суббота, 30 ноября 2019 г.

La circostanza (1973)



La circostanza / The Circumstance

Director & Writer: Ermanno Olmi
Stars: Ada Savelli, Gaetano Porro, Raffaella Bianchi, Giorgio Roncaglia, Mario Sireci, Massimo Tabak, Enrico Bertoni, Barbara Pezzuto

Laura, a woman of a certain age with full grown children who, by all indications should be leading a great life, but actually, she appears to have none. She comes from a wealthy family. Laura has made herself a lawyer with a nice practice. Her placid existence comes to an abrupt stop when a young motorcyclist suffers an accident almost in front o her. Laura is made to take the youth to the hospital. The incident will change the way she looks at things. Laura becomes obsessed with the young man that was almost killed.

Italy
In Italian
Subtitles, all in the archive: Italian (.sub/idx) + English (.srt)

четверг, 28 ноября 2019 г.

Peesua lae dokmai (1985)



Peesua lae dokmai / Butterfly and Flowers / ผีเสื้อและดอกไม้

Director & Writer: Euthana Mukdasanit
Stars: Suriya Yaowasang, Daungjai Hathaikarn, Rome Isara, Wasana Pholyiam, Suchao Pongwilai, Attaporn Thihirun

Hujan, an elementary school student, lived with his father and younger brother and sister since his mother died of illness. One day he learns that his father is about to loose his job. Hujan decided to quit school and become an ice candy peddler. He met a girl named Mimpi who is in the same school. Mimpi often goes to visit a town on the Thai-Malaysian border to help in her family business. Hujan hears from Mimpi that the work of bearing white rice is dangerous and against the law but it pays very well.

Thailand
In Thai, with English subs (.srt in the archive)

среда, 27 ноября 2019 г.

Braguino (2017)



Director & Writer: Clément Cogitore

In this documentary directed by the French artist, filmmaker and photographer Clément Cogitore, two feuding families, the Braguines and the Kilines, live in adjoining but otherwise isolated compounds deep in Siberia's boreal forest, their settlement completely unreachable by road. The families are part of an ancient Russian Orthodox Church sect who sought isolation in order to live according to their beliefs, but the immense pristine forest is both a resource and a threat.

France
In Russian, with French hardsubs + English subs (.srt in the archive)

суббота, 23 ноября 2019 г.

Lacrimosa (1970)



Director: Aloysio Raulino

Through the Marginal Tietê and other roads of the city, lies a parade of waste lands, construction sites, factories and slums, in a desolate landscape. The itinerary is captured by the cameras until the depths of urban misery, where children, men and women live surrounded by trash.

Documentary, short
Brazil, in Portuguese, with English subs (.srt in the archive)

четверг, 21 ноября 2019 г.

Jirô monogatari (1955)



Jirô monogatari / The Tale of Jiro

Director: Hiroshi Shimizu
Stars: Michiyo Kogure, Ichirô Ryûzaki, Junko Ikeuchi, Shôji Nakayama, Koji Ozawa, Yukio Tomoyama, Shirô Watanabe, Natsuko Kahara, Kôtarô Sugiyama, Sadako Fujimura, Matsuko Shiga

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. A Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death of his mother.

Japan
In Japanese, with English subs (.srt in the archive)

понедельник, 18 ноября 2019 г.

L'inconnue n° 13 (1949)



Director: Jean-Paul Paulin
Stars: René Dary, Marcelle Derrien, Pierre-Louis, Christian Fourcade, Mady Berry, Robert Lussac, Janine Miller, Paulette Andrieux

While investigating the world of Parisian tramps, journalist René Savary, himself disguised as a poor beggar, notices the strange behavior of a little boy. He follows the brat after he has sneaked out of a barge, catches up with him and takes him to his home. There, the kid tells him about himself: his name is Jean, his mother has disappeared and since then he has been left to fend for himself. Moved by the lot of the wretched boy, Savary, with the aid of his friend Pierrot, undertakes to solve the mystery...

France
In French

суббота, 16 ноября 2019 г.

La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes (2017)




La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes AKA The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches

Director: Simon Lavoie
Stars: Marine Johnson, Antoine L'Écuyer, Jean-François Casabonne, Alex Godbout, Laurie Babin

An adaptation of Gaétan Soucy's novel of the same name, the film centres on Alice Soissons (Marine Johnson), a girl raised to believe she is a boy, who lives in with her father and brother in oppressive and secluded conditions. When her father dies, she ventures into the village, where outsiders tell her she is female, and she fears the family home is now under threat.

Canada
In French, with English subs (embed)

пятница, 15 ноября 2019 г.

Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961)



Director: Edward L. Cahn
Stars: Wanda Hendrix, Don Beddoe, Roger Mobley, Richard Crane, Johnny Seven, Robert Stevenson, Bill Walker, Henry Hunter

A young boy finds a briefcase full of money stashed by a fleeing crook. A kindly tramp and an eager puppy help him lead police to the criminal.

USA
In English, with English subs (muxed)

четверг, 14 ноября 2019 г.

Nakimushi kozo (1938)



Nakimushi kozo / Crybaby Apprentice

Director: Shirô Toyoda
Stars: Sumiko Kurishima, Haruyo Ichikawa, Mitsugu Fujii, Fumio Hayashi, Isamu Yamaguchi, Yumeko Aizome, Ryuko Umezono, Reiji Ichiki

Story about a little boy who, after his widowed mother decides to remarry, is shuffled about, from relative to relative.

Japan
In Japanese, with English subs (.srt)