A talented ensemble cast bring Euripides masterpiece to life. The Bacchae (also called The Bacchants or Bakchai in Greek) tells the story of the god Dionysus (played by Mia Perovetz) who comes to the city of Thebes disguised as a charismatic young man accompanied by a throng of erotic female maenads. The immortal play isContinue reading “The Bacchae – 2009”
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Finding Shangri La – 2009
Ji Ling lives with her husband in Taibei, Taiwan. After a crash that killed their young child, Ji Ling is overcome with grief. Not able to forgive the couple who were driving the other car and even more frustrated with her husband’s apparent lack of emotion, she flees to Shangri-la. While traveling, she encounters aContinue reading “Finding Shangri La – 2009”
Margot – 2009
At the age of forty Dame Margot Fonteyn is considered to be past her best as a prima ballerina and Ninette de Valois is reducing her roles at the Royal Ballet. Then the exciting young Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev, a recent defector to the West, comes into her life and her bed and revitalizes herContinue reading “Margot – 2009”
Paraiso Travel – 2009
PARAISO TRAVEL is the story of Marlon Cruz, a young Colombian man who, motivated by his girlfriend Reina leaves his comfortable life in Medellin and flees with her through Guatemala and Mexico, across the borders, illegally into the United States. Marlon’s journey, which takes him through seedy strip clubs, dance halls, homeless hostels, ultimately takesContinue reading “Paraiso Travel – 2009”
Kamui – 2009
KAMUI is a Ninja on the run from the world of Ninja bound by rules in search of true freedom. However, he is burdened with the fate, where it is not allowed to take the secret of their powers outside of the tribe — if you are born as Ninja, you must die as Ninja.Continue reading “Kamui – 2009”
Dancing Trees – 2009
Martha (Katie Boland), 18, sees the world as animated and fun. She has a form of autism that means she is a mathematical genuis whilst incapable of looking after herself. Living in a dull routinewith her cousin Nicole (Brooke Burns), and mother Josephine (Amanda Tapping), she sees the good in everything and everyone. But suddenly,Continue reading “Dancing Trees – 2009”
Stolen – 2009
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child’s 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son’s disappearance. Director : Anders Anderson Cast : Beth Grant|James Van Der Beek|Jessica Chastain|Jimmy Bennett|Joanna Cassidy|Jon Hamm|Josh Lucas|Michael Cudlitz|Morena Baccarin|Rhona Mitra Genre : Crime|Drama|Mystery|Thriller Release Date : 2009-10-10
Happy End – 2009
Robinson, appropriately named as we will soon discover, is on vacation in Biarritz with his wife. What follows is the story behind the loss of his arm, a story that becomes increasingly bizarre and eventually apocalyptic, leading us down a narrative path of labyrinthine complexity. The resulting film is an extraordinary feat of imagination andContinue reading “Happy End – 2009”
Eugene – 2009
Eugene Prescott is a lonely man who desperately wants to make a connection with the world and people around him. Like most people he just wants to love and be loved. Tormented by loneliness and a deep need to connect with others, Eugene searches outside of himself for the answers only to find himself moreContinue reading “Eugene – 2009”
Deep in the Valley – 2009
Deep in the Valley interlaces a story of young romance set in Yanaka (part of old downtown Tokyo) with a Japanese period drama based on Five-Story Pagoda, a classic literary work by Rohan Koda. In the contemporary story, Kaori, a young woman working for a non-profit organization that restores home movies, learns that there usedContinue reading “Deep in the Valley – 2009”
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