среда, 27 января 2021 г.

Xiang ri kui (2005)

 


Xiang ri kui / 向日葵 / Sunflower



Director: Yang Zhang
Stars: Joan Chen, Zhang Fan, Ge Gao, Bin Li, Jing Liang, Zifeng Liu, Haiying Sun, Haidi Wang, Hong Yihao

Relationship between father and son on a background of Maoist regime in China in the mid-20th century. The father, a painter by profession, interned in a labor camp for "re-education" and loses his ability to paint. he teaches his son to draw, but does so obsessively. The convoluted relationship between father and son that spread over the period of childhood, adolescence and maturity of the son are being resolved in a surprising and sensitive way.

China
In Mandarin, with English subs (embed)
 

воскресенье, 24 января 2021 г.

Los gigantes no existen (2017)

 


Los gigantes no existen / Giants Don't Exist

Director: Chema Rodríguez
Stars: Rafael Rojas, José Javier Martínez, Luis Carlos Pineda, Marta Tuyuc, Patricia Orantes, Luis Carlos Pineda, Andrés Toz

Guatemala in the 1980s, at the height of the ruthless civil war against the country’s indigenous communities. Andrés is 9 years old. He lives with Pedro González, one of the men who massacred all the women and children in his village. Andrés has survived, but he’s scared. Pedro’s wife, María, is also scared, scared to go out, scared to lose Andrés, whom she considers her new son… even Pedro is scared, scared of himself and what the Army orders him to do. Andrés would like to run away but he also wants to stay in his new family. The unexpected arrival of his biological sister will change everything.

Guatemala
Language(s): Spanish, Mayan
Subtitles: Spanish (hard for Mayan parts), English (.srt in the archive)
 

суббота, 23 января 2021 г.

Monsieur Papa (1977)

 



Director: Philippe Monnier
Stars: Claude Brasseur, Nathalie Baye, Nicolas Reboul, Catherine Lachens, Frédéric Blic, Daniel Auteuil, Lucienne Lemarchand, André Valardy, Moustache, Brigitte Catillon, Eva Darlan, Lucienne Le Marchand, Michel Creton, Fred Personne

A father is raising his ten-year-old son on his own. The two get along very well until the arrival of a new companion in the father's life. Based on the novel of the same name by Patrick Cauvin.

France
In French, with French (embed) & English subs (.srt in the archives)
 

среда, 20 января 2021 г.

Ladybug Ladybug (1963)

 



Director: Frank Perry
Stars: Jane Connell, Doug Chapin, Miles Chapin, Bozo Dell, Dianne Higgins, Alan Howard, William Daniels, James Frawley, Richard Hamilton, Kathryn Hays, Judith Lowry, Nancy Marchand, Estelle Parsons

During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, the normal routines of a rural elementary school are thrown into a panic when the civil defense alarm sirens go off, warning them of an imminent nuclear attack. The children are separated into groups, with one teacher leading each squad. Mrs. Andrews, the 6th grade teacher with a slowly building sense of doom, leads her group of students through the countryside to one of the children’s family’s bomb shelter.

среда, 13 января 2021 г.

Parents (1989)

 




Director: Bob Balaban
Stars: Randy Quaid, Bryan Madorsky, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, London Juno, Kathryn Grody, Deborah Rush, Graham Jarvis, Wayne Robson

Michael Laemie is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Especially his father, Nick Laemie. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on the grill outside.

Canada | USA
In English