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Easter service takes place in the Russian Orthodox church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Montréal. The depth of emotion touched by this ancient ceremony is reflected in the film. Filmed in the shadowy, taper-lit space, sonorous with chanting voices, and coloured with occasional views of the icons and frescos, the film shows an absorbing religious experience.
The fate of a young man who went to America to seek happiness, his longing for his homeland and the search for true values...
Short Croatian documentary by Ante Babaja that centers around the everyday lives of elderly Yugoslav women.
Recording of Wim Kan's 1976 New Year's Conference, the second to be broadcast live on Dutch national television.
Everyone in his village believes that Zein is a simpleton, a half-wit, an amiable buffoon. Thus, his braying laughter and public declarations of love for village maidens only win laughter rather than anger, beatings or worse. However, Haneen, a wandering Muslim holy man, perceives something more in this figure of fun: genuine piety and an inner radiance, marked by a powerful spiritual intelligence. One other person sees more in Zein than most do- the beautiful, pious and sedate young girl in the village.
A film based on a collection of reported miracles of Mary, mother of Jesus, written around 1260 by Spanish poet Gonzalo de Berceo.
Two classmates, the hard-working and honest Eva and the hot-tempered Petr, collect the most waste in a school competition and are rewarded with a trip to the sea in Bulgaria.
The third episode of the Hong Kong reclaimed “Social Worker” series (1976), which showed the ecology of marginalized teenagers and their interaction with social workers.
Very early film by Andrea Gomez. 1976. Unorthodox interpretation of Genesis Adam and Eve story.
The protagonist is preparing for a year-long business trip to Hungary. The trip appears to be a promotion, but in reality it is tantamount to losing his position. At the same time, his wife has already started an affair with his deputy, who is also his successor.
Mountain Music illustrates what happens when technology gets too advanced too soon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.
Once there lived a cheerful little goat. He loved to play and have fun and was especially delighted by a new air balloon, on which he drew a pretty face. But the ball flew out to the clearing and then caught on a branch and burst. The world suddenly darkened for our little hero. Will he cope with this disaster?
Combines consumer interviews and an analysis of the products and merchandising techniques used in supermarkets to show shoppers how to select the best nutritional value for their food dollar. Explains the basic food groups available and explores the role of advertising, store layout, packaging, and labeling in consumer decision making.
A musical fresco retracing the lives of singers of the 60s. Killi-Watch and Surprise-partie retrace the musical epic of the variety singers of the 60s. Music hall show with playback.
A funny adventures of twelve years old Jens and his school friends.
An engineer has discovered a new special alloy for the construction of submarines and is about to launch it on the world market. To force him to give up the formula, his opponents kidnap his son.
Kolomba Sanniya (Colombo Mania) is a 1976 Sinhalese language comedy film directed by Manik Sandrasagara that follows the lives of middle and upper-class people in rural and urban Sri Lanka. The film stars Geetha Kumarasinghe, Joe Abeywickrema and Denewake Hamine are notable for containing the first depiction of best comedy in a Sinhala film.
Directed by Serif Gören.
Secrets and mysteries lose power when they are spread too widely. This is what the villagers discover when they invade an old man's vision-inspired shrine to the namelessly holy.
A Month in the Country is a narrative ballet created in 1976 with choreography by Frederick Ashton, to the music of Frédéric Chopin (three works for piano and orchestra) arranged by John Lanchbery. It is based on the play by Ivan Turgenev of the same name, and lasts for about 40 minutes.
The documentary shows the experience of implementing National Property Companies (EPS), promoted by the Velasco government; in Puno, with the creation of Minero Puno, in Villa El Salvador with the Industrial Park, and in Chimbote with the Normetal company.
The film is a gloomy tale of childhood lovers, who separate and unite at the end.
A drama documentary illustrating the difficulties experienced by a married woman with two children who tries to get an abortion on the NHS. A series of slides show an outpatient abortion procedure and there are interviews with a local woman doctor and a consultant gynecologist. —Cinenova
Female composers' names are mentioned throughout history.
A young girl wants to have a dog, but must instead settle with a dog toy, which she treats as if it was alive.
A film based on Beyond a Boundary, the classic book by C. L. R. James,
A shot-on-video look at three impoverished Black communities in rural Georgia in 1976 - America's bicentennial, interspersing photos with footage and voices of those in their communities.
A story about a hard-working man who earns his piece of bread honestly. But this time, his attempt to become head of the workers’ syndicate and his statement will change his and the lives of many workers in the company.
A criminal from south Tel-Aviv is released from prison to a new reality, his girlfriend left him for his mafia's boss, and his friends think he's an informer.
Onni is a shoemaker, aged 70. Toivo is a blacksmith, aged 75. The film tells the story of their generation, from childhood through various stages to the present day. They have lived through the entire Finnish history of this century.
The following films were all made in 1976. I do not wish to describe them. (S.B.) "Has aspects of the diary film...The Dream is one of the most totally disorienting films Brakhage has made...NYC sets various sections within it against each other in a way that cuts loose from any clear context...The Flower has none of the neatness of ending that a description of it might suggest but has instead the quality of apparition, a miracle." (Fred Camper) THE DREAM: 4:20 (18fps), 3:15 (24fps) N.Y.C.: 17:17 (18fps), 12:58 (24fps) THE RETURN: 1:35 (18fps), 1:11 (24fps) THE FLOWER: 0:26 (18fps), 0:20 (24fps)
A man is consumed by an increasingly all-consuming madness that drives him to identify with Adolf Hitler. His insanity pushes him to physically imitate the dictator, and even to build a bunker with the intention of spending the rest of his days there...
Recovered Zulueta short.
Short documentary about the IPN
In the first of a trilogy of documentaries made in the United States, John Pilger reveals American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s policy of refusing aid to countries that do not support his government in the United Nations and the existence of a “Zap Office” – officially, the Office of Multilateral Diplomacy – specially set up in the State Department to monitor voting patterns.
Nader has an accident due to the conspiracy of his fiancee and his friend and forgets his past. He, who is hospitalized, escapes from the hospital and meets Behjat, who works in one of the northern villages.
This feature documentary profiles the brave Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. To save Spain's constitutionally elected government from the threat of a fascist dictatorship (which eventually prevailed), over 40,000 volunteers from around the world fought in Spain, and 1200 of those were the Canadians of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion. More than half of them never returned. This respectful, emotional and historically rich film is committed to the memory of those who truly believed in the cause of the Spanish Republic.
A man who is supposed to marry his girlfriend after a visit to a Western woman is forgotten. But the western woman leaves her after a while and the man returns to his home, and it's time for her daughter to marry another man. But when he sees the regret and frustration of his beloved man, he returns to him.
André Savary and Jean-Robert Corthay compete in the Rallye des Neiges 1976.
Understood as an extension of Reckless Daydream (1974), abstract forms are transfigured. This version includes the intended processing of the blue hue and the animation’s timing, as instructed on the film’s original can.
This movie marks Eunice Gutman's directorial debut, a deeply human documentary about adult literacy in rural Rio de Janeiro. Produced within the scope of MOBRAL, the film closely follows the journey of individuals, especially special women, who, upon learning to read and write, find new meaning in their lives.
A young homosexual's encounter with a gay salesman leads the youth to a crucial decision about his own carefully concealed secret.
Old school principal suddenly finds a love poem addressed to mysterious N.
