In an opulent flower house in the 1930s, Fleur (Anita Mui), one of the premiere courtesans, falls in love with Chan Chen-Pang (Leslie Cheung), known colloquially as The Twelfth Master, a wealthy heir to a large pharmaceutical company. Forbidden by the family to marry, the two star-crossed lovers forge a suicide pact rather than live…
Tag: International Cinema
Perfect Days
Hirayama’s (Koji Yakusho) life is defined by routine. He wakes in the morning to the sounds of the streets coming to life, waters his plants, dresses for work and collects his things, grabs his coffee from the vending machine, then presses play on the cassette tape du jour after smiling up at the Tokyo Skytree…
Monster
Saori (Sakura Andô) is a single mother raising her son, Minato (Soya Kurokawa), after her husband passed away. The two celebrate the patriarch’s birthday while elsewhere in town a fire rages at a popular bar in which rumors say Mr. Hori (Eita Nagayama), Minato’s 5th grade teacher, frequents the club. Hori’s relationship with Hirona (Mitsuki…
The Promised Land
After serving in the German Army, Captain Ludvig Kahlen (Mads Mikkelsen) retires and seeks permission from the Danish Royal Court to cultivate and colonize the Jutland moorland, a barren stretch of land and an unfulfilled passion project of the King’s for some time. If successful, he asks in return from the Court to bestow upon…
The Teachers’ Lounge
A string of petty thefts has set the students and faculty at a German middle school on edge. Ali (Can Rodenbostel), a young boy in Carla’s (Leonie Benesch) 7th grade class is brought in for questioning when a sum of money is discovered in his wallet after the class was subjected to a frisking by the…
The Zone of Interest
Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) lives with his wife, Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), and their five children. While Höss is at work, Hedwig gets the children ready for school, tends to the garden, and enjoys tea with her friends. Their idyllic life is put in jeopardy when Höss is put up for a promotion that would require…
The Delinquents
Morán (Daniel Elías) has grown weary working every day at the bank and is still some twenty years away from retirement. One afternoon, the opportunity presents itself, and Morán steals $625,000 from the safe; enough money for him and an accomplice to retire early on. He meets with Román (Esteban Bigliardi), one of his colleagues,…
Fallen Leaves
Ansa (Alma Pöysti) is a lonely grocery store worker who is let go from her job when she allows someone to take some of the expired merchandise home with them instead of throwing it out. Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) is a laborer who struggles to hold a job given his alcoholism. The two meet by chance…
Society of the Snow
Departing the Carrasco International Airport on October 12, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 with the Old Christians Club Rugy Team on board, would not make its final destination of Santiago, Chile. Incorrectly fearing that the plane had overshot its turning point, the pilot attempted to correct his course but instead, he accidentally led the…
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