AmiceFilm 01 1954
Seven Samurai
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
A village hires wandering warriors, and collective survival becomes an epic of character.
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Travel through film languages without reducing them to a single style. These stories make room for new rhythms, places, and perspectives.
10 films in editorial orderFilm 02 1953
Tokyo Story
Directed by Yasujirō Ozu
A family visit reveals the quiet distance between generations with remarkable tenderness.
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Parasite
Directed by Bong Joon-ho
Two households collide in a darkly comic study of class, space, and aspiration.
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In the Mood for Love
Directed by Wong Kar-wai
Two neighbors find a delicate closeness shaped by restraint and missed timing.
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A Separation
Directed by Asghar Farhadi
A family's decision opens a knot of duties, class tensions, and conflicting truths.
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Pan's Labyrinth
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
A girl's imagined trials run alongside the brutal realities of postwar Spain.
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Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Directed by Céline Sciamma
A painter and her subject build a relationship through close looking and limited time.
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City of God
Directed by Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Lives in a Rio community unfold across decades in a restless portrait of violence and possibility.
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Roma
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Domestic life in Mexico City carries an intimate portrait of care, class, and change.
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Spirited Away
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
A girl navigates a world of spirits, work, and strange rules while finding her courage.
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