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The 64th Cannes Film Festival takes place May 11 through 22, 2011.

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A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick. It features disturbing, violent images, facilitating its social commentary on psychiatry, youth...

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  • Dec 19, 1971

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Arirang

Arirang is a 2011 documentary film written and directed by Kim Ki-duk.

"Arirang is
about Kim Ki-duk
playing 3 roles in 1.
Through Arirang I climb over one hill in life.
Through Arirang I understand human beings, thank the nature, and accept my life...

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  • May 13, 2011

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Bear

Bear is a 2011 short film written and directed by Nash Edgerton.

"Jack means well, but sometimes good intentions have horrible consequences."
Quoting the synopsis from the 2011 Cannes Film Festival site.

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  • 2011

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Beauty

Beauty is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Oliver Hermanus.

"Francois lives a skillfully controlled, well managed life, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Father of two daughters and a devoted husband, he is wholly unprepared when a chance...

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  • May 17, 2011

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Big Muddy

Big Muddy is a 2010 horror short film written by Brian Paccione and directed by Jefferson Moneo.

"A teenage outlaw, on the run with his mother and her good for nothing boyfriend, comes face to face with the past when a mysterious drifter shows up...

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  • 2010

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Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told

Bollywood: The Greatest Love Story Ever Told is a 2011 documentary film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Jeff Zimbalist.

"We love it.
We hate it.
We see it as regressive.
We see it as modern.
Melodramatic or Mythic?

Bollywood.

Some say it...

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  • May 2011

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Bonsai

Bonsái is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Cristián Jiménez.

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  • May 14, 2011

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Cagey Tigers

Cagey Tigers is a 2011 short film written and directed by Aramisova.

"They break hearts but look for true love. They share everything, until they fall in love with the same man. How honest can you be with your own feelings and how to cope with...

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  • 2011

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Changeling

Changeling is a 2011 animation short film written and directed by Maria Steinmetz.

"A film version of the story by Selma Lagerlöf about a married couple, whose child was replaced with a Trollchild."
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Cold

Cold is a 2011 drama short film written by Jørn Kurt Bergo and directed by Lisa Marie Gamlem.

"Cold is a short film about 13 year old Jon, about winter, about being in love and loosing your love and the nausea of a party the day after. And about...

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  • 2011

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Cross Country

Cross Country is a 2011 short film written and directed by Maryna Vroda.

"First a boy is forced to run. Then he runs on his own. Then he watches another one run."
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Days of Grace

Days of Grace is a 2011 thriller film written and directed by Everardo Valerio Gout.

"Mexico City.
2002, 2006, 2010.
A cop. A hostage. A city.
Corruption, violence, revenge.
3 lives, through 30 days and 3 soccer world cups
3 ways to fight for...

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  • May 2011

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Drari

Drari is a 2010 short film written and directed by Kamal Lazraq.

"Casablanca, Ghali and Mohammed.
Chronicle of a friendship between two young men coming from opposite social backgrounds."
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  • 2010

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Drive

Drive is a 2011 action film written by Hossein Amini and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn.

"DRIVE is the story of a Hollywood stunt driver by day, a loner by nature who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld....

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  • May 20, 2011

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Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell

Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell is a 2011 documentary film directed by Rithy Panh.

"Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime caused the death of some 1.8 million people, representing one-quarter of the population of Cambodia.
Kaing Guek Eav...

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  • May 15, 2011

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Duel Before Nightfall

Duel Before Nightfall is a 2010 short film written and directed by Alice Furtado.

"Girl and Boy take a long path that leads them to the point where their lives will change for ever."
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  • 2010

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Elena

Elena is a 2011 drama film written by Oleg Negin and directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev.

"Elena and Vladimir are an older couple, they come from different backgrounds. Vladimir is a wealthy and cold man, Elena comes from a modest milieu and is a docile...

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  • May 21, 2011

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Fly By Night

Fly By Night is a 2010 short film written and directed by Son Tae-gyum.

"A boy whose only family is his elder brother has sex with a man for money. Caught short of cash, the man suggests they meet again the following day and asks for his number....

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  • May 19, 2011

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Footnote

Footnote is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Joseph Cedar.

"FOOTNOTE is the story of a great rivalry between a father and son. Both eccentric professors, they have dedicated their lives to their work. The father seems a stubborn purist who...

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  • May 14, 2011

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Ghost

Ghost is a 2011 thriller short film written and directed by Dahci Ma.

"'Ghost' is a story about a man hiding out in an empty house. The man, who is chased by police, is caught up in a fantasy with extreme hunger and anxiety. However, what he faces...

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  • 2011

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Good Bye

Good Bye is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Mohammad Rasoulof.

