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Monday, September 21, 2020

Vito e gli altri / Vito and the Others. 1991. DVD.

Vito e gli altri / Vito and the Others. 1991. DVD.
IT. Durante una notte di Capodanno un uomo improvvisamente impazzito senza nessuna ragione massacra la sua famiglia uccidendo la moglie e uno dei suoi due figli e risparmiando l'altro, il dodicenne Vito, che viene affidato ad una zia e al marito di questa, un fabbricante di fuochi d'artificio. Per tirare avanti la zia è costretta a spacciare droga servendosi della propria figlia e di Vito, che viene lasciato crescere senza alcuna guida. Vito vive nella strada cominciando la sua personale discesa nella degradazione morale e sociale: furti, scippi, spaccio di droga, rapine, prostituzione. Comincia a frequentare le carceri dove affina il suo carattere criminale confrontandosi con i suoi compagni di pena che stanno compiendo lo stesso suo percorso che lo porterà a diventare sicario della camorra.
EN.  Vito and the Others is the groundbreaking film which drew international attention to the problem of neglected youth and street crime in poverty-stricken Naples. The film's opening moments are startling and deeply disturbing. A despairing Rosario has just murdered his wife and daughter at the dinner table on New Year's Eve. Somehow, Vito quietly convinces his father to drop the gun, spare their lives and call the police. Placed in the custody of sexually abusive relatives, Vito is left free to roam the trash-strewn back streets of Naples where he and his friends engage in drug abuse, prostitution and petty crime. Ably acted by a large cast of nonprofessional street kids, VITO AND THE OTHERS is a heartrending portrait of innocents without a future.
Director: Antonio Capuano.
Cast: Nando Triola, Giovanni Bruno, Pina Leone , Antonio Farak, Alfredo Tassiero, Enzo Bacarello, Elio De Gregori, Mario Leuti, Antonio Iaccarino, Giuseppina Fusco, Enzuccio La Motta.
Italy, 1991.
Language: Italian, Russian.
Subtitles: English.
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Les jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz / The Games of Countess Dolingen of Gratz. 1981.

Les jeux de la Comtesse Dolingen de Gratz / The Games of Countess Dolingen of Gratz. 1981.
FR. À Paris, une jeune femme, Louise Haines-Pearson, rend visite à son amie alitée Nena. Celle-ci lui raconte qu'elle vient d'écrire un livre sur l'histoire d'une petite fille troublée par ses sens, peut-être à cause de la tyrannie exercée par sa mère et souffrant de l'absence de son père. Louise se reconnaît dans les difficultés de cette petite fille, étant elle-même profondément affectée par l'indifférence de son mari.
EN. In Paris, a young woman, Louise Haines Pearson, visits her disturbed friend Nena who tells her that she has just written a book on the history of a little girl troubled by her senses, perhaps because of the tyranny of his mother and the absence of her father. Louise recognizes the difficulties of this little girl, being herself deeply affected by the indifference of her husband.
Director: Catherine Binet.
Cast: Michael Lonsdale, Carol Kane, Katia Wastchenko, Marina Vlady, Emmanuelle Riva, Roberto Plate, Marilú Marini, Robert Stephens, Marucha Bo, Antoine Binet, Raoul Escari, Tobie Schumer, François Mouren-Provensal.
France, 1981.
Language: French.
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Saturday, September 19, 2020

Anthology of short films. Part 98.

Anthology of short films. Part 98.

