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Song of Sparrows, TheSong of Sparrows, The (Âvâz-e gonjeshk-hâ) (2008)
Dir. Majid Majidi
Feat. Reza Naji
Iranian film following the life of a simple and contented ostrich farmer whose life changes dramatically when he loses his job and travels to Tehran…
Still WalkingStill Walking (2008) Aro Favourite
Dir. Kore-eda Hirokazu
Feat. Hiroshi Abe, You , Yui Natsukawa
A recently remarried son (Abe) pays visit to his quietly disapproving parents in this exquisitely observed family drama, shot in the tradition of…
Summer HoursSummer Hours (2008) Recommended
Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jeremie Renier
Three siblings deliberate over the family estate following the death of their mother in this subtle, gorgeously rendered meditation on ‘moving…
Tokyo SonataTokyo Sonata (2008) Recommended
Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Feat. Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyôko Koizumi, Yû Koyanagi
A devastating contemporary drama from the master of modern malaise, this piercing study of social collapse focuses on an downsized Japanese corporate…
Treeless MountainTreeless Mountain (2008) Recommended
Dir. So Yong Kim
Feat. Hee-yeon Kim, Song-hee Kim, Mi-hyang Kim
Korean–American So Yong Kim directs this moderate, heartfelt drama of two sisters, aged 3 and 6 respectively, who are abandoned by their mother…
TulpanTulpan (2008) Recommended
Dir. Sergey Dvortsevoy
Feat. Askhat Kuchinchirekov
A goofy love story is eked out of this astonishing account of nomadic life, where a family not only survive but relish sheep and goat herding on the…
Un Secret Un Secret (2008)
Dir. Claude Miller
Feat. Cecile De France, Ludivine Sagnier, Julie Depardieu
Graceful, poignant French wartime drama centred on the son of a Jewish family who uncovers a piece of unsettling family history at the time of the…
Underdog Knight, TheUnderdog Knight, The (Ying Han) (2008)
Dir. Sheng Ding
Feat. Ye Liu, Yong You, Anthony Wong
An offbeat, anti–heroic character study out of mainland China, in which a self–styled martial arts pretender lands a job as bodyguard for…
Wild BloodWild Blood (Sanguepazzo) (2008)
Dir. Marco Tullio Giordana
Feat. Monica Bellucci, Alessio Boni, Luca Zingaretti
Compelling melodrama traces the rise and fall of two movie stars who embrace Fascism under Mussolini's Italy.
Wild GrassWild Grass (Les Herbes Folles) (2008) Recommended
Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Andre Dussollier, Sabine Azema, Emmanuelle Devos
A masterful light–footed comedy of the surreal from veteran French dir. Alain Resnais, centered on a missing wallet responsible for triggering…

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