1998 Cannes Film Festival
Henry Fool
$12.95 | 137 minutes
Golden Palm(Nominee)
Best Screenplay
Hartley has crafted here what many consider to be his crowning achievement: a sprawling epic of a story that tackles any and everything he decides to mock, satirize, or challenge. Simon is a factory worker who lives with his nymphomaniac sister and manic depressive mother. Along comes Henry&hellip…
The Book of Life
$14.95 | 63 minutes
Hal Hartley's deliciously droll comedy about the coming of the apocalypse stars Martin Donovan (HENRY FOOL) as Jesus Christ, who is sent back to Earth to set the end of the world in motion on December 31, 1999. However, upon arriving on Earth, Jesus, along with his assistant Magdalena (Harvey), is quickly filled with doubt about destroying&hellip&hellip…
Happiness
$11.95 | 139 minutes
FIPRESCI Prize
Building on the darkly comic angst of WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, Todd Solondz's HAPPINESS conveys suburban desperation and frustration on a larger scale than his previous film. The ensemble cast of characters centers around the lives of three sisters: Joy (Jane Adams), an awkward, naive, and unlucky musician; Helen&hellip…
La Vendedora De Rosas
$17.95 | 116 minutes
Golden Palm(Nominee)
In the two days leading up to Christmas, a thirteen year-old Monica, a Colombian street kid, tries to sell roses for money. Surrounded by a group of fellow runaways and orphan who all get by through robbery, prostitution, and drugs--mainly sniffing glue, Monica anticipates the holiday, hoping that there will&hellip…
Last Night
$12.95 | 94 minutes
Award of the Youth-Foreign Film
Writer/director/actor McKellar's take on the always intriguing "end of the world" concept is a thoughtful, engaging effort that uses dialogue instead of action to discuss this premise intellectually. The inhabitants of a Canadian city quietly accept the news that the world is going to end at the&hellip…
The Hole
$16.95 | 95 minutes
FIPRESCI Prize, Competition
Golden Palm(Nominee)
Part of the 2000 SEEN BY... series in which six directors filmed their vision of the night of December 31, 1999, Tsai Ming-Liang's film follows the activities of the two lone inhabitants, a man and a woman, of a dilapidated apartment building during the last week of 1999. Holing&hellip…
Tango
$22.95 | 99 minutes
Technical Grand Prize
In Carlos Saura's TANGO, a well-known theater director, Mario (Miguel Angel Solá) attempts to produce a tango extravaganza in Argentina. He wants to show the breadth and depth of tango--both the music and the dance--not just in isolated music and dance numbers, but with a story that shows the way the tango&hellip…
Eternity and a Day
$23.95 | 130 minutes
Golden Palm
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
Before checking himself into a hospital for treatment of a terminal illness from which he may never recover, celebrated writer Alexandre spends one last day wandering about town and reminiscing about his past, trying to capture one perfect moment of happiness from his memories. Along&hellip…
Salaam Bombay!
$11.95 | 114 minutes
Golden Camera
Mira Nair's first feature was an acclaimed drama depicting the desperate lives of homeless children in one of India's poorest cities. Krishna is a 10-year-old country boy forced to live on his own in the streets of Bombay after his family tosses him out. While he hopes to earn 500 rupees for his mother and return&hellip…