Jung (War) in the Land of the Mujaheddin

Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Hany Abu-Assad

Cast

Qais Nashif, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal

New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg is on assignment covering the Cambodian Civil War, with the help of local interpreter Dith Pran and American photojournalist Al Rockoff. When the U.S. Army pulls out amid escalating violence, Schanberg makes exit arrangements for Pran and his family. Pran, however, tells Schanberg he intends to ...

Runtime

2h 22m

Director

Roland Joffé

Cast

Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich

A traveling theatre troupe tours the Greek countryside from 1939 to the early 1950s, staging “Golfo the Shepherdess”. As the years pass, its members endure persecution, betrayal, executions, and exile. Their personal stories become entangled with the country’s major historical events, in a seemingly endless cycle of violence and loss.

Runtime

3h 43m

Director

Theo Angelopoulos

Cast

Eva Kotamanidou, Aliki Georgouli, Vangelis Kazan

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Runtime

3h 58m

Director

Victor Fleming

Cast

Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland

In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.

Runtime

2h 7m

Director

Ken Loach

Cast

Cillian Murphy, Pádraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham