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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 1975
I am hypnotically watching her knead that hamburger
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Nomadland 2020
I was really touched by the depictions of the flickers of humanism in alienated modern working class life, and the negative freedom and individualism represented by the car in american culture and all attempts at community and intimate relationships Fern is involved in kind of failing because of that.
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The Girl in the Lift 1991
Strong GDR youth romance, well paced and poignant, both in its critique of the East German ideological system (which in 1991 didn't have to be very subtle) and the more universal topic of equality of opportunity and the pressure on young people to decide on a future so soon.
P.S. many gems are available for free in great quality on the YouTube account of the former East German film bureau DEFA, much like the Mosfilm YouTube account.
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