Romance

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In 1944, in Dresden, a young Czech sailor plans to steal a shipment of tobacco and sell it by himself. Things complicate when he and a beautiful daughter of a German officer fall in love just before the allied bombing of the city.Read More »

Lena is in love with her brother Noah. In the desperate attempt to conquer her feelings, she retreats into a world of her own.

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The juxtaposition between reality and onirism, the lawful and the illicit, dominates Imbach’s entire film. An intentional ambiguity that destabilises and intrigues.
Muriel Del Don, CineuropaRead More »

Roy is a handsome Surinam man, who studies in Amsterdam. He hurriedly left his Dutch girlfriend Karina to visit his dying mom in Paramaribo. Back in his homeland, Roy soon becomes obsessed with his own country and its culture. When he falls for the Hindu nurse Rubia, the conservative Hindu and Black communities are in revolt. One day Karina arrives in Surinam too.Read More »

“An intelligent reflection on the power dynamics in a modern relationship…”

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Saara (35) and Robert (32) are high on their love. Just recently Robert moved from Berlin to Helsinki to give their relationship a real perspective. Their love is a constant play with gender role clichés and power relations, yet behind the unconventional façade, both have to struggle with their fears and insecurities. Looking forward to a time-out, the two set off to an extensive summer holiday on a lonely island in the Finnish archipelago. Triggered by the rough nature, the couple falls back into archaic patterns they are desperately trying to overcome.Read More »

Dark, romantic, complicated drama about a rowdy merchant marine and sophisticated librarian who clash over their lifestyles and values – and then fall in love.
Harry Patterson (Clark Gable) is a restless and rugged sailor in the Merchant Marines during World War II. After meeting beautiful librarian Emily Sears (Greer Garson) while on shore leave, Harry has a whirlwind romance with her, and the couple gets married. But domestic life doesn’t seem to suit Harry, leading to tensions in their relationship, and he decides to abandon Emily and head back to sea. Things start to change, though, when Harry finds out that he’s going to be a fatherRead More »

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Yakuza in Yokohama. Shinkokai executive Kenji Shimada met Asako seven years ago when the group was just starting out. Kenji was a thug in the Kohoku group, but the group suddenly disbanded. Ninomiya, an executive, moved to the Kanto Rengo, and fellow executive Kusuhara took Kenji and Hideo with him to the Shinkokai. One day, Kenji forcefully raped Asako, a hostess at a pink salon, but fell in love with her angel-like kindness. Kenji and Hideo start playing catch bar “Kuroneko”, but Asako gets caught by the detective. Asako, who returned to “Kuroneko”, was defrauded of 200,000 yen by Yoko, her fellow pinsaro, and she was beaten by Kenji. Read More »

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For ten days, in a city in the far west of China, a young Chinese actor and a Belgian filmmaker embark on a relationship that blurs the line between fictional performance and documented reality. The protagonists, played by Jin Jing and Matthias Delvaux, go on a hunt for intimacy in a city that is unfamiliar to them bothRead More »

The tranquility of a Romanian town is upset by the arrival of a beautiful stranger coinciding with the discovery of a new star by a modest astronomy professor.Read More »

Romeo and Juliet in the Algerian desert. Amin and Myriam are secretly in love. Their families are rivals and when their relationship is discovered, conflict is inevitable. In the quiet atmosphere of the palm groves, the two communities have long nurtured the seeds of discord and hatred. The persecution is the first signal of inevitable evil. From inside the cave where they have taken refuge, the two young people hear the cries of a senseless murderous raid. A universal metaphor to denounce the horror of all extremist violence, The Desert Ark is a splendid and terrifying metaphor for a burning contemporary reality.Read More »