1. "She was ten years old and was a ray of sunshine from the canal where i lived. A true Amsterdam girl, both sweet and mischievous like a monkey." Beppie recounts her adventures to filmmaker, who follows her through her daily life in the city. In the course of her stories, she talks to us about life and death, television, love, and money.
2. BEPPIE is a moving and disarming portrait of an Amsterdam street urchin. Van der Keuken once described her as follows: 'She was ten years old and the joy of the Achtergracht, where I was living at the time. An Amsterdam child, sweet and crooked as a corkscrew.' He films her while she skims the city with some friends and knocks at strangers' doors. Her family has nine children and is not well off. In those days, a visit to the De Miranda swimming pool cost a quarter, but only ten cents if the weather was bad. At school, Beppie gets a poor mark because she is too boisterous, but when the whole class rattles off the multiplication tables, she joins in at the top of her voice. All of TV-watching Holland was wildly enthusiastic about this portrait, with which Van der Keuken even made the front page of the national newspaper De Telegraaf.
Director: Johan van der Keuken.
Cast: Gerda van der Elsken, Ed Van Der Elsken.
Netherlands, 1965.
Language: Dutch.
Subtitles: French.
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Beppie. 1965.

 

Le a cipövel! 1975-1976. DVD.

 Deval shot “Heraclite l’obscur” in Tunisia in 1967, with his then-girlfriend and editor Jackie Raynal, in 35 mm and in color. He was the first Zanzibar member to shoot a film not only outside of Paris but also in an exotic location. “Heraclite l’obscur” is described by its author as a “philosophical peplum” – spectacle theater.
Director: Patrick Deval.
Cast: Abdallah Chahed, Rene-Jean Chauffard, Charles Denner.
France, 1967.
Language: French.
Subtitles: Russian, English.
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Two boys, 11 or 12, perhaps brothers, take a rowboat from shore to fish. Andrea, who's tougher, complains a lot, sometimes criticizing Felice, sometimes just complaining about life and his situation. Out of sight of shore, Andrea sees a suitcase; he jumps into the water, swims to it, and starts to push it back to the boat. While he's doing that, Felice sees a man floating, face up. While he tries to grab the man and hold on, he knocks an oar into the sea. The boys are unable to lift the man into the boat, and without two oars, can't head to shore. Will rescue come? Andrea tries to reassure Felice while also figuring out who the man is and what he's doing in the sea.

Cast: Andrea Puglisi, Felice Puglisi, Abdul Majid.

Language: Italian.
Subtitles: English, Russian.

 

 

 

 Lucia has written a letter for her father on his birthday. Standing before the whole family, she reads the letter thanking him for being such a great dad. But what she innocently describes as gestures of fatherly love have little to do with reality. Behind carefully upheld appearances lies an unspoken and terrible secret.
Director: Jorge Lareau.
Cast: Nadine Benavente, Olga Fuster, Ramon Garrido, José Valcárcel, Daniel Cuello Esparell, Núria Deulofeu, Javier Casamayor.
Spain, 2011.
Language: Spanish.
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 This special collection features 10 spellbinding short works from Belgian experimental filmmaker Olivier Smolders, including "Adoration" (1987), "Mort a Vignole" (1998), "L'Amateur" (1997) and "La Philosophie Dans Le Boudoir" (1991). "Pensees et Visions D'une Tête Coupée" (1991), "Ravissements" (1991), "Point de Fuite" (1988), "L'Art D'Aimer" (1985), "Neuvaine" (1984) and "Seuls" (1989) round out the sampler.
5 most interesting films presented below.

