Sand and Blood Directed by Jeanne Labrune, 1987 Using the mystique of bullfighting as a stepping stone to broader issues, Labrune explores the friendship between Francisco, a gifted matador, and Manuel, a cultivated doctor and musician. In French with English subtitles. More
	Scent of a Woman Directed by Martin Brest, 1992 A retired, disillusioned, career officer (Al Pacino), has accidentally blinded himself, and a working-class student (Chris O'Donnell) is hired to care for him during a long weekend holiday. More
	The Spider's Stratagem Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970 A young man visits the provincial town where his anti-Fascist father was assassinated 30 years earlier, and is rejected by the populace at every turn. In Italian with English subtitles. More
	Summer Vacation: 1999 Directed by Shusuke Kaneko, 1988 Romantic and beautifully realized, this film tells the story of four boys who experience the adolescent birth pangs of romantic love, sexual awareness and jealousy. Left behind at boarding school during their vacation, the teenagers' summer idyll is disrupted by the arrival of another youth who seems to reincarnate a dead friend. In Japanese with English subtitles. More
	The Sun's Burial Directed by Nagisa Oshima, 1960 Oshima's most blatantly amoral and extravagantly violent version of the juvenile delinquency drama, set in a world of rival teenage gangs, pimps and prostitutes. In Japanese with English subtitles. More
	A Tale of Winter Directed by Eric Rohmer, 1994 Charlotte Very plays a woman unhappy with her two current lovers. In the pursuit of simplicity, she begins a torrid affair with an old flame. In French with English subtitles. More
	Taxi Blues Directed by Pavel Lounguine, 1990 Pavel Lounguine's first feature is a critique of contemporary Soviet society, captured through the bleak and paternalistic relationship of a hard-drinking, fascist, anti-Semitic taxi driver and a dependent, alcoholic Jewish saxophonist. In Russian with English subtitles. More
	A Taxing Woman's Return Directed by Juzo Itami, 1989 In this rousing follow-up to his 1987 hit, A Taxing Woman, Juzo Itami brings back his resourceful and charming heroine, tax inspector Ryoko Itakura for another battle of wits against the fat cats and swindlers who thrive in Japan's booming economy. In Japanese with English subtitles. More
	The Travelling Players Directed by Theo Angelopoulos, 1975 Just prior to the election of Papagos in 1952, the members of a Greek acting troupe look back at the cycle of oppression, resistance and betrayal their lives and their country have endured since 1939. In Greek with English subtitles. More
	Une Femme Douce Directed by Robert Bresson, 1969 Sanda plays the role of a young woman who marries a pawn broker (Guy Frangin) but finds she cannot bring herself to adapt her life to his, and so leaps to her death from a Paris balcony. In French with English subtitles. More
	Utamaro and His Five Women Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, 1946 Utamaro stands at the center of the lives of five women who compete for his attention in a film which is remarkably modern for its attitude toward the rights of women. In Japanese with English subtitles. More
	Wild Horses Directed by Marcelo Pineyro, 1995 When an elderly pensioner resorts to bank robbery to recover his $15,000 nest egg, a young employee gives him $500,000 and volunteers to be his hostage. The unlikely duo escapes and hits the road to Patagonia. In Spanish with English subtitles. More
	Without Anesthesia Directed by Andrzej Wajda, 1979 A famous Polish foreign correspondent returns home from a successful assignment abroad only to find his marriage and career falling apart. In Polish with English subtitles. More
	Yaaba Directed by Idrissa Ouedraogo, 1989 While visiting the grave site of her mother, a young boy and his cousin meet an old woman outcast by the village as a witch years before. Warned by his parents to stay away from the woman, the boy is nonetheless drawn into her mysterious world. More

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