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Seeing a way to reassert control over her adult son's life when he faces manslaughter charges, an affluent Romanian woman sets out on a campaign of emotional and social manipulation to keep him out of prison, navigating the waters of power, corruption and influence. Child's Pose is based on the sens …e of loss of parents who have to send their children away-physically and psychologically. The parent-child relationship is re-assessed through a son in his 30s that wants to escape from his mother, who in turn wants to keep her adult son by her side. The mother's character is quite familiar, but this film is unique in that the director delicately portrays how the controlling mother wants to deny that her son is destined to leave her by following the characters' emotional flows and gazing at their twisted desires. Luminita Gheorghiu turns in an extraordinary performance in playing a mother struggling to "save" her son. Heading to the conclusion, the film shows that the unhealthy mother-son relationship is not that simple when it comes to matters of humane duty. (Read More)
Themes: | regretjusticeguiltdrug useobsessioncorruptioninvestigationfuneralfeardrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationpolice stationvillagebicyclechurchhospital |
Characters: | death of boyasking for forgivenessmother lovemother in law daughter in law relationshipaunt nephew relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipuncle nephew relationshipmaidlawyerdancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationship …singerchildrendoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice (See All) |
Story: | opera singerwitness tamperingeye witnesspacking a suitcasehappy birthdayhappy birthday to yourearview mirrorlooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone calldeath of nephewpolice reportover possessive motherchemistry studentremoving makeupnasal spray …speed limitdamaged carneck massageback injuryromanian new wavejuicercondolenceskilled in a car accidentmedical examkilled by a carspeaker phonebreathalyzerback massagemother son conflicturine sampleblood pressuredeacondoor lockcar phonei.d.blood sampleeuroblood testbreaking uporange juiceforensicshand kissingpost traumatic stressintercomfreeway10 year oldbeggingsleeplessnessfilling stationsorrowbourgeoisieconscienceknocking on a doortheatre productioninfertility14 year oldvacuum cleanerselfishnessgatehandshakeimpotencereckless drivingpillbruisethirty somethingmurder of a childcellphoneslackerautopsyevidencecigarette lighteraquariumbribeloss of sonboxer shortsmourningsufferingaudiencevictimfraudarchitecthypodermic needlesyringeteaeavesdroppingeyeglassespizzadeath of sondeath of brotherpolicewomanwitnesscrosspianistsuitcasekeylatex glovescoffeesearchapologywineoperasubjective cameraf wordtelephonejailpianobathroombirthdaytearssecretcondomdrinkmirrorcar accidentsongcryingsingingejaculationdancingcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug usefeardrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | asking for forgivenessdancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipchildrendoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | happy birthday to youlooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callblood sample10 year oldsleeplessnessboxer shortsmourningsufferinghypodermic needlesyringedeath of soncrossapologywine …subjective cameratelephonejailbathroombirthdaytearsdrinkmirrorcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Lil ('Naomi Watts' (qv)) and Roz ('Robin Wright (V)' (qv)) are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotion …s that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltfeardrinkingjealousydeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | dancerboysingerhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthdayrearview mirrorlooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callbreaking uptheatre productionaudienceteacrossapologywinef wordtelephonebirthdaytears …secretdrinkmirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug useobsessioncorruptioninvestigationdrinkingdeath |
Locations: | police stationhospital |
Characters: | lawyerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboydoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone calli.d.blood samplehand kissingintercomhandshakebruisecellphoneautopsymourningdeath of sonkeylatex glovessearchapology …subjective cameratelephonejailtearssecretdrinkmirrorcar accidentcryingcigarette smoking (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: | funeralfeardrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | villagebicycle |
Characters: | mother in law daughter in law relationshipgrandmother grandson relationshipmaidpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrendoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone callblood pressuresleeplessnesssorrowselfishnessmourninghypodermic needleteadeath of sonsuitcaseapologydrinksongcryingsinging …cigarette smoking (See All) |
Themes: | drug usefeardrinking |
Locations: | villagebicycle |
Characters: | asking for forgivenessuncle nephew relationshipdancerbrother sister relationshipdoctormother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callintercomsleeplessnessknocking on a door14 year oldhandshakecellphonearchitecthypodermic needleteaeyeglassessuitcasecoffeeapology …f wordtelephonedrinkmirrordancingcigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Themes: | guiltobsessioninvestigationfuneralfeardrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | lawyerdancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | witness tamperingtelephone calli.d.forensicsevidencebribepolicewomanapologytearsdrinkmirrorcryingdancingcigarette smoking |
Journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades. Since the legendary success of his one and only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and social circles, but when his sixty-fifth birthday coincides with a shock from … the past, Jep finds himself unexpectedly taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the extravagant nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome in all its glory: a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty. (Read More)
Themes: | obsessionfuneraldrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | dancergirlboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | happy birthdaytelephone calleurohand kissingsleeplessnesssorrow14 year oldboxer shortsmourningteaeyeglassesdeath of soncrosskeyapology …subjective cameraf wordbirthdaydrinksongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
A married couple who have managed to remain blissfully happy into their autumn years, are surrounded over the course of the four seasons of one average year by friends, colleagues, and family who all seem to suffer some degree of unhappiness.
Themes: | funeraldrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshiplawyerbrother brother relationshipdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callblood pressureblood test10 year oldsleeplessnessknocking on a doorteasuitcasecoffeeapologywinetelephonetearssecret …drinkmirrorcryingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceinvestigationfeardrinkingmoney |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationpolice stationbicyclechurch |
Characters: | lawyerdancerpolicemanboysingerchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | beggingfilling stationpizzawitnesscrosskeysearchwinetearsdrinksongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smoking |
Violet Weston ('Meryl Streep' (qv)) has cancer and a propensity for pills and alcohol. She's a difficult woman to deal with and her husband has finally had enough. Violet's family gathers including middle daughter Ivy, youngest daughter Karen (with her new fiance), eldest daughter Barbara (with her …separated husband and teenage daughter), and her sister Mattie Fae (with her husband and son in tow). A family tragedy causes tensions to run high and secrets to come out. The Weston women will be forced to examine themselves and their lives whether they want to or not. Welcome to Osage County, Oklahoma in the sweltering heat of August. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug usefuneralfeardrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipsingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callknocking on a door14 year oldcellphonesufferingeyeglassescrossapologywinesubjective cameraf wordtelephonepianotears …secretdrinkmirrorsongcryingsingingcigarette smokingkiss (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: | drinkingdeath |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipdancergirlboybrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorsleeplessnessknocking on a doorhandshakecigarette lighterloss of sonmourningarchitectteaeyeglassesdeath of sondeath of brothercrosssuitcasecoffee …apologypianotearssecretdrinkmirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smoking (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: | justiceguiltfuneraldrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshiplawyerdancergirlbrother brother relationshipsingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | opera singerlooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callknocking on a doorhandshakecellphoneeyeglassesapologyf wordtelephonetearsdrinkmirrorsongcrying …singingdancingcigarette smoking (See All) |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
Themes: | guiltinvestigationfuneralfeardrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | mother lovelawyerdancerpolicemangirlboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | rearview mirrorforensicsevidencecigarette lightersufferingteacoffeesearchsubjective cameratearsdrinkmirrorcar accidentcryingdancing …cigarette smokingsex (See All) |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
Themes: | regretguiltdrug usefeardrinkingjealousydeath |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshiplawyerdancerpolicemangirlboybrother brother relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | happy birthdaytelephone callgatemurder of a childwitnessapologyjailbirthdaytearssecretcondomdrinkmirrorcar accidentcrying …dancingkiss (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: | funeralfeardrinkingdeath |
Locations: | gas stationchurchhospital |
Characters: | asking for forgivenessaunt nephew relationshipdancerboysingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorknocking on a doorhandshakesufferingcrosssuitcasesearchapologysecretdrinkmirrorcar accidentsongsingingdancing …cigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
Nader ('Payman Maadi' (qv)) and Simin ('Leila Hatami' (qv)) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), …who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationfearmoneydeath |
Locations: | gas stationhospital |
