Monika’s Pensieve

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The Accidental Husband (UK/USA, 2008)
Release Date (Poland): 2nd October 2009 (Kino Świat)
Release Date (worldwide): 13th February 2008
Runtime: 90′
Director: Griffin Dunne
Cast: Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Isabella Rossellini
Production House: Blumhouse Productions, Team Todd, Yari Film Group (YFG)
Plot: (from imdb)
When talk radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with [...]

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Szegénylegények (Hungary, 1966)
Runtime: 90′
Director: Miklós Jancsó
Production House: MAFILM IV. Játékfilmstúdió
Plot: (from imdb)
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established, but partisans carry on with violent actions. In order to root out the guerilla, the army rounds up suspects and jails them in an isolated fort. The [...]

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Gohatto (Japan/France/UK, 1999)
Seen: Monday, 22nd June 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 100′
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Ryuhei Matsuda, Shinji Takeda, Tadanobu Asano
Production House: BS Asahi, Bac Films, Canal+, Eisei Gekijo, Imagica Corp., Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Oshima Productions, Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo
Plot: A mysterious teenager joins the militia. His comrades and superiors [...]

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Záhrada (Slovakia/France, 1995)
Seen: Saturday, 6th June 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 99′
Director: Martin Sulík
Cast: Marián Labuda, Roman Luknár, Zuzana Sulajová, Jana Svandová
Production House: Artcam International, Charlie's Bratislava, STV, Slovenská filmová tvorba Koliba (SFT)
Plot: (from imdb)
Jakub’s life arrived at a dead-end. He leaves his job, and gets into conflict with his father. The trouble just grows [...]

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El crimen del padre Amaro (Mexico/Spain/Argentina/France, 2002)
Seen: Friday, 15th May 2009 (DVD, repeat viewing)
Runtime: 114′
Director: Carlos Carrera
Cast: Gael García Bernal, Ana Claudia Talancón, Sancho Gracia, Angélica Aragón, Luisa Huertas, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Gastón Melo, Damián Alcázar, Andrés Montiel
Production House: Alameda Films, Artcam International, Blu Films, Cinecolor, Foprocine, Gobierno del Estado de Veracruz, Ibermedia European [...]

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White King, Red Rubber, Black Death (Belgium/Australia/Canada/Denmark/Finland/France/Germany/Netherlands/UK, 2003)
Seen: Monday, 20th April 2009 (cinema, Afrykamera festival)
Runtime: 84′
Director: Peter Bate
Production House: Périscope Productions, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Arte, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Interkerkelijke Omroep Nederland (IKON), Vlaamse Radio en Televisie (VRT), Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF), Yleisradio (YLE), History Television, SBS Television, Danmarks Radio (DR)
Plot: (from [...]

I’m following up one of my previous post - the Indian police have not found any proof that Raqif Qureshi tried to sell his daughter.

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Waltz with Bashir (Israel/Germany/France/USA/Finland/Switzerland/Belgium/Australia, 2008)
Seen: Monday, 13th April 2009 (cinema)
Runtime: 90′
Director: Ari Folman
Production House: Bridgit Folman Film Gang, Les Films d'Ici, Razor Film Produktion GmbH
Plot: An animated documentary that tries to piece together a memory from the Israeli-Lebanese war in 1982. Where was Ari Folman during the Sabra and Shatila massacre and what was [...]

Just when you think the controversy on Slumdog has finished, it starts over :] It is now reported that the father of Rubina Ali (the little girl who played young Latika) has tried to sell his daughter for 200 000 pounds.

Fortunately, April is not as confusing as March ;) Nothing that I’m veeery excited about though.
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Waltz With Bashir (Israel/Germany/France/USA/Finland/Switzerland/Belgium/Australia, 2008)
Polish Distributor: Against Gravity (3rd April 2009)
I spotted this originally during the Warsaw Film Festival last year.
Che: Part One (France/Spain/USA, 2008)
Polish Distributor: SPInka (3rd April 2009)
Release Date (worldwide): 21st May 2008
Runtime: 126′
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Benicio [...]