31 December 2013

365/365 Das Leben der Anderen

An East German Stasi officer finds himself increasingly absorbed by the lives of those on whom he is spying.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Reflections on #cine365

In a short while, I'll be posting my 365th and final (for this blog) film in a language other than English.

I have loved doing this - watching films is a passion, and given my background as a language graduate and subsequently teacher, films in other languages hold an additional fascination.

I can't say every one of the films I've mentioned has been a classic, and I certainly didn't enjoy them all, but that's not to say they didn't merit a mention. I've received a number of tweets during the year in which the film I've posted has brought back lovely memories for people. I also hope that some of you may have been encouraged to seek out some of the films.

The project has compelled me to watch a number of films which I felt I 'ought' to have seen. As a result I find myself currently underwhelmed by French nouvelle vague (for shame, Marie!) but with an appreciation of the films of Akira Kurosawa, a director whose oeuvre had passed me by until now.

I adored Hiroshima, Mon Amour, discovered the post-war melodrama of Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu, and forced myself to watch the original Korean version of Oldboy which, having avoided it for 10 years, I found I loved.

For all my teacher friends, I know not all are suitable for classroom use, but I hope you might get some inspiration next time you're searching for a film to plug a cultural gap - you can search by language, country and certification.

Thanks to all who stopped by during the year - Happy 2014!

30 December 2013

364/365 Ikiru

A civil servant in a monotonous job tries to find some meaning to his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

Cert: PG

Original Release: 1952

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044741/?ref_=nv_sr_3


29 December 2013

363/365 Lemale et ha'halal

A young woman from an Hasidic Jewish family must decide whether to marry her brother-in-law after the unexpected death of her sister.

Cert: U

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2219514/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


28 December 2013

362/365 Syngué sabour, pierre de patience

A woman, compelled to care for her comatose husband during conflict in an unnamed Middle-Eastern country, finds herself baring her soul to him for the first time in their marriage.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638353/?ref_=nv_sr_2


27 December 2013

361/365 As If I Am Not There

Based on true stories of the horrific abuse of Bosnian women at the hands of Serbian soldiers during the Balkan conflicts in the 1990s.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456477/?ref_=nv_sr_1

26 December 2013

360/365 5 Broken Cameras

Documentary made by a Palestinian farmer about the non-violent resistance of his village when the Israeli army claimed its land to make room for Jewish settlers.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125423/?ref_=nv_sr_1


25 December 2013

359/365 The Broken Circle Breakdown

A bluegrass-singing atheist with a romantic streak and a tattoo artist with religious convictions are soulmates, but their relationship is tested to the limits when their young daughter becomes ill.

Cert: 15

24 December 2013

358/365 Serbuan maut

A member of a SWAT team becomes trapped in a high-rise building after an attempt to arrest a group of gangsters goes wrong.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/?ref_=nv_sr_1

23 December 2013

357/365 Los lunes al sol

In northern Spain, a group of men laid off by the dockyard struggle to adapt to life without work.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2005

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319769/?ref_=nv_sr_1


22 December 2013

356/365 Auf der anderen Seite

A German man of Turkish descent travels to Istanbul to try to trace the daughter of the woman his father accidentally killed.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0880502/?ref_=nv_sr_1


21 December 2013

355/365 Café de Flore

The stories of a mother and son, and a man who can't forget his first love, are mystically intertwined over 40 years apart.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1550312/?ref_=nv_sr_1


20 December 2013

354/365 Die Sehnsucht der Veronika Voss

A sports journalist crosses the path of a former film star, and begins to be intrigued by suspect that her doctor is providing her with the wrong kind of medication.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1982

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084654/?ref_=nv_sr_4

19 December 2013

353/365 Lola

10 years after the war, with the German economy succeeding, the new building commissioner falls for a local night club singer.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1981

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082671/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_8


18 December 2013

352/365 Die Ehe der Maria Braun

Maria Braun, believing her husband to have died during the war, has to find a way to earn a living in his absence.

