Other Realist/bleak movies

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gucz — 17 years ago(October 22, 2008 07:01 AM)

One film that hasn't been mentioned is
Rosetta
. I liked Lilya, but Rosetta is a much more accomplished film imo. Has a similar plot (young girl trying to survive by herself - though does not tackle the same issues of Lilya) and a realistic style. The acting and directing are really great, the Dardenne brothers have a really unique style, that looks simple but takes great skill to pull off. I love it, thoroughly recommended.

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CitrusWithFuschiaTrim — 16 years ago(June 26, 2009 05:51 AM)

Yes!
Rosetta
would have been my nomination. Similar themes, and, well, the Dardenne brothers pretty much 'own' their chosen genre at present.

I suppose on a clear day you can see the class struggle from here.

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Nephilim-6 — 17 years ago(November 23, 2008 07:06 PM)

Shiki-Jitsu.
Other than that All About Lily Chou-Chou, Christiane F., Show Me Love, Festen, Grave Of the Fireflies, The Edukators, Bounce Ko-Gals, Nobody Knows, Der Untergang, Tokyo Sora, Su-Ki-Da, Gegen Die Wand.
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Nova_UB313 — 17 years ago(January 17, 2009 12:40 PM)

Other than that All About Lily Chou-Chou
I've just ordered this, looking forward.
More science, less fiction.

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Nova_UB313 — 17 years ago(December 22, 2008 06:35 PM)

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skateking64 — 17 years ago(March 16, 2009 11:10 PM)

To me, Oldboy was more beep up than depressing.

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tremolo475 — 17 years ago(January 09, 2009 05:38 PM)

check out 'the dreamlife of angels' if you can track it down. very realistic/depressing french film with stunning performances from both female leads. one of my all time favorites.

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Le-Revenant — 17 years ago(March 04, 2009 07:47 AM)

Agreed. Great film.
Also check out Anjos do Sol (2006) http://www.imdb.com/board/10847154/. Both Lilja 4ever and that has very similar content.

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flowery_meerkat — 17 years ago(January 16, 2009 03:11 PM)

Anything by Ken Loach is pretty grim.As are films by Catherine Breillat,but she more deals with adolescents and sexual perception and awareness.
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dalifemme-77 — 17 years ago(January 17, 2009 09:55 PM)

La Vie de bohme,
The Match Factory Girl
The Man Without a Past
Look into Aki Kaurismaki.
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cheshirecat-8 — 17 years ago(January 19, 2009 09:43 AM)

Yeah, Kaurismki! Also, check into danish dogma film ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogma_95 )
Probably easier to find are some more or less classic Hollywood films, like "Boys don't cry" (with Hilary Swank as transexual Brandon Teena in a hostile white trash environment) and "The Basketball Diaries", with Leonardo DiCaprio as a heroine addict (surprisingly good and gritty, very much prostitution and misery in that one).

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HuGore — 17 years ago(March 18, 2009 04:16 PM)

Let The Right One In IS a great "bleaky" movie and I must say (most of you may wanna kill me for mentioning it) "The Wrestler" is also a very sad movieit may not have a really profound theme but it sad
All About Lily Chou-Chou is a must see

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HuGore — 17 years ago(March 21, 2009 12:17 PM)

Thanx!!! I thought the first reply to my suggestion would be a murder note

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gtsstl — 17 years ago(March 26, 2009 10:18 PM)

Lots of excellent films mentioned above. I recommend another bleak film, a documentary actually, called Children Underground. It's another one of those films which is so horribly true it makes you want to rescue the people you are watching and then, failing that, never see the film again.
By the way, this seems to be one of the better, non-polluted threads I've read on IMDB lately.

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tremolo475 — 16 years ago(April 07, 2009 10:33 AM)

i agree. 'children underground' is a very well done and startling documentary. definitely a harsh dose of reality, but well worth checking out.

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Zombie55 — 16 years ago(April 13, 2009 12:40 PM)

Anyone mentioned Ulrich Seidl's
Import/Export
(2007) yet?

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