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Sunday, January 31, 2021

Κλέφτης ή η πραγματικότητα / Kleftis i I pragmatikotita / Thief or Reality. 2001.

Κλέφτης ή η πραγματικότητα / Kleftis i I pragmatikotita / Thief or Reality. 2001.
Angelidi's highly theatrical, experimental and allegorical film is divided into three independently existing segments that intertwine because of the involvement of the Thief, the connecting link between the three reality perspectives. The three segments are The Net, The Dice and Free Will, each one representing a philosophical idea and a natural element, (Fate-Fire, Chance-Water, Free Will-Earth), respectively. A sculptress of funereal memorials has visions of the Last Judgment, a mother who lost her son attaches herself to remnants of memory and fantastical visions of encounters, and an actor prepares for Antigone, with fictional reality invading his existential realm. The film explores the different levels of reality that can be experienced: the metaphysical (Death, God and religion), the tangible (love and mother-son relationships), and the externalization of the soul through art (theater and fiction). The Thief stands for Time, as time is a thief and destroys everything.
Director: Antouanetta Angelidi.
Cast: Nikos Pantelidis, Parthenopi Bouzouri, Evri Sophroniadou, Angela Brouskou, Katerina Karayanni, Filippos Intzes, Despoina Hatzipavlidou, Roula Giannoulatou.
Greece, 2001.
Language: Greek.
Subtitles: English.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Anthology of short films. Part 102.


Anthology of short films. Part 102.
Today we are glad to present to your attention the first one this year issue of Anthology of short films number one hundred and two. This edition features films from around the world, both new and forgotten, including two amateur documentaries about summer vacations.
1. Boy. 1969.
The first film by a famous Danish director.
Director: Lasse Nielsen.
Denmark, 1969.
Language: Danish.
2. Luce e Me / Luce & me. 2019. HD.
A 10-year-old boy is in the car with his father, a Roman and Roma football club supporter. They are late because the derby is about to start, but first they have to go somewhere. The child is dressed up in a fluttering blue miniskirt and a cape like a superheroine. They arrive at the supposed show and Ettore begins to sing a song, dancing like a girl. He performs for just one spectator.
Director: Isabella Salvetti.
Italy, 2019.
Language: Italian.
1920x1080 HD
3. Segeltörn in Jugoslawien. 1975.
Der Super 8 Film wurde 1975 auf einem Segeltörn auf  einer Leisure 17 gedreht, und digitalisiert.
Das war damals noch ein Abenteuer, da noch kein Wassertourismus anzutreffen war.
Heute ist die Adria Zielgebiet für Segler mit entsprechenden Marinas.
Wir segelten in Familie mit unserer 5 Jährigen Tochter.
Yugoslavia, 1975.
4. Neptun 20 - auf dem Rhein.
Das Video beschreibt eine Bootstour mit Lili von Raunheim an die Retbergsaue bei Schierstein
von Kurt Bielek.
Germany, 2009.
5. Kong-na-mul / Sprout. 2013.
Little seven-year-old Bory (Kim Soo-an) watches and listens intently as her family discusses preparations for her grandfather's memorial service. When her mother suddenly realises in horror that she has forgotten to buy bean sprouts for the gathering, one of her relatives suggests Bory should be sent to fetch them - the thought of which makes the child almost physically jump for joy - but her mum instantly dismisses the idea claiming that she is still far too young to go on such a journey alone.
However, the decision has already been made in our little explorer's mind and on being sent to her room to play she instead grabs her purse and bag in preparation for her important 'mission'.
Though Bory has no idea where to actually buy bean sprouts, she knows it's nonetheless up to her to succeed in her quest and save the day, single-handedly...
Director: Ga-eun Yoon.
South Korea, 2013.
6. A View from Below. 2012. HD.
A young school boy develops an understanding about sex through the Internet and drawings on toilet cubicle walls; his curiosity lands him in trouble with the teacher he lusts for.
Director: Tom Swinburn.
Australia, 2012.
Language: English.
1920x1080 HD
7. Fien, Jip en Fien. 2020. HD.
Jip (11 years old) is in love for the first time. His little sister Fien (9 years old) wants to know everything about it. She is curious but also a little jealous. Will love break their inseperable bond? And isn’t it stupid that Jip’s sweetheart is also called Fien?
Director: Marie de Hert.
Belgium, 2020.
1920x1080 HD
8. Jeul-guh-un Woo-ri-jip / Home Sweet Home. 2004.
At night, it's raining outside. Mom, Dad and Ji-soo are watching TV with anxious. The news reports on the fire at the kindergarten, where the little daughter Ji-hye goes. Her name is on the dead list. The family moans about her death. Somebody is knocking on the door. Just then, Ji-hye is waiting outside.
Director: Eom Hye-jeong.
South Korea, 2004.
9. Bunny New Girl. 2015. HD.
On her first day at a new school, a self conscious young girl learns that friendship can overcome difference.
Director: Natalie van den Dungen.
Australia, 2015.
Language: English.
1920x1080 HD
10. Próxima/Next. 2017. HD.
At the age of twelve, Carol feels as if the world around her is all the same: Aunts and cousins, friends at School, women in stores, singers on the internet, everybody has straight hair. Except for her.
Director: Luiza Campos.
Brazil, 2017.
1920x1080 HD
11. Cartão Vermelho. 1994.
Girl plays soccer with the street kids, and is a better player than all of them. In a decisive moment of discovery, she begins to experience her first passion and to examine her sexuality.
Director: Laís Bodanzky.
Brazil, 1994.
Language: Portuguese.
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Monday, January 25, 2021

