#162 – A Simple Life, (桃姐), 2011, Ann Hui
The relationship between a middle-aged man and the elderly woman, who has been the family’s helper for sixty years.
Tag: 2011
#170: The Tree of Life
#170 – The Tree of Life, 2011, Terrence Malick
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.
#221: A Separation
#221 – A Separation, (جدایی نادر از سیمین), 2011, Asghar Farhadi
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision – to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer’s disease.
#222: Margaret
#222 – Margaret, 2011, Kenneth Lonergan
A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people’s lives.
#377: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
#377 – Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, (Bir zamanlar Anadolu’da), 2011, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
In the rural area around the Anatolian town of Keskin, the local prosecutor, police commissar, and doctor lead a search for a victim of a murder to whom a suspect named Kenan and his mentally challenged brother confessed. However, the search is proving more difficult than expected as Kenan is fuzzy as to the body’s exact location. As the group continues looking, its members can’t help but chat among themselves about both trivia and their deepest concerns in an investigation that is proving more trying than any of them expected.
#449: Drive
#449 – Drive, 2011, Nicolas Winding Refn
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
#553: Melancholia
#553 – Melancholia, 2011, Lars von Trier
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
#566: The Turin Horse
#566 – The Turin Horse, (A torinói ló), 2011, Béla Tarr
A monumental windstorm and an abused horse’s refusal to work or eat signals the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.
#634: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
#634 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, 2011, David Yates
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wizards, Harry discovers a trio of magical objects that endow him with powers to rival Voldemort’s formidable skills.
#662: The Intouchables
#662 – The Intouchables, (Intouchables), 2011, Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache
A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.
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