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Little Moth (血蝉)
Little Moth (血蝉, Xue chan) is Peng Tao's 2007 Chinese independent drama, adapted from Bai Tianguang's novel, about a disabled girl sold into begging; it premiered at Locarno 2007 and won Cairo's Golden Pyramid.
Lost in Beijing (苹果)
Lost in Beijing (苹果, Pingguo) is Li Yu's 2007 Chinese drama starring Fan Bingbing, Tong Dawei, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and Elaine Jin, about two Beijing couples entangled by a rape, pregnancy, and a money-for-baby contract; it premiered at Berlin 2007, earned about RMB 18 million in China, and was banned by SARFT in 2008 with its producer barred for two years.
Lourdes (2009 film)
Lourdes is Jessica Hausner's 2009 Austrian-French-German drama starring Sylvie Testud as Christine, a wheelchair-using multiple sclerosis patient healed on a pilgrimage to Lourdes; it won the FIPRESCI Prize at Venice 2009.
Madeinusa
Madeinusa (2006) is Claudia Llosa's debut feature, a Peru-Spain drama set in an Andean village where sin is suspended during Holy Time; starring Magaly Solier, it won FIPRESCI at Rotterdam.
Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
Marie Antoinette (2006) is Sofia Coppola's Versailles-set drama starring Kirsten Dunst and Jason Schwartzman, based on Antonia Fraser's The Journey; booed at Cannes, a box-office disappointment, but winner of Milena Canonero's third Oscar for costumes.
Middle Men (film)
Middle Men (2009) is a George Gallo crime comedy-drama starring Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, and Gabriel Macht about the birth of internet porn billing, based on producer Christopher Mallick; it cost $22 million and grossed under $1 million.
Miss Potter
Miss Potter (2006) is a biographical drama directed by Chris Noonan, starring Renée Zellweger as Beatrix Potter and Ewan McGregor as Norman Warne; 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 57, $3.0M US box office.
Night and Fog (天水围的夜与雾) (2009 film)
Night and Fog (天水圍的夜與霧) is Ann Hui's 2009 Hong Kong drama, second of her Tin Shui Wai diptych after The Way We Are, starring Simon Yam and Zhang Jingchu, adapted from the real 2004 Tin Yat Estate family massacre.
Palermo Shooting
Palermo Shooting is a 2008 drama by Wim Wenders, in competition at Cannes, starring Campino as a Düsseldorf photographer who flees to Palermo, meets Giovanna Mezzogiorno's restorer, and is pursued by Dennis Hopper's Death.
Peaceful Warrior
Peaceful Warrior (2006) is a drama directed by Victor Salva, adapted from Dan Millman's novel Way of the Peaceful Warrior, starring Scott Mechlowicz, Nick Nolte as Socrates, and Amy Smart; Lionsgate released it June 2, 2006.
Requiem (2006 film)
Requiem (2006 film): German drama by Hans-Christian Schmid starring Sandra Hüller as epileptic student Michaela Klingler, inspired by the 1976 Anneliese Michel exorcism death; Silver Bear winner at Berlinale 2006, distinct from The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Secret Sunshine (밀양)
Secret Sunshine (밀양, Milyang) is Lee Chang-dong's 2007 South Korean drama starring Jeon Do-yeon and Song Kang-ho, about a widow in Miryang whose son is murdered; Jeon won Cannes Best Actress 2007.
Still Life (2006 film)
Still Life (三峡好人, Sanxia haoren) is Jia Zhangke's 2006 China/Hong Kong drama set in Fengjie during Three Gorges Dam demolition; a miner and a nurse search for lost spouses. It won the Golden Lion at the 63rd Venice Film Festival.
Still Walking (歩いても 歩いても)
Still Walking (歩いても 歩いても, Aruitemo aruitemo) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2008 Japanese family drama, a tribute to his late mother, following the Yokoyama family's one-day reunion on the anniversary of eldest son Junpei's drowning; it won San Sebastián's CEC Award and the Asian Film Award for Best Director.
Sway (ゆれる)
Sway (ゆれる, Yureru) is a 2006 Japanese psychological drama, Miwa Nishikawa's second feature after Snake Ichigo, screened at Cannes Directors' Fortnight. Brothers Takeru (Odagiri Joe) and Minoru (Kagawa Teruyuki) are torn apart when childhood friend Chieko falls from a suspension bridge and Minoru is tried for murder.
