allegory
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    The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

    Two 1940s Spanish girls see the 1931 ``Frankenstein''; one girl (Ana Torrente) sets out to find the...

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    Le Gros et le Maigre

    The 15-minute black-and-white short The Fat and the Lean was directed by Roman Polanski in 1961...

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    If... (1968)

    An upperclassman (Malcolm McDowell) at a British boarding school leads a revolution, complete with...

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    Wandering Lives

    An itinerant projectionist and his young assistant screen classic Mexican films to rural...

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    A Report on the Party and the Guests

    Politically allegorical tale about a house party where everyone is exaggeratedly happy, except for...

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    Don Quixote (1960)

    Cervantes' hero (Nikolai Cherkasov) goes questing with his squire, Sancho Panza (Yuri Tolubeyev), in...

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    Hawks and Sparrows (1965)

    Two men debate Christianity and Marxism with a talking crow.

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    Oka Oorie Katha

    East Indians still suffer under the heavy weight of the Laws of Mani, which prescribe occupations...

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    L' Avventura (1961)

    Anna's (Léa Massari) best friend (Monica Vitti) and lover (Gabriele Ferzetti) become lovers after...

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    Genesis (1988)

    A weaver and a farmer, wanting to control their own lives, settle near a desert and soon share their...

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    Die Niklashauser Fahrt

    Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder uses a 15th century legend as an allegory to the political...

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    Falsch

    In an apparently empty airport, a Jewish family has gathered to greet one of its members who has...

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    Ladybug, Ladybug (1963)

    Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing...

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    The Hunt

    Four men decide to take in a day of rabbit-hunting, but as the day progresses, their relations grow...

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    Destroy, She Said

    A college professor and his young wife meet up with a young German Jew at a resort and a triangle...

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    Za Sciana

    Krzysztof Zanussi's Za Sciana (Behind the Wall), a short feature made for Polish television,...

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    The Castle (1969)

    A land surveyor arrives at a chateau village where "The Auhtority" rules from a castle and must face...

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    La Leggenda del Santo Bevitore (1988)

    The story of a Pole who is saved from destitution by a generous stranger and the difficulty he faces...

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    Un Senor Muy Viejo con Unas alas Enormes (1991)

    An elderly angel falls to earth, staying in a village for six years as he mends his wings to return...

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    Bye Bye Red Riding Hood

    The adventures and discoveries of a young girl living in the woods, after she and her mother take up...

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    My 20th Century (1990)

    A dramatic fantasy filled with insight into the early years of the 20th century, as seen through the...

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    Ren, Gui, Qing

    Spanning several decades, film retraces three periods in the lonely life of a Soochow Opera star.

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    Denj Angela

    This black and white political allegory set in Soviet Russia was filmed in 1980, and first saw the...

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    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990)

    The wife (Helen Mirren) of a gangster (Michael Gambon) meets her lover in a chef's (Richard...

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    The Voice of the Moon

    A poet, visionary and saintly innocent takes delight in the life of his small Emilian village and...

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    Ono

    A satire of the history of the Russian people, disguised as the saga of one town.

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    The Dutchman (1967)

    Adaptation of LeRoi Jones' play takes place in a subway cer where a sluttish, red-necked, white...

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    L' Arche du desert (1998)

    When young Amin and Myriam are caught kissing in the sand dunes, religious rivalries erupt in their...

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    Sztalin Menyasszonya

    A young woman, the village idiot, is mistaken for a foreign spy by local authorities.

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    L' Homme qui a perdu son ombre

    After he is fired, a journalist disappears, prompting his wife and former girlfriend to look for him...