Post by JHA Durant on Jun 19, 2021 8:04:13 GMT
Lilya 4-ever.
A modern example of a really depressing Swedish film. Pretty much based on a real story/tragedy.
The Last Emperor.
Puyi really couldn't catch a break, lurching against his will from one prison (the gilded cage of royalty) to another (head of a Japanese puppet state, and then as a political prisoner of communist China) his entire life.
The Blue Kite.
Follows the increasingly miserable lives of a family during the rise of communism in China.
Au Hasard Balthazar.
The life story of an abused girl and her pet donkey.
A modern example of a really depressing Swedish film. Pretty much based on a real story/tragedy.
The Last Emperor.
Puyi really couldn't catch a break, lurching against his will from one prison (the gilded cage of royalty) to another (head of a Japanese puppet state, and then as a political prisoner of communist China) his entire life.
The Blue Kite.
Follows the increasingly miserable lives of a family during the rise of communism in China.
Au Hasard Balthazar.
The life story of an abused girl and her pet donkey.