Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Italy. Show all posts

Oct 4, 2011

Ae Fond Kiss... [Just a Kiss] (2004) UK

7 wins & 11 nominations

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380366/

Plot & Summary
In Glasgow, Scotland, the Pakistani parents of Casim Khan have decided that he is going to marry his cousin Jasmine. Unfortunately, Casim has just fallen in love with his younger sister's music teacher Roisin. Not only is she 'goree', a white woman, she is also Irish and catholic, things that may not go down well with Casim's parents. They start a relationship but Casim is torn between following his heart and being a good son.

Rating
7.1/10 from 4,149 users

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Aug 25, 2011

Carandiru (2003) - Brazil

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293007/

Plot & Summary
Brazilian MD Drauzio Varella starts AIDS prevention in Brazil's largest prison, Carandiru, in São Paulo, where the population is nearly double its 4,000 maximum. Doc learns from experience and mainly stories the tragic stories of hideous crimes which landed scum there and passionate dramas adding otherwise decent people. Just when he believes to leave the prisoners happy with a soccer tournament, a silly clothing line argument kick-starts a politically opportune revolt repression.
Rating
7.5/10 (6,871 votes)


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Jul 23, 2011

Üç maymun [Three Monkeys] (2008) - Turkey

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1233381/

Plot & Summary
Near the Bosporus, Eyüp and Hacer live in a modest flat with their son Ismail, in his twenties, who's doing poorly in his studies. Few words pass between them, and a past family tragedy brings sorrow daily. On a rainy night, Eyüp's boss Servet, a wealthy businessman who's entering politics, hits a pedestrian on a lonely road. He drives off and offers money to Eyüp if Eyüp will take the fall - probably a six-month sentence. Eyüp agrees, and while he's in prison, Ismail wants his mother to ask Servet for enough money to buy a car. Servet, in turn, desires Hacer. How can this play out?

Rating
7.2/10 (5,807 votes)


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Jul 16, 2011

Bella Martha [Mostly Martha] (2001) - Germany

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246772/

Plot & Summary
In a German restaurant, Chef Martha Klein is the undisputed supreme ruler of the kitchen staff and woe to any customer who would dare criticize her cooking. Her life is firmly centered around cooking which takes on a obsessive level with stubborn single mindedness. Even when she is ordered to take therapy, she still constantly talks about her work and the iron clad control she relishes in her task. All that changes when her sister dies in a car accident, leaving her 8 year old daughter, Lina. Martha takes her niece in and while making enquiries for her estranged father, she struggles to care for this stubbornly headstrong child. Meanwhile at work, a new chef named Mario is hired on and Martha feels threatened by this unorthodox intruder. The pressures of both her private and work life combine to create a situation that will fundamentally call her attitudes and life choices into question while these interlopers into her life begin to profoundly change it.
Rating
7.3/10 (4,471 votes)

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Jul 2, 2011

La mujer sin cabeza [The Headless Woman] (2008) - Argentina

11 wins & 19 nominations


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1221141/

Plot & Summary
The Headless Woman is about a woman's psychological cover-up to her hit-and-run accident. And it's about her family, who purposely hide all evidence of the accident to save her, and themselves, from retribution. Not unlike what other apathetic, well-to-do families all over the world attempt when a relative is in trouble.

Martel brilliantly directs the extremely talented Maria Onetto (Vero) through appropriate emotionality; done in time and space that is highly realistic. So, if you prefer snapshot melodrama, rent an American movie. Otherwise, watch and connect to Vero's family and their mendacity, or watch and boo at the mythomaniacs and their cover-up, not Ms. Martel.

Rating
6.4/10 (1,250 votes)


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Jun 28, 2011

Garage Olimpo (1999) - Argentina

19 wins & 16 nominations


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201631/


Plot & Summary
In the 70's, eighteen year-old Maria Fabiani lives with her French mother Diane in an old house in Buenos Aires, subletting rooms and giving classes to illiterate adults in the slums. One of the tenants, Felix, has a non-corresponded crush on Maria. When the teenager is abducted in her house by the Argentinean army accused of subversion, her mother seeks her out in the 23rd Precinct where one of the military without uniform tells her that they are heading with Maria. While Diane desperately tries to find information about her daughter, Maria is submitted to torture in the hideous underground of the Garage Olimpo.


