Drama

  • Luiz Fernando Carvalho – A Paixão Segundo G.H. AKA The Passion According to G.H. (2023)

    2021-2030BrazilCultDramaLuiz Fernando Carvalho

    In 1964, after the end of a passion and the dismissal of her maid, G.H., a sculptor from Rio de Janeiro, decides to clean up her apartment. In the service room, G.H. comes across a huge cockroach and experiences her existential vía crucis.
    Based on the Clarice Lispector’s bookRead More »

  • Jan Curík & Antonín Mása – Bloudení AKA Searching (1966)

    1961-1970Antonín MásaCzech RepublicDramaJan Curík

    NFA.cz:
    Michal’s father and his friends are stigmatized by their war experience and the post-war social deformations in which they took part either directly, or watched them cowardly and in silence. They are trying to repress their feelings of guilt and justify their behavior to the young generation with memories of their heroic war feats. Michal, however, does not want to have anything to do with their problems. He subconsciously perceives the unpleasant atmosphere in the family as well as his father’s hypocrisy. After one of many quarrels with his father, he runs away from home, determined to go his own way.Read More »

  • Kazuki Ohmori – Tsugaru hyakunen shokudou (2011)

    2011-2020DramaJapanKazuki Ohmori

    Tsugaru” tells the story of a 100-year-old-diner in Amori prefecture and the family that runs the eatery. Youichi (Shingo Fujimori) is the successor to the family restaurant. He has had clashes with his father over the restaurant as well as a love/hate relationship with the town itself.Read More »

  • Paz Vega – Rita (2024)

    2021-2030DramaPaz VegaSpain

    Quote:
    A seven year old Rita and her five year old brother Lolo from a working class family as the whole country goes crazy over the European football championships, with Spain in the quarter-finals.Read More »

  • Kinji Fukasaku – Shanhai bansukingu AKA Shanghai Rhapsody (1984)

    1981-1990DramaJapanKinji FukasakuMusical

    Summary:
    From Samuel Sloan@IMDB:
    The summer of 1936. Shirou was on the way to Paris as the honeymoon with Madoka. He could marry her on one condition: he gave up pursuing a career as jazz musician. But he planned to stay in Shanghai to enjoy the jazz life. When Madoka found out about it, they were already in trouble which made impossible to get out of Shanghai. They began working in a dance hall, enjoying jazz and freedom. But the war was coming near… (The term ‘bansu king’ in the title derived from ‘advance king’, which means a person who always gets advance of his/her payment.)Read More »

  • Nabil Ayouch – Les chevaux de Dieu AKA Horses of God (2012)

    2011-2020DramaMoroccoNabil Ayouch

    Quote:
    What is it that is so controversial about Islam that more than a few people get antsy whenever said religion is brought up as a topic of conversation? It is actually more violent than other religions? Is there something else about, something specific, that rubs outsiders the wrong way? It seems strange considering that an immense portion of Earth’s inhabitants adhere to its teachings, about one quarter to be precise. How can so many people be wrong, or be practicing the ‘wrong religion?’ Be that as it may, the fact remains that, in this early 21st century, the world’s population is keeping a keen eye on Islam in all its depictions, and not always for the most enviable of reasons. Read More »

  • Nadav Lapid – Ken AKA Yes (2025)

    2021-2030DramaFranceNadav Lapid

    Synopsis:
    Israel, in the aftermath of October 7. Y., a jazz musician struggling to make ends meet, and his wife Jasmine, a dancer, sell their art, souls and bodies to the elite, and bring pleasure and consolation to a bleeding nation. Soon, Y. is given a mission of the highest importance: setting to music a new national anthem.Read More »

  • Mathias Broe – Sauna (2025)

    2021-2030DenmarkDramaMathias BroeQueer Cinema(s)

    Quote:
    Johan thrives as a gay man in Copenhagen, enjoying endless bars, parties, and casual flings. Everything changes when he meets William, a transgender man, and falls into a deep love that defies societal norms around gender, identity, and relationships.Read More »

  • Alexandra Makarová – Perla (2025)

    2021-2030Alexandra MakarováAustriaDrama

    Synopsis:
    In 1980s Vienna, a dissident artist’s life is turned upside down when her estranged partner reappears after prison, prompting a perilous journey back to Czechoslovakia that threatens her newfound family..Read More »

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