monsieurk's - Rented List
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The Man Without a Past / Lights in the Dusk (2006)Mies vailla menneisyyttä / Laitakaupungin valot
Two classics from famous Finish director Aki Kaurismäki.
The Man Without a Past (2002)Following 'Drifting Clouds', this is the second part of Kaurismdki's Finland trilogy. A man arrives in Helsinki only to be severely beaten and mugged. He sustains some head injuries which means he's lost his memory and so has no choice but to start a completely new life, almost literally.
Lights in the Dusk (2006)
A naive security guard becomes involved with a beautiful and mysterious woman who may have motives that are not so wholesome. The final part of the Finland trilogy.- Director:
- Aki Kaurismäki
- Cast:
- Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemelä
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In the Mouth of Madness (1994)John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness
Horror author Sutter Cane (Jürgen Prochnow) is missing. As crowds turn violent waiting for copies of his latest book, Cane's publishers enlist insurance investigator John Trent (Sam Neill) to find him. With Cane's editor, Linda Styles (Julie Carmen), Trent sets off in search of the elusive author and finds himself trapped in Hobb's End, a town that should only exist within the author's books. As fiction and reality blur, Trent begins to realise that between the lines, beyond the page, somewhere out there in the dark, something evil is waiting to break through. - Director:
- John Carpenter
- Cast:
- Sam Neill, Jürgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen
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Salvatore Giuliano (1962)Wer erschoß Salvatore G.?
The film that made Francesco Rosi's international reputation, this Citizen Kane-style investigative portrait was originally called Sicily 1943-60, as Rosi sought not so much to depict Giuliano himself as the society from which he sprang, in which the police, the Carabinieri and the Mafia all have strong vested interests. Filming in the exact locations and utilising court reports as primary source material, Rosi mainly cast local Sicilians, some of whom knew Giuliano personally. The only professional actors were Frank Wolff (Once Upon a Time in the West} and Salvo Randone (L'Assassino). - Director:
- Francesco Rosi
- Cast:
- Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi
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A Good Marriage (1982)Le Beau Mariage
Sabine (Béatrice Romand), a 25 year old arts student, is having an affair with a married man, Simon (Féodor Atkine). When she realises that he will never leave his wife for her, Sabine decides to go out and find herself a husband. At a wedding party, her friend Clarisse (Arielle Dombasle) introduces her to a 25 year old lawyer named Edmond (André Dussollier). In an instant, Sabine decides that Edmond is the man she will marry, but he disappears before they have a chance to speak properly together. Obsessed with the idea of marrying Edmond, Sabine repeatedly calls him, not realising that marriage is the last thing on Edmond's mind.... - Director:
- Eric Rohmer
- Cast:
- Béatrice Romand, André Dussollier, Féodor Atkine
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