14 Oct 1987
The Death of Empedocles
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
35 Shots of Rum
We all live such withdrawn lives... Everyone in his corner.
A widower and his daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.
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Alex Descas Lionel
Nicole Dogué Gabrielle
Grégoire Colin Noé
Julieth Mars Toussaint René
Ingrid Caven Joséphine's German Aunt
Jean-Christophe Folly Ruben
Adèle Ado Boss of the Bar
Mario Canonge Colleague
Stéphane Pocrain Professor
Mary Pie Lina
Ériq Ebouaney Blanchard
Djédjé Apali Martial
Cheikh Toure Young Server
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