Cloud Nine 6 Jan 2010 Director: Andreas Dresen Germany 2008 99 min After 30 years of marriage, Inge, in her 60s, embarks on a passionate affair with 76 year-old Karl. She is now torn between the husband she loves dearly and the man who ignites a spark of life in her.Inge feels her youth re-awakened… Continue reading Wolke Neun
Tag: Germany
Barbara
23 Oct 2013 Germany 2012 105 min Director: Christian Petzold Barbara is a doctor in the East Germany of 1980. As a punishment for political insubordination and an application to emigrate to the west, she has been removed from a prestigious position in Berlin and banished to a hospital in the provinces where she plans… Continue reading Barbara
Summer Lightning
AKA: A Free Woman 3 Feb 1988 Director: Volker Schlondorff (also of “Tin Drum”) Germany 1972 100 min Starring Margaretha von Trotta as a women attempting, and failing, to escape from her traditional role.
La Reigne Margot (Queen Margaret)
20 Oct 1999 Director: Patrice Chéreau France, Germany, Italy 1994 162 min Marguerite is the proud and beautiful sister of the Catholic King of France. It is August 1572. The nation is being torn apart by religious hatred and Margot is forced to marry the Protestant Duke of Navarre in an effort to reconcile her… Continue reading La Reigne Margot (Queen Margaret)
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
Black Cat, White Cat – Crna macka, beli macor
22 January 2003 Yugoslavia, France, Germany 1998 147 min Director: Emir Kusturica Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to a successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, he desperately wants married. Matko comes up with… Continue reading Black Cat, White Cat – Crna macka, beli macor
Wondrous Oblivion
5 Jan 2005 Director: Paul Morrison UK, Germany 2003 106 min Set in the 1960’s, 11 yr old David Wiseman loves cricket. He has the outfit but has no ability. His game is so bad his schoolmates make fun of him. Then a Jamaican family moves next door and builds a cricket net in the… Continue reading Wondrous Oblivion
Man without a Past
Mies vailla menneisyytta 17 Nov 2004 Director: Aki Kaurismaki Finland, Germany, France 2002 97 min ‘M’ arrives in Helsinki looking for work, where he is set upon by thugs and left for dead. He recovers but with no memory of his past. With nothing to support him, he begins to rebuild his life. He wanders… Continue reading Man without a Past
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring
2 Feb 2005 South Korea, Germany 2003 103 min Director: Ki-duk Kim Captivating fable concerning the seasonal nature of life. A young boy lives in the idyllic environment of the floating monastery on a tranquil lake. There his master teaches him the ways of Buddhism. Time goes by and a girl is brought to the… Continue reading Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring
Whalerider
16 Mar 2005 New Zealand, Germany 2002 101 min Director: Niki Caro Cert:PG In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation for more than 1000 years, a male heir born to the chief succeeds to the title. 11 year old Pai is convinced that she,… Continue reading Whalerider