Drama

  • Mejbaur Rahman Sumon – Hawa (2022)

    2021-2030BangladeshDramaMejbaur Rahman SumonMystery

    When eight sailors onboard their fishing trawler find a mysterious girl mid-sea, ill fortune falls upon the boat as they don’t catch any fish the next few days. The fishermen try to make it back home, although the sea has other plans for them.Read More »

  • Karel Kachyna – Noc nevesty AKA The Nun’s Night (1967)

    1961-1970ArthouseCzech RepublicDramaKarel Kachyna

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    One day of autumn 1950, during the forced collectivization, the farmers lead their cattle into the common stables of the new cooperative. The cooperative’s chairman, Picin, publicly calls out the farmers’ names. Only one among the farmers – the rich farmer Konvalinka – opposes the imposed violence in a horrific way, shooting all his cattle and himself committing suicide. The village witnesses the return of Konvalinka’s daughter, nicknamed Miss, a former nun whose cloister was closed by the new regime. She is running the remaining property alone, only with the help of the village fool Ambroz.Read More »

  • Mariko Bobrik – Smak pho AKA The Taste of Pho (2019)

    2011-2020DramaMariko BobrikPoland

    A Warsaw-based Vietnamese cook struggles to fit into the European culture, which his ten-year-old daughter has already embraced as her own. A story about love, misunderstanding and food.Read More »

  • Philippe Lesage – Comme le feu AKA Who by Fire (2024) 

    2021-2030DramaFrancePhilippe Lesage

    Jeff, 17, is secretly in love with Alyosha. They both admire the mysterious Blake, an old friend of the girl’s father, who invites them to spend a few days at his hunting lodge in the heart of Canada’s far north. There, in the wilderness, the two teenagers come face to face with a world of childish adults, ready to burst into flames. After Genèse, Philippe Lesage continues his romantic evocation of teenage torments and emotions by confronting them with the cruel and vain world of adults, played by Arieh Worthalter in a new role worthy of him after his César award for Le Procès Goldman.Read More »

  • Kurt Neumann – Unmarried (1939)

    1931-1940DramaKurt NeumannUSA

    This programmer was the last film of tragedy queen Helen Twelvetrees. Once a promising leading lady at RKO during the early sound era. Now a blowzy party girl, she and former prizefighter Buck Jones unofficially adopt the son of a late pal whom they were unaware he had. Young Donald O’Connor is the precocious youth who comes to adore them,Read More »

  • Eiichi Koishi – Zoku zoku Jûdai no seiten (1953)

    1951-1960DramaEiichi KoishiJapan

    Setsuko Azabu, a senior in high school, receives a proposal of engagement from Shingo Arai, a college student she often runs into on her way to school, through her parents.Read More »

  • Álex Montoya – La Casa AKA The House (2024) (HD)

    2021-2030Álex MontoyaDramaSpain

    Synopsis
    La casa (2024) is a Spanish drama that follows the story of three adult siblings—Jose, Vicente, and Carla—who, after the death of their father Antonio, reunite with their families at his modest vacation home to prepare it for sale. As they sort through the house and its memories, old family secrets and unresolved tensions come to the surface. The film explores themes of inheritance, nostalgia, and the passage of time, focusing on the siblings’ attempts to reconcile their present lives with their shared past. Directed by Álex Montoya and based on Paco Roca’s acclaimed graphic novel, the film is noted for its sensitive portrayal of family dynamics and has received several awards, including recognition for its script and music.Read More »

  • Manuel Villaseñor – Inevitable (2022)

    2021-2030DramaManuel VillaseñorMexico

    Daniela is a regular middle class teen who’s life change radically when a male family member abuse her sexually. To solve her problems, Daniela decide to take some very dangerous actions that will change her forever.Read More »

  • Karel Kachyna – Trápení AKA The Stress of Youth (1962)

    1961-1970Czech RepublicDramaKarel KachynaRomance

    Trápení
    Lenka (Jorga Kotrbová) is a strong-willed girl on the brink of puberty who builds a bond with a tameless blackhorse Prim, ill-treated by a mean collective farm worker, in this lyrical film for children set in Southern Bohemia.Read More »

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