Some of my favourite films to watch are:
Breaking the waves by Lars von Trier
Oilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115751/
Festen also by Lars von Trier
At Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0154420/
The Tenent by Roman Polanski
In Paris, the shy bureaucrat Trelkovsky rents an old apartment without bathroom where the previous tenant, the Egyptologist Simone Choule, committed suicide.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074811/
The battle of Algiers
An account of the bloodiest revolution in modern history.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058946/
The lives of others
In 1984 East Berlin, an agent of the secret police, conducting surveillance on a writer and his lover, finds himself becoming increasingly absorbed by their lives.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/
The constant gardener
A widower is determined to get to the bottom of a potentially explosive secret involving his wife's murder, big business, and corporate corruption.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387131/
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Favourite films
Some of my favourite films to watch are:Breaking the waves by Lars von TrierOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to … more
Journalistic independence
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