You've got to love August in the Water (水の中の八月; Gakuryū Ishii, 1995). Its mesmerizing visuals, its baffling mystery, its great set of characters, its riveting music and its crazy development. Everything seems to be there just for you to love it. This is a good measure of just how beautiful cinema can be.
Watch it on YouTube or Internet Archive. #Movies
If You Dare Desire... (Debalina Majumder, 2017) takes off from the story of two young girls, Swapna and Sucheta, who were in love and died by suicide together in Nandigram, West Bengal, India. As in the documentary "And the Unclaimed" (2013), we learn that the heavy opposition they faced was a key factor in their death. But here we see them escape and seek freedom in a new life. One of the most beautiful and touching films I've ever seen.
Febrero, 2011. En una pequeña aldea de Bengala Occidental, Swapna y Shucheta, dos mujeres jóvenes que se amaban, se suicidaron y dejaron una carta en la que reclamaban amor, vida, reconocimiento… una carta que cuestionaba la violencia, el odio, la invisibilización.
When talking about Kenji Mizoguchi usually his masterpieces "Ugetsu" or "Sansho the Bailiff" come to mind, but his other works should not be overlooked. "A Geisha" (Gion Bayashi, Los músicos de Gion) is a wonderful story of two women who work as geishas, their values and their struggle, with a fascinating hidden message. A gem.
I'm not a big fan of these lists except when I make them myself, but surely these are 100 very interesting suggestions: #sightandsoundpoll as a list on MUBI #movies #films #sightandsound
The list contains Chungking Express, so I'm ok with the other 99 titles.
https://mubi.com/es/lists/sight-and-sound-greatest-films-of-all-time-2022
#7filmstoknowme My top 7 favorite films:
Our Little Sister (Hirokazu Koreeda 2015)
Ugetsu Monogatari (Kenji Mizoguchi 1953)
Chungking Express (Wong Kar Wai 1994)
A Geisha (Kenji Mizoguchi 1953)
Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul 2012)
Street of Shame (Kenji Mizoguchi 1956)
Corn Island (George Ovashvili 2014)
The full list here
https://mubi.com/lists/peliculas-favoritas-074a1d00-418e-4c9b-a424-93abc50a6559
