Peter von Kant (Denis Ménochet), an accomplished film director, is on the edge of another major career breakthrough when his life is derailed. He is visited at his home by his friend and actress Sidone (Isabelle Adjani) and her newest lover, the much younger Amir (Khalil Ben Gharbia). Struck by his beauty, Peter reworks his…
Tag: International Cinema
Beautiful Beings
Balli (Áskell Einar Pálmason) is a shy boy from a poorer neighborhood which makes him the perfect target for the bullies at his school. After suffering severe injuries where his story is highlighted on the evening news, he is transferred and finds himself similarly ostracized by the other boys at the new school. One afternoon…
Pacifiction
With the arrival of marines at Tahiti, a rumor springs to life that locals have spotted a military submarine not far from the coast, heralding the return of French nuclear missile testing in their waters. The rumors are unavoidable to De Roller (Benoît Magimel), the High Commissioner, who walks the fine line of a playboy…
L’immensità
Clara (Penélope Cruz) is a loving mother to her three children: Adri (Luana Giuliani), Gino (Patrizio Francioni), and Diana (María Chiara Goretti). She does her best to shelter her children from the abuse and infidelity of her husband, Felice (Vincenzo Amato), but as they grow older and he grows more brash, it becomes a harder…
Winter Boy
Lucas’ (Paul Kircher) world is turned upside down after the sudden death of his father (Christophe Honoré) in a car accident. After the funeral, he goes to live with his older brother Quinten (Vincent Lacoste) in Paris for a few weeks before starting up a new school closer to home to help support his mother,…
Ponniyin Selvan: II
The Chola Empire is in mourning at the loss of Ponniyin Selvan (Jayam Ravi) who is presumed to be dead after his ship sank to the bottom of the sea. He was rescued, however, by Oomai Rani (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) and is recovering at a Buddhist Temple under the care of its monks. With the…
Suzume
Deep beneath Japan, there lives a giant worm, and when it emerges through various doors and portals strewn throughout the island, disaster follows. To protect the land, an ancient order of “Closers” had been formed to create keystones to help seal the worm in its lair and close any of the doors which may have…
Kill Boksoon
Gil Bok-soon (Jeon Do-yeon) is one of the best assassins in the MK Company, but with a teenage daughter, Gil Jae-yeong (Kim Si-a), back at home and her contract set to expire, she begins to focus her efforts more on being a mother than a killer. Not wanting to lose his company’s best asset, Cha…
Last Film Show
At nine years old, Samay (Bhavin Rabari) is thrilled to attend his first film in the cinemas with his father (Dipen Raval) and mother (Richa Meena). The boy is immediately captivated by the images on screen, but is distraught to learn from his father that the film industry is below them, and that the only…
The Marquee Topic 