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Re-educating the aristocracy: “Te rongyos élet” [1984 Hungary]

Péter Bacsó’s comedy drama “Te rongyos élet” [Eng. Title: Oh, Bloody Life!] casts a critical eye on the exploitation-in-kind, of aristocrats and the rich elite in Stalinist Hungary during the early fifties – many of them were forcibly evicted from … Continue reading

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Forbidden Love: “Syskonbädd 1782” [1966 Sweden]

Vilgot Sjöman was no stranger to controversy even before his ground-breaking films “I am Curious [Blue, and Yellow]”. Made a year earlier, “Syskonbädd 1782” [Eng. Title: My Sister My Love] – a costume melodrama set in the seventeenth century and … Continue reading

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A review: “Crime Delicado” [Beto Brant, 2005 Brazil]

Beto Brant, whose films hitherto were mainly crime thrillers (including the very exceptional O Invasor), breaks genre and ventures into the unknown with his fragmented and stylistic exploration of love, sex, and art, through the drama “Crime Delicado” [Eng. Title: … Continue reading

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A film review: “Illusion” [2013 Germany]

Roland Reber, no stranger to controversy with his persistent recourse to eroticism, continues his exploration of human behaviour and their secret desires through his latest drama “Illusion”. The film incorporates several of Reber’s pet themes like lust, nymphomania, greed, and … Continue reading

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Things happen unexpectedly: “Tan de repente” [2002 Argentina, Netherlands]

  Diego Lerman makes an assured directorial début with his neatly packaged character-study-as-comedy feature “Tan de repente” [Eng. Title: Suddenly]. Set in and around contemporary Buenos Aires, the film vividly captures a lot more than its meagre storyline, thanks to … Continue reading

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