An American Rhapsody 2001  PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Eva Gardos
Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Scarlett Johansson, Tony Goldwyn, Mae Whitman, Agnes Banfalvy, Zoltan Seress, Zsuzsa Czinkoczi, Balazs Galko, Larisa Oleynik, Lisa Jane Persky, Kelly Endresz-Balanki, Andras Szoke, Erzsi Pasztor, Colleen Camp, Robert Lesser
A family flees Soviet-dominated Hungary and migrates to the U.S., but the parents (Nastassja Kinski and Tony Goldwyn) take their daughter Maria with them and must leave their baby daughter Suzanne behind. Six years later, the American Red Cross facilitates a reunion, and Suzanne (Kelly Endresz-Balanki) is brought to the U.S. where more problems ensue over the next nine years with a perplexed Suzanne failing to adapt to her new home and country. This is Suzanne's (now played by Scarlett Johansson) story as seen through her eyes as a 15-year-old who revisits Hungary in an attempt to come to terms with the circumstances of her life. An uplifting story for all ages.
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Deathline 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
aka: Redline
Director: Tibor Takacs
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Mark Dacascos, Yvonne Scio, Patrick Dreikauss, Randall William Cook, Michael Mehlmann, Ildiko Szucs, Istvan Kanizsay, Gabor Peter Vincze, Agnes Banfalvy
Set in the future, this Russian gangster flick entails more than a few plot lines revolving around the use of bio-implants to bring a murdered smuggler (Rutger Hauer) back to life.
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Passion 1982  R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Hanna Schygulla, Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Laszlo Szabo, Jean-Francois Stevenin, Patrick Bonnel, Sophie Lucachevski, Barbara Tissier, Magali Campos, Myriem Roussel, Serge Desarnanos, Agnes Banfalvy
Polish director Jerzy (Jerzy Radziwilowicz) is working on a film that is a study in light and image and is using paintings by Goya, Velasquez, and other masters for the scenery. There are problems: the actors do not understand the story, and filming is behind schedule because Jerzy cannot get the lighting right. Now the backers are complaining that the film lacks a story. Meanwhile, Jerzy is ending his affair with Hanna (Hanna Schygulla) whose husband just happens to own the hotel where Jerzy's cast and crew are staying. And then there is his other affair with a factory worker Isabelle (Isabelle Huppert) who is trying to unionize her fellow workers. And Jerzy still wonders why there must be a story.
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| 1. An American Rhapsody (2001)
2. Deathline (1997)
aka: Redline
3. Passion (1982)
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