суббота, 27 марта 2021 г.

Dombey & Son (1983)

 



Director: Rodney Bennett
Stars: Julian Glover, Barnaby Buik, Shirley Cain, Zelah Clarke, Kenton Moore, Lysette Anthony, Rhoda Lewis, Paul Darrow, Finn Fordham

When a stern and distant shipping magnate fathers a son, his daughter finds herself not only without her mother - who died shortly after the birth - but displaced in her father's affections by her sickly younger brother. Ten episodes BBC mini-series based on the 1848 novel of the same name by Charles Dickens.

UK
In English, with English subs (embed)
 

среда, 24 марта 2021 г.

Perinbaba (1985)

 



Perinbaba / The Feather Fairy

Director: Juraj Jakubisko
Stars: Giulietta Masina, Vlastimil Drbal, Eman Hason, Petra Vancíková, Tobias Hoesl, Pavol Mikulík, Soňa Valentová, Eva Horká, Valerie Kaplanová, Karel Effa, Mária Hojerová, Ivan Palúch, Zora Ulla Keslerová, Emil Horváth st., Ľudovít Reiter, Milada Ondrašíková, Silvia Popovská, Ivan Drozdy, Hana Militká, Ján Barto

The Feather Fairy lives in the sky and gives snow to the people. She lives with a boy called Jakob, who one day ventures into the human world and falls for a peasant girl. Adaptation of a Brothers Grimm's Mother Hulda short story.

Country: Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Italy | Austria
Language: Slovak | Italian
With English & Slovak subtitles (embed)
 

понедельник, 22 марта 2021 г.

Torzók (2001)

 




Torzók / Abandoned

Director & Writer: Árpád Sopsits
Stars: Tamás Mészáros, Szabolcs Csizmadia, Attila Zsilák, Péter Müller, Imre Thúri, Krisztián Tóth, Zoltán Nádházi, Pál Mácsai, László Gálffi, László Szabó

Abandoned at an orphanage by his recently divorced father, Aron endures a life full of cruelty and despair, punctuated by beating from the orphanage staff and ridicule from the other boys. His only friend is his classmate Attila, who helps him discover love and gives him strength to fight back.

Hungary
In Hungarian, with English subs (.srt)
 

суббота, 20 марта 2021 г.

Un enfant dans la foule (1976)

 




Un enfant dans la foule / A Child in the Crowd

Director: Gérard Blain
Stars: Jean François Cimino, César Chauveau, Annie Kovaks, Cécile Cousseau, Claude Treille, Jean Bertal, Gabrielle Sassoum, Raymonde Badé-Mauffroy, Jacques Benoît-Lévy, Claude Cernay, Jurgens Doeres, Bernard Soufflet

Deserted by his father, and dislocated by the Second World War, Paul is a boy who wants affection and attention and cannot find it at home.

France
In French, with English subs (embed)
 

суббота, 13 марта 2021 г.

Austeria (1982)

 



Austeria / The Inn

Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Stars: Franciszek Pieczka, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej, Ewa Domanska, Wojciech Standello, Liliana Komorowska, Szymon Szurmiej, Golda Tencer

Austeria takes place during the opening days of World War I, in the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. Tag (Franciszek Pieczka) is a Jewish innkeeper whose inn (austeria means inn in the local Polish dialect) is located near the border with Russia. War has broken out and local civilians are fleeing the advancing Russian Army, and several groups of refugees have taken shelter in Tag's inn for the night. A group of Hassidic jews from the neighboring village arrive, followed by an Austrian baroness on and a Hungarian hussar cut off from his unit.

Poland
Language: Polish | Hebrew | German
With English and French subs (embed)
 

пятница, 12 марта 2021 г.

Dikaya sobaka Dingo (1962)

 




Dikaya sobaka Dingo / Дикая собака Динго / The Wild Dog Dingo

Director: Yuli Karasik
Stars: Galina Polskikh, Vladimir Osobik, Talas Umurzakov, Anna Rodionova, Inna Kondrateva, Nikolai Timofeyev, Irina Radchenko, Tamara Loginova

Things take an interesting turn for Tanya and her mother when her father arrives with his foster son Kolya and new wife; this film is about Kolya and Tanya's bright, pure and bitter first love. Based on the novel Wild Dog Dingo or the Tale of the First Love by Ruvim Frayerman.

Soviet Union
In Russian, with English subs (embed)
 

воскресенье, 7 марта 2021 г.

L'armata Brancaleone (1966)

 



L'armata Brancaleone / For Love and Gold

Director: Mario Monicelli
Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Catherine Spaak, Folco Lulli, Gianluigi Crescenzi, Gian Maria Volontè, Maria Grazia Buccella, Carlo Pisacane, Ugo Fangareggi, Tito García, Luis Induni

A group of rogues steal a scroll granting its bearer the property of the land of Aurocastro in Apulia (southern Italy). They elect a shaggy knight, Brancaleone from Norcia, as their leader, and decide to get possession of this supposedly wealthy land. Many adventures will occurr during the journey.

Italy
In Italian, with Italian and English subs (embed)

суббота, 6 марта 2021 г.

König der Diebe (2003)

 



König der Diebe / King of Thieves

Director & Writer: Ivan Fíla
Stars: Lazar Ristovski, Iakov Kultiasov, Katharina Thalbach, Julia Khanverdieva, Oktay Özdemir, Paulus Manker, Birol Ünel, Yasemin Bueyueksapci, Viktor Benzler

Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West. Caruso smuggles them to Berlin and separates them from each other. Mimma is sold to prostitution, while Barbu is taught to snatch purses together with an older Albanian boy Marcel. Barbu finds out about Mimma's fate and decides to free her from the brothel.

Slovakia | Germany
In German, with English and Spanish subs (VobSub)
 

среда, 3 марта 2021 г.

Rezerwat (2007)

 


Rezerwat / Reserve

Director: Lukasz Palkowski
Stars: Marcin Kwasny, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Grzegorz Palkowski, Artur Dziurman, Violetta Arlak, Tomasz Karolak, Krzysztof Janczar, Ryszard Chlebus, Bozena Adamek

A young photographer moves to Praga, the most notorious district of Warsaw, known for common crime and alcoholism as well as unique folklore. This experience will have much impact on both his personal and professional life.

Poland
In Polish, with English subs (embed)
 

понедельник, 1 марта 2021 г.

Luminous Motion (1998)

 


Director: Bette Gordon
Stars: Eric Lloyd, Deborah Kara Unger, Bruce MacVittie, Jamey Sheridan, Terry Kinney, Patrick Fitzgerald, Conn Horgan, Martin Alvin, Paz de la Huerta

A mom and her 10 year son motor around the country as she makes ends meet by turning tricks until her car breaks down. She then temporarily takes up with a hardware store owner until she gets her own place. Then the kid's father shows up to try to take the two over.

USA
In English, with English subs (VobSub)