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Jewish-American writer 'Jonathan Safran Foer' (qv) is a collector of his family's memorabilia, although most of the items, some which he takes without asking, would not be considered keepsakes by the average person. He places most of those items in individual Ziploc bags, and hangs them on his keeps …ake wall under the photograph of the person to who it is most associated. He has this compulsion in an effort to remember. He is able to tie a photograph that he receives from his grandmother, Sabine Foer, on her deathbed - it of his grandfather, Safran Foer, during the war in the Ukraine, and a young woman he will learn is named Augustine - back to a pendant he stole from his grandfather on his deathbed in 1989, the pendant of a glass encased grasshopper. Learning that Augustine somehow saved his grandfather's life leads to Jonathan going on a quest to find out the story at its source where the photograph was taken, in a now non-existent and probably largely forgotten town called Trachimbrod that was razed by the Nazis during the war, he armed only with his limited knowledge, the pendant, his grandfather's Star of David necklace, the photograph, tip "money", and an old and largely outdated map. Prior to arriving in the Ukraine, Jonathan prearranges the guide services of Odessa-based Heritage Tours, which specializes in helping Jewish expats discover their past. The company is owned and operated by three generations of the Alexander Perchov family, who generally think Jewish people… (Read More)
| Themes: | campingwritingblindnessholocaustexecutionfaithinsanitylonelinesstravelmemoryfuneralweddingfearpregnancymoney …religionsuicidefriendshipmurderdeath (See All) |
| Locations: | road tripvillageairportbicyclenightclubbathtubairplanecemeterycarhoteltrain |
| Characters: | jewish americangerman soldierdrivergrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipamerican abroadrussianjewjewishsister sister relationshipwriterbabyphotographerdancerboy …brother brother relationshipchildrenfriendafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual (See All) |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | sunflower fieldodessa ukrainekiev ukraineblind driverfake blindnessgrave sitemass gravejewish stereotypefear of dogswedding ringpack of moneyboy with glasseshitting a dogmad dogseeing eye dog …reference to the los angeles lakersreference to shaquille o'nealreference to marlboro cigarettesunable to speak englishreference to john holmesreference to the rat packspare tirewooden toyreference to mcdonald'sreference to sammy davis jr.shtetlear piercingfemale djpinwheelkennelgas canvipwheat fieldmenorahshoemakerwar victimderangedhandwritinggrasshoppermemorabiliatorahdeath of grandfatherstar spangled bannertipsketchbooksunflowerstar of davidukrainianplastic bagfalse teethdeath of grandmotherpendantdustmedallioncapundershirtdirtcollagesynagoguereference to michael jacksonhip hop musiceastern europesovietfiring squadpotatophobiavisitorcollectionmonumentcollectorchewing gumkarmacoincidenceheritagerabbiindependencetombstonejournalhit in the facepostcardfarmingjudaismdementiaaccountantspittingtranslatorukrainemelancholyboxvegetarianfascismtime lapse photographyhungeranti semitismretirementcelebrationrailway stationorchestraburialcarnivalculture clashskateboardhatclaim in titleeyeglassesberlin germanyblack americanfreeze framedirectorial debutwitnesscountrysideactor playing multiple rolesstatuesuitcaseon the roadlibrarygraveold womangraveyardjourneysearcheatingold manbandsoccerriverhallucinationbathroomdead bodysunglassestearsriflebookcamerapunched in the facefoodunderweardreamcryingvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingbased on noveldogflashbackbloodsexkiss (See All) |
Maria Altman sought to regain a world famous painting of her aunt plundered by the Nazis during World War II. She did so not just to regain what was rightfully hers, but also to obtain some measure of justice for the death, destruction, and massive art theft perpetrated by the Nazis.
