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Subgenre Sampler

 
A Gun in Each HandA Gun in Each Hand (2012)
Dir. Cesc Gay
Feat. Javier Camara, Ricardo Darín, Jordi Molla
A talk–em–up as opposed to a shoot–em–up, this lively portmanteau follows the dissatisfied lives of eight middle–aged…
A HijackingA Hijacking (2012) Recommended
Dir. Tobias Lindholm
Feat. Mikkel Hartmann, Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling
A Danish cargo ship is hijacked off the coast of Somalia in this gripping, intense maritime adventure that cuts out all the action heroics usually…
A Lady in ParisA Lady in Paris (2012)
Dir. Ilmar Raag
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Laine Mägi, Patrick Pineau
An Estonian woman bereft of loved ones moves to France to care for an elderly expatriate who still obsessively pines for a former younger lover. An…
A Royal AffairA Royal Affair (2012) Recommended
Dir. Nikolaj Arcel
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Alicia Vikander, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
18th Century Denmark is the backdrop for this high–costumed drama about the love affair between Queen Caroline Matilda and her royal physician…
Ace AttorneyAce Attorney (2012)
Dir. Takashi Miike
Feat. Hiroki Narimiya, Takumi Saito
Takashi Miike churns out this preposterous video game adaptation, about a cocksure lawyer who agrees to defend his courtroom rival in a murder trial,…
After MayAfter May (Something in the Air) (2012)
Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Lola Créton, Clément Métayer
Hatched from dir. Olivier Assayas' personal experiences, this bittersweet evocation of the leftist fervour that caught hold of young Europeans in the…
AmourAmour (2012) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert
An octogenarian couple find their love put to the ultimate test when one of them suffers a stroke in this devastating humanist drama from master…
Another Woman's LifeAnother Woman's Life (2012)
Dir. Sylvie Testud
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Mathieu Kassovitz, Aure Atika
Juliette Binoche is typically radiant in this otherwise slight variation on the time–leap genre. She plays a well–to–do woman who…
Asterix and Obelix in BritainAsterix and Obelix in Britain (God Save Britannia) (2012)
Dir. Laurent Tirard
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Edouard Baer, Valérie Lemercier
Another big–budget, live action outing for the Franco comic duo, here aligning with the British to repel the Julius Caesar's invading Roman…
AugustineAugustine (2012)
Dir. Alice Winocour
Feat. Vincent Lindon, Soko , Chiara Mastroianni
Romantic drama speculating on a relationship (that in reality did not occur) between the 19th Century French neurologist Jean–Martin Charcot…
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