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Father of My ChildrenFather of My Children (2009) Recommended
Dir. Mia Hansen-Love
Feat. Chiara Caselli, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Alice de Lencquesaing
A convincing dramatic study of grief in the family, centred on a workoholic movie producer who leaves behind a legacy of financial burden to his wife…
FortapascFortapasc (Fort Apache) (2009)
Dir. Marco Risi
Feat. Libero de Rienzo, Valentina Lodovini, Michele Riondino
Poignant account of the last days in the life of a young Italian journalist who's investigations into the Neapolitan Mafia resulted in his murder.
Founding of a Republic, TheFounding of a Republic, The (Jian guo da ye) (2009)
Dir. Sanping Han, Jianxin Huang
Feat. Guoqiang Tang, Guoli Zhang, Qing Xu
The People’s Republic of China rolls out the big guns for this 60th anniversary epic, chronicling in big, sweeping gestures, the uprising of Mao…
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…
Hedgehog, TheHedgehog, The (Le hérisson) (2009) Recommended
Dir. Mona Achache
Feat. Josiane Balasko, Togo Igawa, Garance Le Guillermic
Charming, melancholy comedy in which a precocious, jaded 11–year–old from a well–to–do family decides to commit suicide on…
Human ZooHuman Zoo (2009)
Dir. Rie Rasmussen
Feat. Rie Rasmussen, Hiam Abbass
Gritty, naval–gazing immigrant story of a Serbian refugee (writer/dir. Rasmussen) who escapes the ethnic violence of her worn–torn…
I Am LoveI Am Love (Io sono l'amore) (2009) Aro Favourite
Dir. Luca Guadagnino
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Edoardo Gabbriellini
Tilda Swinton stars as the Russian–born matriarch of a wealthy Milanese family in this fabulously opulent Italian drama, centred around her…
I Killed My MotherI Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) (2009) Recommended
Dir. Xavier Dolan
Feat. Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément
An angst ridden teen grapples with growing up gay and his neurotic, overbearing mother in this feisty first feature from young French Canadian…
I, Don GiovanniI, Don Giovanni (2009)
Dir. Carlos Saura
Feat. Lorenzo Balducci, Lino Guanciale, Emilia Verginelli
Veteran Spanish director Carlos Saura conducts this lavish, darkly–tinged story behind the making of Mozart's opera masterpiece, 'Don Giovanni'.

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