Screen Play

Screen Play

1993•11m•5.0/10

AnimationDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(6)

A narrator relates the Japanese tale of two lovers who defy their families and society to be together. The tale ends happily, until something happens to make this tale truly Japanese in character.

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Production

Channel 4 Television, Bare Boards Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Michael Maloney

Michael Maloney

Narrator

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Eyüp decides to cross mount Ararat looking for his aunt in Yerevan after following a madman's words. His aunt has also been expecting someone to come from behind this mount for many years. Eyüp cannot be sure about the woman he finds behind the blue door, whether it is his aunt or not because they can't understand each other.

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6.6

Stolen: Heist of the Century

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Flow

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The Five Venoms

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Return is a methodical construction of the approach of an individual towards an unseen goal, which assumes metaphorical significance. Viola moves toward the camera/viewer, pausing every few steps to ring a bell, at which point he is momentarily thrust back to his starting place, and then advanced again. Finally reaching his destination, he is taken through all of the previous stages in a single instant and returned to the source of his journey.

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6.9

Sirāt

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