TV GUIDE for FilmBox Arthouse
Africa, Turkey, Middle East
- evening hit
- (UTC +3:00)
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08:00The Story of Qiu Ju
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09:45The Harvest
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11:00Ship of Fools
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13:25Baba
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15:15The Swindle
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17:05Touch of Zen
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20:00Night Light
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20:40To Live
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22:55Ice Cream
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23:00Nazarin
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00:3531 Hours
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01:00Manos: The Hands Of Fate
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02:10From San Francisco With Love
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02:40Mean Streets
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04:30Phase 6
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04:45New Voices in an Old Flower
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05:55Early Summer
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06:30Roaring Abyss
The Story of Qiu Ju
year: 1992
director: Zhang Yimou
cast: Gong Li, Liu Peiqi
A pregnant peasant woman seeks redress from the Chinese bureaucracy after the village chief kicks her husband in the groin in this comedy of justice. As she is frustrated by each level of the hierarchy and travels farther and farther away from the countryside the viewer is also provided with a look at the changing Chinese society through the verite camera used in most scenes.