| Themes: | holocaustmemoryfuneralpregnancymoneydeathmurder |
| Locations: | airportbicycleairplanecemeteryhotel |
| Characters: | german soldiergrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipjewjewishsister sister relationshipbabydancerbrother brother relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship …family relationships (See All) |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | star of davidheritagerabbipostcardanti semitismburialeyeglassesold womanold manhallucinationsunglassestearsriflebookcrying …photographdancingcigarette smokingflashback (See All) |
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. The family relocates to the countryside where his father is assigned to take command a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped paj …amas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustexecutionfriendship |
| Locations: | bicyclecemeterytrain |
| Characters: | german soldiergrandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipjewjewishdancerboychildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | spare tiredeath of grandmotheranti semitismeyeglassesberlin germanycountrysidegraveyardsearcheatingbandtearsbookfoodcryingdancing …cigarette smokingbased on noveldog (See All) |
After causing a loss of almost one billion dollars in his company, the shoe designer Drew Baylor decides to commit suicide. However, in the exact moment of his act of despair, he receives a phone call from his sister telling him that his beloved father had just died in Elizabethtown, and he should b …ring him back since his mother had problem with the relatives of his father. He travels in an empty red eye flight and meets the attendant Claire Colburn, who changes his view and perspective of life. (Read More)
| Themes: | travelfuneralweddingmoneysuicidedeath |
| Locations: | road tripairportairplanecemeteryhotel |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipdancerboychildrenafrican americanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | burialstatueon the roadgraveyardeatingbandriverbathroomdead bodytearsfoodunderweardreamcryingvoice over narration …title spoken by characterphotographdancingdogflashbackkiss (See All) |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
| Themes: | memoryfuneralfearreligionsuicidemurderdeath |
| Locations: | bathtubcemeteryhotel |
| Characters: | jewjewishsister sister relationshipbabydancerboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | rabbianti semitismstatuesuitcaseon the roadgravejourneysearcheatingold manbandfoodtitle spoken by characterphotographdancing …cigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
The feature film directed by Elem Klimov, shot in the genre of military drama. The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action, turning from a cheerful teenager into a gray-haired old ma …n for two days. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustexecutioninsanityfearmurderdeath |
| Locations: | villageairplane |
| Characters: | german soldierphotographerdancerboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | mass gravetranslatorfascismhungeranti semitismburialgraveold womanjourneyeatingdead bodytearsriflecamerafood …cryingphotographdancingdogkiss (See All) |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both …came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
| Themes: | travelfriendship |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | american abroadjewjewishsister sister relationshipwriterphotographerdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | tombstonecelebrationculture clasheyeglassesfreeze framestatuesuitcaseeatinghallucinationtearscamerafoodcryingvoice over narrationtitle spoken by character …photographdancingcigarette smokingdogflashbacksexkiss (See All) |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
| Themes: | lonelinessmemoryfuneralfearmoneyfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | villagebicyclecemeteryhoteltrain |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipsister sister relationshipbabychildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | capretirementrailway stationsuitcaseold womangraveyardjourneyold manfoodunderweardreamcryingphotographcigarette smoking |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
| Themes: | travelmemoryfuneralweddingpregnancymoneydeathfriendship |
| Locations: | bicyclecemeteryhoteltrain |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipbabyphotographerdancerboyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | eastern europehit in the facehungerretirementeyeglassesgraveold womanold manriflebookcamerafoodcryingvoice over narrationphotograph …dancingbased on noveldogkissbloodflashback (See All) |
On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German-occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet parti …sans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German-occupied Eastern Europe. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustexecutionfaithfearfriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | village |
| Characters: | german soldierrussianjewishbabybrother brother relationshipchildrenhusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | mass graveshoemakerwar victimstar of davidjudaismaccountanthungeranti semitismriverriflebookpunched in the facefooddogblood |
In the 70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's father house, playing and kiting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the … death of his mother in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of kiting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness the assault but does not help the loyal Hassam. On the day after his birthday party, Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba, Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiontravelmemoryfuneralweddingmoneyreligiondeathmurderfriendship |
