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1) Amelie
Language
Français
Appears on list
Description
Amélie is a young woman who had a decidedly unusual childhood; misdiagnosed with an unusual heart condition, Amélie didn't attend school with other children, but spent most of her time in her room, where she developed a keen imagination and an active fantasy life. Despite all this, Amélie has grown into a healthy and beautiful young woman who works in a Paris cafe and has a whimsical, romantic nature. She decides to step into the lives of others...
3) Hero
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Ent
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
With supernatural skill and no fear a nameless soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Français
Description
Malik el Djebena, who is condemned to six years in prison, cannot read or write, but soon figures out the politics of the prison. Though Malik is only 19-years-old, the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison corners him and gives him certain 'missions' to carry out. He quickly gains the confidence of the gang leader, as these assignments begin to toughen him up. But Malik soon develops some plans of his own.
Publisher
Typecast Releasing
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Persian
Description
The story of a blind dervish named Bab'Aziz and his spirited granddaughter, Ishtar. Together they wander the desert in search of a great reunion of dervishes that takes place just once every thirty years. With faith as their only guide, the two journey for days through the expansive, barren landscape. To keep Ishtar entertained, Bab'Aziz relays the ancient tale of a prince who relinquished his realm. As the tale of the prince unfolds, the two encounter...
10) White material
Series
Criterion collection volume 560
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Français
Description
Maria is an entitled white woman living in Africa, desperately unwilling to give up her family's crumbling coffee plantation despite the civil war closing in on her. A gripping evocation of the death throes of European colonialism and a fascinating look at a woman lost in her own mind.
11) Chocolat
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
Français
Description
A young woman returns to Cameroon to trace her past. Soon the sights, sounds and smells sweep her back to her childhood and memories of the people who populated her youth.
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Russian
Description
On a desolate island in the Arctic Circle, two men work at a small meteorological station, taking readings from their radioactive surroundings. Sergei, a gruff professional in his fifties, takes his job very seriously. His new partner, bright-eyed college grad Pavel, retreats to his MP3 player and video games to avoid Sergei's imposing presence. One day while Sergei is out, inexperienced Pavel receives terrible news for Sergei from HQ. When the truth...
13) Diva
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Language
Français
Formats
Description
Cynthia Hawkins is the operatic superstar whose refusal to make a recording frustrates her adoring public. A young fan named Jules makes a secret tape and is stalked by thugs who plan to blackmail the diva. Jules also accidently acquires a tape which tells of a top mobster's role in an international sex and drug ring. Two hired killers are out to get the tape.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Xu Yun, a teenager from a remote village, travels to the big city of Zigong, Sichuan Province with no money and a brace of ducks in a basket on his back. His mission is to find and retrieve his errant father, who walked out on his family six years before.
15) The wall
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A woman vacationing in the Austrian mountains discovers that she is separated from all human contact by an invisible barrier. With her loyal dog Lynx as her sole companion she undergoes an inward journey of growth and transcendence.
16) Ikiru: To live
Series
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
日本語
Description
Discovering that he is in the terminal stages of cancer, a clerk spends his last months in search of the meaning to life. After his pursuit of pleasure has failed, he finds self-realization in bringing about the building of a children's playground in the slums and dies quiety fulfilled.
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
"11 year old Wang Han lives with his family in a remote village in Guizhou province... When Wang is selected to lead his school through their daily gymnastic regimen, his teacher recommends that he wear a clean, new shirt in honor of this important position - a request that forces his family to make a great sacrifice... soon after Wang is given the precious shirt, he encounters a desperate, wounded man, who takes it from him ... In no time the fates...
18) Wings of desire
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Dreamy, stunningly photographed tale about an angel who trades in his wings to experience true love on Earth. Includes commentary by the director, deleted scenes, a documentary, and more.
19) Departures
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
日本語
Description
A former cellist moves back to his hometown with his wife and accepts a position preparing corpses for burial.
20) Jerichow
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Deutsch
Description
A business relationship turns into a love triangle when an ex-soldier begins working for a store owner and his beautiful wife.
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