António decides to be operated to his eyes, so he can see his dead wife picture once more.
Secção: Competição Internacional | International Competition
A poet waxes on about beer and flowers in a small-town basement tavern. He witnesses and joins a bar fight, which he wins. Seizing the opportunity to recite to a captive crowd, he tries to profit from the emotional effect of his poem…
It’s Sunday, a day for resting. Near the river, the father is fishing and drinking, the mother sleeps, the daughter plays…
Every year thousands of tuna fish migrate to the Mediterranean sea. Men chase them in a ritual of blood and death. Images of nature, abused and overwhelmed.
Michel, stock breeder in Franche Comté (France), makes the most of winter’s peace to pass the time with his young apprentice, Francis. They will be very close friends.
When his wife leaves him, Joaquín turns to his son to help him bring his mother-in-law out of a home to do the housework.
A tailor listens to a small radio by day and to a little teacher in the evening. The tailor has not a lot to say. Quite natural : he is waiting for the comeback of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the first French folk-singer.
1985. A secret tree house. Two children dressed in animal costumes experiment to revive a bee. But they are searching for a way to bring back something much bigger.
A housing site under construction on the outskirts of the town. A quarrel breaks out between a father and his youngest son. The eldest son steps in and causes a fight which takes a bad turn.
2008. Qingtian, Zhejiang province, People¬¥s Republic of China. A small rural city from where Chinese immigrate to Europe. Jin Wang Ping is a young man who’s turn to leave his home town has arrived. Faced with the prospect, and process, of emigration, he will look for other’s advice.
Christian has committed a crime, a crime of compassion. A troubled soul, he must now flee not only the law, but the deep ethical consequences of his act. The path he sets upon leads him to where all the roads end: a small community by the name of Radisson, 1500 km north of Montreal. Slowly, he starts his life anew among his new neighbors, a new job, a new interest in life. His story drifts along, somewhere between fiction and reality…
A panning-shot follows a wall-painting. This trompe l’oeil painting actually represents the landscape behind the wall. This wall has been recently built in Jerusalem…
For twelve year old Nouria, love is all there is‚Ķ but if love is all there is, why can’t her brother stop wetting his pants, why are the flowers that fill her house rotting, why does her boyfriend’s dog die, and why won’t her dad get out of bed?
Cui Shunji is a Chinese woman of Korean ancestry. A single mother bringing up a young son, she lives away from her hometown, and makes a living by selling Kimchi, a Korean style pickle. An unlicensed vendor, she is constantly on the run, pursued by the local commercial prosecutor. Kim is also an ethnic Korean. He and Cui fall in love, but Kim is a married man; their love can only be an underground affair. Police officer Sergeant Wang is Cui’s regular customer. Taking pity on her, he helps her get a business permit. Life seems promising for Cui. When their love affair is disclosed, Kim, under pressure to save his marriage, claims that Cui is a prostitute. She is arrested and subsequently raped in a police station by the drunken and soon-to-be married Sergeant Wang. Released from custody, Cui, in the face of shame and humiliation, continues her pickle business. Sergeant Wang and his fiancé also continue to buy from her. The fiancé even orders pickles from her for their wedding. Her son’s death sends her into total despair. She puts poison in the pickles destined for Sergeant Wang’s wedding.
Alex’s move abroad forces his parents, who know nothing about computers, to suddenly dive into the mysterious world of the Internet.
At home alone one night, Mr. Lazarescu feels unwell. An ambulance finally arrives that takes him on an incongruent odyssey. Various contradictory diagnoses are pronounced and treatment is incessantly delayed. The doctors remain cool and obstinate while Mr. Lazarescu descends deeper into the Bucharest night.
The world of the hell riders in their wooden barrel: men and motorbikes, speed and stunts, gasoline and adrenaline. A dying fairground attraction, portrayed in a thrilling homage with 5000 rounds per minute.
Alan is a musician who leaves a busted-up band, The Bumblebees, for New York City and a new musical voyage. He tries to stay focused and fends off all manner of distractions, including the attraction to his good friend’s girlfriend.