Special Retrospective Films of Krzysztof Zanussi

• Poland
• 2000
• 91 min

The film tells of the life of a young scientist whose passion is a philosophical searching for truth. His story is narrated on two levels. The first tells of Franciszek′s life in a ten-year span from the time he matriculated in a ...

Wide Angle

• Germany
• 2000
• 89 min

"In 1991 I traveled from Buenos Aires to Germany to study film. Seven years later, I had to return in order to make this film. Images of the Absence tells the story of a family which never became one: my family. The film is also a...

Wide Angle

• Ireland
• 2000
• 11 min

When Mrs. Duane′s husband passes away, she finds a very special way of dealing with his death. Based on a true story told by her grand uncle, Audrey O′Reilly′s screenplay was adapted from her short story of the same name.

Closing Film

• Hong Kong
• 2000
• 97 min

Since Days of Being Wild, filmmaker Won Kar Wai returns to 1960s Hong Kong to tell the tale of an adulterous affair involving two couples. Chief editor of a local daily newspaper, Chau and his wife move into a complex, where he me...

New Current

• Korea
• 2000
• 127 min

Eun-Suk wants to make a documentary film based on romances of everyday people through a series of interviews with passers-by. He attempts an interview with beauty parlor girl Young-Hee, who in turn tells him about her boyfriend no...

World Cinema

• Italy
• 2000
• 76 min

Maria, a seven year old girl who lives on the island of Ustica, has forgotten her mother’s birthday, and only remembers it when she sees her brothers present her with a gift of wild flowers. To make amends, she immediately sets of...

Wide Angle

• Russia
• 2000
• 3′ 20"

A very small piglet tells a story of its short but funny life.

World Cinema

• the Netherlands
• 2000
• 80 min

Jacky, a 25-year-old living in Eindhoven with his Chinese immigrant mother, grew up in the vacuum between two cultures. He is intelligent but lacks the energy to steer his life in a specific direction. His mother urges him to marr...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2000
• 116 min

In the early eighties, Shinji Somai shook Japan with his record-breaking film, Sailor-Fuku To Kikanju and now celebrates his 20th anniversary as a filmmaker with his 13th film, a love story that unravels as a road movie. Yuriko, a...

World Cinema

• France,Italy,Israel
• 2000
• 123 min

October 6, 1973 is a special day. It′s Yom Kippur in Israel and all is quiet. Then, war breaks out. Weinraud and his friend Ruso drive with all speed into the Golan Heights looking for the unit in which they did their military s...