Movies: Based on myths legends or folklore

After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Johana lives only with her father, who is clearly unable to raise her on his own. Therefore, she is sent to spend her holidays with her uncle, who lives alone on a rural farm. Johana, who is attracted to ever...

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The second cartoon by Jiri Trnka that was a sensation at the festival in Cannes in 1946 when it defeated the world animation elite of the time. It is a musical fairy-tale based on a famous folk story about animals that deterred thieves....

A Vietnam War deserter returns to Point Pleasant, West Virginia after a tragic bridge collapse, hoping to help his estranged sister find their missing father— only to be pulled into a vast and insidious conspiracy surrounding a red-eyed, winged creat...

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Ram's active visit to his nephew Eswar's place turns into thrilling and scary incidents which no one ever witnessed or experienced. The endearing screenplay and enlightening twists will make you sit edge of the seat....

An intimate and bucolic portrait of a young girl and her role within her family that reconstructs the biblical myth of Judith and Holofernes....

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This atmospheric film depicts the folk custom of carrying out and burning Morana every year to celebrate the end of winter. The author also raises the question of whether it is fair to view Morana solely in a negative light. After all, if nature did ...

A man has his routine reduced to his monotonous work and the suspicious relationship with his wife, until objects, places and people mysteriously disappear, making his life more interesting and, at the same time, dangerous....

The ghost of a young German colonist, who died a couple of hundred years ago in unclear supernatural circumstances, appears in Chile to fulfill her mythical destiny. To achieve this, she will intervene in the life of an unsuccessful publicist and his...