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Foundation date 1 january 1989
Strand Releasing is a theatrical distribution company founded in 1989 and is based in Culver City, California. The company has distributed over 300 auteur-driven titles from acclaimed international and American directors such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Gregg Araki, François Ozon, Jean-Luc Godard, Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Fatih Akin, Aki Kaurismaki, Claude Miller, Manoel de Oliveira, Gaspar Noe, Andre Techine and Terence Davies.
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Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
, 1h53Directed by Raoul Ruiz
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Psychologie, Psychanalyse
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Mathieu Amalric, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernadette Lafont
René a tué sa tante Jeanne, sans doute parce qu'elle tenait trop à voir en lui un criminel. L'avocate Solange le défend. Peu à peu, alors qu'elle voit en René son fils décédé, le fantôme de Jeanne s'incarne en elle. René est acquitté. Ils deviennent amants. Mais après une vie en commun intolérable, c'est elle qui, pour finir, le tue...
I Think I Do (1997)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Alexis Arquette, Lauren Vélez, Tuc Watkins, Guillermo Díaz, Maddie Corman, Marianne Hagan
The film follows the relationship between Bob (Alexis Arquette) and Brendan (Christian Maelen), roommates at George Washington University in Washington, DC, five years after Bob made his romantic feelings toward Brendan known. When the two reconnect at the wedding of college friends, Bob is in a serious relationship with a soap opera star Sterling Scott (Tuc Watkins) while Brendan is single and re-examining his own identity.
Lawn Dogs (1997)
, 1h41Directed by John Duigan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Mischa Barton, Sam Rockwell, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Christopher McDonald, Eric Mabius, Angie Harmon
The film focuses on 10-year-old Devon Stockard (Mischa Barton), a precocious and lonely young girl who has recently moved into a gated community called Camelot Gardens with her parents, Morton and Clare (Christopher McDonald and Kathleen Quinlan). Recently having recovered from open heart surgery, Devon is encouraged by her parents to make friends, and she is pushed to sell cookies for a charity event for the summer. While selling cookies, Devon leaves the gated community against the instruction of her mother, and meets Trent Burns (Sam Rockwell), a poor man who lives in a trailer in the woods, and who does landscaping work in Camelot Gardens. An imaginative child, Devon imagines her life to be like the fable of Baba Yaga, a fairytale which the film makes parallels to.
The River (1997)
, 1h55Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Ann Hui, Chen Shiang-chyi, Chen Chao-jung, Yang Kuei-Mei
Hsiao-Kang (Lee Kang-sheng), a young man in his 20s, is going up an escalator in Taipei when he meets an old girlfriend of his (Chen Shiang-chyi). She convinces him to accompany her to a film shoot that she is working on. While eating lunch, Hsiao-Kang is spotted by the film's director (Ann Hui). The scene that they are currently shooting needs an actor, so Hsiao-Kang agrees to step in. He lies face down in the dirty Tamsui River for a few seconds, pretending to be a dead body.
Skin & Bone (1996)
, 1h50Directed by Everett Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors David Arquette
Skin & Bone is an episodic account of three Los Angeles-area hustlers, Harry, Billy and Dean, and Ghislaine, their pimp. Ghislaine (Nicole Dillenberg) constantly drives the streets of Los Angeles arranging client appointments. She relies on Harry (B. Wyatt), the most experienced member of her stable, to train new recruits, including Billy (Garett Scullin) and Dean (Alan Boyce).
The Delta (1996)
, 1h25Directed by Ira Sachs
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
The Delta tells the story of 18-year-old Lincoln Bloom (Shayne Gray), who, after leading a relatively straight teenage life, is slowly drawn into the LGBT world and discovers he is gay. After visiting various shady establishments (including gay bars, video arcades, etc.) and engaging in sexual acts with "men he didn't know," Lincoln meets Minh Nguyen (Thang Chan), a Vietnamese immigrant, and travels down river with him in a cabin cruiser. In a doomed relationship, the two bond with each other, Lincoln neglecting to tell his girlfriend and leading two parallel lives. At the end of the film, Minh and Lincoln take a boat out on the Mississippi River to set off fireworks and this is where the film dramatically concludes.