Un poison violent / Love Like Poison. 2010. FULL-HD.

Un poison violent / Love Like Poison. 2010. FULL-HD.
Love Like Poison (French: Un poison violent, lit. 'A violent poison') is a 2010 French coming-of-age drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré and starring Clara Augarde, Lio and Michel Galabru. The film's title is taken from the song "Un poison violent, c'est ça l'amour" by Serge Gainsbourg. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Prix Jean Vigo in 2010.
Anna is a 14-year-old spending the summer holidays with her mother in her grandfather's family home in Brittany. The grandfather is old and confined to his bedroom. Her mother meanwhile is having crisis with her married life and is on the verge of moving back with her parents. Anna and her mother are religious. Anna is upset by the separation of her parents and gets close with male figures. A local teenage boy is attracted with her and she reciprocates the attention. Despite her shame of her body she finds confidence in exploring her sexuality. She begins to show fainting spells at gatherings. She is anxious about her confirmation and confides it with the priest, who is her mother past lover. She is torn between her unsympathetic world in front of her and faith, but she finds happiness by embracing her teenage emotions and asks out the local boy whom she have spent time.
Director: Katell Quillévéré.
Cast: Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru, Péline Liberty, Stefano Cassetti, Thierry Neuvic, Youen Leboulanger-Gourvil, Philippe Duclos, Françoise Navarro, François Bernard, Catherine Riaux, Margaux Louineau.
France, 2010.
Language: French, German.
Subtitles: French, German.
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Sunday, January 24, 2021

Zaczarowane podwórko / Magical Backyard. 1974.

Zaczarowane podwórko / Magical Backyard. 1974.
Utrzymana w konwencji baśni muzycznej opowieść o wakacyjnych przygodach dzieci z warszawskiego podwórka, wędrujących przez różne epoki historyczne. Kiedy na podwóku zjawia się "deszczowa dziewczynka", Maria Lazurek, dzieci zaczynają przeżywać niezwykłe przygody - przenoszą się w dawne czasy: spotykają młodego królewicza Zygmunta, pioniera aeronautyki Jean-Pierre'a Blancharda, króla Stanisława Augusta, młodego Tadeusza Kościuszkę, księcia Radziwiłła "Panie Kochanku" . . . "Deszczowa dziewczynka" znika, ale dzieci i ich przywódca Mundek poznały urok fantazji.
Director: Maria Kaniewska.
Cast: Barbara Bittnerówna, Kazimierz Brusikiewicz, Lucyna Brusikiewicz, Joanna Buda, Agata Daszkiewicz, Kazimierz Debicki, Edmund Fetting, Janusz Gajos, Barbara Golebiewska, Malgorzata Gruszczynska.
Poland, 1974.
Language: Polish.
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Sunday, January 17, 2021

Alla älskar Alice / Everybody Loves Alice. 2002.

Alla älskar Alice / Everybody Loves Alice. 2002.
SE. Tolvåriga Alice bor i en villa med sina föräldrar och sin bror, Pontus. Kärleken mellan hennes föräldrar tycks ha upphört och Alice mamma misstänker att pappan är otrogen. Det visar sig att hon har rätt, och familjen slits isär när pappan, Johan, flyttar ihop med jobbarkompisen Anna, som han varit otrogen med.
I filmen får man följa Alice och de dilemman hon står inför när hon ska anpassa sig till sin nya "familj". Alice är väldigt motstridig till att träffa sin pappas nya sambo, vilket förvärras av att hennes mamma Lotta inte vill ha att göra med Johans nya familj. Alice är full av känslor hon inte förstår och hon har ingen att prata med, förutom Annas son Patrik, som är jämngammal med Alice och som precis som hon vill att deras liv ska se ut precis som innan deras föräldrar flyttade ihop. Under filmens gång får man också följa Alice när hon är hos en psykolog och berättar om hur hon känner för sin nya familj.
EN. A dramatic love story of a man, two women and three children. When love suddenly explodes in these people's lives it creates a pressure wave that changes the lives of everyone. Johan is married with Lotta and has two children, when Johan and his colleague Anna falls in love with one another. A love that causes anger, hate, joy and eventually new possibilities.
Director: Richard Hobert.
Cast: Lena Endre, Mikael Persbrandt, Marie Richardson, Natalie Björk, Bisse Unger, Marie Göranzon, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Hege Schøyen, Anastasios Soulis, Per Svensson, Pernilla August, Marcus Ardai-Blomberg.
Sweden, 2002.
Language: Swedish.
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Hugo och Josefin / Hugo and Josephine. 1967. HD.