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  • May 14, 2011

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Hanezu

Hanezu is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Naomi Kawase.

"The Asuka region is the birthplace of Japan. Here, in ancient times, there were those who fulfilled their lives in the midst of waiting. Modern people, apparently having lost this...

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  • May 18, 2011

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Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai is a 2011 drama film written by Kikumi Yamagishi and directed by Takashi Miike.

"Seeking a noble end, poverty-stricken samurai Hanshiro requests to commit ritual suicide at the House of Ii, run by headstrong Kageyu....

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  • May 19, 2011

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Hard Labor

Hard Labor is a 2011 drama film written by Juliana Rojas and directed by Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra.

"Young housewife Helena decides to open her first business: a grocery store. She hires Paula as a maid to take care of her home and daughter....

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  • May 2011

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House of Tolerance

House of Tolerance is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Bertrand Bonello.

"The dawn of the XXth century: L'Apollonide, a house of tolerance, is living its last days. In this closed world, where some men fall in love and others become...

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  • May 16, 2011

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It Is Nothing

It Is Nothing is a 2011 drama short film written and directed by Nicolas Roy.

"Michel takes care alone of his daughter Mary. Today, their monotonous life turns to tragedy."
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Le Havre

Le Havre is a 2011 comedy/drama film written and directed by Aki Kaurismäki.

"Marcel Marx, a former author and a well-known Bohemian, has retreated into a voluntary exile in the port city of Le Havre, where he feels he has reached a closer rapport...

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  • May 17, 2011

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Leader Sheep

Leadership is a 2011 documentary film written and directed by Christian Rouaud.

"One day of October 1971, Michel Debré, the Minister of Defence, decides to enlarge the military camp of the Larzac.With no prior dialogue with the farmers, he intends...

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  • May 2011

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Loverboy

Loverboy is a 2011 Romanian drama film directed by Cătălin Mitulescu. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.

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  • May 2011

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Lunchbox Story

Bento Monogatari (often translated as 'Lunchbox Story') is a 2010 short film by Pieter Dirkx. It was selected for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in the Cinéfondation section. The film was the director's graduation project at the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas...

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  • 2010

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Martha Marcy May Marlene

Martha Marcy May Marlene is a 2011 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Sean Durkin, and starring Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson, and Hugh Dancy. The plot focuses on a young woman suffering from delusions and...

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  • Jan 21, 2011

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Martha Must Fly

Martha Must Fly is a 2011 short film written by Anat Gafni and directed by Ma'Ayan Rypp.

"Martha is a foreign worker trapped in the employ of a sick old woman who refuses to die. Feeling desperate and lonely, she applies for relocation but is...

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  • May 2011

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Meathead

Meathead is a 2011 drama short film written and directed by Sam Holst.

"Mick is a seventeen year old kid who gets a job at the local meatworks.

The place is challenging and his fellow workers aren’t exactly welcoming of new blood.

It soon...

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  • 2011

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Melancholia

Melancholia is a 2011 drama/sci-fi film written and directed by Lars von Trier.

"Justine and Michael are celebrating their marriage at a sumptuous party in the home of her sister and brother-in-law. Meanwhile, the planet, Melancholia, is heading...

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  • May 18, 2011

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Michael

Michael is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Markus Schleinzer.

"MICHAEL describes the last five months of 10-year-old Wolfgang and 35-year-old Michael’s involuntary life together."
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  • May 14, 2011

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Michel Petrucciani

Michel Petrucciani is a 2011 documentary film written and directed by Michael Radford.

"Afflicted from birth by Brittle Bone Disease, Michel Petrucciani managed to dominate his handicap, becoming a gifted musician of international renown.In this...

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  • May 14, 2011

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Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris is a 2011 romantic comedy fantasy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The plot centers on a small group of Americans visiting the French capital for business and pleasure. The protagonist, a screenwriter, is forced to...

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  • May 13, 2011

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Miss Bala

Miss Bala is a 2011 action film written and directed by Gerardo Naranjo.

"In Mexico, a lawless country, Laura, a young aspiring beauty queen finds her dream turned against her when she unwillingly gets involved with a criminal group at war."...

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  • May 13, 2011

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No More Fear

No More Fear is a 2011 documentary film directed by Mourad Ben Cheik.

"Suffering from Tunisia’s ills, a character in the film says: “This revolution is not the result of destitution, but rather a cry of despair rising from a generation of graduates...

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  • May 18, 2011

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On My Doorstep

On My Doorstep is a 2011 short film written and directed by Anat Costi.

"A young woman is leading a sheltered and lonely life. Compromising her defenses, an event sends her into a spin."
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Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.

