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Surreal adventure 'inspired by' the Lewis Carroll classic.
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An amateur drama troupe rehearse the Čapek Brothers’ The Insect Play.
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Selection of surrealist shorts gets a polished release from the BFI.
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Grotesque take on the story of the little wooden boy.
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Horror film addresses madness, both in and out of the asylum.
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Eugene prefers a life of dreams to everyday reality in surrealist animator Jan Švankmajer's extension of one of his own dreams.
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"A kind of anti-Madame Bovary" Caroline Vignal on celebrating pleasure and ordinary bodies in It's Raining Men
The mongoose and the snake Adam J Graves on bringing a hidden side of Delhi to the screen in Anuja
Pushing boundaries Torill Kove on family relationships, different worlds and Maybe Elephants
The star from the streets Adam J Graves on Salaam Balaak, Sajda Pathan and making Anuja
A little lightness Colman Mac Cionnaith and Michael Whelan on Room Taken
French cinema hits the high notes Rendez-vous opens in Paris with a boost at the box office
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