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Summer with Monika
A young couple flee Stockholm in a boat to spend an idyllic summer on an island. A key work by writer and director Ingmar Bergman, the film was initially notorious for a nude scene that helped establish Sweden’s reputation as sexually liberal.
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If Only I Could Hibernate
A Mongolian-set drama about a teenager who must balance the demands of his dysfunctional family and the possibilities opened up by academic success.
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Perfect Days
Hirayama, played by Koji Yakusho, a middle-aged toilet cleaner in Tokyo, enjoys a rich interior life through reading, photography and classic rock cassette tapes. Wim Wenders’ film artfully mixes the simple enjoyment of the world with the tribulations of human engagement.
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The Damned Don’t Cry
A rootless mother and teenage son struggle to get by in an inhospitable society, drifting from one Moroccan town to another, bound by a shameful secret and forced by circumstance into selling themselves.
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Rye Lane
Two twenty-somethings connect over the course of an eventful day in South London. Raine Allen-Miller’s refreshing take on the meet-cute rom com received 2 BAFTA nominations.
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The Teachers’ Lounge
A petty theft in a secondary school leads to a chain-reaction of events in this nail-biting thriller. Writer-director Ilker Catak’s drama won four German Film Awards and was nominated for the Best International Feature Film Oscar.
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Tótem
This tender, lyrical and often joyous film follows a family gathering over the course of one day, to celebrate the birthday of a terminally ill family member.
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La Chimera
A haunting film, with a strong vein of anarchic comedy, about our connections to the past and how the living feed off the dead, financially and emotionally. It combines Italian neorealism and the Gothic in a manner distinctive of Alice Rohrwacher’s cinema.
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Rose
Two Danish sisters take a coach trip to Paris – one of whom, Rose (Scandi icon Sofie Grabol), has schizophrenia. This compassionate and often very funny comedy-drama, based on the experiences of writer-director Niels Arden Oplev’s sister, was a big hit at the Danish box office.
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My Favourite Cake
A septuagenarian widow, living a lonely and humdrum life in Tehran, seeks another chance at romance. Filmmakers Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha’s tender, humane romantic comedy won two awards at the Berlin International Film Festival.
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