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Your search by 'World Cinema' has identified 26 films.
A Prophet (Un Prophète )
France, 2009, 150 min.
A PROPHET debuted at Cannes in 2009, taking home the Grand Prix Prize.
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena, part Arab, part Corsican,...
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Better Things
United Kingdom, 2008, 98 min.
A new voice in British cinema, Duane Hopkins’ powerful debut delivers a sharp insight into the lives of British youth. A multi-narrative drama depicting everyday...
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Birdsong (El cant dels ocells)
Spain, 2008, 98 min.
The Three Magi travel towards Bethlehem in order to bless the Messianic child who has just been born. They endlessly walk across ice fields and...
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Breathless (Ddongpari )
Korea, Republic of, 2009, 130 min.
Gangster Soon-Hong’s life is a cycle of violence and self-loathing. When he meets schoolgirl Han Yeon-Heui, he not only meets his match, but his possible...
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Call If You Need Me
Malaysia, 2009, 104 min.
Directed by James Lee, CALL IF YOU NEED ME won Silver digital prize in the Asian Digital Competition at the 33rd Hong Kong International Film...
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Can Go Through Skin (Kan door huid heen)
Netherlands, 2009, 94 min.
Award-winning director Esther Rots’ feature film debut CAN GO THROUGH SKIN is a taut psychological drama with light touches, telling the story of Marieke, a...
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Clone Returns Home, The (Kuron wa kokyo wo mezasu)
Japan, 2008, 110 min.
Kanji Nakajima’s quietly provocative film THE CLONE RETURNS HOME is a compelling meditation on the paradox of life and death and the meaning of love...
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Daytime Drinking (Not sool)
Korea, Republic of, 2008, 116 min.
Shot on HD for $10,000 DAYTIME DRINKING is proof that a good script, great direction, and strong performances are the keys to making a superb...
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Eastern Plays
Bulgaria, Sweden, 2009, 89 min.
Based on real life events, Kamen Kalev’s first feature film EASTERN PLAYS is a shocking look into the depths of human despair and suffering, and...
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Gigante
Argentina, Uruguay, 2009, 84 min.
Jara is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance...
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Happiest Girl In The World, The (Cea mai fericita fata din lume )
France, Japan, Netherlands, Romania, 2009, 100 min.
After winning a free car in an advertising campaign, Delia travels with her family to Bucharest to shoot a beverage commercial and claim her prize....
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Katalin Varga
United Kingdom, Hungary, Romania, 2009, 84 min.
Banished by her husband and her village, Katalin Varga is left with no other choice than to set out on a quest to find the...
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Love Exposure (Ai No Mukidashi)
Japan, 2008, 237 min.
Yu lives with his father, a devout Catholic priest. Father and son have a happy and harmonious life but their serenity is shattered when Kaori...
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Mary and Max
Australia, 2009, 92 min.
The opening night selection of the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and in competition at the 2009 Berlin Generation 14plus, MARY AND MAX is a clayography...
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Miao Miao
Hong Kong, 2008, 83 min.
Miao Miao is a shy exchange student from Japan struggling to adjust to her new life in Taipei. Lonely and needing a friend, she finally...
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Mid-August Lunch (Pranzo di ferragosto)
Italy, 2008, 75 min.
Gianni is a middle-aged man who lives with his widowed mother in an old condominium in central Rome. Living under the tyranny of this impoverished...
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My Dear Enemy (Meotjin haru)
Korea, Republic of, 2008, 123 min.
Jobless and single in her thirties, Hee-soo is miserable. One day, she sets out to find her ex-boyfriend Byoung-woon. It is not love that she...
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My Only Sunshine (Hayat var)
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, 2008, 121 min.
Set in the Turkish city of Istanbul, MY ONLY SUNSHINE tells the tragic coming-of-age story of fourteen-year-old Hayat, who lives with her father and her...
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Nonko 36-sai (Kaji-Tetsudai)
Japan, 2008, 105 min.
Prolific, director Kazuyoshi Kumakiri has received international attention for his string of award-winning films, including: BANQUET OF THE BEAST, A HOLE IN THE SKY (both...
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Police, Adjective (Politist, adj.)
Romania, 2009, 115 min.
A cinematically sophisticated, witty police drama from Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu (12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST, Winner of Cannes Camera d’Or in 2006), POLICE, ADJECTIF is...
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Revanche
Austria, 2008, 121 min.
At once a gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, REVANCHE is the stunning, Oscar–nominated, international breakthrough film from Austrian filmmaker Götz...
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Rough Cut (Yeong-hwa-neun yeong-hwa-da)
Korea, Republic of, 2008, 113 min.
Co-written and co-produced by the great award-winning Korean director Kim Ki-duk. ROUGH CUT (also called A Movie is a Movie) was directed by his protégé,...
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Seven Minutes in Heaven (Sheva dakot be gan eden)
Israel, 2008, 94 min.
One morning, like any other in Jerusalem, Galia and her boyfriend, Oren, board a local bus packed with passengers. Tragically, a suicide bomber on board...
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The 'Thank You' Girls
Philippines, United States, 2008, 110 min.
Tired of losing beauty competitions in their hometown of Davao City, six dysfunctional gay beauty pageant veterans travel north to Cagayan de Oro with a...
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White Night Wedding (Brúðguminn)
Iceland, 2008, 98 min.
WHITE NIGHT WEDDING, from Icelandic director and Baltasar Kormákur, is a compelling familial drama following the harried life of Jón (Hilmir Snær Guðnason) – a...
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