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La Vida Es Silbar (1998) - Cuba
Little orphan Bebe refuses to talk and insists on whistling. Now grown, she is the narrator of three stories about three residents of Havana - a beach bum longing for his mother, a ballerina making a bargain with God to get a lead role, and a nurse who can't seem to stop yawning and fainting. With a bit of a tribute to Bola de Nieve, "Life is to ( Read more... ) -
Adams æbler (2005) - Denmark
Writer director Anders Thomas Jensen chooses the colors carefully and applies them deliberately in his stylized dark comedy about heaven's battle for a man's soul. Adam, a neo-nazi just released from prison, must reside at a rehabilitation half-way house affiliated with a church. He joins a small group of other struggling men under the guidance of ( Read more... ) -
Arranged (2007) - USA
Rochel and Nasira are both smart, young, beautiful, and kind. They both live in traditional religious families, both work in a New York City public school, and both want the same thing - a happy marriage. But are they a little too modern or too sophisticated to have their marriages arranged the same way their parents' were? The young women find ( Read more... ) -
Den Brysomme Mannen (2006) - Norway
Всё гениальное - просто. "The Bothersome Man" is simple, beautiful, absurd, hilarious, and genius. It is to be watched in perfect silence, in one sitting, without snacks, but with several smart friends. You will be quiet, curious, horrified, and amused all at the same time. No, it's simple, really it is, and the world set up in the first half of ( Read more... ) -
Рюкзак и проч.
Дорогие тов-щи питерцы! (тут я конкретно имею ввиду двух, которые выразили желание встретиться, и одной из которых я везу книжечку некого японского автора) Моё расписание таково:
Приезжаю в Питер 21го Июня утром
25го вечером уезжаю в Таллинн
мотаюсь по Таллинну, Риге, и Пскову
возвращаюсь в Питер 3го Июля, возможно раньше
Уезжаю 7го Июля утром
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Storytelling (2001) - USA
Those familiar with Todd Solondz will hardly be surprised at the chain of events in two short stories brought to life in this film. Things cannot get better - they can only get worse. But shock and gasp and laughter are not laid to rest - Solondz has an endless supply of secrets that he's scraped off our bedroom walls and bathroom floors. The ( Read more... ) -
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion (2007) - USA
If you saw "Jesus Camp" - get ready for more of the same scary brainwashed zombies. Those kids grew up and went to college campuses to tell us abortion is wrong. I am not embarassed to say that I am significantly more scared of American pro-lifers than I am of Al Qaeda, if only because pro-lifers have no plans to kill themselves any time soon ( Read more... ) -
Cautiva (2003) - Argentina
I hold true to my long time belief that a good movie has a good title. "The captive" - of course a female captive in Spanish - is a drama with a touch of thriller that speaks not only of the teenager caught in the midst of secrets surrounding her past, but also of the thousands of kidnapped victims of the Argentine military regime of the 70's. A ( Read more... ) -
Народное творчество Мичоакана
Исчо один кросс-пост:
В Патцкуаро был самый лучший рынок поделок и народного прикладного искусства. Но самое лучшее - из глины. Много не увезешь в ручной клади. В следующий раз я привезу сундук, чтобы полностью его нагрузить заморским товаром.
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