Everybody comes from a family of some kind. A working-class family in 1940-50s Liverpool, a middle-class Chilean family and their eccentric succession of maids, or three generations of, frankly, Hungarian weirdos, all families are different, but none more so than these three!
DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES (1988) - TERENCE DAVIES
Terence Davies is one of the defining British filmmakers in cinema history, and Distant Voices, Still Lives is his defining film. Part two of his autobiographical trilogy, it's an impeccably acted, beautifully written, delicately observed gem of a film. You absolutely must see it. You absolutely must.
THE MAID (2009) - SEBASTIAN SILVA
Sebastian Silva will never let you in on what he's thinking in his films, but his actors definitely will. This consistently surprising, disarming, blackly-comic story of an increasingly unstable maid working for a family in modern-day Chile features excellent performances, particularly from Catalina Saavedra in the lead role of Raquel.
TAXIDERMIA (2006) - PALFI GYORGY
You haven't seen much like Taxidermia, and that's probably a good thing, since it makes Palfi Gyorgy's film such a unique and entertaining experience. Rape over pig carcasses, celebrity overeaters and self-taxidermy, and you haven't even heard the half of it.
THE MAID (2009) - SEBASTIAN SILVA
Sebastian Silva will never let you in on what he's thinking in his films, but his actors definitely will. This consistently surprising, disarming, blackly-comic story of an increasingly unstable maid working for a family in modern-day Chile features excellent performances, particularly from Catalina Saavedra in the lead role of Raquel.
TAXIDERMIA (2006) - PALFI GYORGY
You haven't seen much like Taxidermia, and that's probably a good thing, since it makes Palfi Gyorgy's film such a unique and entertaining experience. Rape over pig carcasses, celebrity overeaters and self-taxidermy, and you haven't even heard the half of it.
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