Art House, Independent & World Cinema | Mr Bongo Films

The Adversary

In The Adversary, a young man, newly graduated from college is unable to find meaningful employment. He lives in a crowded apartment with his widowed mother, a revolutionary brother and a younger, well-employed sister. Family frictions and his continuing unsuccessful quest for a job place an unbearable strain on him causing him to hallucinate.

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Black God, White Devil

Widely considered to be the greatest Brazilian film of all time, Black God, White Devil (Deus e O Diabo Na Terra Do Sol) influenced such major filmmakers as Martin Scorsese and Sergio Leone and is Glauber Rocha’s finest and most moving work.

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Boccaccio 70

De Sica / Fellini / Visconti / Monicelli - Boccacio 70. Coming soon....

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Entranced Earth (Terra Em Transe)

Entranced Earth (Terra Em Transe) by Glauer Rocha, coming soon

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The Hourglass Sanatorium

The Hour-Glass Sanatorium (or Sanatorium Pod Klepsydra in Polish) is an adaptation of Bruno Schulz’s story collection Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass. Schulz was seen as the Polish Kafka.

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I Am Cuba

This astonishing and underrated film is blessed with some of the most extraordinary camerawork in film history.

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L'Avventura

This ground-breaking film won a Special Jury Prize at the 1960 Cannes Film Festival and established its director, Michelangelo Antonioni, as a major international talent.

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Man Of Iron

1981 film directed by Andrzej Wajda. It depicts the Solidarity labour movement and its first success in persuading the Polish government to recognize the workers' right to an independent union.

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Marriage Italian Style

Vittorio De Sica - Marriage Italian Style, coming soon

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Memories Of Underdevelopment

Hailed as one of – if not the most – sophisticated film ever to come out of Cuba in the early days of Castro’s revolution, Memories Of Underdevelopment (Memorias Del Subdesarollo) is visionary Cuban director Tomás Gutiérrez Alea’s tour de force.

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The Saragossa Manuscript

Based on the book by the highly-esteemed Count Jan Potocki, the film version is reputedly a respectful, mostly faithful adaptation of this literary cat’s cradle set in the weird fantasy landscapes of arid 17th-century Spain.

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Strawberry And Chocolate

Strawberry And Chocolate (Fresa Y Chocolate) by Tomas Gutierrez Alea

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Under The Volcano

Under the Volcano follows the final day in the life of a self-destructive British Consul Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney, in an Oscar-nominated tour de force) on the eve of World War II.

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