Subgenre Sampler
Drama > Foreign Cinema: 1767 Films to Buy & Rent
- Times and Winds (Bes Vakit) (2006)
- Dir. Reha Erdem
Feat. Ozkan Ozen, Ali Bey Kayali, Elit Iscan
- Set in a remote Turkish village three friends on the cusp of adolescence struggle with both with their changing emotions and growing resentment of…
- TranSylvania (2006)
- Dir. Tony Gatlif
Feat. Asia Argento, Birol Unel, Amira Casar
- Tony Gatlif tones his freewheeling musical romanticism down a notch, but doesn’t discard the ramshackle sensuality of his earlier films, in this…
- Vanaja (2006)
- Dir. Rajnesh Domalpalli
Feat. Mamatha Bhukya
- Heartfelt story of empowerment centres around the rape and subsequent pregnancy of a 15–year–old Indian girl who aspires to be a…
- Vitus (2006)
- Dir. Fredi M. Murer
Feat. Julika Jenkins, Urs Jucker, Bruno Ganz…
- Sweet–natured chronicle of a young prodigy whose parents demand success as a pianist.
The problem of trying to foster a child’s talent but…
- Volver (2006)
- Dir. Pedro Almodovar
Feat. Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Dueñas
- Formidable Spanish brand–name dir. Almodovar re–embracing what he knows best – womanhood – in a vibrant and tempestuous tale of…
- What is Love? (Quale Amore) (2006)
- Dir. Maurizio Sciarra
Feat. Giorgio Pasotti, Arnoldo Foa, Vanessa Incontrada…
- Sullen adaptation of Tolstoy's "Kreutzer Sonata" has jealous Pasotti recount how he murdered his wife. Good looking film features some accomplished…
- Accused (Anklaget) (2005)
- Dir. Jacob Thuesen
Feat. Troels Lyby, Sofie Grabol
- Unnerving Danish chamber–piece concerns the accusation by a 14–year–old girl that her father has sexually abused her – a…
- Adam's Apples (2005)
- Dir. Anders Thomas Jensen
Feat. Mads Mikkelsen, Ulrich Thomsen, Paprika Steen…
- Roguishly sardonic Danish black comedy about a sanguine country vicar (CASINO ROYALE’s Mikkelsen) who encounters resistance from a neo–Nazi…
- Airlift, The (2005)
- Dir. Dror Zahavi
Feat. Heino Ferch, Ulrich Tukur, Bettina Zimmerman
- Sweeping historical drama set in post–WWII Berlin with the love affair between a German single mother and an American General complicated by…
- Allegro (2005)
- Dir. Christoffer Boe
Feat. Ulrich Thomsen, Helena Christensen
- Conceptually intriguing Danish sci–fi drama concerns a gifted concert pianist whose lack of intimacy leads to amnesia, forcing him to enter…