Acest film-eseu autobiografic graviteaza in jurul imaginii obsedante a mamei, o mama enigmatica, apropiata si indiferenta totodata, care nu explica nimic copiilor lasandu-i sa descopere singuri lumea cu senzatiile ei, ca un imens labirint. Rar cinematograful a reusit sa surprinda de atat de aproape impresiile primare, care nici nu sunt numite.
În 1916, Bill, un oțelar din Chicago, fuge în Texas cu sora lui mai mică, Linda, și cu iubita lui, Abby, după ce se confruntă cu șeful său. Alături de alți muncitori, lucrează la ferma unui bărbat bogat bolnav. Acesta se îndrăgostește de Abby și, cum are impresia că ea e sora lui Bill, le cere celor trei să rămână pe moșia lui. Bill vede asta ca fiind singura ocazie de a scăpa de sărăcie și o îndeamnă pe Abby să se căsătorească cu bărbatul bolnav. Însă mariajul are mai multe puteri vindecătoare și fermierul are mai mult magnetism decât crezuse Bill.
On the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Meanwhile his wife Cynthia visits a farm where a Mennonite family lives to say farewell to her friend Gretchen and discloses a dark secret about the origin of the fierce ravens.
A former sports star who's fallen on hard times starts coaching his son's soccer team in an attempt to get his life together.
A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Paradise Camp, they think they're off to a nudist colony—but they couldn't be more wrong, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine.
An esoteric teleplay about a Man who wakes up in a field in southern England with nothing but a bicycle, a massive bong and no memory of how he got there. When a strange Boy comes to collect him, the Man embarks on a journey to make sense of things and acquire a pint.
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
After a chance meeting, Zsolt and Ildikó delve into the mystery of the enigmatic Horsehead, uncovering eerie clues to unveil the figure's true identity and motives.
Nous sommes dans un coin de France reculé... très reculé.
A slow, hot summer afternoon. A father sleeps while his child is drawing with pencils in a cross word puzzle. A wind moves through the grass - something bad is about to happen.
Explorations of the effect nature can have on humans, as explored via a navy officer lost at sea, and a child in a field.
A dreamy autumn picnic goes awry when it receives an unexpected visitor.
Full of determination and uncertainty, Nutmeg pursues her daydream to escape a dull reality with a Walkman and her case of few sentimental belongings.
A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her hometown of Calgary in this critique of the bacteria-like spread of suburbia and exurbia. This film was made as part of the third edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.
Margot's overwhelming experience of miscarriage
Într-un CAP dintr-un sat de câmpie, legea o face președintele discreționar al cooperativei asistat slugarnic de acoliții săi. Există însă un cuplu, inginerul agronom și soția sa, care nu acceptă compromisul și, ca atare, trebuie redus la tăcere.
Something is cooking in the town of Grimsville, Ontario. A bunch of wayward youths take on Grimsville High, Squirrely's Pizza and the Moose Meat Ladies with their revolutionary underground grilled cheese sandwich club.