| Locations: | airportcemetery |
| Characters: | russianwriterbabydancerboybrother brother relationshipchildrenfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | witnesssuitcaseold womangraveyardjourneysearchold manbandsoccerbathroomtearsriflebookfoodcrying …photographdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashbackbloodsexkissdog (See All) |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
| Themes: | lonelinessmemoryfearmoneyfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | bicyclebathtubairplanecemeterytrain |
| Characters: | photographerboychildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | potatohungerburialcountrysidegravegraveyardeatingbanddead bodytearscamerafoodcryingvoice over narrationphotograph …based on novelflashbackblood (See All) |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor …mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
| Themes: | weddingmoneyfriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | bicyclebathtubcemeteryhoteltrain |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipwriterboyfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | eastern europefiring squadmonumenttombstonefascismeyeglasseswitnessstatuegraveold womaneatingold mandead bodytearsrifle …bookpunched in the facefoodcryingtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingkissdogflashbacksexblood (See All) |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
| Themes: | weddingfearpregnancymoneysuicidemurderdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | bicycletrain |
| Characters: | jewjewishwriterphotographerdancerboybrother brother relationshipfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | collectortime lapse photographyeyeglassessuitcasesearcheatingold mandead bodysunglassestearscamerafoodunderwearcryingphotograph …dancingcigarette smokingbloodflashbackdogkiss (See All) |
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides, a high-desert landscape dotted by old tires, burned-out cars, and abandoned sofas. He gets a job in a pizza joint. By chance, Zia learns that Desiree offed herself a few months after he did …, and she's looking for him. He sets off with Eugene (an electrocuted Russian rocker) to find her, and they pick up a hitchhiker, Mikal, who's looking for the People in Charge, believing she's there by mistake. They're soon at the camp of Kneller, where casual miracles proliferate. They hear rumors of a miraculous king. Can Zia find Desiree? Then what? Where there's death there's hope. (Read More)
| Themes: | campingmemoryfuneralsuicidedeath |
| Locations: | road triptrain |
| Characters: | russiandancerbrother brother relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | capchewing gumon the roadgravesearcheatingsoccerbathroomdead bodysunglassestearsriflebookfoodunderwear …dreamcryingvoice over narrationphotographdancingcigarette smokingdogsexkissflashbackblood (See All) |
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country …odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)
| Themes: | travelwedding |
| Locations: | road tripvillageairportairplanecarhotel |
| Characters: | american abroadphotographerdancerfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
| Story: | wedding ringhit in the facesuitcaseon the roadjourneyeatingbandtearscamerapunched in the facefoodcryingdancingdogkiss |
A 14-year-old girl in suburban 1970's Pennsylvania is murdered by her neighbor. She tells the story from the place between Heaven and Earth, showing the lives of the people around her and how they have changed all while attempting to get someone to find her lost body.
| Themes: | memoryfuneraldeathmurder |
| Locations: | bicyclebathtubcemetery |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipphotographerdancerfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | wheat fieldhateyeglassessuitcasesearcheatingsoccerdead bodytearsbookcamerafooddreamcryingvoice over narration …title spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingbased on noveldogbloodflashbackkiss (See All) |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralweddingpregnancymoneydeathfriendship |
| Locations: | airportairplanecemeterycarhoteltrain |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipsister sister relationshipbabychildrenfriendafrican americanfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | star spangled bannerdustrailway stationburialeyeglassesgraveyardbandtearsriflebookpunched in the facefoodcryingcigarette smokingbased on novel …bloodkissdog (See All) |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
| Themes: | memoryfuneralpregnancymoneyreligionsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | airportbicycleairplanehoteltrain |
| Characters: | jewjewishsister sister relationshipwriterdancerboychildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | wedding ringboxcelebrationrailway stationeyeglassessearcheatingbandriverdead bodysunglassestearsriflefoodunderwear …cryingtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbackdogbloodsex (See All) |
Two days in the life of Saul Auslander, Hungarian prisoner working as a member of the Sonderkommando at one of the Auschwitz Crematoriums who, to bury the corpse of a boy he takes for his son, tries to carry out his impossible deed: salvage the body and find a rabbi to bury it. While the Sonderkomma …ndo is to be liquidated at any moment, Saul turns away of the living and their plans of rebellion to save the remains of a son he never took care of when he was still alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustexecutionmemorydeathmurder |
