Great Obscure Films of World Cinema
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- DirectorGiuseppe Patroni GriffiStarsUmberto OrsiniFrançoise PrévostDino MeleA well known actor comes to off-season Capri to unwind and meets a teenaged boy. The attraction is immediate and mutual but before their relationship can get off the ground, an alluring woman with a spontaneous sexuality and care free attitude joins the triangle and the boy is slowly pushed out of the picture.youtube 480p En sub
- DirectorMelis UbukeyevStarsShaarbek KobaganovA. AbayevaBaken KydykeyevaWhile on the run in the mountains from the authorities, a poor peasant tries to save a widow of the WWII soldier from an arranged marriage.DVD En sub
- DirectorJens RavnStarsJohn PricePreben NeergaardLotte TarpMr. Steinmetz has the ability to create things and beings by will alone, but his creations always disappear. He approaches a famous brain surgeon to help him, but when he refuses, Steinmetz brings his doppelganger into being to replace him.Vimeo 540p En sub
- DirectorKhodzha Kuli NarliyevStarsMaya-Gozel AimedovaKhodzhan OvezgelenovKhodzhaberdy NarliyevA woman whose husband has been killed in WWII lives with her father-in-law in the desert. She cannot leave and go back to her family, because that would mean the end of hope that her husband, a heroic pilot, might return one day.youtube 480p En sub
- DirectorTakis KanellopoulosStarsThanasis TzeneralisPopi AlvaGeorgios DomouzisThis film narrates six different stories in a very lyrical way: a coachman wanders around town; two elderly people go to the park every Sunday; a man leaves flowers in various neighborhoods in memory of a friend who was killed during the war; a boy narrates how they celebrated his father's name-day; a member of the resistance lives his last moments; a woman keeps waiting for a letter which never arrives.DVD En sub
- DirectorTengiz AbuladzeStarsLika KavzharadzeIosif JachvlianiZaza KolelishviliThis film is about psychology of people, about lonesome persons, about terrible mentality and about fantastic dreams...youtube 360p (auto subs only)
- DirectorJuraj HerzStarsZdena StudenkováVlastimil HarapesVáclav VoskaIn this gothic rendition of the classic fairy tale, a merchant's youngest daughter is held prisoner by a mysterious winged beast.Blu-Ray En sub
- DirectorWitold LeszczynskiStarsKrzysztof MajchrzakAnna SeniukJoanna SienkiewiczKaziuk, a stubborn peasant and his pregnant wife live in a backwood village, unaffected by the civilization. The village is once visited by a couple of wanderers, and strange things start to happen afterward. A new schoolteacher is sent to the area. She stirs erotic fantasies in Kaziuk. In a stir of frustration Kaziuk cuts down a family tree - a sacrilegious act in the eyes of his family. Going a step further and using a scythe for cutting the rye instead of a sickle brings the whole village against him.youtube (no subs) DVD en subs
- DirectorPatrick BokanowskiStarsMaurice BaquetJean-Marie BonMartine CoutureA surreal, nightmarish collection of imagery.Vimeo VOD
- DirectorAmanzhol AituarovStarsNurzhuman IkhtymbaevSabira KumushaliyevaT. KuanyshevOn her way to the Promised Land, a blind girl meets a gangster and they fall in love. Their love makes a miracle: the girl regains her sight.youtube 360p En sub
- DirectorNietzchka KeeneStarsBjörkBryndis Petra BragadóttirValdimar Örn FlygenringMargit and her older sister, Katla, flee their homeland after their mother is killed for practicing witchcraft. Needing a place to stay, Katla casts a spell over a young farmer named Jóhann which makes him fall in love with her.Blu-ray
- DirectorGyörgy FehérStarsPéter HaumannJános DerzsiJudit PogányWhen a schoolgirl is found murdered in the woods, a retiring detective tries to find her murderer.youtube no subs
- DirectorPirjo HonkasaloStarsElina HurmeTiina WeckströmElena LeeveTwin sisters Helena and Irene are born in Helsinki during World War II. A few months later their mother Sirkka leaves the girls in the care of their grandmother, an old Communist, and runs away with a German soldier. Their life under the protection of their grandmother and the teachings of communism ends first with the death of Stalin, then with that of their grandmother. The girls are eight years old when they are put in an orphanage. Their mother shows up at the orphanage in the company of Ramon, a Spanish trapeze artist. They are on a talent search for a German circus. Ramon trains the reluctant Irene during circus tours in Central Europe, and she becomes the trapeze star of the circus. The hard work soon exhausts Irene and she falls from heights, as if on purpose. Helena has secretly learned the art of fire-eating. Now she is burdened with both her mother and her sister. The violent life, however, separates the three from one another. In present-day Helsinki, middle-aged Helena has looked into her past, ceased to hate, and now, for the first time in her life, voluntarily accepts responsibility for another human being.DVD en sub