Hustler White (1996)
, 1h19Directed by Bruce LaBruce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about pornography, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Bruce LaBruce, Tony Ward, Glen Meadmore, Vaginal Davis
The film starts with Monti Ward (Tony Ward), a male prostitute, dead in a jacuzzi. Then in a voice over, Monti describes the circumstances that led to his fate.
East Palace, West Palace (1996)
, 1h30Directed by Zhang Yuan
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Hu Jun, Zhao Wei
A Lan est un jeune écrivain gay. Arrêté par la police, il se sent attiré par l'inspecteur chargé de l'interroger. Il va faire exprès de prolonger l'entretien, en racontant sa vie et la difficulté de vivre son homosexualité en Chine.
Clean, Shaven (1995)
, 1h19Directed by Lodge Kerrigan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Peter Greene
The film begins with abstract images and sounds, much like any person with schizophrenia would be accustomed to. Peter Winter has recently been released from a mental institution and upon his release, must try to experience and understand a world that is all but foreign to him.
Vive L'Amour (1995)
, 1h58Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Chao-jung, Yang Kuei-Mei, Lu Yi-Ching
Hsiao-kang (Lee Kang-sheng), a young salesman, discovers a key to an apartment in its lock and takes it. He soon moves into one of the bedrooms, and one night he attempts to commit suicide by slitting his wrists while lying on the bed.
World and Time Enough (1995)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Narrated by their friend David (Swartz), World and Time Enough is the story of Mark (Guidry) and Joey (Giles). Mark is an HIV-positive art student who creates temporary "sculptures" on topics including AIDS, abortion and the Bush economy. Joey works as a garbage collector, picking up trash along the roadways. He sometimes brings home interesting items that he finds on the job.
A Single Girl (1995)
, 1h26Directed by Antoine Santana, Benoît Jacquot
Origin France
Genres Drama
Actors Virginie Ledoyen, Benoît Magimel, Michel Bompoil, Aladin Reibel, Dominique Valadié, Véra Briole
Valérie (Virginie Ledoyen), qui doit prendre son service au room service d'un hôtel parisien, vient d'annoncer à son petit ami Rémi qu'elle est enceinte. Lui ne sait pas comment réagir, elle doit partir. Le film suit Valérie, dont la journée est marquée par les relations parfois tendues, parfois sympathiques avec les nouveaux collègues et les clients. Elle téléphone à sa mère, va rejoindre Rémi dans une petite pause. Finalement, elle prend une décision.
Stonewall (1995)
, 1h39Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Guillermo Díaz, Fred Weller, Luis Guzmán, Nicole Ari Parker, Isaiah Washington, Dwight Ewell
Matty Dean (Weller), a young gay man, arrives in New York City by bus and immediately heads for Greenwich Village. There he falls in with crossdressing sex worker La Miranda (Díaz) and friends, who take him to the Stonewall Inn. There is a police raid and Matty and La Miranda are arrested.
The Convent (1995)
, 1h30Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about religion
Actors Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Luís Miguel Cintra, Leonor Silveira, Leonor Silveira
The journey of Michael Padovic, a professor from the U.S.A, who arrives with his wife, Helene, at a Portuguese convent where he expects to find the documents needed to prove his theory: Shakespeare was born in Spain, not in England, and was Jewish. The main characters arrive at the convent where they are greeted by an enigmatic stranger who refers to himself as Baltar; he is the keeper of the convent. Other characters include a fisherman, the beautiful bookkeeper who is attracted to Dr. Padovic's work, and an elderly man who goes by the name of Balthazar.
Wild Reeds (1994)
, 1h50Directed by André Téchiné
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, French war films, La colonisation française, Films about children, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Algerian War films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Coming out, Histoire de France, LGBT-related film
Actors Élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel, Stéphane Rideau, Frédéric Gorny, Michèle Moretti, Jacques Nolot
The film is set in southwest France in 1962. François (Gaël Morel), a shy young man from the lower middle class, is working towards his high school diploma. He spends most of his time talking about movies and literature with his best friend, Maïté (Élodie Bouchez), whose mother Mme Alvarez (Michèle Moretti) is François's French teacher. Mme Alvarez and Maïté are communists. At the boarding school, François becomes acquainted with the sensual son of a farmer, Serge (Stéphane Rideau). At night, he joins François in the dormitory to chat. Finally, Serge draws François into an erotic relationship.