| Characters: | german soldierjewjewishphotographerboyfather son relationship |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | star of davidrabbianti semitismburialsuitcaseeatingriverdead bodyriflecamerafoodcryingphotographdancingcigarette smoking …blood (See All) |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental …ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
| Themes: | executiontravelmemoryfuneralweddingfearreligionfriendshipdeathmurder |
| Locations: | airportbicyclenightclubbathtubcemetery |
| Characters: | dancerboychildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | reference to michael jacksonfiring squadtombstoneburialsuitcasegraveold womaneatingold manhallucinationdead bodytearsriflebookfood …dreamcryingvoice over narrationdancingcigarette smokingdogkissbloodflashback (See All) |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
| Themes: | travelmemoryfuneralmoneyfriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | airportbathtubairplanecemeterycarhotel |
| Characters: | dancerboybrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | time lapse photographyburialcountrysidestatueon the roadold womangraveyardjourneysearchbandhallucinationsunglassestearsunderweardream …cryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingdogflashbackkisssex (See All) |
"The Believer" explores a Jewish student's private journey to understand the meaning of Judaism in his life. Set in New York City, the Plot follows a morally confused young adult struggling with the conflict between his beliefs and his heritage. "The Believer" examines themes of religion, family, an …d self-loathing. It is a psychological examination into the forces of intolerance, both on the individual and society as a whole. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustmemoryfearreligionsuicidemurderdeath |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | german soldierjewafrican americanfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | torahstar of davidsynagogueheritagerabbijudaismfascismanti semitismeyeglassesjourneyriflepunched in the faceunderwearsexblood …flashback (See All) |
The resolutely single Don Johnston has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry. Don resigns himself to being alone yet again and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and i …nforms him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate this "mystery" by his closest friend and neighbor, Winston, an amateur sleuth and family man. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames. Unannounced visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he haphazardly confronts both his past and, consequently, his present. (Read More)
| Themes: | lonelinesstravelmemorypregnancyfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | road tripairportairplanecemeteryhotel |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipwriterphotographerfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | hit in the facevegetarianculture clashon the roadgravegraveyardjourneysearchdreamcryingphotographcigarette smokingsex |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
| Themes: | lonelinessweddingmoneysuicidedeathfriendship |
| Locations: | nightclubhoteltrain |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipjewjewishsister sister relationshipdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | monumentcelebrationstatueold womansearcheatingold mantearsbookfoodunderwearcryingvoice over narrationphotographdancing …cigarette smokingbased on novelsexkissdogflashback (See All) |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
| Themes: | memoryfearpregnancymoneyreligionsuicidedeath |
| Locations: | nightclubairplanecemeteryhoteltrain |
| Characters: | writerphotographerdancermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | coincidencefascismrailway stationstatuegraveyardhallucinationbookcameraunderwearphotographdancingcigarette smokingdogkisssex |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
| Themes: | memorypregnancymoneydeath |
| Locations: | airplane |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipwriterbabydancerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | potatoindependenceactor playing multiple rolesold womanriverdead bodytearsriflebookfooddreamcryingphotographdancingcigarette smoking …flashbackblooddog (See All) |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an …d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingblindnessmemoryfuneralweddingfearpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | nightclubhotel |
| Characters: | babydancerboybrother brother relationshipafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | seeing eye dogorchestraberlin germanysuitcasebandhallucinationbathroomsunglassestearscameradreamcryingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smoking …dogkisssexflashback (See All) |
Borat Sagdiyev is a TV reporter of a popular show in Kazakhstan as Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist. He is sent from his home to America by his government to make a documentary about American society and culture. Borat takes a course in New York City to understand American … humor. While watching Baywatch on TV, Borat discovers how beautiful their women are in the form of C. J. Parker, who was played by actress Pamela Anderson who hails from Malibu, California. He decides to go on a cross-country road trip to California in a quest to make her his wife and take her back to his country. On his journey Borat and his producer encounter a country full of strange and wonderful Americans, real people in real chaotic situations with hysterical consequences. (Read More)
