The Story of Film: An Odyssey (1957-1964)
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1.
The Seventh Seal
(1957)
A man seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague. (96 mins.)
Director: Ingmar Bergman
2.
Nights of Cabiria
(1957)
A waifish prostitute wanders the streets of Rome looking for true love but finds only heartbreak. (110 mins.)
Director: Federico Fellini
3.
Pickpocket
(1959)
Michel is released from jail after serving a sentence for thievery. His mother dies and he resorts to pickpocketing as a means of survival. (75 mins.)
Director: Robert Bresson
4.
The 400 Blows
(1959)
Intensely touching story of a misunderstood young adolescent who left without attention, delves into a life of petty crime. (99 mins.)
Director: François Truffaut
5.
Breathless
(1960)
A young car thief kills a policeman and tries to persuade a girl to hide in Italy with him. (90 mins.)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
6.
Rocco and His Brothers
(1960)
Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone. (177 mins.)
Director: Luchino Visconti
7.
El cochecito
(1960)
Seventy-something Don Anselmo, a retired minister, becomes obsessed with owning a motorized wheelchair and fakes infirmity to get it. (85 mins.)
Director: Marco Ferreri
8.
Last Year at Marienbad
(1961)
Takes place in a chateau, an ambiguous story of a man and a woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad. (94 mins.)
Director: Alain Resnais
9.
Accattone
(1961)
A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiraling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison. (120 mins.)
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
10.
Viridiana
(1961)
Viridiana, a young nun about to take her final vows, pays a visit to her widowed uncle at the request of her Mother Superior. (90 mins.)
Director: Luis Buñuel
11.
Cleo from 5 to 7
(1962)
This movie shows us Cléo, a French singer, who is afraid of getting the result of of a test from her doctor... (90 mins.)
Director: Agnès Varda
12.
L'eclisse
(1962)
A young woman meets a vital young man, but their love affair is doomed because of the man's materialistic nature. (126 mins.)
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
13.
Winter Light
(1963)
On a cold winter's Sunday, the pastor of a small rural church (Tomas Ericsson) performs service for... (81 mins.)
Director: Ingmar Bergman
14.
8½
(1963)
A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies. (138 mins.)
Director: Federico Fellini
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