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Born to Suffer
Spain, 2010, 112 min.
A gentle, bittersweet dramatic comedy of female solidarity and subterfuge set in rural Spain. It centers on 72-year-old Flora, a spinster fearful that her relatives won’t care for her in her old age, and who marries her faithful female housekeeper in order to keep her covetous nieces at bay.... more
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Cirkus Columbia
Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2010, 113 min.
Oscar-winner Tanovic here revisits the milieu of his first film, No Man's Land, using the absurdist tale of a man returning to his native Herzegovinian village in 1991 to illustrate the beginnings of the bloody internecine strife in Bosnia. Winner, Audience Award, Sarajevo Film Festival.... more
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Daydream Nation
Canada, 2010, 98 min.
Instantly bored with the kids at her new small town high school, city girl Caroline becomes entangled in a secret love triangle with her teacher and a stoner classmate. Inspiring comparison to Juno and Donnie Darko, Daydream Nation launches the arrival of an exciting new filmmaking talent in writer-... more
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The Drummond Will
United Kingdom, 2010, 81 min.
A delicious black comedy that veers from quirky mystery into more dark and violent places, Butterworth’s debut features a mismatched set of brothers who attend their father’s rural funeral and find that the “eccentric” villagers are definitely not what they seem…... more
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The Encore of Tony Duran
USA, 2010, 90 min.
This bittersweet story of one man’s reawakening to the possibilities of life features terrific performances, abundant Palm Springs locations and a poignantly redemptive tale about the true nature of success.... more
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Heartbeats
Canada, 2010, 102 min.
A blackly comic romance from the director of I Killed My Mother in which twenty-something hipsters Francis and Marie complete for the affections of new kid in town Nicolas, who plays them off against each other until a weekend in the country resolves things once and for all.... more
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Home for Christmas
Norway, 2010, 90 min.
A multi-character slice of Norwegian Christmas humanism that is at once hilarious, charming and pointedly moving, Hamer’s (Kitchen Stories, O’Horten) delightful celebration of all that is good in humankind weaves together various vignettes into a wonderfully satisfying whole.... more
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October
Peru, 2010, 83 min.
If you enjoyed the deadpan dramedy of the Uruguayan film Whisky a few years back, don’t miss this bittersweet tale of a hard-hearted moneylender, a lonely spinster and the cutest-ever abandoned baby. Rendered in a brilliantly controlled expressionist style with numerous smartly handled running gags,... more
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Peepli Live
India, 2010, 106 min.
Faced with financial ruin, poor farmer Natha learns of a program that would benefit his family if he commits suicide. A media frenzy breaks out when news gets around that he is seriously considering this desperate option in this Capra-esque, Indian style comedy. A biting satire from Aamir Khan Produ... more
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The Recipe
South Korea, 2010, 104 min.
Mixing romance, crime story, black comedy, missing-persons drama, modern fairy tale and food to near-perfection, The Recipe centers on a TV producer searching for the recipe for an enchanting spicy bean-curd stew--and its elusive creator.... more
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A Somewhat Gentle Man
Norway, 2010, 103 min.
A droll, highly satisfying black comedy about our painful shortcomings, a tribute to less than perfect sex, and a worldwide campaign against people of petty exactness. After completing his prison sentence, Ulrik has to cope with his old gang, his ex, a few women, and a snitch.
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The Woman With A Broken Nose
Serbia, 2010, 101 min.
Finding a sweet spot between art film and mass entertainment, this quirky relationship comedy follows several privately grieving people who cross paths in contemporary Belgrade. Notable for a lightness of touch, an appealing cast, attractive production design, and real tenderness for its tough yet v... more
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