- Released in France as La Kermesse Heroique, Carnival in Flanders is set during the long-ago war between the Dutch and Spanish. A tiny village in Flanders is invaded by Spanish troops. The townsfolk have heard of Spanish cruelties in other towns, and decide to deflect the vanquishers by playing dead. This isn't terribly…
- This apocalyptic parable carries within it a clear echo of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. This unforgiving exploration of the Czech mentality tells the tale of a troupe of wandering actors who perform a passion play in some unnamed village. Fear of some unknown danger breaks out in the village, which is cut off f…
- ynopsis from Time Out Film Guide Between the seemingly idyllic opening and closing scenes depicting a rural community, first at church, then at the village festival, Fleischmann attacks that community's prejudices and ignorance without remorse. His very precisely observed portrait of Bavarian life begins with little mo…
- 申东赫1983年11月19日出生在朝鲜的再教育营，他一出生就是一名政治犯。他的父母是两名得到当局允许而结婚的囚犯。申东赫在14号收容所——实际上是死亡集中营——里度过了整个童年和青年时期。他从6岁起就被迫劳动，忍饥挨饿，遭受狱警残酷的殴打和折磨。他对铁丝网外面的世界一无所知。 直到23岁，他才在一个老囚犯的帮助下设法逃脱。用了几…