- DirectorOles SaninStarsViktoria SpesivtsevaAndrij BilousNazl SejtablaevaMamay draws on traditional Ukrainian and Tatar folktales for its Romeo and Juliet-like love story and parable about chivalry and the struggle for freedom. Hundreds of years ago, in the wild steppes of Crimea that form an uneasy border between East and West, Europe and Asia, nomad and farmer, the proud Cossack Mamay falls in love with the Tatar beauty Omai. The title, like the storyline, holds a variety of different meanings taken from different cultures. In Turkic languages, it means "no one," but it was also the name of a famous Mongol conqueror, the great grandson of Ghengis-Khan. In Persian legends, mamay literally means "the spirit of the steppes. "DVD en sub
- DirectorTadanobu AsanoStarsShogenTadanobu AsanoRinko KikuchiAn episode film in five parts: 1. "Tori" is a cartoon on the theme of birds. 2. "Heart of sword" is a fantasy-like, stylized triangle drama. 3. "Ato" is a silent documentary about graffiti artists. 4. "Two men, continued" shows two fast-talking older comedians on a stage. 5. "Or" is a modern dance performance on a platform by a beach.Unavailable
- DirectorPanahbarkhoda RezaeeStarsParivash NazariehMasoud HeshmatBehrooz JaliliA widow and her father live alone and make a living by mending oil lamps and making charcoal.youtube 480p
- DirectorLeonardo FavioStarsHernán PiquínNatalia PelayoAlejandra BaldoniAniceto is a lonely man who lives with his rooster in a little town in Mendoza. He falls in love with the sweet Francisca, but things will get tense when he also begins a relationship with the enigmatic and irresistible Lucia.youtube no subs 360p
- DirectorVipin VijayStarsSandeep ChattopadhyayA computer teacher, his black-magician grandfather and a female cyber-creature -- a series of pre-destined rendezvous, both on line and offline, over the shreds of mnemonic time and space, at the cleavages of various parlors of subculture -- finally the narrative images of the computer screen are drained off from the color and the texture, the images collapse down to a mere pulsating pixel, potentially to start another cycle of the story once again.unavailable
- DirectorMohamed MouftakirStarsSaadia LadibDriss RoukheAnas El BazZineb is an emotionally exhausted psychiatrist assigned to Rihana, a traumatized and pregnant young woman found in the street muttering unintelligibly about "The Lord of the Horse." Soon, Rihana's story awakens repressed thoughts in Zineb's own troubled mind, and reality merges into a haunted fever-dream of fear and denial.Amazon Prime/Fandor SD
- DirectorAleksandr KottStarsElena AnDanila RassomakhinKarim PakachakovA mischievous father and his gentle, beautiful daughter live a quiet life in a vast plain until two young men fall for the girl. The love triangle leads to a wholly unexpected turn of events in an astounding story that incorporates unimaginable beauty with a strong social message.Blu-ray/VOD
- DirectorJan NemecStarsLadislav JánskyAntonín KumberaIlse BischofovaTwo Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. The film goes beyond the themes of war and anti-Nazism and concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.Blu-ray
- DirectorPere PortabellaStarsLucia BosèMario CabréRamón JuliaA woman walks by her home and finally takes a shower - She buy colored fabrics in a trade. A man visiting a post office - Succession of scenic pictures and semi-autonomous fading almost always unexpected. A series of situations or suite, though apparently unrelated, revolve around a thematic development that gives body and drive the story without resorting to the use of an anecdote as plot continuity.
- DirectorTengiz AbuladzeStarsSpartak BagashviliRusudan KiknadzeRamaz ChkhikvadzeBrave sons of Khevsureti and Kisteti fight against each to protect their homelands. But, they confront faulty domestic traditions to respect enemy's true prowess and find themselves in conflict with own compatriots.
- DirectorHarry KümelStarsOrson WellesSusan HampshireMichel BouquetA young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.
- DirectorDjordje KadijevicStarsOlivera KatarinaGoran SultanovicIvan JagodicA young man Ivan travels in a carriage, and stops to rest in a remote castle somewhere in the lowlands. The castle is considered by locals to be haunted. The coachman doesn't want to carry on, so Ivan continues his journey by foot. A young kid who passes by tells Ivan about the castle, but the next minute the carriage kills him. Sibylle, a beautiful but strange woman comes out of the carriage and helps Ivan to carry the dead kid into the castle, which turns out to be her home. After her husband's death, Sybille lives there only with her coachman Bartholomew. Upon his arrival, Ivan starts to hear strange music coming from unknown place. Ivan and Sibylle fall in love with each other, but the mystery of music is yet to be find out.
