Fan of World Cinema, esp, Danish, French, Oz, Iranian, American films from the 30’s, especially Indies and British films from the 40's.
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The Class 2007
From Estonia this film examines bullying in the classroom and is as profound a film as you are ever likely to see.
If you ever heard Edmund Burkes famous quote 'All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing', and didn't quite understand his meaning then watch The Class and you will understand clearly. Crystal clearly.
Be advised this film is a most uncomfortable watch and you will be involved and you will be haunted all the way through and possibly beyond.
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La Promesse 1996
Many of my fellow film obsessives whom I follow on this site will be aware of the work of brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne.
In case I need to give a gentle reminder they were behind beauty's like L' enfant, The Kid With a Bike, The Son, Rosetta, The Silence of Lorna.
Having just watched La Promesse I can say it's right up there with the best of them and could actually be my new favourite, even better than…