Essay questions:
Coursework 1 (2,000 words maximum) Chose one of the following six questions:
1.1 Select one film from this module guide’s filmography and discuss whether or not it is part of a national, a trans-national or a regional cinema, or all of them at the same time. Your essay must explain why, so support your arguments with a brief analysis of specific aspects of, or a short sequence from, the film.
Essential Viewing:
Ossessione = Obsession (1943) Directed by Luchino Visconti. Italy.
Roma città aperta = Rome open city (1945) Directed by Roberto Rossellini. Italy
Ladri di biciclette = Bicycle thieves (1948) Directed by Vittorio De Sica. Italy.
La haine (1995) Directed by Matthieu Kassovitz. France.
Further Viewing:
Subway (1985) Directed by Luc Besson. France.
Nikita (1990) Directed by Luc Besson. France.
Diva (1981) Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. France.
Les amants du Pont-Neuf = Lovers on the bridge (1991). Directed by Leos Carax France.
Seul contre tous = I stand alone (1998) Directed by Gaspar Noé. France.
Romance (1999) Directed by Catherine Breillat. France.
A ma soeur = For my sister (2001) Directed by Catherine Breillat. France.
Irreversible (2002) Directed by Gaspar Noé. France.
Trouble every day (2001) Directed by Claire Denis. France/Germany/Japan
Anatomie de l’enfer = The anatomy of hell (2004) Directed by Catherine Breillat. France.
Banlieue 13 = District 14 (2004) Directed by Pierre Morel. France.
Frontiere(s) = Frontier(s) (2006) Directed by Xavier Gens. France.
Bande de filles = Girlhood (2016) Directed by Celine Sciamma. France
Divines (2016) Directed by Houda Benyamina. France.
https://358695.weebly.com/what-is-transnational-cinema.html/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/national-cinema