Film Movement (Firm)
1) Night out
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Saturday night in Berlin. A colorful mix of hetero and gay singles, couples and polyamorous, craving fun explore the city and their relationships for different reasons. Their journey will lead them into a frenetic night where anything goes, portraying an array of contemporary nightlife possibilities. Loaded, passionate, and sweaty, the stories of our protagonists ultimately intertwine in the KitKatClub. At the break of dawn, and after a series of...
Series
Film Movement volume 2, film 5
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
"Al, a young man from a modest background, is ten days away from marrying the daughter of his boss, along with succeeding him as the head of the car dealership where Al has been working for most of his life. One night, while coming back drunk from his bachelor party, Al commits a hit-and-run when he hits a man by accident and is urged to leave the scene of the crime by his two childhood friends who are with him in the car. The next day, gnawed by...
3) El Bola
Series
Film Movement volume 1, film 1
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Pablo (El Bola) is a 12-year-old boy raised in a violent and unforgiving environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he retreats from his classmates, engaging them only through a dangerous game.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Heated tempers, frustrated desires and dashed hopes plague a diverse group of individuals whose lives cross paths in Mexico City. There is the bar-owner₂s son, Chava, who yearns to immigrate to America. A poor barber, Abel, is madly in love with the gorgeous Alma, who eventually becomes a high-class prostitute. Finally, there is Susanita, the desperate spinster who pursues many love affairs in hopes of finding a husband. Adapted from the novel of...
5) La Sirga
Series
Film Movement volume 11, film 4
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (90, 14 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Alicia is helpless. War memories invade her mind like threatening thunder. Uprooted by the armed conflict, she tries to reshape her life in La Sirga, a dilapidated hostel on the shores of a great lake in the highlands of the Andes. There, on a swampy and murky beach, she will try to settle down until her fears and the threat of war resurface again. --http://www.filmmovement.com.
War refugee Alicia tries to repair her life in the safety of a dilapidated...
7) Aliyah
Series
Film Movement volume 2, film 3
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (NTSC, 88 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Alex, a young Parisian drug dealer, longs to make a new beginning by opening a restaurant in Tel Aviv with his cousin and make "aliyah", the immigration of Diaspora Jews to Israel, but he must face conflicts that include leaving the city he loves, drug dealing, his complicated love life with a new woman, and a troubled older brother whom he is always financially rescuing.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One of the greatest ballet dancers of his generation, Rudolph Nureyev is at the height of his powers in this intimate 1972 documentary portrait, which offers an unprecedented look at the training and dedication behind his electrifying art. Providing a unique glimpse into Nureyev's personality, preparation, and techniques, it includes excerpts from his performances in the classical ballets La Sylphide with Carla Fracci and Sleeping Beauty with Lynn...
9) Das Fräulein
Series
Film Movement volume 5, film 8
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Das Fräulein is the story of two Balkan refugees. Reza owns a restaurant and has lived in Switzerland for 25 years. Ana is a Bosnian who breezes into Reza's life and injects both joy and discontent. Happiness describes a Polish American woman who buys a box of happiness in a store and cannot decide what to do with it.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
Based on harrowing true events, it tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose newborn baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic, and never returned. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions, suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society. Set in 1988, in a Peru wracked by political...
11) Lucky
Series
Film Movement volume 11, film 2
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104, 20 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Zulu
Description
A 10-year-old South African orphan leaves his Zulu village to make his own life in the city, only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman.
Series
Film Movement volume 14, film 11
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104, 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Afghanistan 2014. As the withdrawal of troops approaches, Captain Antares Bonassieu and his squad have been assigned a surveillance mission in a remote valley of Wakhan, on the border of Pakistan. Despite Antares and his men's determination, control of the secluded valley will slowly fall out of their hands. One dark night, soldiers begin to mysteriously disappear in the valley.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 43 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
Lalia (Mouna Hawa), Salma (Sana Jammelieh), and Nur (Shaden Kanboura) share an apartment in the vibrant heart of Tel Aviv. Lalia, a criminal lawyer with a wicked wit, loves to burn off her workday stress in the underground club scene. Salma, slightly more subdued, is a DJ and bartender. Nur is a younger, religious Muslim girl who moves into the apartment in order to study at the university. Nur is both intrigued and intimidated by her two sophisticated...
14) 1944
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The World War II true-life story of Estonia facing advances from both the Russian Red Army and the German Nazi forces. Shown through the eyes of Estonian soldiers who, faced with these two opposing armies, found they had to pick sides and fight against fellow brothers. Difficult choices had to be made, not only by the soldiers, but also by their loved ones.