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Subgenre Sampler
Munnabhai M.B.B.S. (2003)- Dir. Rajkumar Hirani
Feat. Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Dutt - An unusually comedic Bollywood musical, sees a smalltime gangster staging an elaborate deception to prove to his straight–laced father that, in…
Missing Gun, The (Xun qiang) (2002)- Dir. Chuan Lu
Feat. Wen Jiang - Wound–up thriller set in a small and eccentric Chinese village, where a policeman wakes one morning with a hangover to find his…
Drole de Felix (The Adventures of Felix aka Funny Felix) (2001)
- Dir. Jacques Martineau, Olivier Ducastel
Feat. Sami Bouajila - Seeking to meet his father for the first time, HIV–positive Sami Bouajila journeys across France from Dieppe to Marseille in a tour of…
Everybody Famous (2001)- Dir. Dominique Deruddere
Feat. Josse De Pauw, Eva van der Gucht, Werner De Smedt… - A hit in the Netherlands and at festivals, this half–sweet, half–cringe–inducingly sour satire, sees truly mediocre singer Eva Van…
- Love On a Diet (2001)
- Dir. Johnnie To
Feat. Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng - The dir. of HEROIC TRIO, takes a serious change of tack with a weight–problem comedy. Looking to re–ignite her former romance with…
Vertical Ray of the Sun, The (At the Height of Summer) (2001)- Dir. Tran Anh Hung
Feat. Tran Nu Yen-Khe, Nhu Quynh Nguyen, Le Khanh - Conjuring once more the scent, hue and atmosphere of Vietnam, the dir. of SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA depicts the complicated sisterhood of three women in…
A Moment of Innocence (2000)- Dir. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
- A slowly unfolding tale of the dir.'s own involvement in the stabbing of a policeman when he was an Islamic radical in the 1970s. Subsequently…
Day 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…
Farewell - Brecht's Last Summer, The (2000)- Dir. Jan Schutte
Feat. Josef Bierbichler, Monika Bliebtreu, Elfriede Irrall - Prior knowledge of the life of playwright Bertolt Brecht (played by Josef Bierbichler) will enhance this accomplished chamber–drama, set at an…
Me You Them (Eu Tu Eles) (2000)- Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Feat. Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia - Set in the arid hinterlands of Brazil, this serio–comic study of rural polyandry has Regina Case (Brazil’s Oprah Winfrey) hitch up three…
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