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Merci Pour Le ChocolatMerci Pour Le Chocolat (Nightcap) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Isabelle Huppert
Slyly subversive psychodrama, with Isabelle Huppert excelling as the owner of a Swiss chocolate–business, who also happens to be a…
Millennium MamboMillennium Mambo (2001)
Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Shu Qi
The first in dir. Hou’s ‘contemporary youth’ trilogy is a light–infused strobe of aimless young adults living in the accelerated urban…
Minor MishapsMinor Mishaps (2001)
Dir. Annette K. Olesen
Feat. Jorgen Kiil, Maria Wurgler Rich, Jannie Faurschou
Emerging from the lighter end of the Dogme 95 movement, this drama reunites a father and three children after the death of their mother in a car…
Naked, TheNaked, The (Golasy) (2001)
Dir. Witold Swiêtnicki
Genuine oddity, this Polish satire upon the tedium of the Soviet era, as experienced by an office full of white–collar workers, is lent a…
Night Shift Night Shift (Trois Huit) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Phillippe Le Guay
Feat. Gérald Laroche, Marc Barbe
Tense French workplace drama about a mild–mannered factory employee who must cope with a vindictive and domineering co–worker. Working…
Pauline and PaulettePauline and Paulette (Pauline et Paulette) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Lieven Debrauwer
Feat. Dora van der Groen, Ann Petersen
An amusing, poignant tale of two elderly sisters and their unique relationship, portrayed by two grand old dames of Belgian theatre. After her…
Piano Teacher, ThePiano Teacher, The (2001) Recommended
Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoit Magimel
Isabelle Huppert gives the bravest and possibly best performance of her career as a brittle, imbalanced music teacher in a drama that might prove too…
Read My LipsRead My Lips (Sur Mes Levres) (2001) Recommended
Dir. Jacques Audiard
Feat. Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos
Sturdy, unconventional French thriller about an insecure, partially–deaf office clerk who tries to help an irascible ex–con integrate…
SamsaraSamsara (2001) Recommended
Dir. Pan Nalin
Feat. Shawn Ku, Christy Chung, Neelesha Bavora
A spiritual and visually resplendent drama based around the sexual awakening of a novice Buddhist monk in remote, mountainous Tibet. After…
Sex and LuciaSex and Lucia (2001) Recommended
Dir. Julio Medem
Feat. Paz Vega, Tristan Ulloa, Najwa Nimri
Another sumptuous, stylistic meditation for dir. Julio Medem that interlocks his penchant for intricate, fractured narrative with a thrust of daring…

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