Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) lives with his wife, Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), and their five children. While Höss is at work, Hedwig gets the children ready for school, tends to the garden, and enjoys tea with her friends. Their idyllic life is put in jeopardy when Höss is put up for a promotion that would require…
Tag: International Cinema
The Delinquents
Morán (Daniel Elías) has grown weary working every day at the bank and is still some twenty years away from retirement. One afternoon, the opportunity presents itself, and Morán steals $625,000 from the safe; enough money for him and an accomplice to retire early on. He meets with Román (Esteban Bigliardi), one of his colleagues,…
Fallen Leaves
Ansa (Alma Pöysti) is a lonely grocery store worker who is let go from her job when she allows someone to take some of the expired merchandise home with them instead of throwing it out. Holappa (Jussi Vatanen) is a laborer who struggles to hold a job given his alcoholism. The two meet by chance…
Society of the Snow
Departing the Carrasco International Airport on October 12, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 with the Old Christians Club Rugy Team on board, would not make its final destination of Santiago, Chile. Incorrectly fearing that the plane had overshot its turning point, the pilot attempted to correct his course but instead, he accidentally led the…
Afire
Felix (Langston Uibel) and Leon (Thomas Schubert) go on a short retreat away from the city to Felix’s grandfather’s cabin near the Baltic Sea. Felix plans to finish his photography portfolio for school and Leon, the manuscript for his next novel. Their plans do not start off well when the car breaks down leaving them…
The Boy and the Heron
Mahito (Luca Padovan) is still grieving the loss of his mother when he moves into the sprawling, lake-front estate of his Aunt, Natsuko (Gemma Chan). His father, Shoichi (Christian Bale), a weapons manufacturer, had remarried the younger sister of his departed wife and now they are expecting a child together. While out exploring the grounds,…
Godzilla Minus One
As World War II draws to a close, kamikaze pilot Kōichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki) lands his plane on the island of Odo citing his plane was malfunctioning and needed repairs. Later that night, the crew is awakened by an attack, though not by the Allied Powers, but rather by Godzilla. The ancient monster destroys the…
Anatomy of a Fall
After giving an interview for her new book, Sandra Voyter (Sandra Hüller) goes to lie down and rest. She is woken up sometime later by screams from her son, Daniel (Milo Machado Graner), who went out for a walk with his service dog, Snoop, in the woods near their chateau. The boy has discovered the…
Nuovo Olimpo
Enea (Damiano Gavino) is a film student who often skips class to work crew on whatever project is filming in town or see what is playing that afternoon at the Nuovo Olimpo Cinema, a repertoire house that is also used by gay men for cruising. The young man’s predictable agenda works to Pietro’s (Andrea Di…
The Marquee Topic 