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Pub. Date
1979
Description
A school trip to a mountain takes a turn for the worse when three girls disappear.
"...mesmerizing and unsettling drama. Highly recommended."--Video Librarian
"We are left with an uncanny respect for the mysteries in life that can never be solved by logic alone."--Spirituality and Health
"A masterpiece of eerie atmosphere."--Lawrence Journal-World
3) Shoplifters
Description
"On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by fierce loyalty, a penchant for petty theft, and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence and test their quietly radical belief that is is love-not blood-that defines a family."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Jacob runs a struggling orphanage in one of India's poorest regions. Desperate to save an orphanage from closing, he returns to Denmark to meet Jorgen, a wealthy businessman and potential benefactor. What appears to be nothing more than a friendly gesture to attend a wedding sets in motion an increasingly devastating series of surprises, revelations, and confessions that will forever change their lives.
6) Ran
Pub. Date
1985.
Description
An aging ruler attempts to divide his kingdom peacefully among his three sons, but is driven to madness when they turn against him.
Formats
Description
Waste on the shores, waste on the mountains. On ocean floors and deep down in the earth. The term "matter out of place" refers to objects in a place they originally do not belong to. In his unique imagery consisting of minutely composed pictures, director Nikolaus Geyrhalter traces immense amounts of waste across our planet. On his journey, Geyrhalter illustrates the sheer endless struggle of people to gain control over the vast amounts of waste that...
10) Another round
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Four friends, all high school teachers, test a theory that they will improve their lives by maintaining a constant level of alcohol in their blood.
11) Gadjo dilo
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
A young French man, in search of a legendary Gypsy singer, is taken in by a Gypsy community in Romania where he learns their ways.
12) Beanpole
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.
14) Happening
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
In 1963, student Anne has a bright future ahead of her, but her dreams of finishing her studies is shattered when she becomes pregnant. As her final exams approach, Anne decides to take matters into her own hands.
15) Wings of desire
Pub. Date
c2003
Appears on list
Description
An angel so wishes to become mortal he is willing to fall from the sky if it means a chance of falling in love.
Pub. Date
[2023].
Description
This filme "tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches." --container
17) Queen to play
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Lovely, repressed, and quietly intelligent, French chambermaid Hélène comes upon a couple engaged in an intensely sensual chess match, and discovers she has a knack for the game. This obsession, much to the chagrin of her husband and teenage daughter, leads her to seek the clandestine tutelage of a reclusive American doctor, a liaison that radically transforms both of their lackluster lives.
19) Bread & tulips
Pub. Date
[2002], c2000
Description
Left behind at a rest stop while on a tour with her family, Rosalba decides to take a vacation of her own in Venice, but soon a few days turns into something more as she makes new friends, gets a job and meets a new man.
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