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The Man Without a Past

A man travelling to Helsinki is assaulted, taken to hospital and pronounced dead. This marks the start of a tale with biblical echoes – of Lazarus, Job and the Good Samaritan – but which is shot through with Kaurismaki’s wry humour and eye for the everyday absurd. Winner of 4 prizes at Cannes, including the…

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Directed by Peter Weir, Picnic at Hanging Rock is a 1975 Australian mystery film involves the disappearance of several schoolgirls and their teacher during a picnic at Hanging Rock, Victoria on Valentine’s Day in 1900, and the subsequent effect on the local community.

Holy Cow

After the tragic death of his father, 18 year old Totone, played by Clément Faveau, has to care for himself and his 7-year-old sister, and channels his energy into producing an award-winning Comté cheese to claim a competition prize and some much-needed money. Described as a “verité” look at the hardscrabble life of French agriculture,…

Santosh

A young newly widowed Hindu inherits her late husband’s police constable job in the rural badlands of Northern India and is soon pulled into a murder investigation under the wing of charismatic feminist inspector Sharma.

Chungking Express

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows turns the ‘May-December’ romance on its head as attractive widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) falls in love with younger, handsome gardener Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson). Douglas Sirk’s influential 1955 classic is regarded as his finest work.

Souleymane’s Story

Souleymane, a Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.

A Month in the Country

Based on J. L. Carr’s 1980 novel and with a screenplay by the playwright Simon Gray, the film explores the loss of spirituality after the war and themes of happiness, melancholy and nostalgia as the men seek to integrate into village life and simultaneously confront their past traumas and current disappointments.

The Kingdom

A teenage girl in Corsica, initially disappointed to be dragged into her father’s orbit, seeks to establish a firmer relationship with him as a gang war erupts and both find themselves in danger. A stylish thriller that owes a debt to The Godfather, Julien Colonna’s film features a cast composed largely of first-time local actors.

The Ballad of Wallis Island

A rich widower separately invites a former folk duo, now estranged, to his island to play a special concert. Written by the actors Tim Key and Tom Basden, this comic tale possesses both charm and a wry sense of the absurdities of a career in music.