Characters: | asking for forgivenessmaidgirlbrother sister relationshipdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | telephone callmedical examknocking on a doorthirty somethingteaeyeglasseswitnesssuitcasekeyapologysubjective cameratelephonejailpianobathroom …tearscar accidentcrying (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: | obsessionfuneraldrinkingjealousydeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | policemanboysingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | happy birthdaytelephone call10 year oldmourningpianistapologypianobirthdaytearsdrinksongcryingsingingcigarette smokingsex …kiss (See All) |
The true story of London's most notorious gangsters, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray. As the brothers rise through the criminal underworld, Ronnie advances the family business with violence and intimidation while Reggie struggles to go legitimate for local girl Frances Shea. In and out of prison, Ronni …e's unpredictable tendencies and the slow disintegration of Reggie's marriage threaten to bring the brothers' empire tumbling to the ground. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug useinvestigationfuneralfeardrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police stationchurch |
Characters: | mother in law daughter in law relationshipdancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipbrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorknocking on a doorselfishnesspillcigarette lightersufferingfraudteaeyeglasseswitnesssuitcaseapologywinesubjective cameraf word …birthdaydrinkmirrorsongsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets a …bout living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind... (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipuncle nephew relationshipdancerboysingerchildrendoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthdaytelephone callhandshakeautopsymourningpianistsearchsubjective camerapianobirthdaytearsdrinkmirrorsongcrying …singingdancingcigarette smoking (See All) |
This is the story of three well-meaning but flawed people: Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigre; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married homemaker with two young daughters, with hiding a secret past; and Jack Jordan, an ex-con …vict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to live a law-abiding life and raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will have learnt harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug usedrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclechurchhospital |
Characters: | lawyerpolicemanboydoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone callinfertilitythirty somethingevidencemourningarchitecthypodermic needlecrosslatex glovesjailbathroombirthdaytearssecretdrink …car accidentcryingsingingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
In the early 1940s, Allen Ginsberg is an English major at Columbia University, only to learn more than he bargained for. Dissatisfied by the orthodox attitudes of the school, Allen finds himself drawn to iconoclastic colleagues like Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Together, this …gang would explore bold new literary ideas that would challenge the sensibilities of their time as the future Beat Generation. However, for all their creativity, their very appetites and choices lead to more serious transgressions that would mark their lives forever. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug useobsessiondrinkingjealousymoney |
Characters: | lawyerdancerpolicemansingermother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callboxer shortshypodermic needleeyeglasseskeysearchapologywinef wordtelephonejailbirthdaytearssecret …drinkmirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
T.J., a high school freshman, lost his mother two months before in a car accident: his father pops pills and sits on the couch; his grandmother holds things together, chatting and cooking. T.J. wants the car back from the salvage yard where the owner's son is a bully. By happenstance, Hesher, a foul …-mouthed squatter, moves in with T.J's family. T.J. also meets Nicole, a grocery clerk near poverty who helps him once. Hesher involves T.J. in crime, the bully is omnipresent, mom's car is slipping away, dad has checked out, T.J. watches Nicole at work, and his grandma invites him to join her morning walk: the odds are long that T.J. can assemble a family to help him thrive. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usefuneraldrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipuncle nephew relationshippolicemansingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshippolice |
Story: | telephone calldamaged carkilled in a car accidentreckless drivingcigarette lighterboxer shortssufferingeyeglassespizzaapologyf wordjailtearsdrinkcar accident …songcryingsingingcigarette smoking (See All) |
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: | obsessioninvestigationfuneraldrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclehospital |
Characters: | dancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone call14 year oldvacuum cleanerreckless drivingevidenceeyeglassessuitcasesearchsubjective camerabirthdaytearsdrinkcryingdancingcigarette smoking …kiss (See All) |
