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4:30
Singapore, 2006, 93 min.
The melancholy story of Xiao Wu, a young boy desperately seeking human kindness and friendship from his indifferent uncle, confirms director Royston Tan as a major new talent. Tan's willingness to push the limits of cinematographic art has made him a indie hero.... more
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Allegro
Denmark, 2006, 88 min.
In this cinematic tour de force from Denmark, a concert pianist, Zetterstrøm (Ulrich Thomsen from The Celebration), returns home to Copenhagen and finds himself a lost in a dreamlike odyssey to rediscover the love that he lost many years ago.... more
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Belle Toujours
France, 2006, 70 min.
Thirty-eight years after Buñuel’s Belle de jour, Henri (Michel Piccoli) and Séverine (Bulle Ogier), meet again by chance in an elegant concert hall in Paris. The two have obviously changed, yet Henri seems content to dwell in their perverse past. Oliveira’s elegant style and cunning narrative... more
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Dreamland
USA, 2006, 89 min.
Beautifully shot and passionately acted, Dreamland is the striking feature film debut of Jason Matzner. This woozily romantic trailer park love triangle features a stunning central performance by Agnes Bruckner that, alongside rising stars Kelli Garner and Justin Long, seems to unspool... more
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Emma’s Bliss
Germany, 2006, 99 min.
Max, a mediocre car salesman, learns that he is dying of pancreatic cancer. On a whim, he takes a road trip that introduces him to Emma, a pig farmer, and country life, both of which almost make him forget his fate. This second feature by Taddicken is a very sensual, unpredictable, and heart-warming... more
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The Free Will
Germany, 2006, 163 min.
After serving nine years for rape, Theo (Jürgen Vogel, Goodbye Lenin!) is determined to follow the straight and narrow. Complications ensue when he falls in love with his boss’s daughter, herself a damaged soul. As they deal with their inner demons, a tragic romance blossoms in this daring, s... more
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Kontakt
Macedonia, 2006, 96 min.
Circumstances throw a rugged ex-convict, Janka, and a recent resident of a psychiatric ward, Zana, together in a devastated Macedonian villa. When this odd couple connects, their relationship almost seems normal compared to the chaotic state-of-affairs surrounding them.... more
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Longing
Germany, 2006, 88 min.
A man and a woman in their early 30s love each other tenderly and live a quiet life in a village near Berlin, until one day the husband finds himself waking up in the bed of an unknown woman with no recollection of how he got there. Grisebach captures the essence and the mystery of the couple with e... more
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Love Sick
Romania, 2006, 85 min.
Alex and Kiki meet at the university and become fast girlfriends. Enter Sandu, tormented with jealousy. Is he Kiki’s brother or her jealous lover? Love Sick is remarkable for its matter-of-fact attitude towards love without rules.... more
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The Moon and the Stars
Italy, 2007, 102 min.
Jonathan Pryce, Catherine McCormack and Alfred Molina star in John Irvin’s classical drama that throws a disparate group of actors and filmmakers together to try and film a version of Tosca in the Rome of 1939, despite the growing portents of war.... more
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Prague
Denmark, 2006, 92 min.
When Christoffer and his wife go to Prague to bring back the body of the father he has not seen for 25 years, the city unleashes forgotten longings—causing a rift in the marriage and a fight to avoid being destroyed—in this intense drama about love, loss and loneliness.... more
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The Situation
USA, 2006, 106 min.
Philip Haas (Angels and Insects) has made the first dramatic feature about the ongoing debacle in Iraq with this smart film that uses a love-triangle between a journalist (Connie Nielsen), a CIA man and an Iraqi photographer to explore the complex issues bedeviling the war-torn country.... more
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The Summer Palace
China, 2006, 140 min.
Two students at Beijing University in 1989 fall passionately in love. In the throes of their passionate romance, they barely notice that their country and fellow students are in the midst of an equally passion political upheaval, culminating in the events of Tiananmen Square.... more
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Venus
United Kingdom, 2006, 95 min.
The incomparable Peter O’Toole returns to the screen as 70-something actor who gains a new lease on life when he meets and falls in love with a 19-year-old girl. Venus transforms an edgy, even squeamish story, into a profound and moving film going experience.... more
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The Wedding Chest
Kyrgyzstan, 2006, 104 min.
Aidar, a Kyrgyz expat living in Paris, returns to his homeland for a visit, with a beautiful French girlfriend in tow. But Aidar has become a European, while his relatives and neighbors uphold a traditional way of life, a fact that leads to misunderstandings, both comic and serious.... more
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Woman on the Beach
South Korea, 2006, 127 min.
Part French New Wave, part Korean, master filmmaker Hong Sang-soo's unexpected and delightful romantic comedy places two women and two men in a fleeting romance that lasts one night. Featuring a luminous performance by superstar TV actress Go Hyun-jung, the film is his most enjoyable and satisfying ... more
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