World Cinema (Classics) pre 1980
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Passion of Joan of Arc, The - dvd
Released: 12 April 2008A chronicle of the trial of Jeanne d'Arc on charges of heresy, and the efforts of her ecclesiastical jurists to force Jeanne to recant her claims of holy visions. (imdb)
Pather Panchali (Song of the Road) - dvd
Released 27 Sept 2008
Apu, is born to a poor Brahmin family in a village in Bengal. The father, a poet and priest, cannot earn enough to keep his family going. Apu's sister, Durga, is forever stealing guavas from the neighbour's orchards. All these add to the daily str...
Persona - dvd
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually confes...
Pickpocket - dvd
Michel takes up picking pockets as a hobby, and is arrested almost immediately, giving him the chance to reflect on the morality of crime. After his release, though, his mother dies, and he rejects the support of friends Jeanne and Jacques in favo...
Pierrot le fou (Crazy Pete) - dvd
Released: 3 Oct 2007
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.(imdb)
Playtime - dvd
Jacques Tati's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of this film, PLAYTIME. Marking the third appearance of Tati's Mr. Magoo-like character, Mr. Hulot, PLAYTIME takes as its subject modern technology and its som...
Quiet Duel - dvd
Released: 7 Mar 2007
Kyoji Fujisaki, a young doctor, contracts syphilis from a patient during wartime surgery. After the war, he returns to his fianc�e and rejects her without explanation. His nurse Rui learns the truth, however. When Fujisaki encounters the...
Rashomon - dvd
Released: 8 Nov 2006
In ancient Japan, a woman is raped and her husband killed. RASHOMON is played out by giving us four stories- with every story revealing different points of view. The question remains - just which version is the truth? RASHOMON was remade with P...
Red Beard (Akahige) - dvd
W/S enh / DD4.0
In a charity hospital, a hard-bitten but honorable
older doctor, Dr. Niide, takes a young intern under
his guidance through the course of a number of
difficult cases.(imdb)
Red Desert (Il Deserto rosso) - dvd
Released: 11 October 2006
Michelangelo Antonioni's first colour film is a landmark in cinematic history. Starring Monica Vitti as the neurotic heroine Giuliana, The Red Desert charts both her varied relationships with her young son, her husband and his colleague Corrado, p...
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