Berlin student Jule is hoplessly indebted due to an accident she caused, uninsuredly hitting a rich businessman's limousine. Evicted from her flat she moves in with her boyfrend Peter and soon learns that Peter and his flatmate, Jan, are breaking into luxurious mansions at night. Instead of stealing … or vandalizing, though, they carefully and ornately rearrange furniture and valulables and leave obscure messages. Jule convinces Jan, who has a crush on her, to pay a visit to the villa of her creditor. (Read More)
Themes: | justicedrug usefeardrinkingjealousymoney |
Locations: | gas stationvillage |
Characters: | maidpolicemangirlboyhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone calleurofilling stationbourgeoisieknocking on a doorcigarette lightereyeglasseskeysearchbathroomtearsdrinkmirrorcar accident …cryingcigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
From July, 1913 to the outbreak of World War I, a series of incidents take place in a German village. A horse trips on a wire and throws the rider; a woman falls to her death through rotted planks; the local baron's son is hung upside down in a mill; parents slap and bully their children; a man is c …ruel to his long-suffering lover; another sexually abuses his daughter. People disappear. A callow teacher, who courts a nanny in the baron's household, narrates the story and tries to investigate the connections among these accidents and crimes. What is foreshadowed? Are the children holy innocents? God may be in His heaven, but all is not right with the world; the center cannot hold. (Read More)
Themes: | investigationfeardrinkingjealousydeath |
Locations: | villagebicyclechurch |
Characters: | asking for forgivenessmaiddancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipsingerchildrendoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships …police (See All) |
Story: | hand kissing14 year oldthirty somethingsufferingeavesdroppingcrosspianistcoffeesearchpianotearsdrinkcryingsingingdancing …cigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
Humbert Humbert, a British professor coming to the US to teach, rents a room in Charlotte Haze's house, but only after he sees her 14-year-old daughter, Dolores (Lolita), to whom he is immediately attracted. Though he hates the mother, he marries her as this is the only way to be close to the girl, …who will prove to be too mature for her age. They start a journey together, trying to hide they're not just (step)father and daughter, throughout the country, being followed by someone whom Humbert first suspects to be from the police. The profound jealousy, and maybe some guilt from the forbidden love, seem slowly to drive the man emotionally labile. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltobsessiondrinkingjealousymoney |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationbicyclehospital |
Characters: | maiddancerpolicemangirlsingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone call14 year oldreckless drivingeyeglassespianistsubjective camerapianotearssecretdrinkcar accidentcryingdancingcigarette smokingkiss …sex (See All) |
Libby Day is a lifeless woman who survived the massacre of her family in their farmhouse in the countryside of Kansas when she was eight. She's been living on donations and lectures ever since. Thirty years ago, the police believed that a satanic cult was responsible for the murder of her mother and … two sisters, and her brother Ben was convicted with her testimony in court. Today, however, an acquaintance, Lyle Wirth, invites Libby to visit "The Kill Club", where amateurs investigate famous crimes, and she finds that they believe Ben is innocent. Libby needs money and, in return, accepts to revisit the slaughter of her family and comes up to the painful revelations and the ultimate truth. (Read More)
Themes: | drug useobsessioninvestigationfeardrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshiplawyerdancergirlbrother sister relationshipboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone call10 year oldsorrowknocking on a doorcellphoneevidencewitnesscrosscoffeeapologysubjective cameraf wordtelephonesecret …drinkmirrordancingcigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
Set in France, Georges is a TV Literary Reviewer and lives in a small yet modern town house with his wife Ann, a publisher and his young son Pierrot. They begin to receive video tapes through the post of their house and family, along side obscure child-like drawings. They visit the police with hope …of aid to find the stalker, but as there is no direct threat, they refuse to help. As the tapes become more personal, Georges takes it upon himself to figure out who is putting through his family through such horror. A true Michael Haneke Classic. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltfearjealousymoney |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas stationbicyclehospital |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshiplawyerpolicemanboydoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone callfilling stationconsciencepillcoffeesearchapologywinesubjective camerapianotearssecretcrying |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Themes: | guiltfuneralfeardrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police stationvillagechurchhospital |
Characters: | death of boylawyerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboychildrendoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone callsleeplessnesscrosslatex glovesdrinkmirrorcar accidentcigarette smokingsex |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltdrug usefeardrinkingjealousy |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipdancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callsufferingeyeglassesapologywinesubjective cameraf wordtelephonebathroombirthdaytearssecretcondomdrink …mirrorcar accidentcryingsingingdancingkiss (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin …ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | villagebicyclechurch |