1. Adoration.
A young man films his love for a young woman.
"Adoration" is loosely based on Issei Sagawa's cannibalistic murder case. In 1981 he murdered and cannibalized a Dutch woman named Renée Hartevelt. After his release Sagawa has become a minor celebrity in Japan and has made a living through the public interest on his crime. A young Japanese man invites beautiful French student to his apartment. She reads some poetry. Suddenly he shoots her in the back, dismembers her body and cannibalizes her tasty flesh. Experimental and gruesome short which looks almost like a true crime documentary. The use of silence and master shots certainly enhances truly chilling atmosphere of gloom.
Cast: Takashi Matsuo, Catherine Aymerie.
Belgium, France, 1986.
Language: French.
Subtitles: Russian.
2. Point De Fuite.
A new teacher comes to class to teach a lesson on a complicated math theorem. The class is waiting completely nude and catches her off guard. She takes off her clothes before the beginning of her lesson. During the lesson, the students put their clothes back on and take away her clothes, as she is concentrated solely on the theorem. Upon finishing, she is embarrassed that they are clothed and she is left naked, but there is now someone at the door. The class ask the unknown to come in, and they find a naked teacher but clothed students. Inspired by a mathematical rhetoric.
Cast: Catherine Aymerie, François Galland, Stéphanie Dessens, Sarah Lefévre, Valerie De Wilde, Catherine Van Hauwermeiren.
Belgium, 1988.
Language: French.
Subtitles: Russian.
3. Seuls.
Screaming children, their non-standard behavior, plot and dialogue are absent.
Belgium, 1989.
4. Pensées et visions d'une tête coupée.
FR. Portrait d'un peintre imaginaire à partir de la vie et de l'œuvre d'Antoine Wiertz.
EN. Portrait of an imaginary painter from the life and work of Antoine Wiertz.
Cast: Christian Courtois, Alexandre von Sivers, Lémi Cétol, Barbara De Jonghe, Catherine Aymerie, Valérie Braekman, Nelly Boets.
Belgium, 1991.
Language: French.
5. L'Amateur / The Amateur.
EN. The story of a man who smells of women’s nudity.
ES. La historia de un hombre que olfatea la desnudez femenina.
Cast: Yves Degen, Cathy Grosjean, Eric Pauwels, Mélanie Rullier.
Belgium, 1997.
Language: French.
Subtitles: Russian.
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 DE. Deutschland privat – Eine Anthologie des Volksfilms ist ein Filmprojekt von Robert van Ackeren aus dem Jahr 1980. Auf der Basis von diversen privaten Filmaufnahmen erstellte er unter anderem aus Mitschnitten von privaten Feiern, Urlaubsbildern sowie explizit erotischem Material eine heterogene Mischung.
1979 wagte sich Robert Van Ackeren an ein ganz außergewöhnliches Filmprojekt. Per Zeitungsanzeige bat er Privatleute um ihre Homevideos. Das Echo war überwältigend: Nach Sichtung von über 200 Stunden Super-8-Material stellte der Regisseur eine Dokumentation in 44 Sequenzen zusammen, die Einblicke in die ganz persönliche Welt und Sicht der Amateurfilmer gibt - ihre schönsten Momente, ihre wichtigsten Ereignisse und ihre erotischsten Erlebnisse.
EN. "Deutschland privat" is a special project by Robert van Ackeren, who in 1979 asked people to send him their 8mm home movies by placing ads in several magazines in Berlin, Germany. In the ads he announced that he was planning to blow up and mount the best of those movies into a feature documentary to be released in German cinemas. He was surprised how many home movies he received and how generously people allowed him to use them for his feature. Part 1 of "Deutschland privat" gives us typical German home movies of the 1970s, i.e. private holidays, family parties, etc. Part 2 consists of what is now called "amateur porn"; home made 8mm movies featuring real porn action.
Director: Erwin Kneihsl, Robert van Ackeren.
Germany, 1980.
Language: German.
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 Deutschland privat – Im Land der bunten Träume ist ein Filmprojekt von Robert van Ackeren aus dem Jahr 2007 und die Fortsetzung zu Deutschland privat – Eine Anthologie des Volksfilms, einer kommentarlosen Zusammenstellung diverser Amateurfilme.
