Community of Many Faces (Films)

Film director Guido Anselmi is trying to relax after his last big hit, no small task since he's being hassled by former workmates hitting him up for jobs. What's more, he's out of ideas. Soon, he retreats into reminiscences about all the women he's loved and left. Claudia Cardinale co-stars in director Federico Fellini's semiautobiographical rumination on moviemaking, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Chup chup ke

By Priyadarshan

Dor
by Nagesh Kukunoor

Near the end of the Tang Dynasty, police deputies Jin and Leo tangle with Mei, a dancer suspected of having ties to a revolutionary faction known as the House of Flying Daggers. Completely bowled over by Mei's alluring beauty, the deputies concoct a plan to save her from capture, with Jin leading her north on a perilous journey into the unknown.

In this fairy tale for adults, 10-year-old Ofelia stumbles on a decaying labyrinth guarded by Pan, an ancient satyr who claims to know her destiny.

After reaching middle age, Mr.Badii is ready to call it quits and sets out to find an "assistant" with a shovel who will help him commit suicide. After a variety of refusals, he finally meets an old Turkish taxidermist who agrees to help him.

A woman who conducts an extensive search for her missing beloved during World War I. He appears to have died after a court-martial, but she needs to know for sure. As she looks for the truth, she discovers unexpected things about herself and the people she meets along the way.

A free-lance samurai works both sides of the street in a village split by warring merchants. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

A Hindu widow in 1938 could throw herself on her husband's funeral pyre, marry her husband's younger brother or live in poverty and self-denial from then on. When eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed, she is sent to a home in the Holy City of Varanasi where Hindu widows live in penitence. Her feisty presence affects the other residents, forcing each to confront their faith and society's prejudices, especially a young woman who has fallen in love with a follower of Gandhi.