In the remote fields of Iceland live Maria (Noomi Rapace) and Ingvar (Hilmir Snær Guðnason), sheep farmers. Their flock has been steadily growing over the past two years, but soon a lamb is born that will change their lives. The couple welcome in the new lamb like their own child, bringing her indoors, dressing her, and…
Tag: International Cinema
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Its July 1995 during the UN led evacuation of Srebrenica ahead of the town’s seizing by The Army of Republika Srpska. Helping the UN in their efforts is a translator, Aida Selmangić (Jasna Djuricic). As the evacuation continues, Aida desperately works to get her family into the safety of the UN shelter, but as further…
The Year of the Everlasting Storm
Released by Neon for a premiere at Cannes in 2021, The Year of the Everlasting Storm brings together seven auteurs of world cinema to reflect on the tumultuous year that was 2020 through works of fiction, documentary, and experimentation. Anthology films are always difficult to process as they live and die on how engaged we are with the material of…
La Piscine
On vacation at a villa on the French Riveria, Jean-Paul (Alain Delon) and Marianne (Romy Schneider) spend many an afternoon lazing about the sun-beaten deck and garden surrounding the luxurious swimming pool that is the centerpiece of the estate. Tensions and passions rise when Marianne invites an old flame, Harry (Maurice Ronet) to join the…
I Carry You with Me
I Carry You with Me is a Spanish-language romantic drama which follows an aspiring chef, Iván (Armando Espitia), and teacher, Gerardo (Christian Vazquez), as they develop a socially forbidden relationship in their Mexican farming town in the 1980’s. Iván eventually makes the difficult but necessary decision to cross the border to pursue his dream of becoming a chef, even…
The Marquee Topic 