Sally Potter — Director (15)
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Jerk (1969) [Movie] Douban IMDb
Jerk
director: Sally Potter
other title: 抽搐
Film shot one frame at a time, of three faces, including a brother and sister, which merge to become one, followed by a short sequence of minimalist gesture.
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Thriller (1979) [Movie] Douban
Thriller
director: 莎莉·波特 actor: Colette Laffont / Rose English …
other title: 惊悚 / 恐怖片
What happens after the curtain falls on the death of Mimi, tragic heroine of Puccini's La boh?me? In Thriller, Mimi teams up with the opera's comic heroine Musetta to investigate her own death.
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The Gold Diggers (1984) [Movie] Douban TMDB WikiData IMDb
The Gold Diggers
director: 莎莉·波特 actor: 朱莉·克里斯蒂 / 大卫·盖尔 …
other title: 淘金者 / 골드 디거 …
Celeste (Colette Laffont) is a computer clerk in a bank who becomes fascinated by the relationship between gold and power. Ruby (Julie Christie) is an enigmatic film star in quest of her childhood, her memories and the truth about her own identity. As their paths cross they come to sense that there could be a link between the male struggle for economic supremacy and the female ideal of mysterious but impotent beauty.
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I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman (1988) [Movie] Douban
I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman
director: Sally Potter actor: 琪拉·穆拉托娃 / 娜塔莉雅·梁赞彩娃 …
other title: 我是牛，我是马，我是男人，我是女人 / Women Filmmakers in Russia
This glasnost-era documentary, which incorporates footage from films from the 1920s through the 1980s, looks at the history of women in Russian cinema through the eyes of Russian women directors, actors, and scriptwriters. The film’s title refers to a WWII slogan about women doing the work of absent men in the fields and at home.
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yes (2004) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
yes
director: 莎莉·波特 actor: 琼·艾伦 / 西蒙·阿布卡瑞安 …
other title: 我要 / Yes …
She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and in the cabarets. She sends him a ticket, but harbors no illusions that He will join her in this Caribbean melting pot.
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Rage (2009) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Rage
director: Sally Potter actor: 裘德·洛 / 史蒂夫·布西密 …
other title: 愤怒 / 名模@爆料(台) …
A schoolboy uses his cellphone camera to shoot intimate interviews with people working at a New York fashion house and secretly posts them on the internet. Result: a bitterly funny expose of an industry in crisis, during a week in which an accident on the runway becomes a murder investigation, and denial leads to devastation.
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Ginger & Rosa (2012) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Ginger & Rosa
6.4 (9 ratings) director: 莎莉·波特 actor: 艾丽·范宁 / 爱丽丝·恩格勒特 …
other title: 金吉尔和罗莎 / 珍姐与露莎(港) …
A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.
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The Tango Lesson (1997) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Tango Lesson
7.5 (41 ratings) director: Sally Potter actor: Sally Potter / Pablo Verón …
other title: 探戈课 / 情牵探戈(台) …
On a trip to Paris Sally meets Pablo, a tango dancer. He starts teaching her to dance then she returns to London to work on some "projects". She visits Buenos Aires and learns more from Pablo's friends. Sally and Pablo meet again but this time their relationship changes, she realises they want different things from each other. On a trip to Buenos Aires they cement their friendship.