Gravitation (Serbo-Croatian: Gravitacija ili fanstastična mladost činovnika Borisa Horvata; English: The Fantastic Youth of Bank Clerk Boris Horvat) is a Yugoslav film from Croatia directed by Branko Ivanda and starring Rade Šerbedžija. It was released in 1968.
, 1h32 GenresDrama, Romance ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsJulian Arahanga, Rade Šerbedžija, Marton Csokas, Temuera Morrison Rating63% Nina is the daughter of Ivan, a fierce Croatian patriarch whose family immigrated to Auckland, New Zealand to escape the war. She works as a waitress in a restaurant and falls in love with Eddie, a Māori chef, despite her father's objections. For a price, she agrees to marry a Chinese co-worker so that he (and his Chinese wife) can establish permanent residency. The money gives her the independence she needs to leave her parents' house and move in with Eddie. Complications arise when Eddie realizes the depth of her father's fury and the strength of Nina's family ties.
, 2h5 Directed byFrancesco Rosi OriginItalie GenresDrama, War, Historical ThemesFilms about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism ActorsJohn Turturro, Rade Šerbedžija, Massimo Ghini, Stefano Dionisi, Roberto Citran, Claudio Bisio Rating64% Although liberated on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of Italian former prisoners of war from the Italian Army in Russia. His long railway journey home to Turin took him on a circuitous route from Poland, through Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany.
, 1h43 Directed byRupert Wainwright OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror ThemesFilms about religion ActorsPatricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne, Jonathan Pryce, Nia Long, Rade Šerbedžija, Enrico Colantoni Rating62% The film opens in the Brazilian village of Belo Quinto, with Father Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne), a former scientist and an ordained Jesuit priest who investigates supposed miracles, examining a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe weeping blood at the funeral of Father Paulo Alameida (Jack Donner). While Andrew is collecting evidence, a young boy steals the rosary from the father's hand. The boy later sells it to a woman in a marketplace, who sends it to her atheist daughter Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) living in Pittsburgh.