The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Directed by: Jacques Demy
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Nino Castelnuovo, Anne Vernon, Marc Michel, Ellen Farner
Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Thematic Elements)
Running Time: 1 h 31 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Catherine Deneuve, Music, Direction, Cinematography, Unconventional Story, Themes
WEAKNESSES: -
Lovers separated by war face life-altering decisions.
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Kwaidan (1964)
Directed by: Masaki Kobayashi
Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Miskako Wantanabe, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiko Kishi
Rated: NR (Suggested PG-13 for Some Frightening Moments)
Running Time: 3 h 3 m
TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5
STRENGTHS: Cinematography, Stories, Culture, Mis-en-scene
WEAKNESSES: -
An anthology film of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.
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Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Directed by: Pietro Germi
Starring: Saro Urzi, Sefania Sandrelli, Aldo Puglisi
Rated: NR
Running Time: 1h 55m
TMM Score: 4 Stars
STRENGTHS: Characters, Cinematography
WEAKNESSES: NA
When Agnese, the youngest daughter of a Sicilian family, falls for her older sister’s fiance’, Peppino, she ends up pregnant a with a family desperate to see justice served and their daughter married, whether anyone involved actually wants that or not.
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