SHAME

Year: 2011

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Runtime: 1 Hour 41 Minutes

A provocative slow burner that presents sexual obsession, loneliness, and a bittersweet brother-sister relationship through captivating visuals. The natural lighting and the background music give a grim, realistic, and a sober touch to the film. Shudder-inducing, depressing, and mesmerizing.

Rating: 3.5/5

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CAFE DE FLORE

Year: 2011

Genre: Romance/Drama/Mystery

Language: French

Runtime: 2 Hours

An intricately woven story having transcendental undertones that explores infidelity, obsession, passion, and love blended with hallucinatory visuals and resonating music, the driving forces of the film

Rating: 4/5

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ABOUT LOVE

Year: 2005

Genre: Romance

Language: Japanese/Mandarin Chinese

Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes

Three loosely connected stories about love, heartbreak, overcoming language barriers, friendship, and moving on in life are shot distinctively and filled with delightful goodness, warmth, and nostalgia.

Tokyo: A heartwarming story about two strangers coping with their loneliness cross paths one day and what follows next is the start of a sweet blooming romance.

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Taipei: In this bittersweet, cute, and funny piece the language barrier between the two people is effectively captured while generating some unintentional and snappy humor.

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Shanghai: Heartbreak, unnoticed & unexpressed love, and moving on in life are the flavors of this beautiful and poignant segment.

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Collective Rating: 4/5

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