Category: Films CS21

The story of a young boy, Apu, and life in his small Indian village. His parents are quite poor – his father Harihar, a writer and poet, gave away the family’s fruit orchard to settle his brother’s debts. His sister Durga and an old aunt also still live with them. His mother Sarbojaya bears the…

Iraq in Fragments illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity. Filmed in verité style, with no scripted narration, the film powerfully explores the lives of ordinary Iraqis: people whose thoughts, beliefs, aspirations, and concerns are at once personal and illustrative of…

The camera follows a touring Arab production of Shakespeare’s eponymous play as it moves from rehearsals in Kuwait to the charged atmosphere of a U.S. premiere at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and on to the United Arab Emirates – for a command performance in an ancient desert fort. In between, the cast and…

Ingemar lives with his brother and his terminally ill mother. He may have a rough time, but not as bad as Laika, the Russian dog sent into space… Ingemar gets sent away to stay with relations for the summer. While there, he meets various strange characters, giving him experiences that will affect him for the…

It’s said that you can’t make an effective anti-war film because war, by its nature, is exciting, and the end of the film belongs to the survivors. No one would ever make the mistake of saying that about Elem Klimov’s Come and See. This 1985 film from Russia is one of the most devastating films…

Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets a job for which he needs a bike. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. (1948)

Prepare yourself for an unparalleled sensory experience. Filmed over a period of almost five years and in twenty-five countries, Samsara explores the wonders of the world from sacred grounds to industrial sites, looking into the unfathomable reaches of man’s spirituality and the human experience. Neither a traditional documentary nor a travelogue, Samsara is a guided…