Cert: 15

Original Release: 1979

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079095/?ref_=nv_sr_1



17 December 2013

351/365 Apocalypto

The Mayan kingdom is in decline, and a young man is on the run to avoid becoming a sacrifice.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472043/?ref_=nv_sr_2


16 December 2013

350/365 Lore

A young woman must lead her brothers and sisters to safety at the end of the war, and in doing so, must learn to trust someone she has been brought up to hate.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1996310/?ref_=nv_sr_4


15 December 2013

349/365 Jägarna

A Stockholm detective returns to his home town after his father's death, and begins to work on a case in which it emerges that his brother is involved.

Cert: 18

Original Release: 1996

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116736/?ref_=nv_sr_3


14 December 2013

348/365 Batoru rowaiaru

In a future Japan, where students have abandoned respect for school, the government randomly selects a class each year and forces them to fight to the death.

Cert: 18
UK Release: 2001

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/?ref_=nv_sr_4


13 December 2013

347/365 The Act of Killing

Documentary in which former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass-killings.
Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375605/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


12 December 2013

346/365 Ssa-i-bo-geu-ji-man-gwen-chan-a

A young woman is admitted to a mental institution after she inserts electrical wires into her wrists because she thinks she is a cyborg.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0497137/?ref_=nv_sr_1


11 December 2013

345/365 Les émotifs anonymes

Sweet romantic comedy about two painfully shy people who fall in love through their passion for chocolate.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1565958/?ref_=nv_sr_2

10 December 2013

344/365 Gishiki

Complicated, even incestuous, family relationships are explored in post-war Japan.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1971

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066639/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

9 December 2013

343/365 Viridiana

A novitiate inherits a share of her uncle's house, and uses it to offer shelter to a group of beggars. The problems arising cause her to question her principles.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 1962

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055601/?ref_=nv_sr_1

8 December 2013

342/365 Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

Six people try to have a meal together, but are constantly interrupted.

Cert: 15

Original Release: 1972

7 December 2013

341/365 올드보이 (Oldeuboi)

A man is imprisoned for 15 years and upon his release, discovers he has five days to work out the reason behind his ordeal.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2004

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/?ref_=nv_sr_2

6 December 2013

340/365 Yin shi nan nu

A widowed chef finds it difficult to keep up with the very different lifestyles of his three grown-up daughters.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 1995

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111797/?ref_=nv_sr_1

5 December 2013

339/365 La vie d'Adèle – chapitres 1 & 2

Adèle's life changes completely when she meets and falls in love with Emma, an aspring artist.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2278871/?ref_=nv_sr_1

4 December 2013

338/365 M

German police are unable to apprehend a child murderer, so the town's criminals decide to take matters into their own hands.

Cert: PG

Original Release: 1931

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1a

3 December 2013

337/365 Kuma

A young woman from a Turkish village is married off to a young man from a Turkish family living in Vienna. But it soon becomes apparent that she is to be second wife to the young man's father. Old and new traditions clash, and the family dynamic is threatened.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2215215/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

2 December 2013

336/365 Der Golem

The Golem, a clay statue brought to life, goes on a killing spree when his love is unrequited.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1915

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004026/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

1 December 2013

335/365 Der blaue Engel

A rather staid professor falls for a nightclub singer, and his fall from the heights of respectability is only a matter of time.

Cert: U

Original Release: 1930

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020697/?ref_=nv_sr_2


30 November 2013

334/365 Todake no kyodai

The father of the family dies, leaving the brothers and sisters to sort out family affairs.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1941

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034298/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

29 November 2013

333/365 Él

A story of possessiveness and paranoia, directed by Luis Buñuel.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1953

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045361/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

28 November 2013

332/365 Reality

A black comedy focussing on a Neapolitan fishmonger who becomes infatuated with the idea of becoming a contestant on Big Brother, and begins to lose all sense of perspective.
Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1846487/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


27 November 2013

331/365 Елена

Elena and her husband each have a grown-up child from a previous relationship. As her husband's health deteriorates, Elena realises that he will leave everything to his wayward daughter, and has decisions to make.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1925421/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

26 November 2013

330/365 L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie

Romain Duris believes he has the perfect life, until things start to go wrong and he finds himself in a great deal of trouble.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1533818/?ref_=nv_sr_1

25 November 2013

329/365 Alpeis

Four people hire themselves out as stand-ins for deceased people, to help bereaved families go through the grieving process.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1859446/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


24 November 2013

328/365 Soshite Chichi Ni Naru

Two very different families discover that their 6 year old sons were swapped at birth, and must make a difficult decision.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 2013

23 November 2013

327/365 Agnosia

A young woman, suffering from agnosia (a neurophhysical illness affecting perception) becomes the victim of a plan to obtain an industrial secret from her by people who take advantage of her illness.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1519245/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


22 November 2013

326/365 Kumonosu-jô

Kurosawa transplants Macbeth into the Japan of the samurai, and creates a brilliant adaptation.