Characters: | girlsingerfather son relationship |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorhand kissinggatecigarette lighterbribesufferingteaeyeglassescrosssuitcasewinesubjective camerabathroomtearsdrink …mirrorsongcryingsingingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Forty-six year old Diane Despres - "Die" - has been widowed for three years. Considered white trash by many, Die does whatever she needs, including strutting her body in front of male employers who will look, to make an honest living. That bread-winning ability is affected when she makes the decisio …n to remove her only offspring, fifteen year old Steve Despres, from her previously imposed institutionalization, one step below juvenile detention. She institutionalized him shortly following her husband's death due to Steve's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and his violent outbursts. He was just kicked out of the latest in a long line of facilities for setting fire to the cafeteria, in turn injuring another boy. She made this decision to deinstitutionalize him as she didn't like the alternative, sending him into more restrictive juvenile detention from which he would probably never be rehabilitated. However, with this deinstitutionalization, she has to take care of him which means only being able to do home based work. Despite they always yelling expletives at each other and Steve sometimes demonstrating those violent tendencies toward her, Die and Steve truly do love each other, his emotions which are sometimes manifested as an Oedipus complex especially as he seems to need her complete attention most specifically when it is being directed at possible male suitors. Their lives, both individually and as a family, are affected with the entrance of two of their neig… (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclehospital |
Characters: | mother lovelawyerdancergirlboysingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | rearview mirrorlooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callvacuum cleanerhandshakecellphonecigarette lighterboxer shortssufferingteaeyeglassesapologysubjective cameraf wordtelephone …birthdaytearsdrinkmirrorcar accidentsongcryingsingingejaculationdancingcigarette smokingkiss (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: | regretguiltfearjealousydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclechurch |
Characters: | death of boygrandmother grandson relationshippolicemanboybrother brother relationshipchildrenhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callhand kissinghandshakecigarette lighterloss of sonmourningsufferingeyeglassesdeath of sondeath of brothersearchapologypianotears …mirrorcryingdancingkiss (See All) |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de …tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Themes: | drug usefuneraldrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | police station |
Characters: | policemanbrother sister relationshipmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callknocking on a doorhandshakecellphonecigarette lighterpizzacrossapologyf wordtelephonejailbirthdaytearssecret …drinkmirrorcryingcigarette smokingsex (See All) |
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: | guiltdrug usedrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | villagebicycle |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshiplawyerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipsingerchildrendoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | telephone call10 year oldknocking on a doormurder of a childeyeglassespianistapologysubjective cameraf wordtelephonepianotearssecretdrinksong …cryingsingingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
Themes: | moneydeath |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | lawyerdancerpolicemangirlboymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | happy birthday to youlooking at oneself in a mirrortelephone callback injuryfraudeyeglassessuitcasesubjective camerajailbirthdaytearssecretmirrorcar accidentcrying …singingdancingsexkiss (See All) |
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: | drug usefearjealousymoneydeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | grandmother grandson relationshipdancerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipboysingerdoctormother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone calldoor locksorrowknocking on a doorcellphonecigarette lighterdeath of brotherapologysubjective cameraf wordbathroomtearsmirrorcar accidentsong …cryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
