Drama

  • Jean Godard – Pour un soir..! (1931)

    Drama1931-1940FranceJean Godard

    In a chic nightclub, a navel officer admires his new love, the singer Stella Maris. A fellow officer warns him not to get involved with this woman and tells the tragic story of a sailor who lost everything because of his love for her. Some years before, in the port of Toulon, a sailor, Jean, met Stella in a bar. The two danced and instantly Jean realised he was love. The sailor later traced Stella to her home in St Tropez where, having forced his way into her bedroom, he spent the night with her. Some days later, Jean saw Stella in the company of another man. Driven by jealousy, he deserted his post and decided to put an end to his days…Read More »

  • Otto Preminger & Rouben Mamoulian – Porgy and Bess (1959)

    Drama1951-1960MusicalOtto PremingerUSA

    A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who’d love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.Read More »

  • Selim Gunes – Kar Beyaz AKA White As Snow (2010)

    2001-2010DramaSelim GunesTurkey

    The movie takes the audience on a journey through time by throwing light on the vicious cycle of an era, taking place at the beginning of the seventies. The director gives life to the story on screen by telling the story of a child, Hasan, who in the dilemma of poverty and deprivation of a small village is bound to life by the love to his mother. It shows, Hasan struggling to earn money by selling ‘ayran’ and how people around him sort out their problems with their own lives. (IMDb)Read More »

  • Frank McDonald – Over the Wall (1938)

    1931-1940DramaFrank McDonaldRomanceUSA

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    Jerry Davis is a street tough and troublemaker who winds up in Sing Sing framed for murder. There he discovers he has a great singing voice, and with the help of prison chaplain Father Connor, Jerry begins to rehabilitate himself.Read More »

  • Pascal Plante – Nadia, Butterfly (2020)

    2011-2020CanadaDramaPascal Plante

    While young and in her prime, Nadia decides to retire from pro swimming after the Olympic Games; to escape a rigid life of sacrifice. After her very last race, Nadia drifts into nights of excess punctuated by episodes of self-doubt. But even this transitional numbness cannot conceal her true inner quest: defining her identity outside the world of elite sports.

    Official Selection Festival de Cannes 2020.Read More »

  • Paul Vecchiali – Corps à coeur AKA Drugstore Romance (1979)

    1971-1980DramaFrancePaul VecchialiRomance

    Synopsis:
    Pierrot, a mechanic in Paris, falls madly for an older woman, a chemist, who at first refuses his love. Finally she accepts his love when she discovers she is affected by a deadly illness. In the background we see everyday stories of a community of Pierrot’s younger and older friends.Read More »

  • Susanne Bier – Pensionat Oskar AKA Like It Never Was Before (1995)

    1991-2000DramaRomanceSusanne BierSweden

    Quote:
    An offbeat but very watchable black comedy about a hotel handyman who precipitates the breakup of a family, “Like It Never Was Before” could get solid box office returns both in Sweden and abroad, with careful handling.

    Pic is the first script by popular gay writer and standup comic Jonas Gardell, a well-known media personality in Sweden, whose wit targets both gays and gay-bashers. His books are always instant bestsellers.Read More »

  • Ela Thier – Foreign Letters (2012)

    2011-2020DramaEla ThierUSA

    Quote:
    Foreign Letters is a beautifully stamped love letter to friendship and to the everlasting essence of relationships between human beings. We all long to connect. We long for affection, for love, for meaning, for understanding, and for someone we can be there for and who can be there for us.

    The story is simple but profound because of how relatable it is on an entirely universal level. The basic establishment of the plot is that an immigrant girl who has moved with her family from Israel finds herself adjusting to a new life in America and while adjusting to the new school, education system, and general lifestyle she meets a Vietnamese girl who is growing up also amidst the surrounding culture climate of the times. Read More »

  • Akshay Indikar – Sthalpuran AKA Chronicle of Space (2020)

    2011-2020Akshay IndikarDramaIndia

    After his father’s disappearance, eight-year-old Dighu seeks refuge from loneliness in his imagination and diary entries.Read More »

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