John Purcell

Películas

Gett: El divorcio de Viviane Amsalem
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Viviane Amsalem se separó hace años de Elisha, su marido, y ahora quiere un divorcio legal para no convertirse en una marginada social. Los matrimonios civiles todavía no existen en Israel; tan solo manda la ley religiosa, que estipula que únicamente el marido puede conceder el divorcio. Sin embargo, Elisha, no está dispuesto a aceptarlo. Viviane tendrá que luchar ante el Tribunal Rabínico para lograr lo que ella considera un derecho. Así se verá inmersa en un proceso de varios años en el que la tragedia competirá con lo absurdo y absolutamente todo se pondrá en tela de juicio.
Lullaby to my Father
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The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give form to this architecture. We follow the journey of Munio, my father, born in 1909 in Silesia, Poland, the son of a tenant farmer of a Prussian junker. At the age of 18, Munio goes to Berlin and Dessau to meet Walter Gropius, Kandinsky and Paul Klee at the Bauhaus. In 1933, the Bauhaus was closed by the Nazis, who accused Munio of treason against the German people. Munio was imprisoned, then deported to Basel. He left for Palestine. Upon his arrival in Haifa, he began a career as an architect and adapted European modernist principles to the Middle East.
Esto (no) es un secuestro
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Es víspera de Navidad y Gus, un ladrón profesional, está por pasar la peor de las noches. Huyendo de la policía, ha tomado por rehenes a Caroline y Lloyd Chasseur, el matrimonio más nefasto que se haya conocido. Nada hacen mejor Caroline y Lloyd que pelearse uno con el otro, sin importar que un delincuente esté presente. Al borde de la locura, Gus tendrá que asumir el papel de árbitro y ayudar a la pareja a reconciliarse, como único modo de escapar vivo -y cuerdo- del lugar.
Incident at Oglala
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On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
Hyde In Hollywood
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A closeted gay movie director/actor in 1939 finds himself the target of the vicious and unscrupulous attacks by a gossip columnist reporter who goes by the name of Hollywood Confidential.
The Grapes of Wrath
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A stage presentation of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath". The Steppenwolf Theater Company's production featuring the original Broadway cast. Desperately proud, but reduced to poverty by the loss of their farm, the Joads pile their few possessions on a battered old truck and head west for California, hoping to find work and a better life. Led by the indomitable Ma Joad, who is determined to keep the family together at any cost, and by the volatile young Tom Joad, an ex-convict who grows increasingly impatient with the intolerance and exploitation that they encounter on their trek, the Joads must deal with death and terrible deprivation before reaching their destination—where their waning hopes are dealt a final blow by the stark realities of the Great Depression.
The Long Way Home
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A documentary about Boris Grebenshikov, frontman of the legendary Russian art-rock band Akvarium ("Аквариум"). It was filmed as part of promo campaign for his own first album released in English and recorded with Eurythmics.