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Subgenre Sampler

 
House of Sand, TheHouse of Sand, The (2005)
Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Feat. Fernanda Montenegro, Fernanda Torres, Ruy Guerra
Rapturous cinematography transforms this melodramatic saga of three generations of women stranded in Brazil’s inhospitable Maranhão region, into…
How Much Do You Love Me?How Much Do You Love Me? (Combien tu m'aimes?) (2005)
Dir. Bertrand Blier
Feat. Monica Bellucci, Gerard Depardieu, Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Akin to THE VALET’s improbable live–in relationship, but offering entirely different results, this peculiar comedy–romance stars Monica…
In the Light of the Sun In the Light of the Sun (Alla luce del sole) (2005)
Dir. Roberto Faenza
Feat. Luca Zingaretti
Grave Italian drama, set in a time of increased Mafia terrorism and based on the chain of events that led to the assassination of the Catholic priest…
Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2007 Italian Film Festival Collection, The - 2007 (2005-2006) Recommended
Comprehensive box–set collection of 11 of the best Italian films featured at the 'Italian Film Festival 2007' spread over 6 discs. Films…
Italian, TheItalian, The (Italianetz) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Andrei Kravchuk
Feat. Kolya Spiridonov, Nikolai Reutov, Maria Kuznetsova
Despite the title there is little Tuscan sunshine to be found here, but instead a frosty though warm–hearted tale from a Russian orphanage,…
Joyeux NoelJoyeux Noel (Merry Christmas) (2005) Recommended
Dir. Christian Carion
Feat. Ian Richardson, Diane Kruger, Daniel Bruhl
Fact–based WWI drama centred around how, on Christmas Eve, 1914, opposing French, German and British soldiers called a temporary ceasefire amid…
Karol - A Man Who Became PopeKarol - A Man Who Became Pope (2005)
Dir. Giacomo Battiato
Feat. Piotr Adamczyk
A lavish TV biopic concerning the life of the Polish–born leader of the Roman Catholic church between 1978 and 2005, Karol Wojtyla or Pope John…
L'EnferL'Enfer (Hell) (2005)
Dir. Danis Tanovic
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Karin Viard, Marie Gillain
Intense and twisting family psychodrama based on a script by Krystof Kieslowski (THREE COLOURS) has three French sisters finding their lives…
La Maison de NinaLa Maison de Nina (2005)
Dir. Richard Dembo
Feat. Agnes Jaoui, Sarah Adler, Katia Lewkowicz
Quietly accomplished French drama focused on the relationships within the fragile structures of the 'houses of hope': houses run by surrogate mothers…
La Petite JerusalemLa Petite Jerusalem (2005)
Dir. Karin Albou
Feat. Elsa Zylberstein
Passion must be reconciled with faith for two sisters growing impatient with family and religious boundaries, while living in the drab Parisian…
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