FESTIVALS 11/20-28 : GOA International Film Festival
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1. Gamperaliya (1963)
105 min | Drama
A girl is forced into a loveless marriage by her family.
Director: Lester James Peries | Stars: Punya Heendeniya, Henry Jayasena, Wickrema Bogoda, Trelicia Gunawardena
Votes: 189
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2. The Damned (1969)
R | 157 min | Drama, War
The dramatic collapse of a wealthy, industrialist/Junker family during the reign of the Third Reich.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Ingrid Thulin, Helmut Griem, Helmut Berger
Votes: 9,925 | Gross: $0.63M
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3. Dreaming Youth (1974)
74 min | Drama
Herbert's life is seemingly uneventful, but his father's circumstances deteriorate because of his left-wing connections, until he falls ill and dies.
Director: János Rózsa | Stars: Zoltán Csoma, Csaba Damenija, Loránd Lohinszky, Eva Ras
Votes: 26
05
4. Older Brother, Younger Sister (1976)
88 min | Drama
Members of a country family react differently to the return of daughter Mon from a town factory.While the men are angry she is pregnant with no husband, the women show kindness.
Director: Tadashi Imai | Stars: Kumiko Akiyoshi, Masao Kusakari, Kimiko Ikegami, Hideji Ôtaki
Votes: 19
06
5. Hungarian Rhapsody (1979)
103 min | Drama, History
The first chapter of a two-part dramatized history of Hungary, from the turn of the century, to World War II.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: György Cserhalmi, Lajos Balázsovits, Gábor Koncz, Udo Kier
Votes: 253
07
6. The Unknown Soldier's Patent Leather Shoes (1979)
85 min | Drama
This is a story of lifetime. A story full of spiritual power biography, behind which stays a whole age in the national development of Bulgaria.
Director: Rangel Vulchanov | Stars: Slavka Ankova, Emiliya Myrynska, Ivan Stoychev, Borislav Tsankov
Votes: 344
08
7. Aakrosh (1980)
144 min | Crime, Drama, Music
A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.
Director: Govind Nihalani | Stars: Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri
Votes: 1,183
08
8. The Bostonians (1984)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama, Romance
A Boston feminist and a conservative Southern lawyer contend for the heart and mind of a beautiful and bright girl unsure of her future.
Director: James Ivory | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Tandy, Madeleine Potter
Votes: 2,440 | Gross: $1.01M
10
9. A Cruel Romance (1984)
142 min | Drama, Romance
A bitter story about tender love and its cruel betrayal set in Russia of the 19th century.
Director: Eldar Ryazanov | Stars: Alisa Freyndlikh, Larisa Guzeeva, Nikita Mikhalkov, Andrey Myagkov
Votes: 3,984
10
10. Proshchay, zelen leta... (1985)
91 min | Drama
Director: Elyor Ishmukhamedov | Stars: Fäxräddin Manafov, Furkat Fayziyev, Otabek Mirzaev, Larisa Belogurova
Votes: 18
11
11. Blush (1995)
115 min | Drama
The film charts the fortunes of two women who loved each other as sisters, but whose paths diverge when the Revolution brings an end to their old way of life in the brothel.
Director: Shaohong Li | Stars: Ji Wang, Zhiwen Wang, Saifei He, Liwei Zhang
Votes: 158
27
12. The King of Masks (1995)
91 min | Drama
In a remote area of China, in the 1930s, a street performer named Wang practices the change-mask opera art of bian lian. Seeking to pass his art, Wang buys what he believes to be an orphan boy, but quickly learns his new disciple's secret.
Director: Tian-Ming Wu | Stars: Xu Zhu, Renying Zhou, Zhigang Zhao, Li Chen
Votes: 3,473 | Gross: $1.10M
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13. Karunam (2000)
78 min | Drama
Focussing on the elderly in India and their insecurity, the story centers around an old couple's endless waiting for their son and his family to return from the USA.
