Feb 18 2004 Belgium, France, Netherlands 2001 78 min Director: Lieven Debrauwer Martha, the senior of four elderly sisters, looks after the child-like Pauline. Pauline loves flowers and to run errands for her sister Paulette who runs a fabric shop in the town. When Martha suddenly dies, neither Paulette nor the youngest sister Cecile, who… Continue reading Pauline & Paulette
Tag: 2001
Read My Lips
Sur mes Lévres Mar 3 2004 Director: Jacques Audiard France 2001 118 min Carla is the under appreciated long-term secretary of a property firm. She is hard working, always the first to arrive and the last to leave and all this while suffering from a hearing defect. She persuades her employers to get her an… Continue reading Read My Lips
The Others
3 Dec 2003 USA, France, Spain 2001 101 min Director: Alejandro Amenabar Nicole Kidman stars as Grace, a strong-willed woman who lives isolated with her two children in their Jersey Mansion towards the end of the Second World War. Grace, who awaits the return of her soldier husband, is highly protective of her two children,… Continue reading The Others
The Closet
Le Placard 17 Dec 2003 France 2001 84 min Director: Francis Veber Francois Pignon has a problem; he is boring, so bland in fact that his wife has left him and his 17 year old son has abandoned him. Now even his employers are tired of him; he is to lose his job as an… Continue reading The Closet
Monsoon Wedding
16 October 2002 Director: Mira Nair India 2001 114 min At the beginning of the romantic monsoon season India the Verma family prepare for a last minute arranged marriage. Members of the extended family arrive from all over the world. Westerm values mix with old India traditions and five separate stories intertwine traversing the different… Continue reading Monsoon Wedding
Amelie – Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain
11 December 2002 Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet France, Germany 2001 122 mins From the director of Delicatessen (1991) comes a pure gem of a film. Amelie who grew up in a slightly eccentric and dysfunctional family, lives in a world of dreams and memories. Working in a Parisian café, she is looking for love and a… Continue reading Amelie – Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie Poulain
Elling
1 Dec 2004 Norway, Sweden 2001 89 min Director: Petter Næss Elling, a neurotic middle-aged man, has a nervous breakdown when his mother dies and is institutionalised. There he meets fellow patient Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female obsessed virgin. When the two are released into the outside world they are paralyzed by fear,… Continue reading Elling