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Milarepa- Neten Chokling Rinpoche
- Bhutan,India
- 2006
- 95min
To Neten Chokling Rinpoche, a spiritual head of Bhutan, filmmaking is another way of spiritual practice. The legend of Milarepa, widely known to Tibetan people, can be a perfect ve...
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My Mother Is a Belly Dancer- WONG Ching Po,LEE Kung Lok
- Hong Kong China
- 2006
- 100min
"See Lai- in other words, sloppy housewives suffering from loss of youthfulness, beauty, and passion. When do these typical Hong Kong housewives, living in public housing estates, ...
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Nightmare Detective- TSUKAMOTO Shinya
- Japan
- 2006
- 106min
[Nightmare Detective] is a film that reveals Tsukamoto Shinya`s world as represented by the metallic nature of the city and desire of men in a modified form for a broader audience....
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The Postmodern Life of My Aunt- Ann HUI
- China
- 2006
- 110min
Even though this film is titled [The Postmodern Life of My Aunt], it is oddly about the main character`s pre-modern life. Middle-aged Ye Rutang has moved to Shanghai after separati...
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Rain Dogs- HO Yuhang
- Malaysia,Hong Kong China
- 2006
- 94min
In the familiar frame of a coming-of-age story with delicate touches, [Rain Dogs] ls about the harshness of a boy`s journey to becoming an adult. Wai-Tung, who lives with his mothe...
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Opera Jawa- Garin NUGROHO
- Indonesia
- 2006
- 125min
This is a brand-new type of musical - a musical that one can encounter only from Indonesia. [Opera Java] represents the accomplishment of Garin Nugroho`s ambitious dream to represe...
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The Road- Zhang Jiarui
- China
- 2006
- 114min
When we think of Chinese films that have addressed the topic of the Cultural Revolution, for the most part, we think of the Lost Generation One thing that [The Road] departs from i...
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The Sakais` Happiness- O Mipo
- Japan
- 2006
- 112min
The Sakais lead typical mundane lives in Japan. There are no world-shaking events but they still have their problems. Masakazu, the father, is busy working hard and his remarried w...
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Scream of The Ants- Mohsen MAKHMALBAF
- Iran,India,France
- 2006
- 91min
It seems that Makhmalbaf is now putting himself into idealism. His consistent subject matter is philosophical - fundamental questions of the truth rather than the complex, paradoxi...
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Story of PAO- NGO Quang Hai
- Vietnam
- 2006
- 98min
At first glance, [Story of Pao] is histrionic; it is a melodrama ling of a woman`s suffering from pre-modern patriarchal society. Based on a true story, however, Ngo Quang Hai show...