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: | justiceguiltfuneraldrinkingmoneydeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | aunt nephew relationshipuncle nephew relationshipdancerboybrother brother relationshipsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthdaytelephone callconsciencebribeteawitnesssuitcasesearchbathroombirthdaytearssecretmirrorsongcrying …singingdancingcigarette smokingsexkiss (See All) |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou …r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltobsessionjealousymoney |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | dancerpolicemanchildrendoctorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | selfishnessaquariumsufferingteaeyeglassesapologyoperabathroombirthdaytearsmirrorcar accidentcryingdancingcigarette smoking …kiss (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: | drug useobsessionfeardrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | maidlawyerdancergirlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone callbruiseeyeglassessuitcasesearchwinetearssecretdrinkmirrorsongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smoking …kiss (See All) |
England's Prince Albert must ascend the throne as 'King George VI' (qv), but he has a speech impediment. Knowing that the country needs her husband to be able to communicate effectively, Elizabeth hires Lionel Logue, an Australian actor and speech therapist, to help him overcome his stammer. An extr …aordinary friendship develops between the two men, as Logue uses unconventional means to teach the monarch how to speak with confidence. (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | brother brother relationshipsingerdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | telephone callhand kissinghandshakecigarette lighterfraudteaeyeglassesdeath of brothercrossapologywinesubjective cameraf wordtelephonetears …secretdrinksongcryingsingingdancingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
Themes: | feardrinkingjealousymoneydeath |
Locations: | hospital |
Characters: | girlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipsingerchildrendoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | happy birthday to youtelephone callteaapologywinesubjective camerabirthdaydrinkmirrorsongsingingcigarette smokingsex |
Single father Dan Burns dedicates his life to his children, but one day he meets Marie at a bookstore. They get to know each other, but then Dan finds out that Marie is actually dating his brother, Mitch.
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshipdancerpolicemangirlbrother sister relationshipboybrother brother relationshipsingerchildrendoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | telephone callreckless drivingpianistapologypianotearsmirrorsongcryingsingingdancingkiss |
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: | guiltdrug usefuneralfeardrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | churchhospital |
Characters: | dancerboybrother brother relationshipsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | sorrowhypodermic needledeath of brotherpianistsuitcasejailpianobathroombirthdaytearsdrinksongcryingsingingdancing …cigarette smokingkisssex (See All) |
Hank Palmer is a successful defense attorney in Chicago, who is getting a divorce. When His brother calls with the news that their mother has died, Hank returns to his childhood home to attend the funeral. Despite the brittle bond between Hank and the Judge, Hank must come to his father's aid and de …fend him in court. Here, Hank discovers the truth behind the case, which binds together the dysfunctional family and reveals the struggles and secrecy of the family. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltfuneraldrinkingdeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | bicyclechurchhospital |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshiplawyergirlbrother brother relationshipdoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationships |
Story: | looking at oneself in a mirrorknocking on a doorselfishnessimpotencecellphonefrauddeath of sonsuitcasecoffeesubjective cameraf wordbathroomdrinkmirrorcar accident …kiss (See All) |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | drug usefuneraldrinking |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | mother in law daughter in law relationshipdancergirlboybrother brother relationshipsingermother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | telephone callloss of sonboxer shortsteaeyeglassesdeath of soncrossapologyf wordtelephonesecretdrinkmirrorsongsinging …dancingcigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's lif …e: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. (Read More)
Themes: | justiceguiltinvestigation |
Locations: | bicycle |
Characters: | lawyerpolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather son relationshipmother son relationshipfamily relationshipspolice |
Story: | telephone calli.d.consciencewitnesscrosssuitcasecoffeesearchwinejailtearsmirrorsongcryingsinging …cigarette smoking (See All) |
When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin ar …ranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltfeardrinkingmoneydeath |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | church |
Characters: | mother lovedoctormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshipmother son relationship |
Story: | telephone callmedical examloss of sondeath of soncrosssearchapologysubjective cameraf wordtelephonepianobirthdaytearssecretcondom …drinkcryingkisssex (See All) |
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.
Themes: | drinkingmoney |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | gas station |
Characters: | uncle nephew relationshippolicemanbrother sister relationshipsingerdoctorhusband wife relationshipfather son relationship |
Story: | telephone callintercomfilling stationboxer shortskeysearchapologywinetelephonecondomdrinksongcryingsingingcigarette smoking |