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Bariwali
(The Lady Of The House) (India) (1999) Dir:
Rituparno Ghosh. A spinster who gave up all hope
of finding a husband after her intended groom died
from a snake-bite two days before their wedding
day many years ago finds a ruthless film-maker irresistible
and waits in vain for his return. 150 mins.
Benjamin
Smoke (US) Dir: Jem Cohen, Peter Sillen.
A hard-living gay singer from 1970s Atlanta known
as 'The Mouth of the South' recounts his raucous
life and introduces his new musical creations. English.
68 mins.
Hubad
Sa Ilalim Ng Buwan (Naked Under The Moon)
(Philippines) (1999) Dir: Lav Diaz. Cast: Klaudia
Koron, Elizabeth Oropesa. English subtitles. All
families have secrets. Usually they are fairly harmless,
but sometimes they can destroy the fabric of family
life. 110 mins.
Atarashi
Kamisama (Japan) Dir: Yutaka Tsuchiya. English
subtitles. 99 mins.
Los
Libros Y La Noche (The Books And The
Night) (Argentina/Spain) Dir: Tristán
Bauer. Cast: Walter Santa Anna, Héctor Alterio.
Portrays the life of one of Latin America's greatest
writers, who went blind just when he was appointed
director of the National Library. 82 mins.
Eine
Reise nach Genf (Switzerland) Dir: Irene
Loebell.
Bullets
Over Summer (Hong Kong) Dir: Wilson Yip.
Cast: Francis Ng, Louis Koo. English subtitles.
Two policeman set themselves up in an ordinary apartment
to carry out a surveillance on a suspect
but hadn't planned on getting involved with their
neighbours... 92 mins.
20
Venti (Italy) Dir: Marco Pozzi. Cast:
Cecilia Dazzi, Anita Caprioli. Two very different
women meet during an enforced stopover. A packet
of cigarettes carries the story along the
camera only records from the moment a cigarette
is taken out until it is extinguished. English subtitles.
90 mins.
El
Valley Centro (US) Dir: James Benning. A
portrait of the people who live and work in California's
Great Central Valley, which supplies food for a
quarter of the population of the United States.
90 mins.
Monday
(Japan) (1999) Dir: Sabu. Cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi,
Yasuko Matsuyuki. A man wakes up in a hotel room
and can't remember how he got there. A packet of
purification salt falls out of his pocket
the salt you use after wakes and funerals to get
rid of evil spirits. English subtitles. 100 mins.
Making
Sundried Red Pepper (Korea) (1999) Dir:
Hee-Sun Jang. On the rooftop of an apartment, a
grandmother and granddaughter spread out red peppers
to dry in the sun. This ritualistic event gives
them a rare chance to talk. English subtitles. 60
mins.
De
Grote Vakantie (Netherlands) Dir: Johan
Van Der Keuken. When Van Der Keuken heard that he
only had a few years to live, he and his wife decided
to spend the rest of their time on a film, as a
chronicle of their own view of the world. English
subtitles. 150 mins.
Truths:
A Stream (Japan) Dir: Masahiro Tsuchihashi.
Cast: Yoko Tamashita, Hiroaki Umano. Kyoko receives
a surprise visit from her ex-boyfriend, who has
come to commit suicide. 182 mins.
Ein
Flüchtiger Zug Nach Dem Orient (Austria)
(1999) Dir: Ruth Beckermann. In the late 1800s the
legendary Austrian empress Elisabeth travelled to
Egypt. Documentary fim-maker Beckmann follows the
itinerary of her trips to explore today's Orient.
English version. 82 mins.
WerAngstWolf
(WhoAfraidWolf) (Switzerland) Dir:
Clemens Klopfenstein. Cast: Bruno Ganz, Tina Engel.
A group of actors and actresses lose their bearings
in the open landscape of Rome. In the snow they
wait, rehearse and improvise. 82 mins.
Zone
M (Germany) Dir: Eduard Schreiber. A region
east of Moscow is known for strange phenenomena.
Some say aliens have landed there, others consider
this ridiculous but everyone in the village
talks about it, even the children. 100 mins
The
Litter On The Breeze First Love
(Hong Kong) Dir: Eric Kot. Cast: Wai Wai. English
subtitles. 93 mins.
Heimkehr
der Jäger (Austria) Dir: Michael Kreihsl.
Cast: Ulrich Tukur, Julia Filimonow. Franz copies
master paintings. He is unbalanced by small events
and, being a thin-skinned individual, is prone to
knee-jerk behaviour. 90 mins.
Wüste
(Germany) Dir: Ebbo Demant. A journey across three
continents in search of the spiritual power of deserts
in such places as Egypt, Jordan and the US.
Kumar
Talkies (India) Dir: Pankaj Rishi Kumar.
Offers a cinéma vérité portrait
of the townspeople's relationship to its only picture
show and an examination of the consciousness-shaping
role of local cinema in a globalised and digitised
world. English subtitles. 76 mins.
