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  Morning for the Osone Family

  Morning for the Osone Family

  Directed by Keisuke Kinoshita • 1946 • Japan

  Kinoshita's first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought tale about a liberal-minded Japanese family torn apart by war and imperialist politics. Morning for the Osone Family is both palpably bitter about the nation's fresh...

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  Black Narcissus

  Black Narcissus

  Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger • 1947 • United Kingdom
  Starring Deborah Kerr, Sabu, David Farrar

  This explosive work about the conflict between the spirit and the flesh is the epitome of the sensuous style of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. A group of nuns—played by som...

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  Plácido

  Plácido

  Directed by Luis García Berlanga • 1961 • Spain
  Starring Cassen, José Luis López Vázquez, Elvira Quintillá

  Widely considered one of the greatest works of Spanish cinema, this relentlessly paced satire chronicles an ill-advised charity campaign sweeping across a small industrial town on Christmas...