31 August 2013
243/365 Nueve reinas
Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps (the "nine queens").
30 August 2013
242/365 La señal
During the last days of Eva Peron, a pair of low-ranking detectives are thrust into a case of corruption involving the Mafia.
29 August 2013
241/365 El hijo de la novia
At 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enough time with their daughter and he has yet to make a commitment to his girlfriend. At his lowest point, a minor heart attack reunites him with Juan Carlos, a childhood friend, who helps Rafael to reconstruct his past and look at the present in new ways.
28 August 2013
240/365 XXY
Story of a 15-year-old who is both male and female. She lives with her parents, who have to cope with the challenges of her medical condition.
27 August 2013
239/365 Abel
Abel is a strange young boy who decides that he should take over the responsibilities of a family man in his father's absence.
26 August 2013
238/365 El baile de la Victoria
A bank robber is released from prison after 5 long years and is looking forward to a quiet, uneventful life when his resolve is tested when he meets a young thief who insists the two join up to score the biggest heist of all time.
Cert: 15
Original Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1243375/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 15
Original Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1243375/?ref_=sr_1
25 August 2013
237/365 La antena
A fairytale about the power of the human voice. In a wintry metropolis in the year xxx, the mercilessly bad Mr. TV rules. The whole city is without a voice and he has monopolized word and image. To ensure that he retains control over the people, he kidnaps the only person who still has a voice: a stunningly beautiful singer.
24 August 2013
236/365 El crimen del padre Amaro
A young priest is sent to assist an older priest, and begins an affair with a young girl from the parish.
23 August 2013
235/365 101 Reykjavík
A 30 year old unemployed man living with his mother begins a relationship with his mother's flamenco teacher, as does his mother. It then gets complicated.
Cert: 18
UK Release: 2001
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237993/?ref_=sr_6
Cert: 18
UK Release: 2001
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237993/?ref_=sr_6
22 August 2013
234/365 Le scaphandre et le papillon
Based on the true story of a magazine editor who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
21 August 2013
233/365 Banshun
In post-war Japan, the twenty-seven year-old Noriko lives a simple but happy life with her father. Everybody tries to talk her into marrying, but she prefers to stay taking care of her father.
Cert: U
Original Release: 1949
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041154/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: U
Original Release: 1949
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041154/?ref_=sr_1
20 August 2013
232/365 Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle
Based on a true and strange story of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who suddenly appeared in Nürnberg in 1828, barely able to speak or walk, who is guided to integrate himself into society.
Cert: PG
Original Release: 1974
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071691/?ref_=sr_2
Cert: PG
Original Release: 1974
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071691/?ref_=sr_2
19 August 2013
231/365 Les quatre cents coups
A young boy with a troubled home life bunks off school, runs away from home, and finds himself embroiled in petty crime.
Cert: PG
UK Release: 1959
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: PG
UK Release: 1959
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/?ref_=sr_1
18 August 2013
230/365 Stellet Licht
Set in a Mennonite community in Mexico, a simple man finds himself going against the laws of God and Man by falling in love with another woman.
17 August 2013
229/365 Moartea domnului Lazarescu
An elderly man feels ill at home and calls an ambulance. Thus begins a night of horrendous mistreatment at the hands of the medical staff.
16 August 2013
228/365 Night on Earth
A portfolio film featuring the stories of 5 different cab drivers in 5 different cities which take place on the same night.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1992
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102536/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Cert: 15
UK Release: 1992
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102536/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
15 August 2013
227/365 Molière
A romp through the early life of the French playwright Molière as he establishes himself with the French aristocracy.
Cert: 12A
UK Release: 2007
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796335/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Cert: 12A
UK Release: 2007
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796335/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
14 August 2013
226/365 María, llena eres de gracia
A pregnant Colombian teenager becomes a drug mule to make some desperately needed money for her family.
13 August 2013
225/365 Micmacs à tire-larigot
Fantastical tale of a man and his friends who devise an intricate plan to destroy two big weapons manufacturers.
Cert: 12A
UK Release: 2010
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149361/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 12A
UK Release: 2010
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149361/?ref_=sr_1
12 August 2013
224/365 Être et avoir
Portrait of a year in the life of a one-room school in rural France, where the students (ranging in age from 4 to 11) are educated by a single dedicated teacher.
Cert: U
UK Release: 2003
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318202/
Cert: U
UK Release: 2003
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318202/
11 August 2013
223/365 L'âge d'or
Another example of Surrealist cinema from Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí.
Cert: 15
Original Release: 1930
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021577/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 15
Original Release: 1930
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021577/?ref_=sr_1
10 August 2013
222/365 Y tu mamá también
Two young men take a road trip with an older woman. Set against the backdrop of a politically and economically divided Mexico.
Cert: 18
UK Release: 2002
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245574/
Cert: 18
UK Release: 2002
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245574/
9 August 2013
221/365 Entre les murs
A teacher negotiates a year with a class of students from ethnically diverse backgrounds in a tough Parisian suburb.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068646/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068646/?ref_=sr_1
8 August 2013
220/365 Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
A 14 year old becomes drawn into the drug scene in Berlin in the 1970s.
Cert: 18
Original Release: 1981
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082176/?ref_=sr_2
Cert: 18
Original Release: 1981
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082176/?ref_=sr_2
7 August 2013
219/365 Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum
A young woman becomes the subject of police scrutiny after she spends the night with a man who turns out to be a suspected terrorist.
Cert: 15
Original Release: 1975
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073858/
Cert: 15
Original Release: 1975
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073858/
6 August 2013
218/365 Wadjda
An absolutely delightful yet thought-provoking story of a strong-minded and resourceful young girl growing up with her mother in Riyadh, who sets out to make a dream become reality.
Cert: PG
UK Release: 2013
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2258858/?ref_=sr_2
Cert: PG
UK Release: 2013
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2258858/?ref_=sr_2
5 August 2013
217/365 Ne le dis à personne
A doctor's wife is murdered, and he finds himself under suspicion several years later. Suddenly, he begins to receive emails suggesting she is still alive ...
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2007
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362225/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2007
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362225/?ref_=sr_1
4 August 2013
216/365 Bombón: El Perro
A mechanic dreams of bigger things after a dog he has adopted wins a prize in a local dog show.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2005
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420548/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2005
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420548/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
3 August 2013
215/365 Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149362/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: 15
UK Release: 2009
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1149362/?ref_=sr_1
2 August 2013
214/365 Hiroshima, Mon Amour
A complex narrative weaving together a woman's experience in occupied France, and the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima as experienced by a Japanese architect. The two meet in contemporary Japan and begin an affair the day before she is due to return home.
Cert: PG
Original Release: 1959
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052893/?ref_=sr_1
Cert: PG
Original Release: 1959
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052893/?ref_=sr_1
1 August 2013
213/365 Ossessione
Luchino Visconti's first film, and the first adaptation of the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice.
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