Tag: 1990s
The Cement Garden (1993)
Teen angst, incest, and… what exactly is buried in the basement? This macabre, compellingly bizarro coming-of-age tale charts the strange…
Pro urodov i lyudey (1998) AKA Of Freaks and Men
St. Petersburg, early 20th century. The handsome and secretive Johann specializes in shooting erotic pictures depicting the floggings of bare-bottomed…
Harb El Khalij… wa baad (1993) AKA The Gulf War… What Next?
In the early 1990s, five leading Arab film directors were asked to create a short work that expressed their thoughts…
Gabbeh (1996)
An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh (a intricately-designed rug), while bickering gently with each other….
Fasl-e panjom (1997) AKA The Fifth Season / Season Five
The fight for power in an isolated Iranian village. Two families have been enemies for so long they cannot even…
House (1995)
A comedy about a thirty-something man, named Victor who is to perform in a town, after having left group therapy….
Dongchun de rizi (1993) AKA The Days
The Days follows the life of Dong and Chun, married artists who have recently graduated from the Beijing Art Institute….
Kasaba (1997) AKA The Small Town
Told from the perspective of two children, The Small Town describes the relationship between members of an extended family in…