Her home devastated by a flash flood, a Cat quickly finds herself stranded as the waters begin to rise. As if a figment of her imagination, a boat slowly makes its way towards Cat who, with no other choice, jumps aboard to find it being captained by a friendly Capybara. Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, who…
Tag: Janus Films
Last Summer
Anne (Léa Drucker) is a lawyer whose clients are often abused teens and young adults. She lives an idyllic life in Paris with her husband, Pierre (Olivier Rabourdin), and their two adopted daughters. Their calm is upended, though, when Théo (Samuel Kircher), Pierre’s 17 year old son from his previous marriage, moves in with the…
Tótem
Sol (Naíma Sentíes) joins her aunts, Nuri (Montserrat Marañón) and Alejandra (Marisol Gasé), as they prepare to celebrate Tona (Mateo García Elizondo), her father, on his birthday. The ailing patriarch, young as he is, will probably not see another birthday, so the party also serves as a poignant farewell to the man. The children, however,…
The Beast
1910, Paris. Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) and her husband, Georges (Martin Scali), run the premier doll factory in town. She reunites by chance with Louis (George MacKay), an old friend, and confesses to him her fear of suffering a great tragedy. Los Angeles, 2014. Gabrielle is housesitting for an architect in his luxury home. After an…
Evil Does Not Exist
Takumi (Hitoshi Omika) lives in peace with his young daughter, Hana (Ryo Nishikawa), in the rural village of Mizubiki, not far from Tokyo. News breaks that a company wants to convert some of the forests that the town relies on into a glamping resort so that the city folk can experience a taste of the…
The Eight Mountains
Pietro (Lupo Barbiero) joins his mother, Francesca (Elena Lietti), in Grana, a small town in the Italian Alps, as he does every summer. His father, Giovani (Filippo Timi), joins when he can but otherwise spends most of his time at work. Pietro becomes fast friends with Bruno (Cristiano Sassella), the only other boy in the…
EO
EO is a circus donkey with a close bond to his handler, Kasandra (Sandra Drzymalska), but when new laws go into effect banning the use of live animals in performances, EO is taken to a farm to live out his days as a therapy animal for children with disabilities. On the night of his birthday,…
Drive My Car
Yūsuke (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is an acclaimed theatre actor who is married to Oto (Reika Kirishima), an accomplished screenwriter. Their relationship is fraught with tragedy having lost a young daughter to pneumonia, and to escape the troubles of his home life, Yūsuke often goes for drives to clear his mind – a hobby that is jeopardized…
The Marquee Topic 