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Nov 26, 2023

0h 5m

★ 0.0

A Ballad of Darkness

Overview

An omnium-gatherum of film, poem, and song excerpts contextually juxtaposed in an attempt to explore masculinity, alienation, and identity in a post-industrial society.

Genres

Drama

Documentary

Production Companies

An Open Heartbeat

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Cast

Young Brian (archive footage)

George Webster

Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)

Ben Gazzara

Commander Bruno Forestier (archive footage)

Michel Subor

Philip Winter (archive footage)

Rüdiger Vogler

Charles (archive footage)

Antoine Monnier

Frank Booth (archive footage)

Dennis Hopper

Georges Laurent (archive footage)

Daniel Auteuil

Witek Długosz (archive footage)

Bogusław Linda

Ghost Dog (archive footage)

Forest Whitaker

Caravaggio (archive footage)

Nigel Terry

Ever since Margaret was six years old, she has been haunted by the memory of watching her sister drown during an explosive fight between her parents. As a young woman, she slides further into her twisted inner life, ultimately finding herself on the brink of suicide. Through an epic journey down the smokiest and scariest corridors of her imagination, she tries to exorcise the demons pushing her closer and closer to the edge.

7.2

1984

Nov 15, 2023

In a bleak and oppressive totalitarian society ruled by Big Brother, personal freedoms are nonexistent and surveillance is constant. Art is mocked and destroyed, and imagination is considered a serious illness. In this grim world, a brilliant mathematician engages in a forbidden romance with a colleague and learns about a secret resistance. He is faced with a choice - to join or betray it.

5.2

Megalopolis

Sep 25, 2024

Genius artist Cesar Catilina seeks to leap the City of New Rome into a utopian, idealistic future, while his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.

6.6

Boys in the Trees

Sep 9, 2016

On Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.

5.7

And in the Morning They Woke Up

Aug 15, 2003

Eight men, eight stories about the morning after party...

5.5

Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony

Aug 11, 2024

Like an indelible memory, this Olympic closing ceremony will be marked by audacity, fraternity and emotion. In the heart of the Stade de France, athletes from all over the world will represent their countries one last time in an incredible moment of celebration and sharing. With their eyes riveted to the flame, the emotion will be immense as we close the great Olympic book of Paris 2024.

6.0

The Girl from the Wardrobe

Jun 14, 2013

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, and Jacek contacts the world mainly via the Internet. This is also a film about love. Love of one brother to the other and of one alienated human being to the other. All together it creates a very universal picture with a Polish entourage.

0.0

Blink

Oct 10, 2013

Lucio is an introverted boy who spends his nights dreaming of Greta. Little by little, he begins to prefer to spend his time dreaming, escaping reality and sharing his time with Greta and a mysterious knight.

5.5

Halley

Nov 1, 2012

Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer conceal his quickly decomposing body. Dismayed, he decides to withdraw from the world, whilst forming an unusual friendship with Luly, the manager of the 24-hour gym where he works as a night guard.

6.5

The Double

Apr 3, 2014

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.

7.0

mother!

Sep 13, 2017

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

7.2

The Dance of Reality

Jun 19, 2013

“Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.” This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where this film was shot. It was there where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and alienated childhood as part of an uprooted family.

6.3

Other People

Sep 9, 2016

David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”

5.7

The Woman with Red Boots

Dec 11, 1974

An elderly millionaire manipulates an avant-garde writer and a happily married man.