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PonettePonette (1996) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Doillon
Feat. Victoire Thivisol
Staying at her Aunt's provincial cottage after the accidental death of her mother, a four–year–old girl comes to terms with death, while…
Portrait of a LadyPortrait of a Lady (1996) Recommended
Dir. Jane Campion
Feat. Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich
Unfairly roasted by many critics, our Jane's adaptation of Henry James' novel dares to offer more than romance in fancy dress, but instead a complex,…
Pretty Village, Pretty FlamePretty Village, Pretty Flame (1996) Aro Favourite
Dir. Sadjan Dragojevic
Feat. Dragan Bjelorgrlic, Nikola Kojo
Seen in flashback from a ward in triage, the Bosnian war is portrayed in a riveting counter–play of nihilism and theatre, as a band of Serbian…
Prisoner of the MountainsPrisoner of the Mountains (1996) Recommended
Dir. Sergei Bodrov
Feat. Oleg Menshikov, Sergei Bodrov Jr, Susanna Mekhraliyeva
A Tolstoy fable is here seamlessly transposed to the Chechean conflict, with two Russian soldiers apprehended by a Chechean village elder who hopes…
Promise, ThePromise, The (La Promesse) (1996) Recommended
Dir. Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Feat. Jeremie Renier, Olivier Gourmet
A deceptively modest, altogether riveting early film from the Dardenne brothers, here test–driving the formal rigors of their unwavering…
Proprietor, TheProprietor, The (1996)
Dir. Ismail Merchant
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Sean Young, Sam Waterston
The other half of the Merchant/Ivory partnership directs this story of a distinguished French–Jewish writer who returns to Paris to confront…
RasputinRasputin (1996)
Dir. Uli Edel
Feat. Alan Rickman, Greta Scacchi, Ian McKellen
Richly turned–out costume saga of Rasputin: the enigmatic, unwashed peasant who rose up to become the spiritual guide of the Tsar's family in…
Reef, TheReef, The (Passion's Way) (1996)
Dir. Robert Allan Ackerman
Feat. Timothy Dalton, Sela Ward, Leslie Caron
Unrequited love is the theme of this adaptation from Edith Wharton, as young lovers Timothy Dalton and Sela Ward are repeatedly separated by…
Rhodes (TV Mini-series)Rhodes (TV Mini-series) (1996)
Dir. David Drury
Feat. Martin Shaw, Frances Barber, Joe Shaw
Lengthy but worth–it biopic telling the story of Cecil Rhodes, the 19th–Century businessman who was sent to Africa to die, but came back…
Richard IIIRichard III (1996) Recommended
Dir. Richard Loncraine
Feat. Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Robert Downey Jnr.
Transposed to a fascist 1930s Britain, Shakespeare's classic tale of power politics easily renews its timeless appeal. Ian McKellen commands every…

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