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Hidden BladeHidden Blade (Kakushi-ken: oni no tsume) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Yoji Yamada
Feat. Masatoshi Nagase
The fading glory of the Japanese feudal period in the Meiji Resoration is once again beautifully explored by the dir. of TWILIGHT SAMURAI through a…
In Your HandsIn Your Hands (Forbrydelser) (2004)
Dir. Annette K. Olesen
Feat. Jens Albinus, Trine Dyrholm, Ann Eleonora Joergensen
Denmark’s latest Dogme dispatch concerns a prison priest whose faith is tested by a young inmate claiming to perform miracles of…
InnocenceInnocence (2004) Aro Favourite
Dir. Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Feat. Zoé Auclair, Lea Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge
A strange and sinister – but also uttering beguiling – fantasy combining phantasmagorical imagery and a dewy atmosphere to metaphorically…
Innocent VoicesInnocent Voices (Voces inocentes) (2004)
Dir. Luis Mandoki
Feat. Carlos Padilla, Leonor Varela
The tumultuous upheaval of civil war is witnessed through the eyes of a terrified 12–year–old boy, whose approaching teenage years spell…
Intimate StrangersIntimate Strangers (Confidences trop intimes) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Patrice Leconte
Feat. Sandrine Bonnaire, Fabrice Luchini, Anne Brochet
Another stylish excursion into suspensful romanticism for dir. Leconte (MONSIEUR HIRE), here premised on a woman's mistaken assumption that she is…
Intruder, TheIntruder, The (L' Intrus) (2004) Aro Favourite
Dir. Claire Denis
Feat. Michel Subor, Beatrice Dalle, Katia Golubeva
More sensory cinema from the dir. of BEAU TRAVAIL, lodged in a globally sprawling, free–associative narrative encircled loosely around one…
Jasmine WomenJasmine Women (Mo li hua kai; Blossoming Jasmine; Jasmine Flower) (2004)
Dir. Yong Hou
Feat. Joan Chen, Wen Jiang, Zhang Ziyi
Intergenerational Chinese weepie about women who are unlucky in love, set during the 1920s, '50s and '80s, and based on the book by Su Tong (also the…
Keys to the House, The Keys to the House, The (Chiavi di casa, Le) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Gianni Amelio
Feat. Charlotte Rampling, Kim Rossi Stuart
Eloquent Italian drama directed by Gianni Amelio (OPEN DOORS) following a distant father attempting to reconnect with his disabled son by…
Kings and QueenKings and Queen (Rois et reine) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin
Feat. Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Catherine Deneuve
A tragicomedy of multiple layers and degrees untangles the complicated life of one Emmanuelle Devos, and the various men she calls her own. Spun…
Land Has Eyes, TheLand Has Eyes, The (Pear ta ma 'on maf) (2004) Recommended
Dir. Vilsoni Hereniko
Feat. Sapeta Taito, Rena Owen, Voi Fesaitu
The first ever Fijian feature film, this evokes WHALE RIDER with its tale of a young woman (Taito) who aspires to transcend an existence…
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