Drama

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La Belle Noiseuse

La Belle Noiseuse

World Cinema · Drama

Jacques Rivette’s exploration of artistry and eroticism, earned him a Grand Prize of the Jury at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and a Palme d'Or nomination.

The Gang of Four

The Gang of Four

Drama

Four young women share a house on the outskirts of Paris and study acting under a demanding teacher. Outside class, each is questioned by a mysterious investigator on the trail of a former roommate who may be involved in a criminal enterprise.

Joan the Maid - Parts 1 & 2

Joan the Maid - Parts 1 & 2

History · World Cinema · Drama

Director Jacques Rivette's two-part epic based on the life of Joan of Arc.

Kadosh

Kadosh

Cannes Film Festival · Drama · World Cinema

"Incandescent" portrayals by two Israeli actresses illuminate the plight of women within Orthodox Judaism today. Using superb cinematography, ethnic music, and authentic Jerusalem locations, Israel's best known filmmaker renders a heartbreaking chamber story of two sisters and their broken marriages…

Kedma

Kedma

War · Cannes Film Festival · Drama

May 1948, some days before the creation of the state of Israel. Upon arrival in Palestine, a boat of concentration camp survivors is confronted by hostile British soldiers. The hopeful emigrants have then to follow the Jewish forces to immediately take up arms against the Arabs.

Kippur

Kippur

War · Cannes Film Festival · Historic Drama

Acclaimed filmmaker Amos Gitai's semi-autobiographical account of the 1973 Yom Kippur war from the point of view of a young soldier. Kippur is not a traditional "blood, guts and glory" war film. There are no men in battle, only the rescue crews trying to pick up the broken pieces. Kippur is the shel…

Love on the Ground

Love on the Ground

Drama

Jane Birkin and Geraldine Chaplin star as theatre troupe members who are invited by a mysterious playwright/director to perform in a strange mansion.

Rabin, The Last Day

Rabin, The Last Day

Based on True Story · World Cinema · Drama

Lauded director Amos Gitai (Kippur) delves into the prelude and aftermath of the 1995 assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in this gripping docudrama.

Secret Defense

Secret Defense

Drama

When a brilliant scientist (Sandrine Bonnaire) discovers that her father did not die accidentally but was murdered by a family friend, she swears vengeance.

Shikun

Shikun

Drama

A diverse cross-section of Israeli society converges in a single multi-use building. As people of different languages, origins, and generations come together in highly theatrical encounters, they grapple with the current state of affairs.

The Nun (1965) aka La Religieuse

The Nun (1965) aka La Religieuse

Based on Literature · World Cinema · Drama

Adapted from Denis Diderot’s novel, THE NUN (1965) follows a rebellious nun (played by an incandescent Anna Karina) who is forced into taking her vows. Initially shunted into a restrictive, torturous convent, she eventually moves on to a more liberated one, where she becomes an object of Mothe…

Up, Down, Fragile

Up, Down, Fragile

Drama

Inspired by the backstage Hollywood musicals of the 1930s, this later period Rivette recounts the adventures of three young women (Nathalie Richard, Marianne Denicourt, Laurence Côte) in Paris, each at a turning point in her life – and with a musical number (or two)!