Mahanagar (1963), The Salt of the Earth (2014), Umberto D. (1952), Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (2003), Mon oncle (1958), Lisbon Story (1994), The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia (2003), The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Humanism movies.
Storyline: An Indian woman (Madhabi Mukherjee) becomes the breadwinner when her husband (Anil Chatterjee) loses his banking job.
Plot Keywords: indian cinema, social realism, family drama, female protagonist, urban life, middle class, gender roles ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: For the last 40 years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an ever-changing humanity. He has witnessed some of the major events of our recent history; international conflicts, starvation and exodus. He is now embarking on the discovery of pristine territories, of wild fauna and flora, and of grandiose landscapes as part of a huge photographic project which is a tribute to the planet's beauty.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, photography, nature, social issues, war, migration, poverty ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Umberto Ferrari, aged government-pensioner, attends a street demonstration held by his fellow pensioners. The police dispense the crowd and Umberto returns to his cheap furnished room which he shares with his dog Flick. Umberto's lone friend is Maria, servant of the boarding house. She is a simple girl who is pregnant by one of two soldiers and neither will admit to being the father. When Umberto's landlady Antonia demands the rent owed her and threatens eviction if she is not paid, Umberto tries desperately to raise the money by selling his books and watch. He is too proud to beg in the streets and can not get a loan from any of his acquaintances. He contracts a sore throat, is admitted to a hospital and this puts a delay on his financial difficulty. Discharged, he finds that his dog is gone and, following a frantic search, locates him in the city dog pound. His room has been taken over by the landlady and the now-homeless Unberto determines to find a place for his beloved dog, and ...
Plot Keywords: loneliness, poverty, elderly, social marginalization, humanity, struggle for survival, emotional bond ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmed only a few years before his death, this documentary focuses on the career of Henri Cartier-Bresson, a frustrated painter who became a world-renowned photographer. As he reviews his portfolio of iconic images and notable figures, the notoriously press-shy Cartier-Bresson offers insights into his legendary career, which covered everything from Gandhi's funeral to the fall of China. Interviews with historians and colleagues explore the powerful impact of his globetrotting work.
Plot Keywords: documentary, photography, biography, art, france, director, filmmaking ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Monsieur Hulot's brother-in-law is the manager of a factory where plastics are manufactured. His nephew grows up in a house where everything is fully automated and the boy is raised in a similar fashion. To take away the influence of the uncle on his son, his brother-in-law gets Hulot a job in his factory.
Plot Keywords: comedy, satire, french cinema, urban life, middle class, family relationships, nostalgia ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated of the city and the Portuguese singer Teresa, and he starts to record the sound of the film. At the same time Monroe cruises through the city with a camcorder and tries to catch unseen pictures. Later they meet and Winter convinces Monroe of finishing the film.—Christoph Blendinger <blendi@iam.uni-bonn.de>
Plot Keywords: music, journey, documentary style, european cinema, director, sound design, nostalgia ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The meaning of art itself comes into question in this documentary about Shelby Lee Adams' controversial photos of families in Appalachia.
Plot Keywords: documentary, photography, american culture, poverty, rural life, social documentary, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This comedy-drama is partially a gentle satire on America's drive to change the world in the post-war years. One year after World War II, Captain Fisby is sent to the village of Tobiki in Okinawa to teach the people democracy. The first step is to build a school -- but the wily Okinawans know what they really want. They tell him about their culture and traditions -- and persuade him to build something they really want instead: a teahouse. Fisby has a hard time breaking this news to his superiors.—Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, cultural clash, american film, 1950s, post-war, japanese culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for delivering his services in a lumber town until he delivers the Dionne quintuplets.
Plot Keywords: drama, countryside, doctor, 1930s, french film, black and white, classic film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A widowed professor (Chishû Ryû) fakes an impending marriage to spur his adult daughter (Setsuko Hara) to get on with her life.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, black and white, father-daughter relationship, marriage, tradition, modernity ...
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