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An approach to the life and work of Jorge de Sena, relying on the testimonies of Mécia de Sena (author of the texts she reads) and the insertion of brief segments of fiction from texts (poems, fiction and theatre) by the writer.
Duke Claude de Bernard returns home exhausted from World War I. In the autumn of 1922, while walking in the Forest of Fontainebleau, he comes across an incredibly beautiful woman named Sharon Kazatti. Soon joined by ladies and gentlemen coming out of a soiree, she slips away out of his sight. Claude utters in spite of himself that she is a woman of sublime beauty. Hearing Claude's exclamation, a young man tells Claude that she is only a mannequin, not worthy of his praise and belonging to a world other than his. The young man's name is Louis Valentin and he is a gigolo. It seems that Louis cares for Sharon as well. Claude denies Louis's assertion, saying that she also has a soul just like him. A strange kinship grows between the two as they find that they both are attracted to the same woman. They decide to fairly compete to win Sharon's heart.
School life of a group of junior high school students, studying, sporting, performing, community serving.
A little girl's cold spreads all over town in this short pop-art styled animation.
Vivid Mario O'Hara film noir, about a young woman turned prostitute.
This is what happens when someone gives karate master and local wrestler Richard Byrne a camera. Car chases, unlimited love interests, karate brawls, and if you squint hard enough, you just might find a plot in there somewhere, too. It's 'WHEN DEATH COMES QUICKLY', the 1984 feature film that feels like it needs to go back into the oven for a few hours.
A sad and lonely donkey wanders through the desert, seeming to find no reason for its existence. One day he offers help to a couple of pilgrims who pass by with a child. Together, they face Roman patrols, sandstorms and many other pilgrims. They finally arrive safely at their destination. The donkey returns to the desert, but he still has a danger to face.
A tale about a blind woman with group of men, they need help a woman for eyes surgery.
Pürrer and Scheirl as naughty Easter bunnies create their own visual rhyme on Easter: Catholic excess and Christ kitsch become drowned out by undulating sounds and shimmering foil. Jesus pin-up and corpse of Christ reenactment included.
Modern ballet set to the music of ABBA.
Harold and his Amazing Green Plants, an Epcot Educational Media short starring Kitchen Kabaret’s Colander Combo.
In six scenes each two years apart, we follow the couple Ida and Morten through a stormy and surprising love affair that begins during the student uprising in the spring of 1968 and continues into 1976. Original stage play filmed in front of a live audience at the Royal Danish Theater.
As known probably only to Greek people ,Harry Klynn, a famous comedian in his Country (Greece) suddenly dies.In the movie we see what would some people say about him (including some politicians) when they go to pay their respect at his funeral.In the meantime ,Harry since already dead and guided always by his personal angel,tries to enter heaven or hell,find's out by surprise that nobody wants to let him in. The back story: Harry Klynn , is a famous mastermind comedian in real life.Harry has a unique gift to present the various political situations and happenings in Greece at the time and his is not afraid to disturb powerful people and make fun of them when find it necessary.He has a smart way to show people what's going on in his own country, and convince them by making everyone blow up from laughter.Harry makes excellent imitations of politicians and creates also some fiction characters which represent the everyday Greek.
Talak tells of domestic upheaval Johan and Liza. They often only quarrel and eventually divorced. After that they refer back to. One day, without realizing it, Johan was pronounced divorce three to Liza. He was sorry for being unable to refer back to his wife unless his wife married to another man and then divorced again. Johan had to find a man who can be trusted. Finally he met a man who agreed to marry his wife and divorced again. Unfortunately, the man did not keep his promise, and do not want to divorce Liza.
Film adaptation of the Kyrgyz folk legend of Raimaly-aga, based on Chingiz Aitmatov's interpretation from his “The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years.”
"I have been working with found materials since 1980. For me the process has been similar to nostalgia. In both experiences there is an overwhelming desire to perfectly recreate the original. Although this seductive temptation is deadening and also impossible, it is nevertheless a powerful motivating force. In the midst of this tug-of-war between continual embrace and perpetual rejection, I created PICTURE BOOKS FOR ADULTS."
Two-channel video on four CRT monitors with soundtracks by Stuart Argabright and Michael Diekmann.
Animated short film, based on the classic Hans Christian Andersen story, about the little girl born from a flower.
A 1984 Hindi-language telefilm directed by Tapan Sinha.
The wife of an alcoholic and mother of four (Toula Stathopoulou) is a factory worker in Corfu at the beginning of the 20th century. A fallen noble man who has fallen on hard times (Stratis Tsopanellis) wants to marry her eldest daughter (Anny Loulou) and take advantage of the family's meager earnings. He kidnaps the not-unwilling girl, and argues with her mother about the dowry. But the girl refuses to marry him when she wakes up to the fact that he is only looking out for his own interests. She then decides to start working in order to earn money to raise the child she is expecting. The film is an adaptation of the novel 'For Honor and Money' by Konstantinos Theotokis.