Cert: 12

Original Release: 1957

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050613/?ref_=nv_sr_1

21 November 2013

325/365 Le deuxième souffle

An escaped prisoner needs money to leave the country - but he is framed by the police and his former accomplices turn against him. With Eric Cantona.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795370/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

20 November 2013

324/365 Vampyr

A young traveller, obsessed with supernatural events, becomes involved in mysterious goings-on.

Cert: tbc

Original Release:1932

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023649/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

19 November 2013

323/365 Et Dieu... créa la femme

A bored, seductive young woman becomes involved with two brothers.

Cert: PG

Original Release: 1956

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049189/?ref_=nv_sr_2

18 November 2013

322/365 V tumane

A Belorussian man is accused of collaboration with the occupying German forces on the western border of the USSR in 1942.  The film questions the difficulties of moral decision-making in times of war.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2325741/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

17 November 2013

321/365 Jägarna 2

A police investigator returns to his home town to solve a murder, where he discovers that the police and even his own family could be involved.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560671/?ref_=nv_sr_2


16 November 2013

320/365 Asphalt

German silent film noir featuring a police officer and a femme fatale diamond thief, set in Berlin.

Cert: U

Original Release: 1929

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019655/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

15 November 2013

319/365 Smultronstället

A professor of medicine finds himself reflecting on the emptiness of his life as he receives an honorary doctorate after 50 years in the profession.

Cert: 15

Original Release: 1957

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050986/?ref_=nv_sr_1

14 November 2013

318/365 Teorema

Terence Stamp proceeds to seduce very member of a household, then walks away, leaving them all to deal with their demons.

Cert: 15

Original Release: 1968

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063678/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

13 November 2013

317/365 Tao jie

Film depicting the relationship between a man and a woman, who was a maid to the man's family for several decades before falling ill.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2008006/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

12 November 2013

316/365 Андрей Рублёв

A view of the life of icon artist Andrei Rublev, which was originally banned in the Soviet Union.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 1973

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060107/?ref_=nv_sr_2

11 November 2013

315/365 La règle du jeu

A scathing commentary on French class in the guise of a story bordering on farce. Directed by Jean Renoir.

Cert: PG

Original Release: 1939

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031885/?ref_=nv_sr_1

10 November 2013

314/365 Alice et Martin

Alice and Martin begin a relationship, but it is threatened when he becomes ill and his past begins to emerge.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 1999

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176422/?ref_=nv_sr_1

9 November 2013

313/365 Lad de små børn...

A married couple deals with the psychological trauma after the death of their only daughter.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2004

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0386582/?ref_=nv_sr_1


8 November 2013

312/365 Tirez sur le pianiste

Charlie Kohler's past threatens to catch up with him when his brother seeks refuge in the bar he is playing in.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 1960

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054389/?ref_=nv_sr_3

7 November 2013

311/365 La question humaine

A company's pschologist uncovers a link between his boss and Nazi Germany. 

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765141/?ref_=nv_sr_1

6 November 2013

310/365 Valentín

A young boy living with his grandmother sets about creating a loving family for himself.

Cert: PG

UK Release: 2004

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296915/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2


5 November 2013

309/365 Monsoon Wedding

Modern meets traditional as relatives from around the world arrive to prepare for an arranged marraige in India.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2002

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265343/?ref_=nv_sr_1

4 November 2013

308/365 Exit

Beautiful Mads Mikkelsen is accused of murdering his business partner, but is puzzled when, instead of his lawyer, a man he thought had committed suicide answers the phone.

Cert: 15

Original Release: 2006

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482957/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

3 November 2013

307/365 À bout de souffle

A car thief kills a policeman while avoiding arrest, and goes to Paris to collect money and persuadehis girlfriend to run away with him.