Director: Jayaraj | Stars: Vavachan, Eliyamma, Biju Menon, Madampu Kunjukuttan
Votes: 16
31
14. Railroad Man (1999)
112 min | Drama
The touching reminiscing of an elderly railroad-station manager is interrupted by the sudden appearance of some good-natured girls.
Director: Yasuo Furuhata | Stars: Ken Takakura, Shinobu Ôtake, Ryôko Hirosue, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 1,325
31
15. Pisma k Elze (2002)
108 min | Drama
Director: Igor Maslennikov | Stars: Yuliya Mavrina, Aristarkh Livanov, Zinaida Kirienko, Alla Demidova
Votes: 75
33
16. At Five in the Afternoon (2003)
105 min | Drama
In a post-Taliban Afghanistan a young woman (Agheleh Rezaie) attends school against her conservative father's will, hoping to learn more about democracy to fulfill her dream of being the country's next president.
Director: Samira Makhmalbaf | Stars: Agheleh Rezaie, Abdolgani Yousefrazi, Marzieh Amiri, Razi Mohebi
Votes: 1,575
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17. Beautiful City (2004)
98 min | Drama, Romance
In Islamic Iran, how much is a woman worth in comparison with a man, and who pays the difference? This film is tale of vengeance, labyrinthine judicial procedure & the concept of "blood money."
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Faramarz Gharibian, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Ansari, Ahoo Kheradmand
Votes: 6,200
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18. Iron Island (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
Some poor people in the Southern coasts of Iran do not have any place to live, and thus, they reside on an old, abandoned ship in the sea. Captain Nemat, their chief, tries to persuade the ... See full summary »
Director: Mohammad Rasoulof | Stars: Ali Nasirian, Hossein Farzizade, Neda Pakdaman, Didar Razzaghi Shirazi
Votes: 998 | Gross: $0.02M
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19. Ti tou jiang (2006)
107 min | Drama
An old man of ninety-three who has been a barber for more than 80 years. He quietly lives on his own in the old areas of Peking which he gradually sees disappearing. Despite his age, he ... See full summary »
Director: Chaolu Hasi | Stars: Kui Jing, Liping You
Votes: 93
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20. The Wall (2008 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
Martina Gedeck, star of the Academy Award-winning film THE LIVES OF OTHERS, brings a vivid intensity to this mysterious and riveting tale of survival set in a spectacularly beautiful ... See full summary »
Director: Chih-Ju Lin | Stars: An-Shun Yu, Yukihiko Kageyama, Alice Tsai-yi Huang, Wen-Hsi Lan
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21. Tulpan (2008)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
On the steppes of Kazakhstan, Asa lives in a yurt with his sister Samal, her husband Ondas, and their three children. Ondas is a herdsman, tough and strong. It's dry, dusty, and windy; too ... See full summary »
Director: Sergei Dvortsevoy | Stars: Askhat Kuchinchirekov, Tolepbergen Baisakalov, Samal Yeslyamova, Ondassyn Bessikbassov
Votes: 3,373 | Gross: $0.16M
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22. Cannot Live Without You (2009)
93 min | Drama
A down and out man and his daughter live in an illegal hovel. The two live a happy peaceful life until the authorities intervene when the child reaches school age.
Director: Leon Dai | Stars: Yo Hsuan Chao, Akira Chen, Chih-Ju Lin, Sze-Chi Lo
Votes: 613
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23. Moner Manush (2010)
150 min | Biography
The movie is about a poet and singer Lalon Fakir who belongs to a mystic music cult called Baul and who believes and inculcates that the value of a human being is above the narrow belief of religions.
Director: Goutam Ghose | Stars: Prasenjit Chatterjee, Shahed Ali, Raisul Islam Asad, Champa
Votes: 1,461
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24. Porfirio (2011)
101 min | Comedy, Drama
Living between his bed and his wheelchair, Porfirio - a man who lives in a town on the edge of the Amazon - dreams of being able to fly.
