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Emily Watson

Stellan Skarsgård

Katrin Cartlidge

Jean-Marc Barr

Adrian Rawlins

Jonathan Hackett

Sandra Voe

Udo Kier

Mikkel Gaup

Roef Ragas

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

Lars von Trier

Breaking the Waves

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Charles DeLoach

Connor

The Restless Cinematography of BREAKING THE WAVES

Trailer (1996)

Official Trailer

Bodil Jørgensen

Jens Albinus

Anne Louise Hassing

Troels Lyby

Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Louise Mieritz

Henrik Prip

Luis Mesonero

Trine Michelsen

Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis

A group of people gather at a Copenhagen suburban home to break all the limitations and to bring out the 'inner idiot' in themselves.

The Idiots

Lal Lala

Jacob

Karl Ove Knausgaard on Lars Von Trier's The Idiots

Anne Wiazemsky

Walter Green

François Lafarge

Jean-Claude Guilbert

Philippe Asselin

Pierre Klossowski

Nathalie Joyaut

Marie-Claire Fremont

Jean-Joël Barbier

The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.

Robert Bresson

Au Hasard Balthazar

Aram

Radmehr Shirzady

José Gama Guimaraes Netoo

"Au hasard Balthazar" | "Наудачу, Бальтазар", 1966 (Rialto Pictures trailer, english subs)

Donald Richie on Au Hasard Balthazar

Liv Ullmann

Ingrid Thulin

Kari Sylwan

Harriet Andersson

Erland Josephson

Georg Årlin

Anders Ek

Henning Moritzen

Ingmar Bergman

Ingrid Sandell

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.

Cries and Whispers

Drew

Ines

Fabrice Nozier

Cries & Whispers (1972) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

AFS Presents: Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers

Three Reasons: Cries and Whispers

Brigitte Mira

El Hedi ben Salem

Irm Hermann

Barbara Valentin

Elma Karlowa

Anita Bucher

Gusti Kreissl

Doris Mattes

Margit Symo

Katharina Herberg

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night she goes to a bar frequented by Arab immigrants and strikes up a friendship with middle-aged mechanic Ali. Their relationship soon develops into something more, and Emmi's family and neighbors criticize their spontaneous marriage. Soon Emmi and Ali are forced to confront their own insecurities about their future.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

Jordan Snyder

Josh

Brenna

Observations on Film Art: The Stripped-Down Style of ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL

AFS Presents: Ali: Fear Eats The Soul

Mark Kermode reviews Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Fear Eats the Soul (1974) | BFI Player

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Björk

Catherine Deneuve

David Morse

Peter Stormare

Joel Grey

Cara Seymour

Vladica Kostic

Vincent Paterson

Siobhan Fallon Hogan

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.

Dancer in the Dark

Steven Sanders

Alan John Gerstle

I've Seen It All

AFS Presents: DANCER IN THE DARK

Original Trailer

Monica Vitti

Gabriele Ferzetti

Lea Massari

Dominique Blanchar

Renzo Ricci

James Addams

Dorothy De Poliolo

Lelio Luttazzi

Giovanni Petrucci

Esmeralda Ruspoli

Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.

Michelangelo Antonioni

L'Avventura

Angela

Alberto Mondalban

Taylor

L'Avventura (1960) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Observations on Film Art: The Restraint of L’AVVENTURA

Three Reasons: L'avventura

Michelangelo Antonioni's L'AVVENTURA - U.S. Re-release trailer

L'avventura - Monica Vitti on the Film's Premiere

Elio Bartolini

Tonino Guerra

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Homayoun Ershadi

Abdolrahman Bagheri

Safar Ali Moradi

Mir Hossein Noori

Elham Imani

Afshin Khorshid Bakhtiari

Ahmad Ansari

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.

Abbas Kiarostami

Taste of Cherry

NVDB

Joao 

Özge 

Taste of Cherry | Modern Trailer

Trailer for "Taste of Cherry"

Max von Sydow

Gertrud Fridh

Georg Rydeberg

Naima Wifstrand

Ulf Johansson

Gudrun Brost

Bertil Anderberg

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

Hour of the Wolf

Vanja

Pedro Augusto

Jan Rudolf

"Hour of the Wolf" Trailer

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Gunnar Björnstrand

Lars Passgård

Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.

Through a Glass Darkly

Chuck

David Zimmerman

Through a Glass Darkly (1961) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

"Through a Glass Darkly" Wins Foreign Language Film: 1962 Oscars

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Birgit Doll

Dieter Berner

Leni Tanzer

Silvia Fenz

Robert Dietl

Georg Friedrich

Udo Samel

Elisabeth Rath

Georges Kern

Meat Loaf

Chronicles three years of a middle-class family seemingly caught up in their daily routines, troubled only by minor incidents. Behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, however, they're planning something much more sinister.

Michael Haneke

The Seventh Continent

Jerry Janski

Diogo

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The Seventh Continent - Der siebente Kontinent 1989 (trailer)

Johanna Teicht

Henrik Malberg

Birgitte Federspiel

Emil Hass Christensen

Preben Lerdorff Rye

Cay Kristiansen

Ejner Federspiel

Gerda Nielsen

Sylvia Eckhausen

Ann Elisabeth Groth

Susanne Rud

The three sons of devout Danish farmer Morten have widely disparate religious beliefs. Youngest son Anders shares his father's religion, but eldest son Mikkel has lost his faith, while middle child Johannes has become delusional and proclaims that he is Jesus Christ himself. When Mikkel's wife, Inger goes into a difficult childbirth, everyone's beliefs are put to the test.

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Ordet

John

Ordet (1955) - trailer

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