Fakir Bir Kız Sevdim

A Nation Awakens

January 1966 •Turkish

Ertem Egilmez's period drama about National Forces in the Turkish War of Independence.

The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir

May 2018 •English

Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.

A Love Story

January 1955 •Turkish

The story of a woman who was raped and ended up in a brothel just as she was about to marry the man she loved.

Bataktaki Kız

January 1955 •Turkish

Bir

December 2021 •Turkish

Aylin, who lives with her mother in Istanbul, is continuing her university education. In the harsh conditions of life, they exist with a new "deceptive" business model that suits the desires of today's city dwellers.

I Am a Whore

February 1966 •Turkish

The life of belly dancer Funda changes when she falls in love with Ferdi.

Bir Bahar Akşamı

January 1961 •Turkish

Once a Year

February 1965 •Turkish

A young hapless couple's devotion for each other is tested through harsh times of war as they are forced to negate patriotism and dependability to their families and nations, for a length of a lifetime before during and after the war. This movie is not a colorfull. About 5 years later, this movie was shot again wtih same actors and actresses (except for Selda Alkor).

Fakir

July 2019 •Portuguese

The feature-length documentary Fakir portrays the success of fakirism in Brazil, Latin America and France. This circus art origin show is presented and analyzed through archives that reveals the success of these presentations with their pain resistance championships and the great public presence, including politicians and government officials. Fakir spans current footage from contemporary artists who keep this art alive in performances and shows.

Les Charlots en délire

October 1979 •French

Gérard, CEO of the factory "La voix du peuple", decides to close his factory by dismissing all his staff, starting with Jean Barbier, the chief of staff, and Phil Dechambre.

A Place in the Sun

April 2019 •French

Made on a shoestring budget, François Ruffin and Gilles Perret’s investigative documentary has the adventurous spirit of a road movie. Intimate and sometimes humorous, encounters with yellow vest protestors pierce through reports of violence and destruction, revealing a collective desire for equity.

Henri le fakir

March 1999 •French

Far West

May 1973 •French

This Belgian/French tale chronicles the efforts of Jacques (Jacques Brel) to find the Old West in modern America. Dressed as cowboy, he travels throughout western American cities and towns and finds others similarly dressed. These idealists gather together and build an old-western-style town in the middle of an abandoned factory, battling local bureaucracies in the process.

Forbidden Paris

June 1970 •French

Paris interdit follows the pattern of the Italian mondo style documentaries which began in 1962 with MONDO CANE. The film jumps from one strange scenario to the next, including a woman who goes publicly nude on a bet, a family man wearing an anti-radiation suit in fear of the end of the world, a orgy-indulging cult with a kissing fetish, a role-reversal wedding of performing transvestites, a middle-aged man who gives striptease lessons to housewives, a self-absorbed loner who believes he’s a vampire, a ritualistic funeral procession involving the burning of a mannequin, a mass swimming pool baptism, etc. Probably the most fascinatingly grotesque bit, which at the same time is strangely touching, is when a woman has her beloved deceased medium sized dog stuffed by a pipe-smoking taxidermist (shown in graphic detail) and installed with an electronic barking device!

Egyptian Fakir with Dancing Monkey

June 1903 •English

The fakir with his trick monkey is seated on the pavement in a street in Cairo. He plays a tom-tom, while the monkey dances the couchee-couchee. The movements of the monkey are very comical. (Taken on the winter cruise of the S. S. "Auguste Victoria" of the Hamburg-American Line, leaving New York on 03 Feb 1903.)

A Sword Dance Performed before the King and Queen in India

January 1912 •English

Jaw-dropping acrobatics for royal visitors.

Zoku mibōjin geshuku? Ero sugichatte gomen nasai

April 2018 •Japanese

A sequel to "Widows Boarding House? I'll Lend You a Valley". Yuko manages the boarding house by herself before her husband. She is thinking of closing the boarding house because of the deficit, but she comforted herself in front of the deceased because of the loneliness of her husband. Sumire Nagai and Iroha Narimiya gorgeous actresses co-star.

Kids Are Fine

May 2021 •Korean

A 9-year-old kid goes on a short daring trip to meet his sick mother with his buddies.