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Series
Criterion collection volume 1211
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Persian
Formats
Description
Childhood takes on mythic dimensions in one of the defining works of postrevolutionary Iranian cinema. Inspired by director Amir Naderi's boyhood, The Runner is lit from within by Madjid Niroumand's electrifying performance as a young orphan fending for himself on the streets of a port city, determined to rise above his circumstances working odd jobs, passing time with friends, learning to read and running, always running, toward the future. Water,...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Four characters struggle with the disillusionment of the revolutionary generation in post-independence Guinea-Bissau. In Udju Azul di Yonta, the most compelling character is Vicente, a disenchanted hero of the independence struggle who has only grudgingly adapted himself to post-revolutionary society. He is a figure with whom many disappointed Western '60s activists will identify. As "Comrade Boss" of a fish warehouse, he continues to work for the...
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
This film offers insights into the lives of women in Iran. As the narrative dynamically shifts from woman to woman, their stories culminate with tremendous potency, transforming a shared sense of dispair and injustice into one of kinship and even hope.
Series
Criterion collection volume 159
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
日本語
Description
A vain young doctor learns a valuable lesson from the dedicated director of a clinic for destitute patients.
6) Gabbih
Series
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
Persian
Description
A folkloric carpet (Gabbeh), picturing a man and a woman riding away on horseback, is the prized possession of an elderly nomadic couple. When they ... wash it ..., a beautiful young woman ... emerges from the carpet to ... reveal the secret of the carpet. Once held hostage by the endless restraints of the family that fashioned the carpet, she reveals that the secret...lies within the mysterious black-clad rider on the white horse. Month after month,...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
In order to escape Communist Hungary, a family must leave behind their infant daughter. She is then temporarily raised by a peasant Hungarian couple. When the daughter is finally brought to America to be with her family, her relationship with her real family becomes strained. The girl is torn between two mothers and two homelands. Based on a true story. The girl returns to Hungary and take an unforgettable journey of self-discovery.
Publisher
TLA Releasing
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
From South Africa comes a compelling story of fate and friendship as two boys make a simple choice that alters their lives forever. This richly multilayered story offers an insightful look into the challenges facing post-Apartheid South Africa while telling an enchanting tale of a sweet artistic soul finding his true self.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Alfred and Lisa decide to divorce after only a couple of months of marriage. Alfred takes a few days off to clear his head, riding through Berlin and meeting strangers; although he ultimately returns to Lisa, but the ending remains open. In East Germany's closest counterpart to early Godard, Jürgen Böttcher grasps the life of 20-year-olds in Prenzlauer Berg with social and regional exactness and translates it into a universal language. Born in '45...
14) Paris, Texas
Series
Criterion collection volume 501
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
After four years' absence, a social dropout reappears in L.A. to claim his abandoned son and then heads to Texas to reunite the boy with his mother.
15) Country boys
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed producer David Sutherland returns to rural America to tell an epic tale of two boys coming of age in Kentucky's Appalachian hills, documenting their struggles to overcome hardship and poverty and find meaning in their lives. It begins in the autumn of 1999, when Chris and Cody begin attending the David School, an alternative high school for troubled teens in David, Kentucky. Cody finds a new sense of belonging, not only in his home life...
16) Sanditon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom Parker is obsessed with turning the sleepy seaside village of Sanditon into a fashionable health resort. He enlists the backing of local bigwig Lady Denham. Through a mishap, Tom makes the acquaintance of the Heywoods and invites their eldest daughter, Charlotte, for an extended stay at Sanditon. Meanwhile, Lady Denham, a widow, is playing matchmaker for her destitute nephew, Sir Edward, who is determined to seduce Lady Denham's ward, Clara.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This film provides insights into the challenges and opportunities faced by families in three contrasting communities in Costa Rica. Developed for an innovative teaching collaboration between Southern New Hampshire University and earth University, the film looks at key community economic development issues as seen by the region's residents, by earth University students working in the communities, and by experienced University faculty. The video includes...
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The gang from American graffiti are back to explore the impact of the turbulent 60's, a time of crisis, war and social revolt, marking the end of an era of innocence for them. They find themselves in the eye of the storm of the 60's: Viet Nam, Haight-Ashbury and the campus peace movement.
19) Downtown 81
Publisher
Zeitgeist Video
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A day in the life of an aspiring New York City artist as he tries to sell his paintings for rent money.
20) Tian zhu ding
Pub. Date
2014
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Inspired by four shocking and true events, the film focuses on four characters who are driven to violent ends. An angry miner, enraged by widespread corruption, decides to take justice into his own hands. A rootless migrant discovers the infinite possibilities of owning a firearm. A young receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one discouraging job to the next, only to face increasingly degrading...
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