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Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come On Petunia)
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Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come On Petunia)(en)

1984-01-01

This tape is the first of Hill’s works for which he deliberately wrote a screenplay. The title defines the piece’s starting point: Alice in Wonderland asks her omniscient father why things get in a muddle. They then talk on a metalinguistic level. A glimpse through the looking glass reveals an inversion of the customary order of things. The father ingests the smoke from his pipe, Alice does not so much blink her eyelids momentarily open as stare wide-eyed, and the playing cards fall out of the air in an orderly manner into the girl’s hand. (Gary Hill: Selected Works and catalogue raisonné, edited by Holger Broeker)

Monsieur Ibrahim
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Monsieur Ibrahim(fr)

2003-09-17

Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship with Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly Muslim who owns a small grocery store.

The Notorious Guys
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The Notorious Guys(fr)

2013-12-11

Steven, a pupil in a special-needs class, learns that his school has won a trip to Alcabideche, Portugal. He is overjoyed to get the chance to finally see his homeland. Once there, he decides to conduct his own holidays...

Shall We Kiss?
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Shall We Kiss?(fr)

2007-06-06

When Gabriel and Emilie meet by chance, he offers her a ride, and they spend the evening talking, laughing and getting along famously. At the end of the night, Emilie declines Gabriel's offer of "a kiss without consequences". Emilie admonishes him that the kiss could have unexpected consequences, and tells him a story, unfolding in flashbacks, about the impossibility of indulging your desires without affecting someone else's life.

Spanglish
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Spanglish(en)

2004-12-17

Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.

This Is Not About Me
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This Is Not About Me(en)

2022-04-02

This Is Not About Me tells the story of Jordyn Zimmerman. Jordyn dreamt of becoming a teacher. She started out eager to learn at school, but she was soon separated from the other children. Unable to communicate, teachers thought she was also unable to understand or learn. Year after year, her behavior worsened. She was restrained and placed in seclusion. Jordyn found herself caught in a system that unintentionally turned her life into a living nightmare. Finally, at the age of 18, with the help of educators who see her differently, she manages to turn her fate and flourish.

CONVERSATION INTERVIEW INTERROGATION
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CONVERSATION INTERVIEW INTERROGATION(en)

2021-10-20

A young man named Jack is questioned by a mysterious individual

Andy's Stump Speech
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Andy's Stump Speech(en)

1924-11-03

Andy Gump is a clueless yokel that decides that he can run for President.

Speechless
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Speechless(en)

Richard Alwyn's intensely moving film, inspired by the experience of his brother-in-law, follows two stroke survivors who can no longer take language for granted.

Germany in Autumn
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Germany in Autumn(de)

1978-03-03

Germany in Autumn does not have a plot per se; it mixes documentary footage, along with standard movie scenes, to give the audience the mood of Germany during the late 1970s. The movie covers the two month time period during 1977 when a businessman was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the left-wing terrorists known as the RAF-Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Fraction). The businessman had been kidnapped in an effort to secure the release of the orginal leaders of the RAF, also known as the Baader-Meinhof gang. When the kidnapping effort and a plane hijacking effort failed, the three most prominent leaders of the RAF, Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, and Jan-Carl Raspe, all committed suicide in prison. It has become an article of faith within the left-wing community that these three were actually murdered by the state.

The Secret Society For Slow Romance
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The Secret Society For Slow Romance(en)

2022-01-01

Two extraordinary people go on several dates in New York City and plan a project that may change the world for the better.

A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola
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A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola(en)

1997-11-21

A Conversation with Martin Scorsese & Francis Ford Coppola

Fox & Penguin
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Fox & Penguin(de)

2021-07-17

How do German couples communicate in private? What are they arguing about? Is the way to a man’s heart really through his stomach? This docu-fictional hybrid production discusses such questions with the help of authentic interview snippets that were edited under the staged plot. We get an insight into the life of an animal couple, who experience typical everyday situations on behalf of us humans. At first, our fox is emotionally contained, while the penguin lady may get wild as hell. With a wink, the filmmakers hold up a mirror to the audience in the cinema.

The Japanese Boy
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The Japanese Boy(en)

2009-08-22

Two men talk by a window while they observe the neighborhood.

Anxiety & Desire
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Anxiety & Desire(es)

2021-10-27

Two friends explore the meaning of anxiety.

Conversations with Other Women
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Conversations with Other Women(en)

2006-06-07

Reunited at a wedding after many years, former lovers again feel the pull of a mutual attraction neither is willing to admit. Escaping the reception for the privacy of a hotel room, the unnamed pair explore the choices of the past that led them to the present.

The Disunited States of Canada
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The Disunited States of Canada(fr)

2014-02-03

Secessionnist movements in Canada outside Quebec.

The Yes Men
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The Yes Men(en)

2003-09-07

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.

Tickets s.v.p
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Tickets s.v.p(en)

1973-01-01

An incident from the early days of Québec's quiet revolution, tailor-made for the cartoonist. It is the story of a Montréal commuter train, a unilingual ticket collector and a bilingual passenger. The passenger appears on screen himself to describe his bid to have tickets requested in French as well as in English. What ensued, and how even the railway president became involved, is illustrated with wit and humor.

Hans Teeuwen: Dat dan weer wel
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Hans Teeuwen: Dat dan weer wel(nl)

2002-01-01

Mind you is the fourth theater of the Dutch comedian Hans Teeuwen. He performed the show in 2001. The last show was filmed in 2002 and aired on television, the same year that the show on CD and DVD published. It's Teeuwen's most famous and most frequently quoted show. He takes everything on the heel, including racism, blacks, world religions, AIDS patients, women, Jostiband and the Queen of the Netherlands.