Cert: PG

Original Release: 1960

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053472/?ref_=nv_sr_3


2 November 2013

306/365 La science des rêves

Gael Garcia Bernal struggles to tell the difference between his dreams and reality.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354899/?ref_=nv_sr_1


1 November 2013

305/365 Babel

Tragedy befalls a couple on holiday in Morocco, kickstarting a story which interweaves the lives of four different groups of people around the world.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0449467/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

31 October 2013

304/365 Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège

Originally banned in France, the film shows four boys taking on the repressive leadership of their boarding school.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1933

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024803/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

30 October 2013

303/365 Cidade de Deus

Depicting the streets of Rio de Janeiro, where children are involved in crime and gangs.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2003

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/?ref_=nv_sr_1

29 October 2013

302/365 Renoir

Summer 1915. Jean Renoir, son of artist Pierre-Auguste, comes home to recover after being wounded in World War I. He discovers a young woman posing as a model for his father, who comes to inspire both generations of artists.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2150332/?ref_=nv_sr_1

28 October 2013

301/365 Blancanieves

Inspired by the tale of Snow White, but transposed to 1920s Spain and a bullring.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1854513/?ref_=nv_sr_1



27 October 2013

300/365 Hitori musuko

A widowed mother makes huge sacrifices so that her son can have an education, but discovers later in life that it has been in vain.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1936

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027752/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


26 October 2013

299/365 Senna

Remarkable documentary on Ayrton Senna, the Brazilian F1 driver who won the world championship three times before becoming the last driver to die in a Grand Prix race, at the age of 34.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2011

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424432/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

25 October 2013

298/365 Pokazatelnyy protsess: Istoriya Pussy Riot

Three young women, part of a radical feminist performance art movement, are facing trial following a protest performance in a Moscow cathedral. During their trial, they attempt to hold a mirror up to Russian society.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2481238/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

24 October 2013

297/365 Wer früher stirbt, ist länger tot

Unusual Bavarian comedy in which an 11 year-old boy believes that he is responsible for his mother's death, and develops strange ways of fighting his feelings of guilt.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 2006

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780180/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


23 October 2013

296/365 La double vie de Véronique

Weronika and Veronique live in different countries and have never met, but their lives seem to be connected.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 1992

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101765/?ref_=nv_sr_2

22 October 2013

295/365 Ci Chu Yu Bi Chu

The overlapping lives of various people in China, who are each isolated, alienated or disillusioned.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2244098/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

21 October 2013

294/365 Kapringen

A Danish cargo ship is hijacked by pirates, and negotiations commence with the company in Denmark to release the hostages.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2216240/?ref_=nv_sr_2

20 October 2013

293/365 Bangiku

Four former Geishas adjust in their various ways to life in middle age.

Cert: PG

Original Release: 1954

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046750/?ref_=nv_sr_1


19 October 2013

292/365 Like Someone In Love

A young call-girl forms a friendship with an elderly professor.

Cert: 12

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843287/?ref_=nv_sr_1



18 October 2013

291/365 Los amantes del Círculo Polar

A film about chance, coincidence and love, in which Otto and Ana meet as children and feel bound together forever.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2000

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133363/?ref_=nv_sr_1


17 October 2013

290/365 Tre fratelli

A man summons his three sons back to their rural home when their mother dies.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1981

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083226/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

16 October 2013

289/365 Paris, je t'aime

A series of vignettes, each by a different director and each set in a differen Parisian arrondissement.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2006

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401711/?ref_=nv_sr_2

15 October 2013

288/365 Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka

A well-to-do man and his wife have their niece as a houseguest. She is headstrong, and her behaviour causes domestic friction.

Cert: U

Original Release: 1937

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029557/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

14 October 2013

287/365 Freche Mädchen

HIgh school teenage drama set in Germany.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1224151/?ref_=nv_sr_3



13 October 2013

286/365 Ieri, oggi, domani

Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni play three different couples in a sequence of vignettes showing different types of relationships in Italy.

