World Cinema
Antonia′s LineOn the last day of her life, Antonia, now in her late 80s, casts herself back to when she and her daughter, Danielle, returned to the village she had left before World War II to see her mother, Allegona, on her death bed. A...
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Arrival of the TrainRussian history through metaphor of trains arriving at different temporal stations carrying human pain and joy, bitterness, tears and hopes. By such arrivals and departures, the image of time is traced.
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Ask the HorseA violent thunderstorm in a remote village causes a blackout, freezing all the clocks. The next morning, a little boy is sent to recover the correct time. Upon hearing that it′s ten a.m. from the timekeeper, he returns home to pla...
A Window on Asian Cinema
August in the WaterMao and Ukiya are in the same gang at Ishido High School. When the impetuous Ukiya sees Izumi, a recent transfer student and platform diver, he falls madly in love. Immediately, he asks his friend Miki to divine their compatibilit...
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AwakeningEvery morning, Robert must wake up. It is a matter of life and death.
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Bari ZogonIn 1989, a 26 year old man living in a remote part of Japan was found dead, stuffed in a cesspool. No one believed the police statement that he froze to death after falling into a ditch, trying to peep into a young school teacher...
korean Retrospective
Because You are a WomanChung-Hee, a housewife, is raped by two young men on her way home. While resisting their attack, she bites off one man′s tongue. Ironically, he charges her with assault and she is arrested. On trial, she is venomously desecrated a...
A Window on Asian Cinema
Behind the Forbidden CityA Lan, a sensitive young writer, strolls in a Beijing public park often frequented by gays and lesbians. During a police raid,A Lan is taken to headquarters where a “by the book” interrogation ensues, triggering an unexpected remi...
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Being in Full BloomAn aged couple faces the inevitable. Although the husband appears apathetic on the surface, he wants to see his bed-ridden wife happy before she dies. He invites their childhood friend Chun-Suk, his wife′s first love.
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BellA little boy, ranked first in first grade, drops to tenth in second grade. Finding school boring and repetitive, he resorts to marbles all day. The teacher scolds him without asking why. In high school, the boy excels in calculus,...