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Munnabhai M.B.B.S.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 FelixDrole de Felix (The Adventures of Felix aka Funny Felix) (2001) Recommended
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 FamousEverybody Famous (2001) Recommended
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, TheVertical 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 InnocenceA Moment of Innocence (2000) Recommended
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, 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…
Farewell - Brecht's Last Summer, TheFarewell - Brecht's Last Summer, The (2000) Recommended
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 ThemMe You Them (Eu Tu Eles) (2000) Recommended
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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