Rating
7.3/10 (1,220 votes)

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Apr 29, 2011

Tillsammans [Together] (2000) - Sweden

14 wins & 14 nominations

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203166/


Plot & Summary
Elisabeth tires of her husband Rolf, so she packs her bags, takes the kids and goes to her brother Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune are people between the ages of 25 and 35, along with their children. It is there where most of the film takes place, and there where things happen that affect not only the extended family members, but a few more...

Rating
7.4/10 (10,083 votes)


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Apr 18, 2011

Tutta la vita davanti [Her Whole Life Ahead] (2008) - Italy

6 wins & 11 nominations


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1075114/

Plot & Summary
Director Paolo Virzi explores through the eyes of Martha the uncertainty of the future for young people. It does so in a darkish comedy. The characters are complex, tender, fierce and comic at once. The women really shine. From Marta’s smarts, Sonia’s lustfulness, and Daniela’s delusions, their portrayals were pitch-perfect.

It’s another film where you could in insert the term Generazione 1000 euro. Marta is paid less than 400 Euros a month for working a a half day shift. Her shift is constructed in a way where it pays zero to minimum benefits while taking advantage of its workforce.

Rating
7.0/10 (784 votes)


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Jan 7, 2011

Bal-Can-Can (2005) - Macedonia

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369258/


Plot & Summary
A Macedonian military deserter and his Italian blood-brother are searching for a dead grandmother wrapped up in a stolen carpet, all over the Balkan's criminal underworld.

Pretty good, black humor style, Fellini style. Well composed portrait on one nation that was called Yugoslav the last time of its existence. Very well depicted characters of the regions on last 20 years of history but also much behind. Their path of national tragedy and destiny, rather than political. Dark picture, linked more to social and psyhological profile of the people than to living standards of the region. Very convincing acting, especially of the leading role - Trendafil, but sometimes brilliant when speaking of the minor roles, like the guy who plays Prkachin in the Bosnian village.

Rating
7.4/10 (792 votes)


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Dec 19, 2010

BirdWatchers - La terra degli uomini rossi [Birdwatchers] (2008) - Brazil

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1054674/

Plot & Summary
A boat with tourists is sailing up the river through the jungle. Suddenly they come face-to-face with Indians, naked apart from their paint, with self-made weapons at the ready. The tourists sail on excitedly. The Indians put on their jeans and collect their daily wages. The Guarani, one of Brazil's oldest Indian communities, are forced to live in a reservation. A small group of Guarani decide to leave the reservation and settle in a traditional territory that has belonged to white men for several generations. The clash between two conflicting cultures is conceived as a suspense story with mystical elements. The actors are real Indians with no actor training.

Rating
7.0/10 (392 votes)


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Dec 11, 2010

La Prima Linea [The Front Line] (2009) - Italy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1347442/

Plot & Summary
La prima linea can be described as tense, contemplative, and sincere. The plot revolves around rebelliousness, idealism, and rebellion. The main genres are drama, foreign, and period. In approach, La prima linea is serious and realistic. It is located in Italy. It takes place in the 1980s. La prima linea is based on a book.

La prima linea is a remarkable film about an extreme left-wing terrorist group, infamous for its violent exploits, and the scourge of the authorities and civilized society for most of a decade. Renato De Maria fictionalizes the story of two of the group's leaders, Sergio Segio (Riccardo Scamarcio) and Susanna Ronconi (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), who were colleagues and lovers. Directed with taut control and an impressive sense of suspense, the film offers a probing and insightful look into the terrorist mind, recreating a period of Italian history many have forgotten.The tumultuous political events of the late sixties that swept across Europe left a particular mark on Italy. The radical Red Brigades, committed to the violent overthrow of the state, were formed out of the student protests of 1968. Prima Linea was another Italian terrorist organization, founded in the late seventies and even more extreme in its methods.De Maria tackles his subject from the perspective of his male protagonist, who looks back from his jail cell on his youthful exploits with understanding, candour and remorse. Believing there would be a coup by right-wing elements, a young Sergio goes underground, convinced the use of violence is a necessary choice. There he meets the equally committed Susanna, falls in love and continues to fight the brutal battle of a political extremist.