| Themes: | travelweddingmoneyreligionfriendship |
| Locations: | road tripvillageairportbathtubairplanecarhotel |
| Characters: | jewjewishdancerbrother brother relationshipchildrenfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | jewish stereotypestar spangled bannerreference to michael jacksonanti semitismculture clashon the roadsuitcasegraveold womanjourneyeatingbathroomfoodunderwearphotograph …dancingblood (See All) |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
| Themes: | executionsuicidefriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | hoteltrain |
| Characters: | dancerboybrother brother relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | mass gravecelebrationburialeyeglassesdirectorial debutsuitcasegravegraveyardold manbanddead bodytearsriflebookfood …underwearcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingdogbloodflashback (See All) |
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal. September 1944. Rachel is in trouble when her hiding place is bombed by allied tro …ops. She gets in contact with a man from the resistance and joins a group of Jews who are to be smuggled across the Biesbosch by boat to the freed South Netherlands. Germans from a patrol boat murder them all however. Only Rachel is able to escape. She is rescued by a resistance group under the leadership of Gerben Kuipers. When Kuipers' son is captured after trying to smuggle weapons, he asks Rachel to seduce SS-hauptsturmfuhrer Ludwig Muntze. Soon she will find out the attack in the Biesbosch wasn't a coincidence. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustexecutionmoneyreligiondeathmurderfriendship |
| Locations: | bicycleairplanetrain |
| Characters: | german soldierrussianjewjewishdancerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | mass gravefiring squadcoincidencecelebrationcountrysidesuitcaseeatingriverbathroomdead bodytearsriflebookcamerafood …cryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingkissbloodflashback (See All) |
On January 23, 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl is to fly from Karachi to Dubai with his pregnant wife, Mariane, also a reporter. On the day before, with great care, he has arranged an interview in a cafe with an Islamic fundamentalist cleric. When Danny doesn't return, Mariane initia …tes a search. Pakistani police, American embassy personnel, and the FBI examine witnesses, phone records, e-mails, and hard drives. Who has him? Where is he? There's also the why: because of U.S. abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo, because of a history of Journal cooperation with the CIA, because Pearl is a Jew? Through it all, Mariane is clearheaded, direct, and determined. (Read More)
| Themes: | executionfaithfearpregnancyreligiondeathmurder |
| Locations: | airportbathtubairplanecemetery |
| Characters: | jewjewishbabydancermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | anti semitismsuitcasegraveyardsearchdead bodyriflefoodvoice over narrationphotographdancingcigarette smokingflashbacksex |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc …alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
| Themes: | executionmemorymoneysuicidefriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | villagebicyclebathtubairplane |
| Characters: | jewwriterboybrother brother relationshipchildrenfriendfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | karmajournalhungereyeglassesactor playing multiple roleseatingold mandead bodytearsriflebookpunched in the facefooddreamcrying …title spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingbased on novelflashbackdogbloodkiss (See All) |
Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost …limit. (Read More)
| Themes: | executionmemoryreligionsuicidedeathmurder |
| Locations: | bathtub |
| Characters: | babyboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | spittinghungerdirectorial debutsuitcaseold womaneatingriverhallucinationbathroomtearspunched in the facefoodunderwearcryingtitle spoken by character …photographcigarette smokingflashbackkissblood (See All) |
'Slow West' follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.
| Themes: | lonelinessmoneydeathmurder |
| Characters: | writerbabyboyafrican americanfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | hit in the facehateyeglassesblack americandirectorial debutjourneysearcheatingdead bodytearsriflefooddreamcryingvoice over narration …cigarette smokingdogflashbackkissblood (See All) |
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcome …d. (Read More)
| Themes: | religiondeathfriendship |
| Locations: | villagebicyclecemetery |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipwriterdancerboyfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | burialcountrysidestatuesuitcaseold womangraveyardeatingold mantearsfoodcryingvoice over narrationphotographdancingbased on novel …flashbackdogkisssex (See All) |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
| Themes: | memoryfearmoneysuicidedeathfriendship |
| Locations: | villageairportairplanecemetery |
| Characters: | driveramerican abroadphotographerdancerboybrother brother relationshipchildrenfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | spittinghungeron the roadriverdead bodytearsriflecameraunderwearcryingdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelblooddog |
