Povestea filmului Ran este o adaptare Regelui Lear, combinata cu o veche legenda japoneza despre trei sageti. Rezultatul este transformarea substantiala a tragediei shakespeariene - fiicele lui Lear sunt acum fii si accentul cade mai mult pe razbunare decat pe catharsis.
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Don Birnam, un alcoolic de multă vreme, este treaz de zece zile și pare să treacă peste tot... dar pofta lui tocmai a devenit mai aprigă. Evitând un weekend la țară planificat de fratele și iubita lui, el începe o perioadă de patru zile care ar putea fi ultimele - într-un fel sau altul.
Naufragiați după un accident de avion tragic, doi străini trebuie să creeze o legătură pentru a supraviețui elementelor extreme ale unui munte acoperit de zăpadă. Când își dau seama că ajutorul nu vine, ei se îmbarcă într-o călătorie periculoasă în mijlocul pustiului.
Un barbat de varsta mijlocie (Homayon Ershadi), care planuieste sa se sinucida, conduce o masina printre dealurile prafoase de la marginea Teheranului, incercand sa gaseasca pe cineva care sa-l ingroape daca va muri sau sa-l recupereze daca sinuciderea nu reuseste. Filmul minimalist, dar impresionant si insufletitor nu ne explica niciodata de ce barbatul vrea sa se sinucida si nici nu arata clar daca o face sau nu pana la urma. Dar fiecare clipa a odiseei sale pe parcursul unei zile este profund semnificativa si poarta o anume incarcatura filosofica.
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
A man trapped in an automated prison must outsmart a computer in order to escape and try and find his way back to the outside world that may already be wiped out.
Jane is the subject of a twisted science experiment where she is placed in a parallel world and is forced to find a way to either alter her reality or be stuck in a time-loop, destined to repeat the same test over and over again, with no memory of her doing it before. But with each 'reset' she starts to retain fragments of memory. With clues pointing to the mysterious Wytness Quantum Research Centre, she tries to find a way out. (The film was shot entirely on an iPhone during the UK’s first lockdown.)
Czech immigrant Vesna arrives in Italy and is forced into casual prostitution by poverty. The encounter with a kind construction worker could help change her situation.
Justine e o tânără foarte inteligentă, dar și cu un apetit la fel de puternic pentru autodistrugere. Împreună cu singurul ei prieten, Peach, ea se simte sufocată de o lume care nu are sens și în care alcoolul e singura evadare din perspectiva viitorului ei întunecat. Ofițerul ei supraveghetor, Leanne, și doctorul ei încearcă s-o ghideze înapoi în societate, dar Justine înțelege foarte bine ce poate să-i ofere acea societate și nu vrea să joace după acele reguli. Când o întâlnește pe Rachel, posibilitatea fericirii, a iubirii și a unui viitor începe să apară, dar durerea ei e adâncă. În timp ce demonii ei interiori încep să iasă la suprafață, se întreabă dacă își poate da voie să spere.
The life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.
As David's mundane life takes the best of him, he finds himself standing at the end of the line.
Lies can kill. Transgender Nuclear Suicide Sojourner is an exploration of propaganda, lies, and the overwhelming urge to end it all.
In a space without limits, a being without identity confronts his own existence by asking himself six fundamental questions. In his search to define his essence, the protagonist enters an introspective journey marked by a lack of answers and uncertainty. Through this internal challenge, the character unravels the complexity of identity and self-awareness, inviting the viewer to plunge into the depths of existence, where unknowns and the absence of clear answers defy the limits of human understanding.
In what appears to be an inexplicable incident, a man drives up to a resort hotel in midwinter, throws away his car keys, enters, and proceeds to agitate everyone he meets with his urgency -- a message he is somehow unable to communicate. Then he leaves, disappearing in the snow. Later, the people he appeared to have upset have gathered to search for him and find him frostbitten, but alive. Visiting him at the sanatorium to which he has been taken, they gradually discover what was really happening.
Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.
Now the subjects of a despotic chief, far from having any favor to expect from him, as both themselves and all they have are his property, or at least are considered by him as such, are obliged to receive as a favor what he relinquishes to them of their own property. He does them justice when he strips them. He treats them with mercy when he suffers them to live. In a beautiful house, during a beautiful day, next to a library with no books, a table is set for the last supper of its inhabitants.
Cunnamulla, 800 kilometres west of Brisbane, is the end of the railway line. In the months leading up to a scorching Christmas in the bush, there's a lot more going on than the annual lizard race. Here, Aboriginal and white Australians live together but apart. Creativity struggles against indifference, eccentricity against conformity.
After committing a petty crime, a young man unexpectedly receives a confession of love. Brimming with curiosity, the young man embarks on a search throughout the city for signs of that love, revealing a timeless appreciation for art, the depth of human feelings and a critique of technology and the modern world.