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Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poverty. Show all posts
Thursday, February 4, 2010

Elina: As If I Didn't Exist

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The Finnish director Klaus Härö has recently reached international fame with his film Letters to Father Jaakob (2009). I decided to watch hi...
Saturday, December 26, 2009

Nobody Knows

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At first I have to mention that Nobody Knows (2004) is the first film I've seen from the Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda. The film...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Dodesukaden

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Akira Kurosawa's first color film Dodesukaden (1970) offers a rich portrayal of poverty-stricken people in Tokyo. Among the massive ense...
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Harakiri

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The story of Masaki Kobayashi's Harakiri (1962) is set into motion when a young and poor man (Akira Ishihama) is forced to do what the t...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Man Without a Past

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Aki Kaurismäki is probably the most famous (and arguably the best) Finnish director. The Man Without a Past (2002) is probably his most popu...
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