My top 10 films of 2015
by JuguAbraham | created - 10 Dec 2015 | updated - 21 Jun 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Youth (I) (2015)
R | 124 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Jane Fonda
Votes: 83,098 | Gross: $2.70M
Winner of Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor (for Michael Caine) awards at the European film awards. Jane Fonda was unsuccessfully nominated for a Golden Globe for her acting. At the Oscars, "Youth" was unsuccessfully nominated for the best song. But the film offers much more! My detailed review is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/03/188-italian-director-paolo-sorrentinos.html
2. Land and Shade (2015)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
After having left a long time ago, a humble country sugar cane worker returns home to meet his grandson and deal with the hardships his family has been put into.
Director: César Augusto Acevedo | Stars: Haimer Leal, Hilda Ruiz, Edison Raigosa, Marleyda Soto
Votes: 1,884
Winner of the Golden camera award and three other awards at the Cannes film festival; the best film award at the Bratislava International Film Festival (Slovakia); the special jury award, the audience award and the Human Values award at the Thessaloniki film festival. My detailed review can be read at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/03/189-colombian-director-cesar-augusto.html
3. The Pearl Button (2015)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Delving into the nearly-religious significance of water, this profound rumination on memory and loss bridges the gap between its mystical origins, Pinochet's coup d'état, and the secret of a mother-of-pearl button at the bottom of the sea.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Martín Calderón, Cristina, Patricio Guzmán, Ema Malig
Votes: 2,902
Silver Bear awardee for the best script and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury winner at the Berlin film festival and the jury award winner at the Philadelphia film festival, and an award winner at the Jerusalem film festival. My detailed appraisal of the film is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/04/192-chilean-director-patricio-guzmans.html
4. Sweet Bean (2015)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama
Burdened with a heavy and ever-increasing debt, a dorayaki baker hires a kind ageing woman, after tasting her delicious surprise. Little by little, she unravels her beautiful inner world. Could she be holding the secret to his success?
Director: Naomi Kawase | Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno
Votes: 12,725 | Gross: $0.12M
Best director awardee at the Valladolid film festival and Audience award winner at the Sao Paolo and Cork film festivals. Best actress award at Asia Pacific Screen Awards. My detailed review appears at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/04/191-japanese-director-naomi-kawases.html
5. Francofonia (2015)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, History
A history of the Louvre during the Nazi occupation and a meditation on the meaning and timelessness of art.
Director: Aleksandr Sokurov | Stars: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Benjamin Utzerath, Vincent Nemeth, Johanna Korthals Altes
Votes: 3,002 | Gross: $0.30M
Winner of the Fedora award for the Best Euro-Mediterrenean film at the Venice film festival.
6. Mr. Turner (2014)
R | 150 min | Biography, Drama, History
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life.
Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey
Votes: 27,182 | Gross: $3.96M
Won the Best Actor award and an award for Dick Pope's cinematography at Cannes film festival. Won Best Actor prize at the European Film Awards. My detailed review of this film is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2015/05/178-british-director-and-screenplay.html
7. Under Electric Clouds (2015)
138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Episodic, spiritual and existentialistic look at the state the Russia is in in 2017, exactly one hundred years after the communist-led Russian Revolution. The future looks gloomy, since the world is on the brink of yet another world war.
Director: Aleksey German Jr. | Stars: Louis Franck, Viktoriya Korotkova, Merab Ninidze, Chulpan Khamatova
Votes: 885
Silver Bear awardee for outstanding cinematography at the Berlin film festival. My first film of the director Alexei German, Jr., and he has impressed me.
8. The Measure of a Man (2015)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama
At the age of 51 and after 20 months on unemployment, Thierry starts a new job that soon brings him face to face with a moral dilemma. How much is he willing to accept to keep his job?
Director: Stéphane Brizé | Stars: Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller, Yves Ory
Votes: 6,784 | Gross: $0.11M
Best actor award and the Prize of the Ecumenical jury winner at the Cannes film festival, Best actor award at the International Film Festival of India, ensemble acting award at the Denver international film festival, and the audience award at the Brussels international film festival. My detailed review of this interesting film is at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/03/190-french-director-stephane-brizes-la.html
9. Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
Not Rated | 125 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The story of the relationship between Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman and last survivor of his people, and two scientists who work together over the course of forty years to search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolívar, Brionne Davis
Votes: 24,475 | Gross: $1.33M
Winner of the Golden Peacock for the best film at the International Film Festival of India, CICAE award at Cannes film festival, and Best Film award at the Mar del Plata film festival. My detailed review appears at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/08/195-colombian-director-ciro-guerras-el.html
10. Rams (2015)
R | 93 min | Drama
In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven't spoken in 40 years have to come together in order to save what's dearest to them - their sheep.
Director: Grímur Hákonarson | Stars: Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson, Charlotte Bøving, Jón Benónýsson
Votes: 15,189 | Gross: $0.14M
Winner of "Un Certain Regard" section's Best Film award at the Cannes film festival, the Silver Frog award at Camerige, Golden Starfish award for best narrative feature at Hamptons film festival, Best film awards at the Thessaloniki and the Valladolid film festivals, Special Jury Award and audience award at the Transilvania film festival, and the best feature film at the Zurich film festival. My detailed review appears at http://moviessansfrontiers.blogspot.com/2016/05/193-icelandic-director-grimur.html
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