Hugo och Josefin / Hugo and Josephine. 1967. HD.
SE. Filmen handlar om en flicka (Josefin) som är dotter till en präst och bor på landet. Josefin har inga vänner, men en dag möter hon Hugo, Hugo är systerson till trädgårdsmästare Gudmarson. Tillsammans med honom och Gudmarson (Beppe Wolgers) upplever hon en fantastisk sommar.
EN. Josefin is a six year old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. She has no friends until she meets Hugo. He is a carefree boy who rather walk in the forest than goes to school. Together with the gardener they make up fun things to do.
Director: Kjell Grede.
Cast: Fredrik Becklén, Marie Öhman, Beppe Wolgers, Inga Landgré, Helena Brodin, Karl Carlsson.
Sweden, 1967.
Language: Swedish.
Subtitles: English.
1920x1080 HD
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021

El fantástico mundo de María Montiel. 1978.

El fantástico mundo de María Montiel. 1978.
ES. El fantástico mundo de la María Montiel es una película de Argentina filmada en Eastmancolor dirigida por Jorge Zuhair Jury según su propio guion escrito en colaboración con Leonardo Favio que se estrenó el 9 de marzo de 1978 y que tuvo como actores principales a Rodolfo Bebán, Raúl Lavié, Juanita Lara y Leonor Benedetto.
Fue la última película de Pierina Dealessi y el director de fotografía fue el futuro director de cine Juan Carlos Desanzo. El filme obtuvo el primer premio en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Karlovy Vary, Checoslovaquia.
Una niña y su universo de fantasía en un horno de ladrillos.
EN. Maria Montel is a young girl of eight years who lives in a brick works with her parents and her brother Juanito. An unhappy event makes the father leave home and from then on the children create a world of fantasy.
Director: Jorge Zuhair Jury.
Cast: Rodolfo Bebán, Raúl Lavié, Juanita Lara, Leonor Benedetto, Pierina Dealessi, Guillermo Rico, Norberto Aroldi, Jesús Pampín, Nené Malbrán, Elcira Olivera Garcés, Blanca Lagrotta.
Argentina, 1978.
Language: Spanish.
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Sunday, January 10, 2021

Das unmögliche Bild / The Impossible Picture. 2016. HD.

Das unmögliche Bild / The Impossible Picture. 2016. HD.

DE. Wiener Vorstadtidylle Ende der 1950er Jahre, die Mutter sitzt mit ihren zwei ordentlich frisierten Töchtern im Garten. Gesichter, so breit lachend wie die Sonne am Himmel. Der Vater hält den perfekten Familiensonntag mit der 8mm-Kamera fest, dann drückt er seiner Ältesten Johanna (Jana McKinnon) das Gerät in die Hand. „Was siehst’n?“, fragt er sie. „Na, dich.“ Kurz darauf ist er tot, einfach umgekippt. Johanna behält die Kamera.
EN. "Our memory is so unreliable - sometimes what we see might as well be the future." -Johanna F.   What we see is the everyday life of a Viennese family in the 1950's, documented by 13-year-old Johanna, a childhood captured on 8mm film (or: a childhood as it might have been). Fragments of family history and family secrets; an apartment regularly visited by women, more than men, centered around grandmother Maria who holds weekly cooking clubs in her kitchen. But somehow, the women never actually seem to do any cooking - - - "Papa always said you have to be quick if you want to see anything. Because everything vanishes so quickly. But I don't think that's true. I think you just have to keep looking". And Johanna keeps looking. Until the camera's gaze suddenly turns on herself.
Director: Sandra Wollner.
Cast: Jana McKinnon, Alexander E. Fennon, David Jakob, Eva Linder, Mira Reisinger, Andrea Schramek, Helmut Wiesner.
Austria, Germany, 2016.
Language: German.
1920x1080 HD
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Friday, January 8, 2021

Plenilunio / Plenilune / Full Moon. 1999.

Plenilunio / Plenilune / Full Moon. 1999.

