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Nadja is a 1994 film by Michael Almereyda starring Elina Löwensohn as the creature Nadja and Peter Fonda as Van Helsing. As the character's names suggest, Nadja is a vampire film, but treating elements of the genre in an understated arthouse style.
The deadpan acting, episodic nature of the plot, and the presence of Martin Donovan and Löwensohn are suggestive of a Hal Hartley film though he was not involved in the production. The Chicago Review called it "Hal Hartley meets David Lynch". The style of the film changes from dramatic horror to horror comedy by the end as evidenced by the laughing vampire toy during a trip to Romania.
The film is shot in black and white by Jim Denault mostly at night in Manhattan and Brooklyn, including use of the PXL-2000, and is underscored by an incessantly creepy, dreamlike score/soundscape by Simon Fisher Turner as well as the songs Soon and Lose My Breath by My Bloody Valentine and Strangers and Roads by Portishead.
Actors: Peter Sporremark (writer), Peter Sporremark (director), Peter Sporremark (editor), Ezzeddine Zein (producer), Ezzeddine Zein (writer), Bejan Osman (actor), Afrodite Rahmani (actor), Zelma Hansson (actor), Sleiman Zein (actor), Sarah Aldoukhi (actress), Sam Shadam (actor), Fitim Hyseni (actor), Armen Kazarian (actor), Ahmad Maher (actor), Mergim Mustafaj (actor),
Plot: Nadja is living a good life with her family. But when she's seen with a boy, a rumor starts spreading. Her family must now take action to restore Nadjas reputation. But more importantly her honour. And even more importantly, the families honour...
Genres: Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Sheena Shaw (actress), Kt Baldassaro (actress), Najwa Rosdi (actress), Johnny Donaldson (actor), Bella Vendetta (actress), Gershon Eigner (actor), Michael Hitchcock (actor), Jessica Sargent (actor), Peter Hoey (actor), Jessica Sargent (producer), Andrew Bemis (director), Andrew Bemis (writer), Andrew Bemis (producer), Aaron Packard (actor), Mike Affleck (actor),
Plot: Nikki Blue (Bella Vendetta) is a dancer at a strip club hidden along a back road in rural New England. Further down the road, Alice (Jessica Conger), a burnt-out, neurotic college grad with no particular ambitions, spends her days working at a roadside fossil and rock shop. When Nikki and Alice meet, a friendship begins that could change their lives forever. Shot entirely in western MA, Black Light is a sexy romantic comedy about finding love in the middle of nowhere.
Genres: Romance,Actors: Toby Emmerich (producer), Emily Glatter (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Garner (actress), Lacey Chabert (actress), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew), Al Cerullo (miscellaneous crew), Matthew McConaughey (actor), Breckin Meyer (actor), Michael Douglas (actor), Anne Archer (actress), Dan Marshall (actor), Rolfe Kent (composer), Robert Forster (actor), Joshua Ravetch (miscellaneous crew), David Midgen (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Connor Mead, a successful fashion photographer and a Lothario keen on casual sex, goes to his younger brother's wedding to convince him not to marry. He arrives at his dead uncle's estate during the rehearsal the night before the wedding; he starts in, taking his brother aside, trashing marriage. Later in the men's room, his uncle, who taught Connor all he knows about women, appears to him, confesses to have been wrong, and tells Connor that three ghosts will visit him that night: the ghosts of girlfriends past, present, and future. Connor has already set the breakup in motion. Can he learn anything from his life and fix what he's broken?
