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The Desert Ark (L'Arche du Desert), a variation on Romeo and Juliet set in the Algerian desert. A young couple must face inevitable conflict when their rival families discover their secret love. Taking refuge in a cave, they listen to the sounds of a senseless campaign of violence and murder, which is the culmination of the extremism that has long divided their two communities. Nominated for the Golden Leopard at the 1997 Locarno Film Festival.
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Seen through the filtered lens of boyhood memories, award-winning director Mohamed Lakhdar-Hamina crafted this half-fictional, half-autobiographical account of a brief period in the history of an Algerian village. It is 1940, and the quiet town is ruled by French colonialists appointed by the Vichy government. Algerians are being called up for service in the Vichy military, and Jews in the village are in danger of deportation. A beautiful young schoolteacher named Claire Boyer (Veronique Jannot) arrives in town and turns every male head within miles, including 14-year-old Mouloud (Merwan Lakhdar-Hamina, the director's son). Simon Attal (Michel Boujenah), a fellow teacher and a Jew, is also attracted to Claire, and so is Mouloud's older brother. Suddenly two murders occur in the village, Simon is in danger of being deported, and the tone shifts from the dreams of boyhood to the realities of manhood.
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Seen right through the sandstorms that rack the lives of a tribe living on a desert oasis, is a subtle and not-so-subtle mistreatment of the female members of the tribe - tribal chiefs have the right to be the first to deflower virgins, and single or widowed mothers must walk a narrow line of behavior restrictions that do not apply to their male counterparts. Both genders, however, fight the brunt of the harsh desert winds together.
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Directed by Mohamed Chouikh.
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An arranged marriage as seen through the eyes of an unhappy young Algerian woman.
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Фильм демонстрирует начало Войны за независимость Алжира глазами крестьянина.
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Directed by Mustapha Badie.
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An interesting mixture of filmed scenes with Belmondo and archival footage regarding cultural aspects of all kind around Paris, starting at the end of the 19th century and ending in the mid-1960's. Jean-Paul Belmondo leads us through the movie starting as a young photographer around 1900, a reporter in both world-wars and doing fictional interviews with lots of celebrities.
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When a museum depicting the violence man inflicts on himself opens, a doctor, a woman and a museum official go through the building before the grand opening. Discussing the subject matter, their attention quickly turns to the May Day riots that plagued Paris. This symbolic film tries to portray all victims of violence as Christlike figures. Stock footage of war and suffering are used to underscore the effectiveness of the subject matter in this uneven feature.
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This black-and-white film – the first road movie of Algerian cinema – presents one of the most readily apparent, though subtle, transformations of the daily life of the people of Algeria brought about by the ordeal of French occupation and the war of liberation. With military repression in full force, a peasant woman finds herself alone in her house in the mountains when her only son is taken away by French soldiers soon after her husband is killed in a raid. One day, on seeing a dead chicken, which she considers a bad omen, she decides to leave home, and sets off on a tiring journey through the mountains. With a pair of chickens in tow, she moves from one detention camp to the next in a desperate search for her missing son. The film was inspired by events experienced by the family of its director.
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A study of conscience set against the trial of Eichmann in Israel.
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A study of conscience set against the trial of Eichmann in Israel.
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A study of conscience set against the trial of Eichmann in Israel.
A story of "La Pasta", a renowned prima donna, and her extraordinary rival.
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Во время войны, солдаты вербуют бедных фермеров, обещая лёгкую добычу. Двое из этих фермеров, пишут своим жёнам о своих подвигах. Гротескный юмор на военную паранойю, бредовые идеи…
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Действие происходит в Италии во время Второй мировой войны, большей частью в оккупированном фашистами Риме. Девушка, выдающая себя за монахиню, скрывает троих военнопленных, сбежавших из концлагеря: американского офицера, британского летчика и русского танкиста
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Молодой Гаспар, ожидающий решение суда, попадает в камеру к четырем приятелям, задумавшим побег. Пока длится следствие по их делам, они не хотят прохлаждаться впустую и готовят путь на волю. Жео, Ролан, Монсиньор и Маню посвящают новичка в свою тайну, и вот уже пять человек ломают стену в тюремном подземелье, день за днем увеличивая дыру и приближая себя к долгожданной свободе…
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Действие фильма происходит во время немецкой оккупации Генуи зимой 1943-1944 годов. После того как гестаповцы случайно убивают генерала Делла Ровере, лидера итальянского Сопротивления, местный комендант убеждает Бардоне, аморального мошенника, выдавать себя за убитого генерала. Под его именем Бардоне отсылают в миланскую тюрьму, где он должен узнать лидера партизан, с которым Делла Ровере собирался встретиться перед смертью. Бардоне, однако, начинает идентифицировать себя со своими товарищами-заключенными и находит в себе недоступные ему доселе моральные силы и дух лидера Сопротивления.
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Several stories depicting the landscapes and fauna of India are mixed with documentary footage.
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