Understanding Movies(2013)

Jean Aurenche, écrivain de cinéma(fr)

Snake's Daughter(zh)

The film tells the story of a girl raised by a giant snake in the jungle of No Man's Land who happens to meet Lin Cheng, a young scientist developing a scientific research project. In the mad pursuit of profit by the plutocratic group, the secrets of the giant snake and the girl are gradually revealed and an elaborate conspiracy emerges.

Spinning Man(en)

Evan Birch is a family man and esteemed professor at a distinguished university. When a female student goes missing, police Detective Malloy has reason to be suspicious when crucial evidence makes Evan the prime suspect in her disappearance.

Inhumanity(en)

Narrowly escaping death at the hands of a notorious serial killer, Jessa Dixon awakens from a coma to learn her father committed suicide. Unconvinced, she investigates the suspicious suicide and uncovers a dark corporate conspiracy involving the police and the psychotic killer that almost took her life.

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum(en)

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

Apocalypsis(en)

Set in a parallel universe entering a black hole, a woman reading the book of Revelation has visions of regeneration during Anthropocene.

Nightlight(en)

Five friends play a game in a "mysterious" forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.

Mexican Sunrise(en)

Ryan is getting married. His friends take him across the US-Mexican border for a bachelor party the night before his wedding. A night that begins with tequila and strippers turns fatal when the boys cross paths with a local drug lord.

1 Hour to Die 2(en)

A casting call brings out thousands of hopeful actors, but when one of them brings a loaded gun, the lines between reality and fiction blur.

Grahanam(ml)

The story revolves around the life of a couple Roy and Tina whose happy life lands into an unsettling loop of twists when a doubt about Roy's identity haunts Tina.

The Mad Rose(zh)

After being brutally raped by a drunken cabbie Rose becomes a recluse and plans her revenge. She takes on a new identity as the Mad Rose the vigilante. Tracking down rapists and criminals is her new occupation and she seems to relish the work. The Taipei cops soon get wind of her violent antics and set about trapping her. (IFD films website)

Collar Bomb(hi)

A celebrated cop is forced to commit crimes before a suicide bomber blows up a school. As he races against time, the idyllic town around him descends into chaos.

Where Demons Hide(en)

A neo Noir tragedy that leads one man on a revenge path to seek a sense of Justice. Joshua was brought up only knowing despair and deception through years of both physical and emotional abuse. After the death of his mother left him with his self destructive and alcoholic father, the torment became too much leaving him to make a choice. Years later after putting himself through university, Joshua is a psychiatrist and has a plan for revenge. Singling out those who have done wrong to him, he influences his patient Lewis to take action for him. What Joshua doesn’t fully understand is the extent of Lewis’s own dark past.

Nighthawks(fr)

When Sam stops for a drink on his way home, he accidentally meets Fred Moore, a rather curious man...

Face of Evil(en)

Using her girl-next-door looks to her advantage, Darcy Palmer is a calculating thief and murderer. After killing a young college student and taking her identity, Darcy enrolls in the victim's New England school in her place. At the university, Darcy gets to know her new roommate, Jeanelle, and her handsome father, Russell Polk, who soon play into her next scheme. When Darcy has to alter her plans, both Russell and Jeanelle become quite expendable.

Betrayed(en)

Julie, six months pregnant, and her boyfriend Trent arrive at a tiny Cape Cod cabin for some time to relax. The town is quiet and deserted during the off season… except for Sully, the creepy guy who’s keeping an eye on the couple from a distance. And then there's Jonathan, Julie’s husband, who she thinks she sees across town. With the divorce still being finalized, he can’t find out that she’s on a romantic retreat with another man...

Break the Blade(en)

Sebari Milach is an awareness film aimed at showing the dark ritualistic practices of female circumcision illegally practiced in Africa. This film touches on a true story about a young Ethiopian girl who gets tricked by her mother into getting circumcised at a ritual purification ceremony shortly after her sister passed away from the same practice.

The Child They Hid(en)

The plot centers on an antiques store owner who gives her relatives DNA testing kits as a gift. When the store owner's family members begin turning up murdered, she edges closer to the truth only to discover that she herself is at the heart of a mystery that has put her entire family in danger.