Hard to be a God
Aleksei German, Russia, 2013, 178 min

An Earth scientist is sent to a planet that resembles our own during the Middle Ages—and he must not interfere in the planet’s political or historical development. Treated by the planet’s natives as a kind of divinity, he is both godlike and impotent in the face of chaos and brutality.

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Marketa Lazarová (1967) by FRANTISEK VLACIL (October 16, 2022)
On the Silver Globe (1988) by ANDRZEJ ŻULAWSKI (September 5, 2021)
Andrei Rublev (1966) by ANDREI TARKOVSKY (February 17, 2013)
The Devils (1971) de KEN RUSSELL (July 20, 2010)

Marketa Lazarová
František Vláčil, Czechoslovakia, 1967, 165 minutes

The film takes place in an indeterminate time during the Middle Ages, and tells the story of a daughter of a feudal lord who is kidnapped by neighbouring robber knights and becomes a mistress of one of them.

Markéta Lazarová was voted the all-time best Czech movie in a 1998 poll of Czech film critics and publicists.

Christus
Giulio Antamoro, 1916, Italie, 90 min

The story of the life of Christ.

Maïté
Denis Côté, Canada, 2007, 18 min

Without dialogues, Maϊté shows us an adolescent who goes to a big city to a black metal concert.

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Extrait de ‘Mind Destroying’ de COBRA NOIR à 6:56 😎

On the Silver Globe
Andrzej Żuławski, Poland, 1988, 166 min
 
 

A space researcher Marek goes searching for a civilisation founded by space explorers on an unnamed Earth-like planet many years ago.