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Man is not a bird / L'Homme n'est pas un oiseau (Covek nije tica)

Title Man is not a bird / L'Homme n'est pas un oiseau (Covek nije tica)
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Two loosish narrative threads staging two workers in a copper plant : the first one is a tough muscular party animal, who abuses his wife. In her absence he gave most of her dresses to his mistress.

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Juliet of the spirits / Juliette des esprits (Giulietta degli spiriti)

Title Juliet of the spirits / Juliette des esprits (Giulietta degli spiriti)
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Giulietta is a wealthy housewife who lives with her husband and two maids in a rich house. Her parents and family distract her from a rather aseptic evironment. But she discovers that her husband, whom she loves innocently, is unfaithful. An extraordinary mental world then opens up before her, in which her mind blends dream with reality. In Giulietta we find no longer the conventional housewife, but a person gifted with an immense depth of feeling.

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Yoyo

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A 1920s millionaire lives in a huge old palace and has everything he fancies, yet he is not happy. One day a circus comes by, and there she is, the horserider he secretly loved before she disappeared, years ago! She tells him that the little boy who is already playing as a clown is his son. When the Great Depression occurs, rendering him both poor and free, he joins the traveling circus and hits the road with his little family. The little boy becomes clown Yo-yo. Time goes, WWII breaks out and Yo-yo now a successful producer can buy back his father's palace in decay.

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Au hasard Balthazar

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The story of a mistreated donkey and the people around him. A study on saintliness and a sister piece to Bresson’s Mouchette.

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She freak

Title She freak
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Jade Cochran, a cynical woman who works as a waitress in a sleazy roadside cafe, is determined to improve her lot by any means. She takes a job waiting on tables in the meal tent of a carnival that comes to town, makes the acquaintance of Pat, a stripper, and Steve St. John, the wealthy owner of the carnival's freak show, and immediately decides that she wants to marry him. But Blackie Fleming, the sadistic operator of the ferris wheel, also appeals to her. Jade marries Steve and at the same time embarks on an affair with Blackie.

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Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed (Les artistes sous les chapiteaux : Perplexes)

Title Artists in the Big Top: Perplexed (Les artistes sous les chapiteaux : Perplexes)
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Circus director Leni has just lost her father in a trapeze accident. She tries to keep the circus out of debt and vows to continue the performances under the big top. Helped by a small and unexpected inheritance, Leni has high hopes of keeping the circus operating. She must decide if her dedication to the show is realistic or merely wishful thinking.

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The Mighty Gorga

Title The Mighty Gorga
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A circus owner and a female trapper trek into the African jungle to capture a giant gorilla for his circus.

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More Dead Than Alive (Plus mort que vif)

Title More Dead Than Alive (Plus mort que vif)
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Released from prison after 18 years, notorious gunslinger ‘Killer’ Cain is a peaceful reformed man but the Old West has died and he cannot adapt to the modern West where some unpaid moral debts and old troubles resurface.

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