Inspired by a letter by Friedrich Engels and a 1974 account of two militant Marxist writers who had been imprisoned by the Nasser regime, Straub-Huillet filmed this film in France and Egypt during 1980. They reflect on Egypt’s history of peasant struggle and liberation from Western colonization, and link it to class tensions in France shortly before the Revolution of 1789, quoting texts by Engels as well as the pioneering nonfiction film Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory (1895).
Sherlock Jr.
Action, Comedy, Mystery
8.0
Chimes at Midnight
Comedy, Drama, History, War
7.2
Dead in 3 days
Horror, Thriller
5.3
The Captive
Drama, Romance
5.6
Anticipation of the Night
Documentary
6.4
The Great Buddha+
Comedy, Drama
7.9
American Beauty
Drama
8.0
Cries and Whispers
Drama
7.9
Shutter Island
Drama, Thriller, Mystery
8.2
Blue Velvet
Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Drama
7.6
American Graffiti
Comedy, Drama
7.0
Vertigo
Mystery, Romance, Thriller
8.2
The Merchant of Venice
Drama, Romance
6.8
2001: A Space Odyssey
Science Fiction, Mystery, Adventure
8.1
Last Tango in Paris
Drama, Romance
6.9
The Insider
Drama, Thriller
7.4
Some Like It Hot
Comedy, Romance, Crime
8.1
Synecdoche, New York
Drama
7.5
The Wrestler
Drama, Romance
7.5
12 Angry Men
Drama
8.5