The Legend of Ubirajara(1975)

Rao Saheb(hi)

Adaptation of a literary work on the slow deterioration of an orthodox family, where the women are unable to achieve emancipation and the men succumb to insanity.

Der Willi-Busch-Report(de)

Life on the border to the GDR is as dreary as the "Werra-Post". To increase circulation, Willi Busch, reporter and heir to the local paper, takes action: sometimes he demolishes telephone boxes, sometimes he fantasizes a child into a prophetess who talks to sheep. Only when he fakes a dead man's past as an informer does Willi's paper corpses suddenly become real...

Dear Irene(da)

Description of Irene, a modern, free-spirited girl with a good job as press secretary for a film company. Nevertheless, she finds it difficult to get a grip on her life. She has grown distant from her husband, but for her daughter's sake she does not want to divorce him. Her lover Ebbe, a controversial journalist, is closer to her, but his violent infatuation can also be too much of a good thing. In a series of casual erotic relationships, Irene does not find what she is looking for either.

The Getting of Wisdom(en)

Based on the 1910 novel by Henry Handel Richardson, thought to be an account of her own schooldays at the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne. A young girl, Laura Tweedle-Rambotham who grew up in the outback, and at around the age of 14, is sent off by her poor mother who has scrimped and saved for her to go to a prestigious women’s private college in Melbourne, the Presbyterian Ladies College.

The Lost Way(fr)

While the Easter holidays are over, a young woman named Cécile and her brother Pierre return to the family home. There they meet their grandfather Léon, an old communist militant who has shaken Lenin's hand.

Brighton Beach(en)

A 1980 documentary on the historic Brooklyn neighborhood.

Yesterday's Guys Used No Arsenic(es)

Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision.

Arcadia Lost(en)

Two teenagers wander rural Greece after being stranded by a car crash. They encounter an itinerant vagabond on their travels.

Entangled(en)

A scientist initiates her brain-dead partner's secret experiment to find out what happened to him. But what she experiences is a mind-bending reality that threatens both their lives.

Listen(da)

A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, diamond-hard film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.

Oh Lucy!(ja)

Setsuko, a 55-year-old single 'office lady' in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, 'Lucy,' by her young unconventional English instructor. 'Lucy' awakens desires Setsuko never knew she had. When the instructor suddenly disappears, Setsuko must come to terms with what remains--herself.

Tricycle Thief(cn)

After discovering his eviction notice, a tricycle driver goes on a desperate hunt for money.

Factory Girl(ar)

Hiyam, a young factory worker, lives in a lower-middle-class neighbourhood, along with her co-workers. She is clearly under the spell of Salah, the factory's new supervisor. Believing that love can transcend their class differences, Hiyam relentlessly pursues a dream of the pair being together. However, when a pregnancy test is discovered in the factory premises, her immediate family and close friends accuse her of sinning. Hiyam decides not to defend herself and pays an enormous price in a society that fails to accept her.

Mondial 2010(ar)

In Mondial 2010 Lebanese artist Roy Dib presents an impossible love story between two men. His is a road movie that explores the institutional borders of the modern day Middle East.

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