Im Jahr 1980 brachte Robert van Ackeren unter dem Titel "Deutschland Privat" eine Kompilation von privaten Super-8-Filmen deutscher Hobbyfilmer in die Kinos. Mit "Deutschland Privat - Im Land der bunten Träume" führt er dieses Projekt fort: Der Film präsentiert schillerndes, in den gestalterischen Mitteln erstaunlich vielfältiges "Heimkino" aus fünf Jahrzehnten. Und gerade auch anhand der teils expliziten sexuellen Szenen zeichnet van Ackeren ein ganz eigenes "Deutschlandbild".
Director: Robert van Ackeren, Catharina Zwerenz.
Germany, 2007.
Language: German.
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 We the Animals is a 2018 American drama film directed by Jeremiah Zagar and written by Zagar and Dan Kitrosser, based on the novel of the same name by Justin Torres. The film stars Evan Rosado, Raúl Castillo, Sheila Vand, Isaiah Kristian, and Josiah Gabriel. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released on August 17, 2018, by The Orchard.
Early on in "We the Animals," a film adaptation of Justin Torres' celebrated semi-autobiographical novel, there's a devastating break in the poor-but-happy family mood set up thus far: The father, known as Paps (Raúl Castillo), beats up Ma (Sheila Vand) and disappears. Ma takes to her bed and neglects her children. The three brothers, Manny (Isaiah Kristian), Jonah (Evan Rosado) and Joel (Josiah Gabriel) run wild, stealing food from nearby gardens and stores, rattling around the town completely unmonitored. When Paps suddenly returns (it's hard to tell how long he was gone), and he and Ma have a passionate reunion, it's suddenly clear that the violence wasn't a break. Instead, it was part of an ongoing cycle of abuse and reconciliation. The brothers ride the wave of their parents' volatile relationship. This is all seen from the perspective of 10-year-old Jonah, and director Jeremiah Zagar uses a mixture of documentary reality and high-flung poetry in his approach, giving us a visceral sense of being there, in that house with those people.
Director: Jeremiah Zagar.
Cast: Sheila Vand, Raúl Castillo, Evan Rosado, Josiah Gabriel, Isaiah Kristian, Terry Holland.
USA, 2018.
Language: English.
Subtitles: English.
1920x816 FULL-HD
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 ES. Matías y Jerónimo se conocen desde la infancia. Su amistad, una fuerte alianza, mezcla de juego y deseo, cambia la noche en que van al carnaval. Juntos presencian cómo un grupo de jóvenes le da una paliza a un chico gay detrás de las gradas. No dicen nada de lo que ven, y el silencio da paso a la distancia entre los amigos.
EN. Matías and Jerónimo have known each other a long time. Their friendship is a mix of fun and desire, but everything changes the night they go to the carnival and they see how a group of hooligans beat a gay dancer. guy behind the scene.
Director: Papu Curotto.
Cast: Rodrigo Coutinho Da Silva, Gabriel Rost, Regina Lara Do Santos, José Sandoval, Ivan Colunga, Sergio White, Rodrigo Benitez.
Argentina, 2015.
Language: Spanish.
1920x1080 FULL-HD
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 The old Soviet movie, romantic melodrama, children's cinema classics. Returning with friends from school, Tanya saw a huge, viciously barking big, shaggy dog. Thus began the friendship between the girl and the dog Bagira...
Director: Vladimir Levin.
Cast: Ivan Ryzhov, Valentina Khmara, Aleksey Vanin, Viktor Volodin, Andrei Rakhmanov, Anna Sidorkina, Tamara Trach, Nadezhda Bessokirnaya, Mikhail Garkavenko, Anna Kolbasova.
USSR, Odessa Film Studios, 1977.
Language: Russian.
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DK. Filmen udspiller sig over et par uger i året 1976 og handler om den 14-årige Martin fra Sdr. Omme, der står over for at blive konfirmeret, men i stedet for kastes ud i en meget turbulent tid, da hans mor - pludselig og uventet - dør af kræft. Nu må Martin, hans far og storebror indstille sig på en ny virkelighed, - en virkelighed som både de og naboerne i den lille jyske provinsby håndterer på hver deres særegne måde. For samtidig med at Martin er på vej ind i de voksnes rækker, er han blevet forelsket i Kristine og måske også lidt i sin bedste ven, Kim. Men hvordan forholder man sig lige til det, når ens far er ramt af sorg og vistnok opsøger byens lokale damefrisør efter mørkets frembrud, når nabokonen får tæsk af sin mand, københavnersnuden Rolf, og man oveni skal planlægge sin egen seksuelle debut og bordplanen til sin konfirmation?

