13 Dec 2000 Director: Mark Illsley USA 1999 98 min Two escaped convicts, Harry and Wayne, steal an RV and end up in Happy, Texas, where they’re mistaken for a gay couple hired to run the “Little Miss Fresh-Squeezed” beauty pageant. Deciding to play along, they embrace their new identities while plotting to rob the… Continue reading Happy Texas
Tag: 1999
All About My Mother
14 Mar 2001 Director: Pedro Almodóvar Spain, France 1999 104 min Manuela, a nurse in Madrid, loses her son Esteban in a tragic accident on his 17th birthday. Devastated, she travels to Barcelona to find his father, Lola, a transgender woman who is unaware of Esteban’s existence. There, Manuela reconnects with an old friend, Agrado,… Continue reading All About My Mother
Cider House Rules
18 Oct 2000 Director: Lasse Hallström USA 1999 125 min Homer Wells grows up in an orphanage under the care of Dr. Larch, who also performs abortions. Despite being taught the medical procedure, Homer opposes it and leaves to experience the world outside the orphanage. He finds work on a cider farm and falls in… Continue reading Cider House Rules
The Girl on the Bridge – La Fille sur le Pont
2 Apr 2003 Director: Patrice Leconte France 1999 90min A charming love story from the director of Monsieur Hire (1989) and The Hairdresser’s Husband (1990). Adele stands on a bridge in Paris leaning over the Seine intending to drown her sorrows. Then a stranger takes an interest in her plight. He is Gabor and needs… Continue reading The Girl on the Bridge – La Fille sur le Pont
Colour of Paradise
Rang-e Khoda Director: Majid Majidi 8 Oct 2003 Iran 1999 90 min Mohammad is a boy at Tehran’s institute for the blind. Long after the other children have been collected for their summer vacation, Mohammad waits for his father while he rescues a baby bird from a cat and returns it to its mother. When… Continue reading Colour of Paradise
Himalaya – L’Enfance d’un chef
6 November 2002 Director: Eric Valli France 1999 108 mins In the village of Dolpo, high in the Himalayas, Tinle, the elderly village chief, blames Karma for the death of his son. He refuses to give Karma his , blessing to lead the traditional salt caravan. Karma rebels and takes the young Dolpopas out on… Continue reading Himalaya – L’Enfance d’un chef
Not One Less – Yi ge dou bu neng shao
5 March 5 2003 Director: Yimou Zhang China 1999 106 min A teacher in a remote mountain village in China must leave for a month. The only substitute the Mayor can find is a 13 year-old girl, Wei Minzhi. The teacher promises her an extra ten yuan if there is not one less student in… Continue reading Not One Less – Yi ge dou bu neng shao
Snow Falling on Cedars
4 Dec 2002 Director: Scott Hicks USA 1999 127 min In a post war American fishing community, anti-Japanese sentiment is still running high. A member of the Japanese community, Kazuo, is on trial for the murder of a local fisherman. His wife, Hatsue, sits in on the trial, watched by the local newspaperman, Ishmael.Hatsue is… Continue reading Snow Falling on Cedars
Butterfly Tongue – La Lengua de las mariposas
19 March 2003 Director: José Luis Cuerda Spain 1999 96min Moncho is eight and it is the beginning of an idyllic year for him. He begins school with a wonderful teacher and makes a friend in Roque. His older brother is a saxophonist and takes him on a trip from their Galician town. It would… Continue reading Butterfly Tongue – La Lengua de las mariposas