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<strong>Movie</strong> <strong>Title</strong> <strong>Brief</strong> <strong>description</strong> <strong>Call</strong> #<br />

[Ugetsu] / Daiei Film Production Two peasants in war-torn 16th-century Japan abandon their families to seek<br />

their fortunes. In attaining his goal, each man destroys his own life. Japanese<br />

with English subtitles.<br />

VHS 1183<br />

[Umberto D.] / directed by Vittorio De Sica <strong>The</strong> story <strong>of</strong> a government pensioner living alone who strives to retain a sense<br />

<strong>of</strong> dignity in his elder years. Italian with English subtitles.<br />

VHS 2806<br />

[Un chien Andalou] Land without bread Un chien Andalou is a silent film with musical accompaniment; French intertitles<br />

and English subtitles. Land without bread is in English<br />

VHS 3144<br />

[Un chien Andalou]: land without bread A surrealistic movie written over the course <strong>of</strong> a three day exchange <strong>of</strong> fantasies<br />

and dreams between Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali.<br />

VHS 3144<br />

[Un puente al futuro] = a bridge to the<br />

future<br />

Ecuador; <strong>description</strong> and travel VHS 2118<br />

[Underground] A tragicomedy about love, friendship, betrayal, manipulation and lies. Deals with<br />

the conflicts <strong>of</strong> Yugoslav history <strong>of</strong> the past fifty years. Serbo-Croatian and<br />

some German & French with English subtitles.<br />

DVD 587<br />

[Upal] = Heat In polish w/English subtitles. Two Polish cabaret performers wreak havoc in<br />

town as they look for a place to perform their variety act<br />

[Valahol Europaban] = Somewhere in<br />

Europe<br />

Hungarian w/English subtitles. "A tale <strong>of</strong> homeless war orphans in devastated<br />

postwar Hungary.<br />

[Veer-Zaara] In Hindi w/English subtitles. Saamiya Siddiqui, a Pakistani lawyer, struggles to<br />

unravel the truth about Veer Pratap Singh and win him justice<br />

[Visages de femmes] = faces <strong>of</strong> women /<br />

Desire Ecare - Films de la Lagune : Ivory<br />

Coast.<br />

[Viskningar och rop] = Cries and whispers /<br />

an film av Ingmar Bergman a Janus Films<br />

presentation<br />

Politically and stylistically adventurous film exploring the links between<br />

feminism, economics and tradition in modern-day Africa. French with English<br />

subtitles.<br />

Exploration <strong>of</strong> the relationships among four women--three sisters and their<br />

housekeeper. Swedish with english subtitles.<br />

[Volpone] = "Volpone " Moral comedy about a rich 16th-century Venetian ship owner who pretends to<br />

be dying in order to swindle money. French with English subtitles<br />

[Voulez-vous danser avec moi?] = Do you<br />

want to dance with me?<br />

A marital spat lands Brigitte Bardot, as Virginia, in themiddle <strong>of</strong> a murder<br />

investigation in this lighthearted mystery. French with English subtitles.<br />

[Wachsfigurenkabinett] = Waxworks A poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that involve Jack the<br />

Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-Raschid. Silent, with English subtitles.<br />

DVD 1102<br />

DVD 905<br />

DVD 1077<br />

VHS 2515<br />

VHS 361<br />

VHS 27<br />

VHS 1365<br />

VHS 2613<br />

[Wend Kuuni[ = Le don de Dieu A mute foundling is raised in an African village by a weaver and his family.<br />

Mossi with English subtitles.<br />

VHS 2529<br />

[Werbespots] This is a collection <strong>of</strong> German commercials VHS 1103<br />

[Window shopping] / scenario, Chantal<br />

Akerman<br />

French dialogue, English subtitles; musical film VHS 2253<br />

[Witness] In Hungarian: An irreverant political satire, tracing the rise and fall <strong>of</strong> a<br />

hopelessly inept civil servant living during Communist rule in Hungary<br />

DVD 806<br />

[Women's empowerment project] Discusses the New Beginnings program developed by homeless women in<br />

Chicago.<br />

VHS 2979<br />

[Yo, la peor de todas] = I, the worst <strong>of</strong> all This historical drama tells the story <strong>of</strong> Juana Ines de la Cruz, one <strong>of</strong> the greatest<br />

poets <strong>of</strong> the Spanish Siglo de Oro. Spanish with English subtitles.<br />

VHS 90<br />

[Yojimbo] = the bodyguard It is a satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness. Japanese with<br />

English subtitles.<br />

[Yol] / a film by Yilmaz Gurney Paints a thoughtful, compelling portrait <strong>of</strong> modern Turkey. Turkish with English<br />

subtitles.<br />

[Yuva] In Hindi w/English subtitles <strong>The</strong> paths <strong>of</strong> three young men from three stratas <strong>of</strong><br />

society cross over the Hoogly Bridge on a Thursday morning, changing each <strong>of</strong><br />

their lives irreversibly<br />

[Zakochany aniol] = Angel in love In Polish w/English subtitles. Angel Giordano, unable to return to heaven, stays<br />

optimistic while living with so many unhappy humans on earth.<br />

DVD 59<br />

VHS 2083<br />

DVD 1076<br />

DVD 956

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