World Cinema

• France
• 2000
• 107 min

Saint-Pierre in 1850 is a small, forgotten French island not far from Canada. One night a man is savagely murdered. The guilty man, Neel Auguste is subsequently condemned to death. But Saint-Pierre has neither guillotine nor execu...

Opening Film

• India
• 2000
• 99 min

Defining what is and is not normal in a society is not an easy task. This film introduces people who seem normal and others who do not, presenting social critique as allegory. Keepers of the local railroad tracks, Balaram and Nima...

World Cinema

• Belgium,France
• 2000
• 92 min

Thomas is a thirty-two year old suffering from acute agoraphobia. For eight years, he has been a deliberate prisoner in his own home; neither leaving the house or letting anyone in. His only contact with other people is through hi...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Kazakhstan
• 2000
• 80min

The latest film of Kazakhstan’s new wave filmmaker, Serik Apriymov. A humorous coming-of-age film told through the memories of the youngest of three brothers, Cibut. A village located next to the airforce base houses three brother...

World Cinema

• Sweden
• 2000
• 106min

It′s 1975. Elisabeth takes her two children and leaves her husband. She has decided to no longer suffer her husband′s aggression nor her stifling role as a housewife. Her brother Goran, who lives in Stockholm in a commune called T...

Open Cinema

• France
• 2000
• 105min

BD is the right-hand man of a Paris gang leader. One night’s simple assignment to exchange drugs for money with another gang goes terribly wrong when a trigger-happy thug starts a shoot-out, leaving BD the sole survivor. With mone...

Wide Angle

• France
• 2000
• 8′ 40"

Who is Alfred Lepetit, really? Unknown to the general public but glorified by the movie industry, Alfred is about to receive a lifetime achievement award for his film career... A portrait of a legend among the stars.

New Current

• Hong Kong
• 2000
• 100 min

This is the feature debut of Lam Oi-Wah, who worked as a teacher, and then a talented screenwriter. It is a love story that presents the tensions between man and woman with superb psychological articulations. On Christmas night, J...

Wide Angle

• Japan
• 2000
• 98 min

Kaji Toshiro nicknamed himself ‘Unchain’ after the Ray Charles song ＂Unchain my Heart.＂ He became a pro boxer in 1988 and had just seven bouts (one draw, no wins) before nerve paralysis in his eyes forced him to retire. He has dri...

Wide Angle

• Korea
• 2000
• 22 min

It′s an era filled with sexual prejudices and violence based on popular beliefs. A trim, middle-aged barber greets the customers in a friendly manner at his small suburban barbershop, but a little joke with some sexual innuendo tr...