This is a smart film about twentieth century history, politics and society. Ultimately, it asks questions about responsibility and choices, but does not attempt to provide pat answers to a highly complex situation. La prima linea speaks to a moment in Italy's past that is clearly being mirrored in the present politics of other countries. Sergio and Susanna are not demonized by De Maria; they are human beings – youthful, dedicated, passionate. But their actions have consequences, and these the film details with sympathy and balance.

Rating
6.6/10 (142 votes)


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Dec 9, 2010

Cosavogliodipiù [Come Undone] (2010) - Italy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403144/

Plot & Summary
The story, which plays out in Milan, focuses on the brief flirtation between office worker Anna (Alba Rohrwacher) and catering manager Domenico (Pierfrancesco Favino), which escalates into secret meetings and a pay-by-the-hour motel. Domenico makes clear at the start that he is married with two children; in turn Anna is living in a safe relationship with her plump and broody handyman boyfriend. The emotional and sexual attachment between Anna and Domenico deepens and is at the same time scarred by their feelings of betrayal, responsibility, and guilt.
Rating
6.4/10 (214 votes)


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Nov 1, 2010

Lamerica (1994) - Italy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110299/


Plot & Summary
Two Italian racketeers come to Albania just after the fall of the communists to set up a fictive firm and pocket the grants. They need a stooge. They choose an old one in a jail : Spiro. But the youngest italian, Gino, once alone with Spiro, encounter a few problems. Far from his roots, loosing his identity in deep Albania, he begins to change...

Lamerica provides a snapshot of postcolonial anxieties affecting Europe in the aftermath of 1989. The protagonist, Gino (the great Enrico Lo Verso), an aspiring young businessman from the South of Italy, is sent to insolvent Albania to sort out a shady business deal. A series of unfortunate events, however, lead to a reversal in Gino’s fortunes and his visit unravels in a way that puts him on the breadline and in a position in which he cannot be distinguished from any other destitute Albanian trying to get a slice of Italy’s prosperity. A secondary but important character in the film is an elderly Italian, another Southerner, who has come to Albania during WWII as a soldier with Mussolini’s army and who has been confined to Albanian labour camps for decades. Now released, but having effectively spent the prime of his life among Albanians, he is closer to them than to his long forgotten Italian compatriots.

Lamerica reveals a situation where Italians live through circumstances that make them experience the challenges that ordinary Albanians face. While the plot line is based on accidental encounters and reversals, the narrative set up is not inconsequential; it is skillfully used by the director whose intention is to show that the invisible divisions between East and West are not as durable as they seem to be. The bonding between dispossessed Albanians and cast-out Italian Southerners charts new fault lines, suggesting that the East and West of Europe’s South are becoming compatible in a new configuration of power affiliations.

Rating
7.5/10 (1,121 votes)




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Oct 28, 2010

Agata e la tempesta [Agatha and the Storm] (2004) - Italy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402755/

Plot & Summary
In Genoa, Agata runs her bookstore and, without meaning to, causes light bulbs and appliances to burn out. At the same time that a younger man declares his attraction to her, her brother Gustav, a morose architect, a distant husband, and an indifferent father, discovers that he was adopted and has a half-brother in the Po Valley. To Agata's great pain, she sees her young man with another woman - plus, Gustav cuts himself off from her and from his wife and son. Agata goes to the Po Valley, meets Gustav's brother and the brother's wife, and tries to reconnect by letting life wash over her. Wisdom comes from traditional Chinese medicine and from good literature.


Rating
Users: 6.5/10 (637 votes)


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Oct 24, 2010

Io non ho paura [I'm not Scared] (2003) - Italy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326977/

Plot & Summary
Michele Amitrano is a true country bambino (10): cute as an angel, curious and enterprising as a rascal and means everything to his parents. Father Pino Amitrano is a truck driver, and is often away. Even when he's at home he deals with dodgy villagers and other friends, while mother Anna spoils his useless kid sister Maria rotten. Michele is mostly left doing his sisters chores, getting either of them out of trouble, roaming the sparsely populated grain lands on his bicycle and playing with local kids, which often means minor trouble. One day after a dare leads the mildly mischievous gang to a ruined house, he returns alone to retrieve the glasses that his sister had left behind. Michele accidentally finds a deep hole outside, beneath a metal cover, and sees a boy's bare foot under a blanket inside. At first Michele rides off for his life, but soon he returns, and after some more scary and disappointing tries finds out it's a boy his age, blinded by a living his life in the dark, deep hole. Michele conquers his fear and the boy, Filippo's, confidence, and generously feeds and entertains him. Overhearing his parents and their friends returning to this hole, Michele soon suspects that Filippo is a wealthy family's kidnapped son.