ES. Adaptación de una novela de Antonio Muñoz Molina. Tras pasar varios años en las Vascongadas, un inspector de policía es destinado a una pequeña ciudad de provincias. Nada más llegar, debe enfrentarse a un difícil caso: una niña ha aparecido brutalmente asesinada.
EN. A lonely police detective tracks down a crazed child murderer. The movie develops both characters equally well. Most of us would be drawn more to the depiction of the killer as an aberrant type. He is well played as a person lost in his own world, with no friends, selling fresh fish, and drinking alone, unable even to ask for the check at one point, due to his acute inwardness. Our detective discovers the nude body of a young girl in the woods, the work of our killer. Unlike other films of this kind, this one moves (or plods) along at an absorbing pace, giving time for the detective to develop a relationship with an equally lonely school teacher. At one point, while they are making love, the killer is busy with another victim.
Director: Imanol Uribe.
Cast: Miguel Angel Sola, Adriana Ozores, Juan Diego Botto, Fernando Fernan Gomez, Charo Lopez, Chete Lera, Maria Galiana, Noelia Ortega, Chiqui Fernandez, Antonio Muñoz Molina.
Spain, France, 1999.
Language: Spanish.
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Thursday, January 7, 2021

Moído / Milled. 2015. HD.

Moído / Milled. 2015. HD.
PT. A assimétrica relação do ser humano em sociedade.
EN. A documentary about asymmetrical relationship of the human being in society.
Director: Torquato Joel.
Cast: Marcélia Cartaxo, Fernando Teixeira, Zé Guilherme Amaral, soia Lira, Lira Nanêgo.
Brazil, 2015.
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Případ vraha: Uspávačka. 2015. HD.

Případ vraha: Uspávačka. 2015. HD.
CZ. Autentická rekonstrukce života nejznámější české sériové vražedkyně se zaměřuje na její psychologický profil - lhostejnost k cizím osudům, ale i vlastnímu životu. Fabiánová je tu představena od momentu, kdy se ocitla na ulici přes první vraždu až po odsouzení na doživotí.
EN. The authentic reconstruction of the life of the most famous Czech serial murderess focuses on her psychological profile - indifference to other people's destinies, but also to her own life. Fabiánová is introduced here from the moment she found herself on the street through her first murder to her life sentence.
Director: Martin Dolenský.
Cast: Jan Bartoška, Vanda Kavková, Ladislav Kolář, Jana Kovářová, Veronika Lazorčáková, Anežka Malá, Martina Nováková-Hamaďáková, Helena Korejtková.
Czech Republic, 2015.
Language: Czech.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Ma belle gosse / My Blue-Eyed Kid. 2012.

Ma belle gosse / My Blue-Eyed Kid. 2012.

FR. Vacances d’été sur une île, plages, glaces et famille, un temps pour se détendre. Mais Maden, jeune fille de 17 ans, semble être ailleurs. Il devient alors évident que la jeune femme est en pleine correspondance amoureuse avec un homme plus âgé, un détenu de la prison alentour.
EN. Maden, 17 years old. Summer holidays on the island. She is waiting for the mail. Between her room and the beach, between her father and cousins, the house, and, very close, the prison.
Director: Shalimar Preuss.
Cast: Lou Aziosmanoff, Jocelyn Lagarrigue, Victor Laforge, Manon Aziosmanoff, Nine Aziosmanoff, Sédrenn Labrousse, Raphaël Lagarrigue, Rebecca Convenant.
France, 2012.
Language: French.
Subtitles: English.
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Sunday, January 3, 2021

Mir kumen on / Droga młodych / Children Must Laugh. 1936.

 

Mir kumen on / Droga młodych / Children Must Laugh. 1936.
PL. Droga młodych (jid. ‏מיר קומען אָן‎ Mir kumen on) – polski fabularyzowany film dokumentalny w języku jidysz z 1936 w reżyserii Aleksandra Forda, zrealizowany na podstawie scenariusza Wandy Wasilewskiej oraz Jakuba Pata.
Film poświęcony jest losom grupy żydowskich dzieci z ubogich rodzin, która przyjeżdża do Sanatorium im. Włodzimierza Medema w Miedzeszynie pod Warszawą, podległego lewicowej partii Bund, a wyróżniającego się wzorowością w praktyce pedagogicznej i leczniczej. Dzieci przybyłe do sanatorium, choć początkowo mają trudności z dostosowaniem się do społeczności sanatoryjnej, stopniowo odzyskują szczęście, bawią się z rówieśnikami, a po trzech miesiącach pobytu czują się znów pełnoprawnymi członkami społeczeństwa.
EN. One of just a few surviving documentaries about Jewish life in Poland before World War II, this film was produced to raise funds for the Vladimir Medem Sanatorium which stood as the embodiment of health and enlightenment in striking contrast to the grim images of urban Polish-Jewish poverty.
Director: Aleksander Ford.
Cast: A.L. Alexander, David Dubinsky, B. Charney Vladeck,
Poland, 1936.
Language: Polish, Yiddish.
Subtitles: Russian.
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Mir kumen on / Droga młodych / Children Must Laugh. 1936.