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N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971)

Jan

3

1979

N.P. il segreto (1971)

The January 3–4 Herald Tribune reports on The Gunboat Affair. DP: Dimitri Nicolau.

And April 27.

 

Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)

Jan

3

Que la bête meure (1969)

A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.

 

Amore di ussaro (Luis Marquina, 1940)

Jan

1

1900

Amore di ussaro (1940)

Margarita (Conchita Montenegro) and her hussar Leonardo de Vargas (Luis Sagi Vela) hold each other on New Year's Eve when the year changes from 1899 to 1900. DP: Carlo Montuori.

 

X2000 (François Ozon, 1998)

Jan

1

2000

X2000 (1998)

A young, naked man holding a drink observes two men asleep in a sleeping bag on the floor. On the wall behind them the text “2000” spelled out with tinsel garlands. DP: Pierre Stoeber.

儀式 [Gishiki / The Ceremony] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1971)

Jan

1

儀式 (1971)

A boy in school uniform has his ear pressed against the ground. DP: Tōichirō Narushima.

Traversées [Crossing Over] (Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud, 1982)

Dec

31

1980

Traversées (1982)

The two passengers stuck on a ferry, endlessly traveling between shorelines (via). DP: Gilberto Azevedo.

 

The Book of Life (Hal Hartley, 1998)

Dec

31

1999

The Book of Life (1998)

The “New York News” of December 31, 1999. The headline reads LAST DAY OF CENTURY BELIEVERS PRAY FOR END. DP: Jim Denault.

“It was the morning of December 31, 1999 when I returned, at last, to judge the living and the dead. Though still, and perhaps always, I had my doubts.”

Sprawa Gorgonowej [The Gorgon Case] (Janusz Majewski, 1977)

Dec

30

1931

Sprawa Gorgonowej (1977)

Ewa Dałkowska as governess Rita Gorgonowa. DP: Zygmunt Samosiuk.

Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)

Dec

30

1947

Canon City (1948)

A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton.

“We're not here to play dominoes.”

La noche de los Inocentes [Night of the Innocents] (Arturo Sotto Díaz, 2007)

Dec

28

La noche de los Inocentes (2007)

The cast in the hospital. Lighting and stances appear theatre-like. DP: Ernesto Granado.