1996 – Jumbo Cactuar Film Index

#165: Fargo

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6zxla1xwshgchjq0dsltacq8rvn #165 – Fargo, 1996, Joel Coen

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt… but he’s got a plan. He’s going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It’s going to be a snap and nobody’s going to get hurt… until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing – and extremely pregnant – investigator who’ll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom… you betcha!

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#286: Trainspotting

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oytllzri7ovvzthnfa7drufyrol #286 – Trainspotting, 1996, Danny Boyle

Mark Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.

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#304: Crash

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4pdlgjss5uvbqlyjlmz7t85du0p #304 – Crash, 1996, David Cronenberg

After getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.

#313: Secrets & Lies

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a1bdzkbngyxrgl9qdyyxmz5hvab #313 – Secrets & Lies, 1996, Mike Leigh

A middle-aged London factory worker is shocked when the mixed-race daughter she gave up at birth decides to track her down. At first she denies she is her mother. All family members become emotional, as everyone’s secrets are exposed.

#453: Breaking the Waves

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ffefzmq9ee0skwmcqvwd6maofl5 #453 – Breaking the Waves, 1996, Lars von Trier

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman’s paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

#714: Lone Star

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#714 – Lone Star, 1996, John Sayles

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

#850: Comadres: Almost a Love Story

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hjlrajea8zun72lmmatq3fcctb0 #850 – Comrades: Almost a Love Story, (甜蜜蜜), 1996, Peter Chan
Hong Kong

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao and they become friends. As friendship turns into love, problems develop, and although they seem meant for each other they somehow keep missing out.

#862: The English Patient

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niqc0v3lclh99mmmxm49qztio2e #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.

#890: Scream

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iivwx5ygfux7eiberhd5yin0s8l #890 – Scream, 1996, Wes Craven

A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the ‘rules’ of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.

#924: The Day a Pig Fell into the Well

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hzgccwywnrys5vtto6cpyslnrps #924 – The Day a Pig Fell into the Well, (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날), 1996, Hong Sang-soo

A novelist has an affair with two women, finding fulfillment in neither; a married businessman strays from his wife he can’t satisfy; a naive young woman surrenders her dignity for her lover; and a married woman tries to find solace in a frustrating affair.

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