A TRAM IN MOSCOW (UN TRAMWAY A MOSCOU)

DescriptionDescription A lovely autumn day in Moscow as line A tram makes its last journey. This journey, which runs through the old city, is no longer making money and is about to be closed. The old tramway is like a touring theater. During the trip, we discover a whole gallery of characters, of travelers for...

TROUBLE IN THE IMAGE

DescriptionDescription Trouble In the Image is a deceptively loosekn it collage of non-sequitur imagery, dizzying optical tricks, absurdist iuxtapositions, and surreal syntheses which unfolds in its 38 minutes into a bittersweet and hilarious subversion of both the capitalist system and narrative conventions. -Peter Keough, The Boston Phoenix

TO SPEAK THE UNSPEAKABLE: THE MESSAGE OF ELIE WIESEL (DIRE L’INDICIBLE: LA QUETE D’ELIE WIESEL)

DescriptionDescription "In his own lifetime, Elie Wiesel has become a symbol. His name cannot be dissociated from 20th Century Jewish Destiny and the memory of the victims of the Holocaust. He is their living conscience .... " Thus states Judit Elek of a most extraordinary teacher, writer and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This...

TO THE ENDS OF TIME

DescriptionDescription An epic fantasy adventure for the whole family with inventions and weaponry straight out of a Leonardo Do Vinci sketchbook, the film takes us where man's greatest enemy-time-is conquered by his most potent force-love. When a powerhungry sorceress steals a device which allows her to bend time to her will, she unleashes forces that...

SWEET ANGEL MINE

DescriptionDescription The setting of Radclyffe's visually stunning directorial debut-an isolated island in Nova Scotia-emphasizes the ominous tone of this psychological thriller. Three women-Rauchine, her young mother, Megan, and Grmndma-live a mysterious and lonely existence in their family home. Their deep-seated cycle of manipulation and abuse is suddenly exacerbated by the arrival of a young man...

TEMPTATION (POKUSZENIE)

DescriptionDescription In her first major role, young actress Magdalena Cielecka shines as Anna, a Catholic nun imprisoned for "fomenting sedition" who's set free after agreeing to collaborate with the authorities. It's the winter of 1953, the darkest period of Stalinism, and her assignment is to get incriminating info on a well-known dissident priest being held...

TENDRILS

DescriptionDescription Two lifelong friends and business partners are torn apart by the seductive charm of easy money.

THE SUBSTANCE OF FIRE

DescriptionDescription A powerful and deeply moving drama about the clash of a headstrong father and his three grown children, The Substance of Fire marks the motion picture directorial debut of three-time Tony Award nominee Daniel Sullivan. Holocaust survivor Isaac Geldhart is a venomously witty publisher who would rather sink his efforts into a sixvolume history...

SUPERIOR PEOPLE

DescriptionDescription In the summer of 1995, I brought a film crew back to my hometown, Superior, Iowa. Most people fly over America's heartland and think that nothing is there. I wanted to present an accurate picture of family farming and life in a small American town. Here was an opportunity to give a face to...

A SINGLE GIRL (LA FILLE SEULE)

DescriptionDescription Valerie, played by Virginie Ledoyen, one morning reveals to her boyfriend, Remi, played by Benoit Magimel, that she is pregnant. Neither Valerie nor Remi knows what this dramatic change within her is to mean for them as a couple. Over the course of the day, which is Valerie's first day working in Room Service...

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