WHO KILLED PIXOTE? (QUEM MATOU PIXOTE?)

DescriptionDescription This film is based on actual facts. It tells the story of Fe?nando Ramos da Silva, a boy from the slums who, at the age of 11, became famous as the star of Hector Babenco's film Pixote, an international public and critical success. His short-lived success as an actor led Fernando to confuse his...

THE USUAL CHILDREN

DescriptionDescription A couple's romantic evening is shattered by the squabbling of their two children. In an attempt at mediation, the father proceeds to tell a story, only to be sucked into the fantasy world which he and his children are now creating together. Scoop proclaims that his sister, Helo, is dead; she lives on as...

VAMPIRA: ABOUT SEX, DEATH AND TAXES

DescriptionDescription Vampira, a.k.a. Mailo Nurmi, is a part of the almost lost history of popular culture. Presenter of the KABC TV station midnight horror films, Vampira exuded a combination of death and erotica that struck deep into the subconscious of the uptight '50's. Mailo Nurmi eventually lost the commercial rights of the character she created...

THE VISITOR

DescriptionDescription A voyeuristic stranger spends the evening with a woman in her home. She assumes that it is her husband making all the noise in the kitchen ....

UNDERTAKER

DescriptionDescription A filmic interpretation of a poem written and performed by Patricia Smith, this film confronts the issue of violence amongst young men in America.

UNHOOK THE STARS

DescriptionDescription Rowlands plays Mildred, a financially secure widow whose husband has left her a comfortable suburban house that she now shares with her rebellious teenage daughter, Ann Mary Margaret. After yet another loud argument with her mother, Ann Mary takes off with her boyfriend, leaving Mildred alone in the oversize house. But unexpected company arrives...

UBISTVO S PREDUMISLAJAJEM (PREMEDITATED MURDER)

DescriptionDescription Premeditated Murder contrasts a recent love story ( 1992) with a past romance (1944), both doomed by the inhumanity of Yugoslav politics. While Builka takes photos of anti-war sit-ins and demos at the university for a with-it young publisher, she stumbles across Bogdan, a soldier on leave from the front with a broken leg....

UNDERGROUND

DescriptionDescription "This is supposed to be a very personal view of my country's history in recent times," says Emir Kusturica, "an attempt ... [to] offer a clearer notion of the situation in this chaotic part of the world, which has been twisted out of recognition by a media fed on malicious propaganda." Encompassing a span...

TUMULT

DescriptionDescription Shot almost entirely in Los Angeles, Tumult is set during the abortive 1960 attempt by imperial guards to overthrow Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie. The fictional tale follows the life of Yoseph, an aristrocatturned- revolutionary who secretly masterminds the coup d'etat. Yoseph is a graduate of an American university. Frustrated by the autocratic government of...

TWO CRIMES (DOS CRIMENES)

DescriptionDescription Accused of a crime he did not commit, young Marcos Gonzalez leaves Mexico City to hide out with his wealthy Uncle Ramon in the small town of Muerdago. There, he becomes involved with his adventure-seeking cousin-in-law, Amalia, and her daughter, Lucero. Marcos' passionate and impulsive ways soon prove a threat to the rigid social...

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