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man. "Downfall" explores …these final days of the Reich, where senior German leaders (such as Himmler and Goring) began defecting from their beloved Fuhrer, in an effort to save their own lives, while still others (Joseph Goebbels) pledge to die with Hitler. Hitler, himself, degenerates into a paranoid shell of a man, full of optimism one moment and suicidal depression the next. When the end finally does comes, and Hitler lies dead by his own hand, what is left of his military must find a way to end the killing that is the Battle of Berlin, and lay down their arms in surrender. (Read More)
| Themes: | holocaustexecutioninsanityweddingfearsuicidefriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | bicycleairplane |
| Characters: | german soldierrussianjewjewishsister sister relationshipdancerboyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | sovietvegetarianfascismanti semitismeyeglassesberlin germanystatueold womanold manbathroomdead bodytearsriflefooddream …cryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingbloodflashbackkissdog (See All) |
Life story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. Film explores Ramon's relationships with two women: Julia, a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living. Through the gif …t of his love, these two women are inspired to accomplish things they never previously thought possible. Despite his wish to die, Ramon taught everyone he encountered the meaning, value and preciousness of life. Though he could not move himself, he had an uncanny ability to move others. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingblindnessmemoryfearpregnancysuicidefriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | bicyclebathtubairplane |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipwriterbabyphotographerboybrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | handwritingvisitoreatingsoccertearsfooddreamcryingcigarette smokingkissflashback |
In a nursing home, resident Duke reads a romance story for an old woman who has senile dementia with memory loss. In the late 1930s, wealthy seventeen year-old Allie Hamilton is spending summer vacation in Seabrook. Local worker Noah Calhoun meets Allie at a carnival and they soon fall in love with …each other. One day, Noah brings Allie to an ancient house that he dreams of buying and restoring and they attempt to make love but get interrupted by their friend. Allie's parents do not approve of their romance since Noah belongs to another social class, and they move to New York with her. Noah writes 365 letters (A Year) to Allie, but her mother Anne Hamilton does not deliver them to her daughter. Three years later, the United States joins the World War II and Noah and his best friend Fin enlist in the army, and Allie works as an army nurse. She meets injured soldier Lon Hammond in the hospital. After the war, they meet each other again going on dates and then, Lon, who is wealthy and handsome, proposes. Meanwhile Noah buys and restores the old house and many people want to buy it. When Allie accidentally sees the photo of Noah and his house in a newspaper, she feels divided between her first love and her commitment with Lon. Meanwhile Duke stops reading to the old lady since his children are visiting him in the nursing home. (Read More)
| Themes: | memoryweddingdeathfriendship |
| Locations: | bicyclenightclubbathtubcemeteryhotel |
| Characters: | dancerchildrenfriendafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | dementiaburialcarnivalold womanold manbandrivertearsriflebookfoodunderwearcryingvoice over narrationphotograph …dancingbased on novelflashbackkiss (See All) |
The Human Stain is the story of Coleman Silk (Hopkins), a classics professor with a terrible secret that is about to shatter his life in a small New England town. When his affair with a young troubled janitor (Kidman) is uncovered, the secret Silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife, his … children and colleague, writer Nathan Zuckerman, fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences. It is Zuckerman who stumbles upon Silk's secret and sets out to reconstruct the unknown biography of this eminent, upright man, esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life, and to understand how this ingeniously contrived life came unraveled. (Read More)
| Themes: | lonelinessmemoryfuneralsuicidefriendshipmurderdeath |
| Locations: | cemeterycartrain |
| Characters: | jewwriterdancerbrother brother relationshipchildrenfriendafrican americanmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | rabbiretirementburialfreeze framelibrarygraveyardtearsunderwearcryingvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback …kiss (See All) |
Burt Farlander and Verona De Tessant are a couple steeped in eccentricity and irregularity but are very much in love. So when they find out that Verona is pregnant they seem to be taking it in their stride. Verona is enjoying pregnancy, Burt is already practicing skill that he believes a good father … should have, and they living in the same state as Burt's parents, Jerry and Gloria, so that their prospective daughter can have grandparents. However, things are shaken up when Burt and Verona go to dinner at Jerry and Gloria's house, as Burt's parents reveal a surprising piece of news. They have decided to move to Antwerp in Belguim a month before the baby is due, scuppering Burt and Verona's plans of having their children's grandparents around. Because Verona lost her parents when she was relatively young, she finds this news very hard to take, but the resilient couple quickly find a way to turn it in to a positive. It becomes obvious that this is what the pair needed, as they decide to embark on a search for the right place for them to raise their daughter. They go to every place they can think of, meeting family and friends along the way, with laughter and sadness, this is a road trip the couple will never forget. (Read More)
