Every year, Gretchen spends one whole day solving as many crosswords as possible. Her aim is to break her own record, even though she knows that nobody will be there to celebrate with her. She uses to spend this day on several lines of the underground, in New York. That's the place where she can give the best. Focused on the crosswords, she doesn't care about the world arou...
The summer has just started and a family run circus travels adrift in the region of the Sertão. They don't have any means of transportation so every time they have to move, they hire a truck to transport all the things which were inside the tent. Their arrival to a new city is announced only by radio, the only mean of communication which is available in such isola...
Jong-du has been just released from prison for the third time, but his return home is not happy. One of his brothers is unemployed, the other one tries to involve him in his small business, without any success. Jong-du spends his days wandering adrift through the city. He suddenly decides to visit Gong-yu, the sister of the man he accidentally killed with his motorbike. She ...
The documentary was shot on the 2nd and 3rd April, 2002, in the refugee camp of Deheishe, in Palestine, while waiting for the occupation of the Israelian tanks. The director is lead in the camp by Ghassan, a 15 years old Palestinian. We follow him when he meets his peers, he shows us the new Israelian establishments, he attends the wake and the funeral of a martyr. In the ca...
A scorching summer day in a degraded and unreal southern city. Four kids meet a black prostitute and so, a day similar to many others turns into a moment of discovery and growth.
The last exam of the summer session is close and Emanuele fears to fail. As anybody else in that situation, he would like to have a substitute.
Jason "Igby" Slocumb jr., un'adolescente intelligente e ribelle, ha intenzione di cambiare vita. Ne ha abbastanza di fare parte di una famiglia che lo vessa e di essere ignorato da suo padre a favore di Oliver, suo fratello maggiore. Espluso dal liceo, Igby decide di abbandonare tutto e di trasferirsi a New York da D.H., il suo patrigno e la sua fidanzata Rache...
Silvano lives in Sottomarina, in the province of Venice. He is 40 years old, has a young, nice wife, a beautiful child and a comfortable house. For a living, he is a car thief. One late summer day, an old friend of his, Mario, who is back to the village after many years...
A reflection on the human being, on the human condition. The city of Tallinn, capital of Estonia, offers the rare possibility of observing freely, without tricks of the eye nor violence. People welcome the watching eye naturally, they do not feel offended nor do they withdraw, they participate willingly, discreetly. In every place: in bars, on streetcars, along the street. T...
Anni Cinquanta: in una grande dimora borghese della campagna francese ci si prepara a festeggiare il Natale. Il capofamiglia viene trovato cadavere. L'assassina si cela tra le otto donne che frequentavano regolarmente la vittima. Regia di raffinata eleganza.