Syndromes and a Century (แสงศตวรรษ)
Syndromes and a Century (แสงศตวรรษ, Sang Sattawat) is a 2006 Thai art film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, his fourth feature, a two-part hospital story inspired by his physician parents, banned from Thai release after censors demanded four cuts.
Taking Father Home (背鸭子的男孩)
Taking Father Home (背鸭子的男孩) is Ying Liang's 2005 Chinese independent debut feature: a 17-year-old Sichuan boy searches Zigong for his absent father with two ducks, ending in patricide; made for about $5,000 on DV, it won Tokyo FILMeX and other festival prizes.
The Baader Meinhof Complex
The Baader Meinhof Complex (Der Baader Meinhof Komplex) is Uli Edel's 2008 German drama, adapted by Bernd Eichinger from Stefan Aust's 1985 book, dramatizing the Red Army Faction from 1967 to the German Autumn of 1977.
The City of Your Final Destination
The City of Your Final Destination is a 2009 James Ivory romantic drama, scripted by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala from Peter Cameron's 2002 novel, in which Omar Metwally's student seeks permission to biographize Jules Gund from Hopkins, Linney, and Gainsbourg in Uruguay.
The Duchess (film)
The Duchess (2008) is Saul Dibb's biographical drama starring Keira Knightley as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, adapted from Amanda Foreman's 1998 Whitbread-winning biography; it won the 2009 Oscar and BAFTA for Best Costume Design.
The Edge of Heaven
The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite; Yaşamın Kıyısında) is Fatih Akin's 2007 German-Turkish drama about six lives crossing between Germany and Turkey; it won Cannes Best Screenplay 2007 and the 2008 German Film Award for Best Film.
The Edge of Love
The Edge of Love is a 2008 British drama directed by John Maybury, written by Sharman Macdonald, starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy, and Matthew Rhys as Dylan Thomas's wartime circle.
The Kite Runner (film)
The Kite Runner (film): 2007 drama directed by Marc Forster, screenplay by David Benioff from Khaled Hosseini's novel, starring Khalid Abdalla, shot mainly in Dari in China, banned in Afghanistan, Oscar-nominated.
The Milk of Sorrow
The Milk of Sorrow (La teta asustada, 2009) is Claudia Llosa's Peruvian-Spanish drama starring Magaly Solier as Fausta, who carries trauma transmitted through breast milk from Peru's armed conflict; it won the 2009 Golden Bear and was Oscar-nominated.
The Other Half
The Other Half (另一半, Ling yi ban) is Ying Liang's 2006 Chinese independent DV film, 111 minutes, about law clerk Xiaofen in Zigong, Sichuan; it won the Tokyo FilmEx Special Jury Prize and Jeonju's Woosuk Award.
The Poker House
The Poker House is Lori Petty's 2008 semiautobiographical directorial debut drama about her Iowa teenage years, starring Jennifer Lawrence as Agnes, Selma Blair as the mother, with Chloë Grace Moretz; premiered at LA Film Festival, released 2009.
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (姨妈的后现代生活)
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (姨妈的后现代生活, Yi ma de hou xian dai sheng huo) is a 2006 Ann Hui serio-comedy starring Siqin Gaowa and Chow Yun-fat, adapted from Yan Yan's novel, about a retired Shanghai woman swindled out of her savings who returns to Anshan; it won two 2008 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The Secret of the Grain
The Secret of the Grain (La Graine et le Mulet) is Abdellatif Kechiche's 2007 French drama about laid-off Sète shipyard worker Slimane Beiji opening a couscous restaurant on a boat; it won the Venice Special Jury Prize and four Césars.
The Song of Sparrows (آواز گنجشکها)
The Song of Sparrows (آواز گنجشکها, Avaze gonjeshk-ha) is Majid Majidi's 2008 Iranian drama about Karim, a fired ostrich-farm worker driving a motorcycle taxi in Tehran; it won Reza Naji the Berlin Silver Bear and was Iran's Oscar submission.
The Way We Are (天水围的日与夜)
The Way We Are (天水圍的日與夜) is Ann Hui's 2008 Cantonese drama set in Tin Shui Wai's public housing estates, following a widowed supermarket worker, her son, and a neighbor; shot on HD digital on a low budget, it won four 2009 Hong Kong Film Awards.