Director: Alejandro Landes | Stars: Porfirio Ramirez Aldana, Jarlinsson Ramirez Reinoso, Yor Jasbleidy Santos Torres
Votes: 312
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25. Alms for a Blind Horse (2011)
Unrated | 112 min | Drama
A day in the life of a family in a village in Punjab as they deal with social and labor trials and inequities, leading to a night of a lunar eclipse.
Director: Gurvinder Singh | Stars: Samuel John, Mal Singh, Serbjeet Kaur, Dharminder Kaur Maan
Votes: 319
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26. Beatriz's War (2013)
101 min | Drama, History, War
16 years after Beatriz's husband disappears during a brutal massacre by occupying Indonesian forces, she is troubled by his mysterious return: is he the young man she had lost or is he an impostor?
Directors: Luigi Acquisto, Bety Reis | Stars: Irim Tolentino, Augusta Soares, José da Costa, Osme Gonsalves
Votes: 98
44
27. Leviathan (2014)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Aleksey Serebryakov, Elena Lyadova, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov
Votes: 56,903 | Gross: $1.09M
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28. Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Not Rated | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolívar, Brionne Davis
Votes: 24,454 | Gross: $1.33M
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29. Daughter (2016)
103 min | Drama
A young girl leaves her hometown in south of Iran for a half day trip without permission of her strict father to attend a close friend's goodbye party. In her way back home hazy weather changes all she had planned.
Director: Reza Mirkarimi | Stars: Farhad Aslani, Merila Zare'i, Mahoor Alvand, Ebtessam Baghlani
Votes: 1,279
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30. 120 BPM (2017)
Not Rated | 143 min | Drama
Members of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.
Director: Robin Campillo | Stars: Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz
Votes: 16,739 | Gross: $0.13M
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31. Donbass (2018)
122 min | Drama
In eastern Ukraine, society begins to degrade as the effects of propaganda and manipulation begin to surface in this post-truth era.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa | Stars: Tamara Yatsenko, Irina Zayarmiuk, Grigory Masliuk, Olesya Zhurakivska
Votes: 4,930
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32. Particles (2019)
98 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
As winter sets in and P.A. sees the world shifting around him, he starts to observe strange phenomena in the environment. The changes are imperceptible at first, but gradually his whole world seems to be on the brink.
Director: Blaise Harrison | Stars: Thomas Daloz, Néa Lüders, Salvatore Ferro, Emma Josserand
Votes: 310
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33. Into the Darkness (2020)
152 min | Drama, History, War
Denmark, April 9th, 1940. Danish industrialist (portrayed by Jesper Christensen of James Bond fame) , cooperates and profits from the German occupation of Denmark. While his family finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.
Director: Anders Refn | Stars: Jesper Christensen, Bodil Jørgensen, Mads Reuther, Gustav Dyekjær Giese
Votes: 1,734
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34. Ringu wandaringu (2021)
104 min | Drama, Fantasy
Sosuke lives in Tokyo and aspires to be a manga artist. He has reached a dead end in his current work about a battle between a hunter and a wolf. One day at the construction site where he makes a living, Sosuke finds an animal skull.
Director: Masakazu Kaneko | Stars: Shô Kasamatsu, Junko Abe, Ken Yasuda, Reiko Kataoka
Votes: 72
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35. I Have Electric Dreams (2022)
102 min | Drama
Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
Director: Valentina Maurel | Stars: Daniela Marín Navarro, Reinaldo Amien, Vivian Rodriguez, Adriana Castro García
Votes: 946
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36. Endless Borders (2023)
111 min | Drama, Thriller
Complicated entanglements occur in a border village when an exiled Iranian teacher finds himself helping a refugee Afghan family fleeing the Taliban.
Director: Abbas Amini | Stars: Pourya Rahimi Sam, Minoo Sharifi, Hamed Alipour, Behafarid Ghafarian
Votes: 153
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