#960: The Whale Hunter

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zh2zuil89gpwmdpx4gxd76ll3rf#960 – The Whale Hunter, (고래사냥), 1984, Bae Chang-ho
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The shy Byung-tae has a crush on Mi-ran, a college student. He fails to win her over. Disheartened, Byung-tae runs away from home in search of something more. He wanders the streets when he meets and hangs out with Min-wu, a beggar. They walk around the city when they meet Chun-ja, a mute maiden, in the red district. With Min-wu’s support, Byung-tae wants to help recover Chun-ja’s voice and find her hometown. They rescue Chun-ja and head for her hometown.

#965: Taste of Cherry

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8m8dylbf6trvchpayvjjt3vjqmf#965 – Taste of Cherry, (طعم گيلاس), 1997, Abbas Kiarostami
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A middle-aged Tehranian man, Mr. Badii is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise. Driving around the city, the seemingly well-to-do Badii meets with numerous people, including a Muslim student, asking them to take on the job, but initially he has little luck. Eventually, Badii finds a man who is up for the task because he needs the money, but his new associate soon tries to talk him out of committing suicide.

#966: Salvatore Giuliano

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uaftcd0y2mecctfyhohj6irwyz#966 – Salvatore Giuliano, 1962, Francesco Rosi
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Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano’s bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero. Filming in the exact locations and enlisting a cast of native Sicilians once impacted by the real Giuliano, director Francesco Rosi harnessed the facts and myths surrounding the true story of the bandit’s death to create a startling exposé of Sicily and the tangled relations between its citizens, the Mafia, and government officials.