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Bare Naked Talent

Director: Mark Withers
Country: UK Year: 2009 Length: 97 min

In this Mocumentary, Documentarian Linda Boreman uses naive movie maker Jack Innov as the subject of her latest film, as he attempts to gather a cast and crew to shoot his first adult motion picture 'Assanova'.


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The Mandrake Root

Director:  Malachi Bogdanov
Country: UK Year: 2008 Length: 75 minutes

CAST
Geoffrey Bateman, Chara Jackson, Den Woods, Jason Nicoli, Craig Painting, Mike Rogers, Jonathan Owen, Emanuela Di Biase, Mario Olivieri, Andrea Foddai

The Mandrake Root is a bawdy Renaissance tale, adapted from the comedy La Mandragola written in 1518 by Niccolò Machiavelli. Shot entirely on location in HD on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. Set in Italy in 1504, the action takes place over a period of 24 hours. A hilarious tale of cunning and desire and the comedy’s main theme is the use of deceit and the plot revolves around each character who thinks they are shrewder than the next.

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Ro be Ghoroub / Towards Sunset

Director: Iraj Emami
Country: 'Iran Year: 2009 Length: 94 min
Cast: Hedieh Tehrani , Mohamed Ataei , Siamak Emami , Noormohammed Ataei

Synopsis: A moving critique on modern-day Iran as Mohammed an Afghani boy, refuse collector struggles to make ends meet in Iran.

Mohammed, an illiterate Afghani boy, works with his uncle as a refuse collector. In an unfortunate situation Mohammed’s uncle is arrested and jailed, and Mohammed is sacked from his work. The story opens at night in Tehran. A man conceals a large amount of money in a purpose built compartment of his bag. Walking back to his car a thief seated on the back of a motorbike snatches his bag. Driving into a park, the robber empties and throws the bag away without noticing the hidden money. The owner searching desperately for his bag finally catches up with the robber only to find out he did not discover the hidden compartment. The search for the bag is now on.

This is a beautifully shot, thought provoking film, one of the best recent examples of modern Iranian filmmaking.

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The Twisted Tale of Bloody Mary

Country: UK Year: 2008 Length: 104 min
Language: English (Spanish Subtitles avalible)

Director: Chris Barnard

The story of Mary I of England, daughter of Henry VIII, who came triumphantly to the throne in 1553 but died 5 years later, in misery and widely hated. They called her "Bloody Mary" for the burning of the Protestants, but was she really such a villain?

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