- DirectorMiklós SzinetárStarsKolos KovátsSylvia Sass
- DirectorPeter Del MonteStarsJennifer ConnellyGary McCleeryLaurent TerzieffYoung American ballerina enrolls in a prestigious ballet school in Hungary. She suddenly becomes inexplicably obsessed with Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and her personality completely changes. A young man in love with her investigates.
- DirectorPedro CostaStarsPedro HestnesNuno FerreiraInês de MedeirosVicente, seventeen, lives with brother Nino, ten-years-old, and his ailing father in a derelict house on the outskirts of the capital. They don't seem to remember their mother, and are very much attached to their father, despite his temper, and his frequent absences from home. One day, the father leaves for good, and Vicente and Nino swear to cover it up. It's their secret. Clara, the primary school assistant, is fascinatingly beautiful, and secretive, and (may be) she knows it aswel. There are other secrets, though: the origin of the money that appears at Vicente's house; the relationship between Vicente's well-to-do uncle and his girlfriend; the relationship between the four people who once played the cards together, and now can't stand each other.
- DirectorDon AskarianStarsAlik AsatryanMikhail StepanyanKaren DzhanibekyanSet around the central figure of an Armenian trying to forge a life in the West the film offers a series of impressions of Armenian history.
- DirectorMacoto TezukaStarsTadanobu AsanoMiyako KodaReika HashimotoIn a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japan's entertainment.
- DirectorEliseo SubielaStarsPasta DioguardiFlor SabatellaDaniel FreireIt tells the story of a man and a woman trapped inside what appears to be a dream set in the labyrinthine hallways, mysterious rooms of a large hotel in the 30's, facing the sea.
- DirectorWisit SasanatiengStarsChartchai NgamsanStella MalucchiSupakorn KitsuwonWith its loud acting style, exuberant sets and stunning shots in pastel colours, this Thai cult film is as much a parody as an homage to the Western and the romantic tearjerker.
- DirectorDagur KáriStarsTómas LemarquisÞröstur Leó GunnarssonElín HansdóttirIs he the village idiot or a genius in disguise? 17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in the north of Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with Iris, a city girl who works in a local gas station. But his clumsy attempts at escape spiral out of control and end in complete failure. Only a natural disaster will shatter Noi's universe and offer him a window into a better world.
- DirectorIgor VoloshinStarsOlga SutulovaMariya ShalayevaArtur SmolyaninovYoung Alisa is fed up with her life in Moscow, and moves to St. Petersburg. Her roommates in the collective flat are two junkies, Vel and her boyfriend Valera the Dead Man. First they fight, but soon the two women form a friendship. Together they even go after the Petersburg underworld when Dead Man is abducted because he can't pay his debts.
- DirectorRoberto RochínStarsPedro Armendáriz Jr.Dolores HerediaMiguel RodarteThree novellas are connected by the character of Don Julio. The old man lives alone in a hacienda which is being absorbed by the huge Mexico City. Don Julio escapes from the surrounding reality into the world of memories. Images from the past are so strong that they reawaken his old love for aunt Cecilia and young Clotilde.
- DirectorErmek TursynovStarsGulsharat ZhubyevaTurakhan SadykovaErzhan NurymbetA woman is led by her family to her new husband's home, to live with, presumably, his elderly mother and younger brother. Despite being forced into the marriage, she discovers that he is not such a bad catch after all but domestic bliss does not last long.
- DirectorVeiko ÕunpuuStarsTaavi EelmaaRavshana KurkovaTiina TauraiteA mid-level manager who develops an aversion to being "good" finds himself confronting the mysteries of middle-age and morality as he loses grasp of what was once his quiet life.
- DirectorGustav DeutschStarsStephanie CummingChristoph BachFlorentin GrollThe life of a fictional actress and the paintings of Edward Hopper illustrate 30 years of American history.
- DirectorKrzysztof SkoniecznyStarsMarcin KowalczykJasmina PolakAgnieszka WosinskaUpon arriving at Warsaw, Marcin, a young mysterious stranger from afar, enters the lives of hedonistic Ola and her liberal well-off parents. He's got a secret plan and just waits for a convenient moment to make it happen.
- DirectorJill WongStarsWai AiPak-Ho ChauLiddy LiJack, a hitman, is slowly wandering into a red-light district. As he walks down the alley, everyone avoids eye-contact with him because of his extremely ugly face; Ting Ting is the only prostitute who doesn't reject him. Jack finds a scar on Ting Ting's stomach, her souvenir of a gunshot; Ting Ting on the other hand stares at the giant lump on Jack's face with no sign of fear. The two quickly form a bond until Jack cannot bear to leave Ting Ting and decides to rescue her from her miserable life at any cost. From then on, their lives turn out differently.