Movies Similar to The Rise and Fall of Absolutism

Contacts... Conflicts... 2(1985)

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

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Contacts... Conflicts... 3(1986)

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

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Contacts... Conflicts... 4(1987)

Comic stories for adults about the problems of family life.

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Savage(2009)

On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. A woman at her kitchen table sings a lullaby in her Cree language. When the girl arrives at her destination, she undergoes a transformation that will turn the woman’s gentle voice into a howl of anger and pain.

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Magnifica(2022)

1907. Magnifica, young Costa Rican harpist, is preparing for her concert at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels where she studies with her fiancé. Inspired by the life of Pacifica Zelaya.

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The Astronaut(2017)

A short film recounting the travels of a lonely astronaut confronted by the unknown. Unfolding as a mystery, it becomes a carefully subtle, autobiographical examination of the feeling of loneliness and the existential issue of not understanding life on earth and ones place among it.

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Motion Control(2001)

Motion Control examines the synergy of camera and performer. Shot on 35mm, it explores from the camera's pov, the physical and emotional entrapment of the ageing and glamorous dancer in her private and personal spaces. The film is notable for hypersound foley overlaid with text and electro-opera composed by Billy Cowie and sung by soprano Naomi Itami.

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Paulette's Chair(2014)

Paulette plays in the back yard, in the shade of a tall tree, with her doll, somewhere out in the countryside. Secretly watching other children have fun without her makes her sad. Then suddenly the wooden chair she is sitting on begins to move, and throws her off. She bravely gets on the chair again, which starts to buck like a wild horse, making her very happy. Racing through the countryside, the chair then throws her off, right into the middle of the group of playing children, helping her overcome her shyness.

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Third Page from the Sun(2014)

Three books: a film festival catalogue, a dictionary, the Bible. Three works whose materiality has become obsolete by the digital dematerialization. A commentary on the fragility of culture.

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Monty Python & the Holy Grail in Lego(2001)

A remarkable homage to and parody of the “Camelot” song and dance from Monty Python’s Holy Grail motion picture. Essentially, the scene is totally redone with LEGO figures and blocks, but is true to the movie, which is why it is so hilarious.

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Max Fleischer: Lost Cartoons(2015)

A series of rare Max Fleischer sound cartoon shorts released by animation historian Jerry Beck. Fleischer was a pioneer in the development of the animated cartoon and served as the head of Fleischer Studios. He brought such animated characters as Betty Boop, Koko the Clown, Popeye and Superman to the movie screen and was responsible for a number of technological innovations including the Rotoscope.

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A kiss and an ice pick(2022)

A failed singer tries to improve his show with a trick up his sleeve.

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The Yellow Shark(1992)

This live recording was culled from seven September 1992 concerts given in Vienna, Berlin, and Frankfurt by the Ensemble Modern, a Frankfurt-based chamber orchestra that performs only contemporary music. Composed and conducted by Frank Zappa.

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Twenty Girls and a Band(1938)

Nick Stuart and his band masquerade as an all-girl band as part of their plan of getting to play at a dance at a swanky girl's-only school. They get away with the masquerade and their playing is successful but they are discovered and have to hitch-hike their way back to the city in feminine attire.

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The Wurst Has a Master Plan(2025)

A rain parade of sausages meets camels and kings in the 32 minute experimental syncing of Pharaoh Sanders' "The Creator has a master plan"

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Eve's Fall(1930)

A girl with amnesia believes she is a bachelor's wife.

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A Garfield Christmas(1987)

Garfield, Jon and Odie go to Jon's family farm for Christmas, where Garfield finds a present for Grandma.

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One Man Band(2005)

With one coin to make a wish at the piazza fountain, a peasant girl encounters two competing street performers who'd prefer the coin find its way into their tip jars. The little girl, Tippy, is caught in the middle as a musical duel ensues between the one-man-bands.

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Trolls: It Takes Three(2023)

It Takes Three is a CG-and-traditionally-animated short film included on the home media releases of Trolls Band Together. Taking place after the events of the film, the short follows Poppy, Viva, and Tiny Diamond as they get sucked into the Hustle-verse, only to discover that it is devoid of hustle.

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Bulimia: The Musical(2014)

BULIMIA: THE MUSICAL follows a young girl's journey from first vomit to last breath, in fifteen minutes of laugh-out-loud, puke-your-guts-out song and dance, all wrapped up with a positive message.

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