22 Nov 2006 France, Germany, Netherlands, Israel 2005 90 min Director: Hany Abu-Assad In the crushing poverty of the Palestinian West Bank City of Nablus, childhood friends Said and Khaled pass their time drinking tea and working in menial jobs as mechanics. One day they receive a message that sets in motion what might be… Continue reading Paradise Now
Tag: Germany
The Story of the Weeping Camel
Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel 16 Nov 2005 Directors: Byambasuren Davaa & Luigi Falorni Germany, Mongolia 2003 90 min This is a magical blend of drama and documentary set in the Gobi Desert of Southern Mongolia. A family of nomadic camel herders are faced with a dilemma when a mother rejects a newborn white camel,… Continue reading The Story of the Weeping Camel
The Wind That Shakes The Barley
21 Mar 2007 Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Ireland, UK 2006 127 min Director: Ken Loach Ken Loach’s uncompromising adaptation of Paul Laverty‘s story of the struggle for Irish independence in 1920. Damien is a promising doctor but is troubled by the brutality of the Black and Tans and his deep love and sense of duty… Continue reading The Wind That Shakes The Barley
Familia Rodante
Rolling Family 6 Dec 2006 Director: Pablo Trapero Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, UK 2004 103 min Family chaos ensues when a wedding invitation inspires a grandmother to take her family to the wedding. Four generations of the family squeeze into a broken-down a mobile home and hit the road in this enchanting and upliftingly comic… Continue reading Familia Rodante
Joyeux Noel
Merry Christmas 20 Dec 2006 Director: Christian Carion France, Germany, UK, Romania 2005 116 min On Christmas Eve in 1914 in the trenches of Northern France the the bloodiest war in human history is well underway. Soldiers from France and Germany have been fighting in trenches barely 100 metres apart. This day, however, witnesses a… Continue reading Joyeux Noel
Grbavica
Esma’s Secret 21 Nov 2007 Director: Jasmila Žbanić Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, Croatia 2006 95 min A debut movie for Director Jasmila Zbanic. In the painful aftermath of the Balkan war, Bosnian mother, Esma, struggles to make ends meet in Sarajevo’s Grbavica district. Her daughter, Sara, lives in the knowledge that her father died a hero… Continue reading Grbavica
Das Leben Der Anderen
The Lives Of Others 9 Jan 2008 Germany 2006 137 min Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck The resurgence of German cinema continues with the 2007 Oscar winner ‘The Lives Of Others’. Set in East Germany in the early 1980’s, successful playwright Georg Dreyman and his girlfriend, the popular actress Christa-Maria Sieland, draw the unwanted attention… Continue reading Das Leben Der Anderen
Summer
31 Mar 2010 Director: Kenneth Glenaan UK, Germany 2008 88 min Shaun and Daz are inseparable kids who spend the summer bunking off from school, racing bikes and going down to the river with Katy, Shaun’s first love. Shaun comes up against the education system in a battle he will lose and, branded a violent… Continue reading Summer
Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime
I’ve Loved You So Long 7 Oct 2009 Director: Philippe Claudel France, Germany 2008 117 min Juliette (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been released after a 15 year prison sentence for the murder of her 6 year old son. As she struggles to adjust to her freedom she comes to live with her sister Léa,… Continue reading Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime
Ver Minuten
Four Minutes 21 Oct 2009 Germany 2006 128 min Director: Chris Kraus Frau Traude Krueger is an elderly piano teacher who gives lessons at a women’s prison. She teaches a guard and a few women B prisoners while looking for other potential students. She finds the aggressive and rebellious Jenny, a former child prodigy at… Continue reading Ver Minuten