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101 Reykjavik101 Reykjavik (2000) Recommended
Dir. Baltasar Kormakur
Feat. Baltasar Kormakur, Victoria Abril
An endearingly skewed yet unexpectedly poignant sex comedy moored in the 30–below temperatures of the Icelandic winter, about a…
Amores PerrosAmores Perros (Love's a Bitch) (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Feat. Emilio Echevarria, Gael Garcia Bernal, Goya Toledo
Bursting forth with passion, cinematic mettle and pungent local flavours, this debut feature, a triptych of stories set in polyglot Mexico City, is…
Beijing BicycleBeijing Bicycle (2000)
Dir. Wang Xiaoshuai
Feat. Lin Cui, Bin Li, Yuanyuan Gao
Set in the milieu of urban cycle–couriers, this retells De Sica’s BICYCLE THIEF on the teeming streets of Beijing where country–boy Lin…
BlackboardsBlackboards (2000)
Dir. Samira Makhmalbaf
Feat. Said Mohamadi, Behnaz Jafari
Set in politically unstable Kurdistan, this followup to THE APPLE by dir. Makhmalbaf, traces the adventures of a group of teachers searching the…
Bread and TulipsBread and Tulips (2000) Recommended
Dir. Silvio Soldini
Feat. Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Marina Massironi
When 40–something housewife Licia Maglietta is deserted by her family during vacation, she seizes on a chance to roll the romantic dice once…
Circle, TheCircle, The (2000) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jafar Panahi
Feat. Brano Holicek, Pavlina Mourkova, Jeri Pecha
Banned its native Iran, this compendium of linked stories circumscribes the various oppressions women must suffer under that country’s strict…
Code UnknownCode Unknown (2000)
Dir. Michael Haneke
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Arsinee Khanjian, Thierry Neuvic
Perhaps dir. Haneke's (THE PIANO TEACHER) least straightforward effort, this sketches a series of interconnected storylines loosely bound by themes…
Comedie de L'InnocenceComedie de L'Innocence (Comedy of Innocence) (2000)
Dir. Raul Ruiz
Feat. Isabelle Huppert, Jeanne Balibar, Charles Berling
A spooky psychological thriller, in which a young boy of nine tells his mother (Huppert) that in fact he is the son of another woman. When this…
Day I Became a Woman, TheDay I Became a Woman, The (2000)
Dir. Marziyeh Meshkini
Feat. Fatemeh Cherag Akhur, Hassan Nebhan, Shahr Banou Sisizadeh
A trio of strong metaphorical tales that outline three aspects of “a woman’s lot” in contemporary Iran, with humour and cinematic…
FaithlessFaithless (2000) Recommended
Dir. Liv Ullmann
Feat. Erland Josephson
Formidable high–brow drama directed by actress Ullmann from an autobiographical script by her veteran collaborator Ingmar…

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