#860 – The Chaser, (추격자), 2008, Na Hong-jin
Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.
#861 – 13 Assassins, (十三人の刺客), 2010, Takashi Miike
A bravado period action film set at the end of Japan’s feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war-torn future.
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#862 – The English Patient, 1996, Anthony Minghella
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
#863 – The Coachman, (마부), 1961, Kang Dae-jin
A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are making carts obsolete. The children are experiencing difficulties as well. The eldest son has flunked the bar exam twice and is not hopeful of passing it a third time to become a lawyer. The eldest daughter is mute and married to an abusive husband. The younger daughter tries to pose as a rich university student to move up in life. The youngest son has a penchant for petty theft.
#864 – The March of Fools, (바보들의 행진), 1975, Ha Gil-jong
The story is set in the 1970s during the period of military dictatorship. Schools were frequently closed and society seemed to face bleak prospects on all fronts. Nonetheless, Byung Tae, a college student, enjoys pursuing romance in blind group dates. It’s during one of these ventures that he meets Young-ja, a French literature student.
#865 – Madame Freedom, (자유부인), 1956, Han Hyeong-mo
A professor’s wife, O Seon-yeong, starts working at a boutique shop. She meets Choe Yun-ju and goes to a dance party. She happens to like Sin Chun-ho, so she learns dancing from the next-door neighbor. Meanwhile, professor Jang is attracted to his student, who works as a typist. But he does not want to ruin his family while waiting for his wife to come home. In the end O realizes her mistake and comes back home with regret.
#866 – Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache, 1924, Fritz Lang
When Kriemhild, thirsty for revenge, marries to Etzel, king of the Huns, she invites King Gunther and his court to visit them, intending to finally take the life of the man responsible of her disgrace.
#867 – Still Life, (三峡好人), 2006, Jia Zhangke
A town in Fengjie county is gradually being demolished and flooded to make way for the Three Gorges Dam. A man and woman visit the town to locate their estranged spouses, and become witness to the societal changes.
#868 – Declaration of Fools, (바보 선언), 1984, Lee Jang-ho
This is a film which ridicules the weaknesses of South Korean society.
#869 – I Vitelloni, 1953, Federico Fellini
Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group’s leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.
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