A musical television movie is a concert by the famous Italian singer Loredana Berte.
A historical epic that follows a family feud spanning two-generations that is played out on the buzkashi field and two young lovers who defy their families’ expectations and pay a tragic price.
Elizabeth is an open-minded young person - curious and unbiased. She is sixteen, goes to secondary school and things are really going well, not least because her father, a Party member, occupies a privileged position. But then the father suddenly dies. Elizabeth feels lonely and abandoned, all the more so because her brother has long since severed all ties with his father.
A playwright named Sandor Turai comes up with a plan to save the engagement between his nephew Adam and an actress named Annie after Adam overhears a flirtatious conversation between Annie and an obnoxious actor.
The film tells the story of the inhabitants of Nīca and their preserved folk traditions.
A NSFW film by voice acting legend June Foray.
A short comedy about a nurse who loves her job a little bit too much. Based on the comic strip of the same name by Thé Tjong-Khing
Reel 31 of Gérard Courant’s on-going Cinematon series.
Grammy Award-winning saxophonist David Sanborn plays Switzerland's world-famous Montreux Jazz Festival in this standout 1984 performance that features a special guest appearance by Chicago-born singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones. Selections include "Autumn Leaves," "Straight to the Heart," "Morning Salsa," "I Told U So" and "Rush Hour," plus a trio of bonus tracks recorded during Sanborn's set at the Montreux festival in 1981.
An 8mm stop motion short film made by Kazutsugu Kosugi, Alien Hunter is an incredible student film about a robot that infiltrates an alien base in order to hunt them all down
Lovebirds (love snakes?) Bunga the Snake Princess and Sanca the python live in a forest and transform into humans and hold erotic dance ceremonies every full moon. Some explorers stumble upon them and Sanca is accidentally shot. This incident makes Bunga sad, angry and vengeful and she begins killing everyone off.
The Ties That Bind is an experimental documentary about the filmmaker's mother, who was born and lived in southern Germany from 1920-1950. Through a mixture of personal anecdote and social history, she describes the rise of Nazism, the war years, and the Allied occupation, during which she met her future husband, an American soldier. The Ties That Bind breaks with the usual format of war documentaries, thus allowing a different portrait of the individual to emerge, while it reflects on the current political situation in America and the filmmaker's activities in relation to those issues.
About Danish author Suzanne Brøgger's strictly scheduled everyday life, interleaved with conversations and philosophical reflections.
The women who seek help at Aurora House share a common illness: they are physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol, prescription drugs, street drugs, or a combination of these. This documentary focuses on the lives of five women at various stages of their rehabilitation. In the supportive and healing atmosphere of women helping other women, they are confronting the issues and feelings they had previously drunk or drugged out of consciousness.
On the day of his death, Carlos Lamarca is visited by the ghost of Lampião.
An animated short film about Aber and a vendor during a market visit.
Documentary about the work of South African intelligence agencies in Britain, with an interview with Information Secretary in the South African government, Eschel Rhoodie, and former agents.
World Premiere of Oscar Peterson's Easter Suite for Jazz Trio specially composed for this recording Easter Suite for Jazz Trio by Oscar Peterson in nine movements: 1- The Last Supper, 2- The Garden of Gethsemane, 3- Denial, 4- Why have you betrayed me, 5- The Trial, 6- Are you really the King of the Jews?, 7- Why hast you forsaken me?, 8- Jesus Christ lies here tonight, 9- He has risen
In this musical adventure, Alvin develops an alter ego after Brittany rejects his offer to the Valentine Ball. In a dream state, he becomes a dashing Don Juan, the Valentine heartbreaker extraordinaire CAPTAIN CHIPMUNK. Brittany is quickly won over and eagerly accepts his offer to the Valentine Ball. Hilarious consequences follow when Alvin wakes up at the dance and realizes he’s not the dashing debonair Captain Chipmunk.
Invocation originated as a sequence within the documentary Orpheus Through the Ages made by Pelicula Films to accompany Orpheus and Eurydice. It was designed to illustrate the Ancient Greek myth of the Creation of the world. It was shot on 16mm and subsequently enlarged onto 35mm for festival screenings. The techniques employed were a test run for those which ultimately were used within Ra; the Path of the Sun God. Two versions exist; one with narration and one without.
A fashion team is established at Qiuhua Textile Plant and struggles to put on successful fashion shows.
A forgotten satirical (and occasionally dark) comedy about sex life in the Greek countryside.
A man discovers huge amounts of money popping up in the pockets of his jacket.
A paraphrase of the classic fairy tale The Gingerbread House, created in 1983 based on one of Josef Lada's Naughty Fairy Tales. And because it is an "inside out" fairy tale, it is not the children who get lost in the forest, but the magical gingerbread man and woman. They see the cottage from a tree, and when they start feeding on the shingles, they fall into a goat pen. To escape their captivity, the cottage is miraculously transformed into a gingerbread house. But mom and dad soon start eating too much gingerbread.