пятница, 31 мая 2019 г.

Chheleta (1986)



Chheleta / ছেলেটা

Director: Santosh Ghosal
Cast: Sabitri Chattopadhyay, Gopal Dutta, Indrani Roy, Mamoni Dutta, Partho Mukhopadhyay, Partho Pratim Ghosal, Sailen Mukhopadhyay, Mrinal Mukhopadhyay, Raja Mukhopadhyay, Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Samir Bakshi, Taniya Sharma

Chheleta is the story of Gopal, an orphan boy who lives in his own world that is close to nature.

India
In Bengali

вторник, 28 мая 2019 г.

Estiu 1993 (2017)



Estiu 1993 / Summer 1993

Director & Writer: Carla Simón
Stars: Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Bruna Cusí, David Verdaguer, Fermí Reixach, Montse Sanz, Isabel Rocatti, Paula Blanco

After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.

Spain
In Catalan, with English subs (embed)


понедельник, 27 мая 2019 г.

The Hoosier Schoolmaster (1935)



Director: Lewis D. Collins
Stars: Norman Foster, Charlotte Henry, Dorothy Libaire, Tommy Bupp, Otis Harlan, Fred Kohler Jr., William V. Mong, Russell Simpson

Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against "Yankees". He goes up against the town bully, who both want the same girl, and his troubles multiply when a vicious band of nightriders set out to drive him out of town.

USA
In English

суббота, 25 мая 2019 г.

Die bleierne Zeit (1981)




Die bleierne Zeit / Dark Times / The German Sisters / Marianne & Juliane

Director & Writer: Margarethe von Trotta
Stars: Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Doris Schade, Vérénice Rudolph, Luc Bondy, Franz Rudnick, Julia Biedermann

Two sisters both fight for women's rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to live. Based on a true story.

West Germany
In German with English subs (VobSub)

пятница, 17 мая 2019 г.

Wie sagen wir es unseren Kindern? (1949)




Wie sagen wir es unseren Kindern? / Ehe mit Hindernissen / How Do We Tell Our Children?

Director: Hans Deppe
Stars: Leny Marenbach, Mathias Wieman, Hilde Körber, Ernst Waldow, Babsi Schultz-Reckewell, Edmund van Kann, Jürgen Tusch, Hans-Dieter Gotzmann, Herbert Stetza, Hans Neie, Jürgen Peter Jacoby, Franz Schafheitlin, Alexa von Porembsky

An inversion of the Romeo and Juliet story: two single parents fall in love while their children are involved in a bitter feud. The film was made by the major German studio UFA during the Nazi era, but was not released until several years after the end of the war.

Germany
In German

среда, 15 мая 2019 г.

Tire dié (1958)




Tire dié / Throw Me a Dime

Director: Fernando Birri
Stars: Guillermo Cervantes Luro, María Rosa Gallo (voice), Francisco Petrone (voice)

Tire dié is an Argentine documentary directed by Fernando Birri and written Birri and seven other writers. The short film, billed as a "survey film", chronicles the harsh life of lower-class slums in Santa Fe, Argentina. The documentary revolves around a particular set of poor kids who chase a train nicknamed tire dié on a daily base, begging for cents. The title, tire dié is a homonym of the phrase tire diez ("throw ten [cents]"). Kids would chase the slow train every day and run along begging for coins from the passengers who leaned out in curiosity. The film also interviews a number of adults, whose voices are dubbed by professional actors.

Documentary
Argentina, in Spanish
With Spanish and English subs (.srt in archive)

вторник, 14 мая 2019 г.

Chinmoku (1971)




Chinmoku / Silence

Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Stars: David Lampson, Don Kenny, Tetsurô Tanba, Mako, Shima Iwashita, Eiji Okada, Taiji Tonoyama

Two Jesuit priests encounter persecution when they travel to Japan in the 17th century to spread Christianity and to locate their mentor. Based on the novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō; another adaptation was made by Scorsese in 2016.

Japan
Language: Japanese | English
With English subs for Japanese parts (embed)

воскресенье, 12 мая 2019 г.

Chico (2001)




Director & Writer: Ibolya Fekete
Stars: Eduardo Rózsa Flores, Daniel Remedi, Camilio LeBert, Sasa Anocic, Gyula Bodrogi, András Fésös, Sergio Hernández, Vjekoslav Jankovic

Chico is a 2001 Hungarian movie about the life of Eduardo Rózsa Flores (1960-2009). The protagonist is a man who was born in Bolivia to a Hungarian immigrant. His family fled to Chile after a coup in Bolivia, and remained in Chile until the 1973 coup, after which they fled to Hungary. After coming of age in Hungary, Chico witnesses the Yugoslav wars in the 1990s.

Germany | Croatia | Hungary | Chile
Language: Spanish | Hungarian | Serbian | English
Witn English hardsubs

пятница, 10 мая 2019 г.

Selling Children (2018)


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9134204/

https://www.thewhy.dk/films/selling-children

Director & Writer: Pankaj Johar

Director Pankaj Johar sets out to understand how, in the biggest democracy in the world, it is possible for millions of children to be bought and sold.

Documentary
Denmark, in English & Hindi
With English subs (embed)

среда, 8 мая 2019 г.

Déjà s'envole la fleur maigre (1960)



Déjà s'envole la fleur maigre / From the Branches Drops the Withered Blossom

Director & Writer: Paul Meyer
Stars: Brighella, Giuseppe Cerqua, Luigi Favotto, Marie-Louisa Franco, Mela Franco, Valentino Gentili, Victor Ghislain, Edmond Lebout

A diverse group of people from different nationalities struggle to earn a living in a Belgian coal-mining town. Hoping to find a better life, the dreams are shattered when coal prices hit an all-time low and production wipes out the main industry and livelihood of the workers.

Belgium
Language: French | Italian
With English, French, German, Italian subtitles (embed)

воскресенье, 5 мая 2019 г.

Espejismo (1972)




Espejismo / Mirage

Director: Armando Robles Godoy
Stars: Miguel Angel Flores, Helena Rojo, Hernán Romero, Orlando Sacha, Gabriel Figueroa, Rómulo León, Raquel Meneses

Complex story about a young man who inherits a broken down estate at the edge of the Peruvian desert, with no explanation about the former owners or what had become of the once thriving house. By searching through the rocks and sands for relics, he discovers the answers to the mystery, told in flashback. The film combines the boy's search with other socio-economic issues relevant to Peru in a confusing, but insightful manner. The photography of the desert is stunning. 
The only Peruvian film ever nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film (1972).

Peru
In Spanish, with English subs (.srt in archive)