"Life in a small town is akin to journeying in the middle of the steppes: the sense that "something new and different" will spring up behind every hill,...

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  • May 21, 2011

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Oslo, August 31st

Oslo, August 31st (Norwegian: Oslo, 31. august) is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It won the prizes for Best Film and Best Cinematography at the...

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  • May 18, 2011

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Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds is a 2011 drama film written by Daniel Dencik and directed by Frederikke Aspöck.

"A desolate, windswept island. Stella and Oskar, a young couple, visit her father Nathan, who lives a lone life in the company of his labrador dog....

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  • Apr 30, 2011

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Outside Satan

Outside Satan (French: Hors Satan) is a 2011 French drama film written and directed by Bruno Dumont. It was filmed under the production title L'Empire, which means "The Empire". It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film...

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  • May 16, 2011

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Pater

Pater is a 2011 drama film directed by Alain Cavalier.

"Vincent Lindon and Alain Cavalier are pals. Like father and son. They sip port in bars dreaming of a film they might make. Together.

Then just once in a while, they don suit and tie. Play...

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  • May 2011

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Paternal Womb

Paternal Womb is a 2011 drama short film written and directed by Megumi Tazaki.

"Akari, a twenty two-year-old woman whose mother has died because of overworking, leaves her factory hometown in her mother’s truck to meet her father, who has...

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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a 2011 adventure fantasy film and the fourth installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Gore Verbinski, who had directed the three previous films, was replaced by Rob Marshall, while Jerry...

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  • May 7, 2011

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Poliss

Poliss is a 2011 drama film written by Emmanuelle Bercot and directed by Maïwenn Le Besco.

"The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over...

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  • May 13, 2011

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Puzzle of a Downfall Child

Puzzle of a Downfall Child is a 1970 film drama directed by Jerry Schatzberg. It stars Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus, and Roy Scheider. A beautiful but disturbed young woman lives alone at a beach cottage, reliving her past, a tissue of delusions and...

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  • Dec 16, 1970

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Restless

Restless is a 2011 romantic drama film written by Jason Lew and directed by Gus Van Sant.

"Annabel Cotton is a beautiful and charming terminal cancer patient with a deep felt love of life and the natural world. Enoch Brae is a young man who has...

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  • Apr 6, 2011

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Salsipuedes

Salsipuedes is a 2011 short film written and directed by Mariano Luque.

"They have been lucky, the camp site is located in a forest with an imposing landscape. The birds are singing gently and, luckily, there aren’t many tourists. Nevertheless,...

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Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Julia Leigh.

"Lucy, a young university student, takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty to fund her studies.
She goes to sleep. She wakes up. And it's as if those hours never existed..."
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  • May 11, 2011

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Soy Tan Feliz

Soy Tan Feliz is a 2011 short film written and directed by Vladimir Durán.

"Fragments of a Saturday winter day. The Vittenzein brothers are alone at their family house. Mateo stops by to pick up his cousins and drive them to the country house where...

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Stopped on Track

Stopped on Track (German: Halt auf freier Strecke) is a 2011 German drama film directed by Andreas Dresen. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the Prize of Un Certain Regard, the top award for...

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  • May 2011

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Suu and Uchikawa

Suu and Uchikawa is a 2010 short film written and directed by Nathanael Carton.

"An elderly Japanese man and his young Burmese partner find their union at threat when the immigration services discover that she resides in Japan illegally."
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Swimsuit 46

Swimsuit 46 is a 2011 drama short film written and directed by Wannes Destoop.

"Chantal, a chubby girl of twelve, is having a hard time finding her way through life. She doesn't have a lot of friends, and at home she can only turn to her stepfather...

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  • Oct 14, 2010

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Swordsmen

Wu Xia or Swordsmen is a 2011 martial arts thriller film directed by Peter Chan and starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tang Wei. Yen also served as the film's action director. It premiered on 13 May 2011 at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in...

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  • May 13, 2011

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Tatsumi

Tatsumi is a 2011 biographical animation film written and directed by Eric Khoo.

"TATSUMI celebrates the life and work of Japanese comics artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. In post-war occupied Japan, young Tatsumi's passion for comics eventually becomes a...

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  • May 17, 2011

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The Agony And Sweat Of The Human Spirit

The Agony and Sweat of the Human Spirit is a 2011 comedy short film written by Joe Bookman and directed by Joe Bookman and D. Jesse Damazo.

"A quiet ukeleleist and his talkative manager struggle to realize their artistic vision in this comic story...

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The Artist

The Artist is a 2011 romance film written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius.

"Hollywood 1927. George Valentin is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For...

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  • May 15, 2011

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