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Celluloid Dreams
Filmography of Celluloid Dreams (7 films)
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Vincere (2009)
, 2h8Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Filippo Timi, Michela Cescon, Corrado Invernizzi, Vanessa Scalera, Jackie Coogan
The movie relates the story of Ida Dalser, who fell in love with the future Italian Fascist leader, Benito Mussolini, supported him while he was unemployed in the early 1910s, and married him, presumably around 1914. She bore Mussolini a son, Benito Albino, before the outbreak of World War I. The two lost touch during the war years and, upon discovering him again in a hospital during the war, she also discovered Rachele Guidi, who had married Mussolini in 1915, and a daughter born in 1910 when Guidi and Mussolini were living together.
Funny Games (2008)
, 1h51Directed by Michael Haneke
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Jeu, Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Tim Roth, Naomi Watts, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, Devon Gearhart, Siobhan Fallon Hogan
George and Ann Farber, their son Georgie, and their dog arrive at their lake house. Their next-door neighbour, Fred, is seen with two young men, Peter and Paul, who seem to be friends or relatives. They find Fred reacting somewhat awkwardly. Fred and Paul come over to help put the boat into the lake. Lucky, the dog, keeps barking at Paul, but George ignores it. After Fred and Paul leave, George and Georgie stay outside by the lake, tending to their boat. Georgie asks his father why Fred was behaving so strangely.
The Mourning Forest (2007)
, 1h37Directed by Naomi Kawase
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Machiko Ono, Makiko Watanabe
Machiko encore affectée par la mort de son fils, commence son nouveau travail d'aide soignante dans un établissement situé en pleine nature et accueillant des personnes âgées. Elle y rencontrera Shigeki qui, depuis la mort de sa femme, assiste à des apparitions lumineuses. C'est ainsi que les deux protagonistes vont se retrouver perdus dans la forêt de Mogari pour se retrouver face à leurs émotions et leur souffrance.
It's Winter (2006)
Directed by Rafi Pitts
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Actors Mitra Hajjar
C'est l'hiver raconte des histoires croisées d'hommes au chômage en Iran, et contraints au départ afin de trouver du travail. Le film raconte l'histoire d'un homme qui perd son travail, part à l'étranger et laisse sa femme seule avec leur enfant. L'homme tarde à donner des nouvelles et pendant ce temps sa femme se dirige vers un autre homme en transit, un mécanicien venu travailler dans la région.
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Bullhead (2011)
, 2h8Directed by Michaël R. Roskam
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian, Tibo Vandenborre, Frank Lammers
In a small town near the Belgian border, cattle farmer Jacky visits a distant relative and intimidates him into selling cows. In the local area, a mafia deals in illegal hormones and controls the cattle and meat trade. The farmers sell cows to the mafia, who inject the cows with hormones and the cows are made into food. We soon learn that Jacky is injecting himself with steroids intended for cattle.
Atrocious (2010)
, 1h22Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Rafael Amaya
Cristian Quintanilla (Cristian Valencia) and his sister July (Clara Moraleda) have a web-show of paranormal investigations covering urban legends. When they are invited to spend the Easter holidays at the family's summer home, they intend to investigate the story of Melinda, a girl that went missing in 1940 and supposedly haunts the woods. Cristian and July spend a great deal of time wandering around the hedge maze there with their video cameras. Their father reveals that their mother once knew the maze quite well in her youth.
8 Women (2002)
, 1h51Directed by François Ozon
Origin France
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Comedy thriller, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about families, L'action se déroule en une journée, Feminist films, Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Danielle Darrieux, Isabelle Huppert, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen
The film is set in the 1950s in a large country residence as a family and its servants are preparing for Christmas. When the master of the house is discovered dead in his bed with a dagger in his back, it is presumed that the murderer must be one of the eight women in the house. Over the course of the investigation, each woman has a tale to tell and secrets to hide.