The newest issue of Anthology of short films number ninety eight is ready for viewing. This time there are 7 minifilms here, including funny commercial from Brazil.
1. No Daddy Daughter Dance. 2020. HD.
Grace tries to change her dad's mind when she is grounded from going to daddy daughter dance.
Directors: Kody Newton, Jared Stull.
Cast: Kody Newton, Tylin Newton, Brooke Burton, Dutchlin Stull, Alexander Sproule-Fendel.
USA, 2020.
Language: English.
1920x1080 HD
2. Não Me Deixe Aqui Sozinha / Do not leave me here alone. 2017. HD.
Clara, an 8 year old girl who, after being forgotten by the parents inside the car, knows little Alice. The two end up on a train track in Soturno, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim district, ES and discover that despite the different "lives", they have many things in common and are linked by a thread. The film opens debate on important social issues and shows that life is what we have most precious.
Director: Marcoz Gomez.
Cast: Amanda Durans, Bárbara Fornarolli, Ana Júlia Marangoni, Nega Nil.
Brazil, 2017.
Language: Portuguese.
Subtitles: English.
1920x1080 HD
3. Das Mädchen mit dem roten Haar / The Girl with the Red Hair. 2012. HD.
Margalit joins a children's choir. After confiding a secret to a boy, with whom she tentatively makes friends, the boy mocks her by disclosing it to the group.
Director: Katharina Rivilis.
Cast: Wladimir Lavrentiev, Lea Müller.
Germany, 2012.
Language: German.
Subtitles: English.
1920x1080 HD
4. Ladybug. 2019. HD.
A young boy survives a long night of waiting for his mother to come home by using the tools of his imagination.
Director: Nick Lopez.
Cast: Riley Eastaugh, Elizabeth Gonzalez.
USA, 2019.
Language: English.
1920x1080 HD
5. Chocolates Garoto. 1995.
Um belo comercial do Chocolates Garoto. O ano era 1995. Longe do pudor do "politicamente correto" o VT apresenta as aventuras de diversos garotos com as garotas e mulheres. Será que nos dias de hoje este mesmo VT não seria alvo de diversas críticas? Vale a pena conferir.
Director: Washington Olivetto.
Brazil. 1995.
6. La Carta. 2011. HD.
An unusually common love story about a boy's search for inspiration to write a love letter.
Director: Angel Manuel Soto.
Cast: Aleck Bianchi, Leonardo Castro, Marisé Álvarez, Jose Brocco.
Puerto Rico, 2011.
Language: Spanish.
Subtitles: English.
1280x720 HD
7. Pandekager hver torsdag / Julemærkefilm 1966. 1966. HD.
A visit to the Julemærkehjem at Lindersvold, 1966.
Director: Jørgen Vestergaard.
Cast: Ingeborg Brams.
Denmark, 1966.
Language: Danish.
1518x1080 HD
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Un dramma borghese / Mimi. 1979.

Un dramma borghese / Mimi. 1979.
IT. Un torbido sentimento lega padre e figlia, Guido e Mimmina, rimasti separati per molti anni. Un'amica di Mimmina, una donna e non una ragazza, diventa l'amante di Guido che spera di mettere fine alla relazione con la figlia. Mimmina tenta il suicidio, ma non è chiaro se l'esito sarà fatale o se qualcuno la salverà.
EN. Un dramma borghese (internationally released as Mimi) is a 1979 Italian drama film directed by Florestano Vancini. It is based on the novel with the same title by Guido Morselli and it has as main theme an incestuous love between a father and a daughter.
The fifteen year-old Maria "Mimmina" Luiza leaves the boarding school in Genève to stay in the Bechten Hotel nursing her father, the widower writer Guido, who is paralyzed by rheumatism. Along the days, Guido recovers from his illness and Mimmina has a crush on him and tries to seduce her own father. When her roommate and best friend Therese, who is eight years older than Mimmina, comes to the hotel to visit Mimmina, she has a love affair with Guido with tragic consequences.
Director: Florestano Vancini.
Cast: Franco Nero, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Lara Wendel, Carlo Bagno, Felicita Montrone, Silvio Pascoletti.
Italy, 1979.
Language: Italian.
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Saturday, September 5, 2020

Nine Meals From Chaos / Nueve Comidas Lejos Del Caos. 2018. HD.