| Themes: | pregnancyfriendship |
| Locations: | road tripairportnightclubbathtubairplanehoteltrain |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipbabyboybrother brother relationshipchildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | star spangled bannereyeglasseson the roadjourneysearcheatingsunglassestearsfoodunderwearcryingphotographsexkiss |
Tokyo's nasty underside, seen primarily through the eyes of Oscar, a heavy drug user, whose sister Linda is a stripper. Oscar also has flashbacks to his childhood when trauma upends the siblings. Oscar's drug-fed hallucinations alter Tokyo's already-disconcerting nights, and after the police shoot h …im, he can float above and look down: on his sister's sorrow, on the rooms of a love hotel, and on life at even a molecular level. The spectrum's colors can be beautiful; it's people's colorless lives that can be ugly. And what of afterlife, is there more than a void? (Read More)
| Themes: | fearpregnancymoneydeathfriendship |
| Locations: | airportbathtubairplanehotel |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipgrandfather grandson relationshipamerican abroadjewbabydancerboyfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipshomosexual |
| Story: | eatinghallucinationbathroomdead bodytearsbookpunched in the facefoodunderweardreamcryingphotographdancingcigarette smokingblood …flashbacksexkiss (See All) |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the …concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
| Themes: | memoryfuneralweddingpregnancydeath |
| Locations: | bathtubcemetery |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipbabyphotographerboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | tombstoneorchestragravegraveyardtearscamerapunched in the faceunderwearcryingcigarette smokingflashbackkisssex |
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mecha …nical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past. (Read More)
| Themes: | writinglonelinessmemoryfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | bathtubcemeterytrain |
| Characters: | writerphotographerdancerboybrother brother relationshipfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
| Story: | collectioncollectorrailway stationorchestrastatuelibrarygravegraveyardsearchold manriverdead bodytearsbookcamera …dreamcryingvoice over narrationphotographdancingdogflashback (See All) |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count …ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
| Themes: | moneydeathfriendshipmurder |
| Locations: | bathtubairplanecemetery |
| Characters: | grandfather grandson relationshipdancerboychildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | tombstoneaccountantspittingcelebrationburialsuitcasegraveyardold manriverdead bodyriflepunched in the facevoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterphotograph …dancingcigarette smokingflashbackbloodkissdogsex (See All) |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
| Themes: | writingblindnessmemorysuicidedeath |
| Locations: | bicyclebathtubcemeterytrain |
| Characters: | babydancerboyafrican americanmother son relationshipfather son relationshiphomosexual |
| Story: | black americanlibraryeatingbathroomtearsfoodunderweardreamcryingtitle spoken by characterdancingcigarette smokingflashbackbloodkiss …dog (See All) |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
| Themes: | faithmemoryfearpregnancyreligiondeath |
| Locations: | bicyclebathtubairplanecemetery |
| Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipbabyboybrother brother relationshipchildrenafrican americanhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Story: | sunflowerspittingeyeglassesblack americangraveyardjourneysearcheatingriverdead bodytearsbookfoodcryingvoice over narration …dancingdogflashbackkiss (See All) |
Shaken by the death of his father and discouraged by his stalled career, writer Sal Paradise goes on a road trip hoping for inspiration. While traveling, he is befriended by charismatic and fearless Dean Moriarty and Moriarty's free-spirited and seductive young wife, Marylou. Traveling across the Am …erican southwest together, they strive to break from conformity and and search the unknown, and their decisions change the very course of their lives. (Read More)
| Themes: | funeralpregnancyfriendshipdeath |
| Locations: | road tripnightclubcemeterycartrain |
| Characters: | writerbabyfriendhusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | undershirton the roadjourneysearchriverbookcryingvoice over narrationtitle spoken by characterphotographdancingcigarette smokingbased on novelflashbackkiss |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li …ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Cecilia… (Read More)
| Themes: | writingmemoryweddingdeath |
| Locations: | bathtubairplanetrain |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipwriterbrother brother relationshipchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
| Period: | world war two |
| Story: | postcardwitnesscountrysidesuitcaselibraryold womansearcheatinghallucinationdead bodytearsriflefooddreamcrying …voice over narrationtitle spoken by characterphotographcigarette smokingbased on noveldogflashbacksexbloodkiss (See All) |
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