Keywords: aqua-velva, bad-behavior, bow-and-arrow, breaking-up, breast-fondling, bridezilla, chick-flick, christmas-carol, condom, conference-callActors: Gabriela Pichler (writer), Gabriela Pichler (director), Gabriela Pichler (editor), Emma Salekärr (miscellaneous crew), Mikael Andersson (actor), Tobias Åkesson (producer), Soroor Arabzadeh (actress), Anja Dulic (actress), Daniéla Frykstrand (actress), Mirja Hildbrand (producer), Martin Öhman (composer), Emma Fälth (costume designer), Kira Ekblad (miscellaneous crew), Ylva Rosén (miscellaneous crew), Martin Westberg (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: David A. Stewart (director), Dick Clement (writer), David A. Stewart (composer), Ian La Frenais (writer), Ian La Frenais (producer), Dick Clement (producer), James Cosmo (actor), David A. Stewart (writer), Annette Badland (actress), Louise Hodges (actress), Peter Facinelli (actor), João Costa Menezes (actor), Corin Redgrave (actor), Michael J. Harker (miscellaneous crew), Mel Churcher (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Romance,Actors: Jirí Brozek (editor), Karel Augusta (actor), Milos Kopecký (actor), Pavel Kríz (actor), Marián Labuda (actor), Jirí Lábus (actor), Václav Postránecký (actor), Viktor Preiss (actor), Pavel Zednícek (actor), Stanislav Zindulka (actor), Zlata Adamovská (actress), Nada Konvalinková (actress), Gabriela Wilhelmová (actress), Petr Hapka (composer), Dusan Klein (director),
Plot: This comedy is based on stories by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal. It takes place in summer of 1947. Charming, witty and smart men represent a fictitious insurance company. The insurance policies, however, disappear in the pockets of the Prague playboys who use the money for very pleasant purposes, but eventually they are cheated by the "Angelic Eyes" of someone still smarter.
Keywords: 1940s, based-on-novel, con-artist, con-man, scam, year-1947Actors: Yvonne Lombard (actress), Johan Ulveson (actor), Henrik Schyffert (actor), Ing-Marie Carlsson (actress), Erik Johansson (actor), Hanna Alström (actress), David Boati (actor), Magdalena Jangard (producer), Sarah Dawn Finer (actress), Nick Atkinson (actor), Charlotte Strandberg (actress), Agnieszka Koson (actress), Katinka Hollenberg (actress), Johan Tillenius (actor), Martin Lindqvist (actor),
Plot: The first appearance on screen for Bert Ljung, a normal teenager who's diary Swedes have been able to follow in well over ten books now. As in the books, he fights spots, looks for girls, runs his moped, plays with his weird friends Ake and Erik, and a lot of other stuff teenagers are supposed to do.
Keywords: alien, band, based-on-book, beating, bully, character-name-in-title, chemistry, children, crotch-grab, diaryActors: Ulrich Beiger (actor), Rainer Brandt (actor), Uwe Friedrichsen (actor), Franz-Otto Krüger (actor), Harald Leipnitz (actor), Arnold Marquis (actor), Rudolf Platte (actor), Peter Schiff (actor), Brigitte Horney (actress), Ralf Gregan (writer), Oscar Wilde (writer), Ralf Gregan (director), Ursula Heyer (actress), Gundula Petrovska (actress), Eva Astor (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Birger Lensander (actor), Lars Lind (actor), Hugo Björne (actor), Alf Kjellin (actor), Bibi Andersson (actress), Oscar Rosander (editor), Katinka Faragó (miscellaneous crew), Axel Düberg (actor), Mago (costume designer), Gunnar Hellström (actor), Gun Jönsson (actress), Inger Juel (actress), Maud Hansson (actress), Bertha Sånnell (costume designer), Kjell Grede (writer),
Plot: Monika and Nadja are sisters and ballet dancers. Lately, Monika has lost some of her interest in ballet. Instead, she marries the businessman Ragnar. But eventually, she discovers that the comfortable life she has does not suit her, and returns to the ballet academy.
Keywords: ballet, sisterActors: Lucie Höflich (actress), Maria Andergast (actress), Hilde Hildebrand (actress), Kurt Vespermann (actor), Anton Walbrook (actor), Wolfgang von Schwindt (actor), Hans Zesch-Ballot (actor), Herbert Hübner (actor), Ernst Behmer (actor), Theo Lingen (actor), Bernhard Goetzke (actor), Werner Pledath (actor), Josef Reithofer (actor), Alexander Golling (actor), Else Reval (actress),
Genres: Drama,