpwardsBreaking Upwards (2009)
Dir. Daryl Wein
Feat. Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister Jones, Julie White
Skittish romantic comedy in which a couple attempt to end their moribund relationship gradually, beginning with three days off each week. Drawing…
Bright StarBright Star (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Paul Schneider
A resounding return–to–form for dir. Jane Campion, who is in full flourish with this delicate and deeply romantic tale of the doomed love…
Cairo TimeCairo Time (2009) Recommended
Dir. Ruba Nadda
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Alexander Siddig
A sturdy, old–fashioned picaresque romance set in the heat of modern day Cairo, with Patricia Clarkson as an American wife who falls under the…
CheriCheri (2009)
Dir. Stephen Frears
Feat. Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Friend, Kathy Bates
Gorgeously–appointed period drama set in the "Belle Époque" of 1900s Paris, focused on a love affair between a retired courtesan (Pfeiffer)…
Coco Chanel & Igor StravinskyCoco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (Coco & Igor) (2009)
Dir. Jan Kounen
Feat. Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen
Fashion icon Coco Chanel and composer Igor Stravinsky share a passionate, illicit love affair in this lavish period romance, which more or less takes…
From Beginning to EndFrom Beginning to End (Do Começo ao Fim) (2009)
Dir. Aluizio Abranches
Feat. João Gabriel Vasconcellos, Rafael Cardoso, Júlia Lemmertz
Controversial Brazilian ode to incestuous half–brothers that's evocatively shot and titillatingly steamy but strangely coy on the consequences.
Giulia Doesn't Go Out at NightGiulia Doesn't Go Out at Night (2009)
Dir. Giuseppe Piccioni
Feat. Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Golino, Sonia Bergamasco
Understated romantic drama with an enigmatic Golina as the titular character, a swimming instructor with a dark secret who embarks on a romance with…
Good Guy, TheGood Guy, The (2009)
Dir. Julio DePietro
Feat. Alexis Bledel, Scott Porter, Bryan Greenberg
Unusually stringent romantic comedy set against the back drop of Wall Street where an offbeat love triangle develops. Dir. De Pietro – a former…

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