Rating
7.5/10 (6,486 votes)

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Oct 20, 2010

Dopo mezzanotte [After Midnight] (2004) - Italy

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402141/


Plot & Summary
The 2004 new movie by one of the most intriguing Italian directors. Despite of a low budget and a not-famous cast (except for the narrating voice), this movie is purely entertaining and involving: fascinating sequences inside the Turin's wonderful Mole, actual venue of the most important Italian cinematographic museum. Not-so-profound characters and dialogs, and sometimes a bit of inaccuracy in playing, but a sincere view in the struggle for love, solitude and boredom. Very nice editing with sequences of early cinema movie clips, especially by Buster Keaton.

Rating
6.8/10 (918 votes)


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Oct 19, 2010

Uranya (2006) - Greece

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0863041/

Plot & Summary
Summer 1969. Dictatorship. In a small country town, young Achileas breaks his leg by falling off the yard wall of the local cinema. He wanted to see Brigit Bardo naked... However, during his visit to the city to treat his broken leg, for the first time in his life he sees a television! The program informs about the launching of Apollo to the moon. The idea of the launching becomes Achileas' obsession and along with his friends they collect money, in order to purchase a TV set. However, soon, the dilemma becomes imperative. Will they buy a television or "visit" all together Uranya in order to be taught the secrets of love? The situation gets even more complicated when the authorities arrest Achileas' father along with the father of a good friend in order to intimidate others: Spiros Agnew, who will visit Greece, intends to visit the small country town as well and so everything must show quiet and "friendly" to the regime... Achileas and his friends will not give up that easy... In order to buy the television of their dreams, they will accept to distribute Greek and American flags to the people of the town. Achileas' disappointment is immense, when he discovers that the money collected was stolen by his friends, for other, more "erotic" destinations. The unexpected arrival of a television Uranya in town by the "town's crazy man" will result in watching Apollo's launch in the café in a rather paradoxical way... whereas the local cinema will stay deserted.
Rating
6.1/10 (265 votes)


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Oct 2, 2010

Trolösa (2000) - Sweden

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0157122/

Plot & Summary
Marianne is a theatre actress married to an orchestra conductor, Markus. She becomes involved in an affair with their director friend, David, which leads to a painful divorce and battle for custody of their daughter, Isabelle. Although all of them are merely fictional characters created by Bergman, their experiences become very real and traumatic for him.

Rating
7.5/10 (1,777 votes)





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Aug 19, 2010

Ricordati di me [Remember Me] (2003) - Italy

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323807/

Plot & Summary
In the dysfunctional Italian middle-class family Ristuccia, the middle-aged executive Carlo has a stalled life without passion, bored in his work and having a monotonous life with his wife Giulia. Giulia is a frustrated and hysterical woman because she gave up of being an actress in her youth to dedicate to the family. Their needy son Paolo feels lost and rejected, trying to find who he is and flirting with a schoolmate. Their seventeen years old daughter Valentina is decided to work in a television show, and is fighting to have an audition. When Carlo meets his former sweetheart Alessia in a class reunion, they confess to each other that their marriages are in crisis and both feel passion arising again. Meanwhile Giulia is invited to an audition in a stage production and to participate of a play. Paolo tries to make friends using marijuana in his birthday party, and Valentina has sex with different guys trying to be a dancer of the famous TV show 'Ali Babbi'. Their relationships change when Carlo has an accident.

Rating
6.6/10 1,996 votes


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Jul 4, 2010

El método [The Method] (2005) - Spain

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427582/

Plot & Summary
During anti-globalist demonstrations which upset Madrid, like other capitals, major corporation Dekia holds interviews to recruit a top executive from seven applicants. Their doubts start when the have to sign a clause accepting the Grönholm method, which nobody ever heard of. It soon becomes clear the tests are dirty mind games, but never what is true and what the trick. They must guess who among them is the HR mole, and repeatedly eliminate one of their number from the procedure. Their priorities, ethics and loyalty are put trough stressing tests.

Rating
7.5/10 3,240 votes


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