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Dolls takes puppeteering as its overriding motif, which relates thematically to the action provided by the live characters. Chief among those tales is the story of Matsumoto and Sawako, a young couple whose relationship is about to be broken apart by the former’s parents, who have insisted their son take part in an arranged marriage to his boss’ daughter.
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Director: Takeshi Kitano
Actors: Chieko Matsubara, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kanji Tsuda, Kayoko Kishimoto, Kyoko Fukada, Miho Kanno, Ren Osugi, Shimadayu Toyotake, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Takeshige, Yûko Daike
Teorema
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger (Terence Stamp) arrives, makes love to every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts,…
The Lovers
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Addicted to Fresno
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple (James Stewart, Doris Day) vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon…
L’étudiante et Monsieur Henri
Because of his wavering health, Monsieur Henri can no longer live alone in his Paris appartment. Particularly grumpy, he ends up nonetheless accepting his son Paul’s suggestion that he let…
The Secret Life of Bees
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her…
Resurrecting the Champ
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man (“Champ”) only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to…
1732 Høtten
A few months after a girl with developmental disabilities is murdered in the remote village Høtten, the two young men who most townsfolk think killed her go missing. A police…
The Drummer
Three interwoven stories reveal the traumatic effects of war on the psyches of veterans from different generations.
Kardec
The story of Allan Kardec, from his days as an educator to his contribution to the spiritist codification.
On the Count of Three
Val has reached a place where he feels the only way out is to end things. But he considers himself a bit of a failure—his effectiveness lacking—so he figures he…