EN. Speed Walking (Danish: Kapgang) is a 2014 Danish drama film directed by Niels Arden Oplev. It is based on a novel of the same name by Morten Kirkskov.

In 1976 in provincial Denmark, 14-year-old Martin (Villads Bøye) is about to be confirmed when his mother dies of cancer. The weeks leading up to his confirmation are difficult and turbulent, as Martin's father and older brother are distraught and Martin must try to keep the family together. In addition, he must deal with his feelings for Kristine (Kraka Donslund Nielsen).

Cast: Villads Bøye, Kraka Donslund Nielsen, Frederik Winther Rasmussen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Pilou Asbæk, Jens Jørn Spottag, Anette Støvelbæk, Jens Malthe Næsby, Jesper Lohmann, Jacob Ulrik Lohmann, Bodil Lassen, Kurt Ravn, Anne Louise Hassing, Stine Stengade, Christine Gjerulff, Kristian Halken, Steen Stig Lommer, David Dencik, Magnus Black, Lise Baastrup, Jakob Bjerregaard Engmann, Magnus Christensen, Kasper Dalsgaard, Henrik Blauner Clausen, Julie Carlsen, Joy-Maria Frederiksen, Curt Skov, Kim Skovgaard Govertz Jensen, Thoreau Arden Pedersen, Mathias Nymand, Maria Corydon, Mia Højgaard, Anders Steensberg, Valdemar Larsen, Gudrun Holck.

Language: Danish.

Subtitles: English, Russian.

 IT. Turi e Teresa sono figli di un pescatore che vive e lavora in un'isola siciliana. La loro e una vita semplice e pacifica, fatta di abitudini e fatiche quotidiane: accudire la nonna, pescare, gestire il bar al centro del paese.
Ma Turi, ormai, e quasi un uomo e deve iniziare ad uscire in mare con il padre.
Questo fatto finira con il rivoluzionare per sempre i rapporti tra fratello e sorella.
Lungometraggio d'esordio di Costanza Quatriglio, trentenne palermitana la quale non dimentica le sue origini documentaristiche e le innerva con una narrazione che sembra rimandare al cinema di matrice iraniana. La trama e molto esile e il film e legato a un lavoro di ricerca di sguardi e relazioni con la scabra struttura dell'isola di Favignana. Il montaggio, perfettamente sintonizzato con la colonna sonora musicale di Paolo Fresu, prova a fornire compattezza a un'opera prima che, pur con qualche intellettualismo di troppo (vedi la presunzione di poter pensare di fare a meno di una struttura narrativa solida), lascia ben sperare per il futuro.
EN. A coming of age story of a boy, Turi (Ernandes) and his younger sister, Teresa (Guarrasi) on an island off the coast of Sicily. Using mostly non professional actors in a neorealist style, this film creates a charming and seemingly authentic slice of village life.
The slow naturalistic pace, beautiful photography, a sense of the local customs & values, and a captivating performance by Veronica Guarrasi as Teresa make this well worth seeing. The director seem to have captured the end of childhood and the start of adolescence.
Director: Costanza Quatriglio.
Cast: Veronica Guarrasi, Ignacio Ernandes, Marcello Mazzarella, Erri De Luca, Anna Ernandes, Francesco Vasile, Ilary De Ioannon, Anna Rita Mazzara, Antonio Burdua, Maurizio Guarrasi, Salvatore Campo.
Italy, 2003.
Language: Italian.
Subtitles: English.
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Part 1
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