Cert: 15

Original Release: 1953

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057171/?ref_=nv_sr_1

12 October 2013

285/365 Sonnennallee

Sonnenallee is a street which was intersected by the Berlin Wall, and the film takes a comedic look at the lives of young people in East Berlin in the 1970s.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 1999

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177242/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

11 October 2013

284/365 Huevos de oro

A construction worker strives to make his dream - of building the tallest building in Benidorm - come true, but in doing so, takes advantage of people close to him.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 1994

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107165/?ref_=nv_sr_1

10 October 2013

283/365 Da hong deng long gao gao gua

A 19 year old girl is forced to become the fourth wife of a much older, powerful man in 1920s China, and there is much competition for his attention .

Cert: PG
UK Release: 1992

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101640/?ref_=sr_3


9 October 2013

282/365 Les choristes

Set in France in the 1940s, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys tries to inspire them through music.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2005

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372824/?ref_=nv_sr_1

8 October 2013

281/365 The Kite Runner

The story follows the lives of two boys from different backgrounds in Afghanistan through the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan, Soviet military intervention, mass exodus of Afghan refugees and the rule of the Taliban.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2007

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419887/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

7 October 2013

280/365 L'arnacoeur

Alex makes a living by breaking up relationships. A rich man hires him to make sure that his daughter breaks off her wedding plans - but there is only one week left.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2010

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1465487/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

6 October 2013

279/365 Kûki ningyô

A blow-up air doll comes to life and falls in love with a video-store worker.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371630/?ref_=sr_1


5 October 2013

278/365 Der Baader Meinhof Komplex

Depicts the political turmoil in Germany in the 10 years from 1967 to 1977.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 2008

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765432/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

4 October 2013

277/365 Todos tenemos un plan

Viggo Mortensen plays identical twins, one of whom lives a criminal life in the Tigre Delta, and the other who has moved to Buenos Aires to make a career as a doctor. When one of the brothers dies, the other takes on his life, with violent consequences.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1674772/?ref_=sr_4

3 October 2013

276/365 Trop belle pour toi

A relatively wealthy businessman with a beautiful wife finds himself attracted to his rather plain new temporary secretary.

Cert: 18

UK Release: 1990

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098520/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

2 October 2013

275/365 Haebyeonui yeoin

A filmmaker, suffering from writer's block, takes a trip to the coast with his production designer, and a female friend. A strange relationship-triangle ensues.

Cert: tbc

Original Release: 2006

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0835787/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

1 October 2013

274/365 Berlin '36

Based on real life events of the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Germany's best woman high-jumper is Jewish, and the Nazi government does not want her representing the nation. The authorities have to come up with a way of making sure she is not selected, while avoiding a boycott of the Olympics by the Americans.
Cert: PG

UK Release: 2009

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298540/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


30 September 2013

273/365 L'albero degli zoccoli

Twelve months in the lives of a poor Italian farming community at the start of the 20th century, dependent on the benevolence of an absentee landlord.

Cert: 12

Original Release: 1978

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077138/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

29 September 2013

272/365 Plein Soleil

Version of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr Ripley, featuring a very beautiful Alain Delon as Tom Ripley.

Cert: PG

Original Release: 1960

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054189/?ref_=sr_1


28 September 2013

271/365 Apur Sansar

Apu is a dreamer who unexpectedly finds himself married, and finds himself having to learn to look after his young son.

Cert: U

Original Release: 1959

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052572/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

27 September 2013

270/365 Aparajito

Second in the Apu trilogy - Apu wins a scholarship to study away from home, and his mother must adjust to her son moving away.

Cert: U

Original Release: 1956

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048956/?ref_=sr_1

26 September 2013

269/365 Pather Panchali

A young boy is born into a poor family in Bengal. The film follows his parents' struggle to make ends meet whilst trying to retain their dignity.

Cert: U

Original Release: 1955

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048473/?ref_=sr_1

25 September 2013

268/365 Io sono Li

Cultures meet when a Chinese woman and an older Yugoslavian immigrant form a friendship in a small town near Venice.

Cert: 15

UK Release: 2013

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2036388/?ref_=sr_2

24 September 2013

267/365 Aurora

We follow an ordinary, solitary man through a 48 hour period. Nothing much happens for a long while, though it is obvious that he is agitated and harbouring a secret. Eventually, we find out what is troublign him.

Cert: 12A

UK Release: 2012

More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403047/?ref_=nm_knf_i2