Extramarital affairs don’t get any more enigmatic and impenetrable than Resnais’ hypnotic Venice Golden Lion-winning anti-romance that boldly discards structure and narrative, leaving only unreliable memories and narrators.
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Extramarital affairs don’t get any more enigmatic and impenetrable than Resnais’ hypnotic Venice Golden Lion-winning anti-romance that boldly discards structure and narrative, leaving only unreliable memories and narrators.
This early Godard sees Anna Karina at her most bewitching (those soul-staring eyes that break the fourth wall!) as the auteur reinvents the ‘rom-com’ with wilful abandon and artistry.
Demy’s first feature is a modest, warm-spirited take on the bittersweet nature of past romances, transient acquaintances and the desire to find greener pastures.
Quite a strong debut by Pasolini in the tradition of neorealism, with a harsh, fatalistic tone.
This Silver Berlin Bear winner is one of the great tear-jerking melodramas from the Golden Age of Korean cinema, depicting the struggles of a working-class family as they find their self-respect and dignity constantly being attacked.
A solid WWII melodrama by the great Korean master Kim Ki-young about an impossible romance between a Korean soldier forced to serve the Japanese imperial army, and a Japanese woman with radical thinking of her own.