Nine Meals From Chaos / Nueve Comidas Lejos Del Caos. 2018. HD.
ES. Ocho años después de un cataclismo, la raza humana, de la que sólo ha sobrevivido una de cada diez personas, ha perdido todas sus estructuras sociales. Nuevo proyecto de Iván Noel, parcialmente inspirado en "El señor de las moscas".
EN. What really happens after war or disease eventually wipes out most of humanity? Leaving aside fables of mass zombie invasion, or vigilante groups magically armed with assault weapons: how would humans actually re-group? How would they act when attempting to survive? How indeed would human morality and modern taboos fare in this probable scenario? This daring film will attempt to answer this as realistically as possible, making films like 'Lord of the Flies' look like a family camping trip.
Eight years after a cataclysm and disease ravaged the human race - leaving just one in every ten surviving -, all social structures have crumbled like sand castles. Too few still live for anything to have been reconstructed. All remaining animals have been consumed and no sowing has yet been possible. It is Man at his most basic, destitute level.
Two groups  inhabit the desolate and abandoned land: packs of orphaned children in a feral state, living a nomadic life-style for their safety, and adults (with their offspring), barely surviving any better by living off their meat.
It is a war only the most desperate of the two will win.
Director: Iván Noel.
Cast: Tatiana Gonzales Bozzetto, Joaquin Brizuela, Oscar Mira, Zoe Osan, Emanuel Renzini, Rosana Rossotti, Ismael Stampone, Thiago Stampone.
Argentina, 2018.
Language: Spanish, English.
Subtitles: Spanish, English.
Directors cut, 98 min.
1920x1080 HD
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Nueve Comidas Lejos Del Caos / Nine Meals From Chaos. Behind The Scenes.
 Nueve Comidas Lejos Del Caos / Nine Meals From Chaos. Behind The Scenes.
A documentary "Behind The Scenes" about the shooting of the new film by Iván Noel "Nine Meals From Chaos". A lot of beautiful natural filming, the director's communication with the actors and the team.
Also there is the teaser for the film.
Language: English.
64 min.
1280x720 HD
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Friday, September 4, 2020

La Tutora / The Tutor / Burnt Knees. 2016. HD.

La Tutora / The Tutor / Burnt Knees. 2016. HD.
 PT. Mona consegue seu primeiro emprego de tutoria de duas crianças órfãs que vivem em uma casa abandonada no norte do país. Sua obsessão com a tentativa de educar estas duas crianças quase selvagens a deixa cega para o fato de que eles têm outros planos para ela.
EN. Mona picks up her first job tutoring two orphaned children living in a derelict house in the country. Her obsession with trying to educate these two nearly feral children blind her to the fact they have other plans for her.
Director: Iván Noel.
Cast: Valentino Vinco, Malena Alonso, Romina Pinto, Cristina Maresca, Julio Mendez,
Argentina, 2016.
Language: Spanish.
Subtitles: Russian, English.
1920x804 HD.
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Limbo / Children of the Night. 2013. HD.

Limbo / Children of the Night. 2013. HD.
 Limbo is a secluded colony of child-vampires who are anything between 4 and 120 years old, all having all been victims of 'shameless' adult vampires. They are led by a formidable and deeply religious old ex-nurse whose destiny in life is to find these 'lost souls', and bring them of age in her colony. Through teaching, religious rituals adapted from the Catholic faith, and the occasional visit to local towns for blood, she is preparing them for what God had in mind for them: the replacement old the common and 'deeply sinful' human, and the creation a new race of men through 'natural cloning', or in more lay terms, their infection by her children. But they are not the only such colony in the world, nor are they as 'secluded' from outside threats as they think.
Director: Iván Noel.
Cast: Ana María Giunta, Toto Muñoz, Sabrina Ramos, Lauro Veron, Ivanser Tzeles, Romano Robaudi, Maxii Leporee.
Argentina, 2013.
Language: Spanish.
1920x1080 HD
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Vuelve. 2012. HD.

Vuelve. 2012. HD.
 ES. Gabriel vive junto a sus padres en un antiguo monasterio convertido en museo. Las tensas relaciones entre Gregorio y Sofía, debido a un pasado que ocultan, conllevan al intempestivo suicidio de la madre afectando la estabilidad emocional del chico. En su inquietante duelo, Gabriel iniciará una serie de acciones buenas, con la idea de acercarse a la imagen de ella, mientras se devela el pasado oscuro de la familia.
EN. A visual incursion into the troubles psyche of a young boy whose unstable and manipulative mother committed suicide in front of him.
Vuelve follows the mental turmoil of a boy, Gabriel, dealing with the sudden and explicit suicide of his unstable mother, to whom he was symbiotically attached. One day she appears before him, and promises that God will give her a new lease of life if he acts out ‘good’ deeds on earth. Starting with seemingly innocuous acts and progressing in both intensity and malice, the boy follows the orders from his mother’s apparition. His compulsive desire to have her back drives the cruelty of his acts to an extent beyond what anyone thought possible.
Director: Iván Noel.
Cast: Juan Carrasco, Romina Pinto, Renzo Sabelli, Guillermo Tassara, Leticia Vota,  Rodrigo López, Dardo Leal, Ana Juárez.
Argentina, 2012.
Language: Spanish, Russian.
Subtitles: English, Russian.
1920x1080 HD
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