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Returning to France after a long exile, pianist Mathias Vogler reunites with his mentor, Elena, to prepare a concert. In a park, an encounter with a child who looks just like him will lead him to Claude, the woman he once loved.
In 1970s India, an eccentric aristocrat—labeled a 'man of miracles'—miraculously survives a terminal illness. Plagued by guilt and fear, he retreats into his palatial mansion, creating an alternate world that deeply blurs reality and imagination.
Diana is an imaginative girl who constantly runs and builds her own world out of domestic trauma. She doesn't believe in love until she encounters the anonymous who called themself as "Dewa Eros" in a note on a romance novel. This journey leads Diana to meet Cinta, the true embodiment of love.
Arjunan, who witnessed his parents being killed by lightning in front of his eyes, cannot bear the shock and arrives in Chennai from his hometown Madurai. Arjunan, who joined a kayalang shop in Chennai, starts to love a woman. Before marrying that woman, he was a worker and wanted to become an entrepreneur. He gave away all the money he had saved up until then and bought an old Tata Ace and married the woman he loved. Arjuna happily starts driving the vehicle, thinking that his life has become as happy as he thought it would be. Arjuna, who has been facing constant problems with that old vehicle, realizes that he has been completely cheated in buying the vehicle. He brings together all those who have been affected like him and exposes all the frauds in buying and selling old vehicles, seeking justice for himself and all those who have been cheated like him.
In 1979, amidst censorship and religious extremism, a revolutionary literature professor in Tehran gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to immerse themselves in banned literary classics.
In the midst of gender transition, Verónica runs away from home in search of a new beginning and finds refuge with her cousin Alex. As she navigates her new life, actress Israel, who plays Verónica, faces her own personal journey during filming.
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differences after being captured and held in a World War I German prison camp. When the men are transferred to a high-security fortress, they must concoct a plan to escape beneath the watchful eye of aristocratic German officer von Rauffenstein, who has formed an unexpected bond with de Boeldieu.
When a young woman is murdered for mysterious reasons, her ghost searches for answers - and revenge.
In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.
Four friends convene at a café and engage in a peculiar game entitled "Empty Space". Thereafter, their paths diverge for a prolonged period. Each endeavours to find self-realisation through various forms of creative activity, seeking to impose their minor and superfluous art upon a vast and indifferent world.
Shana navigates the trials and tribulations of everyday life with boundless energy and the support of her group of friends. When her grandmother passes away, she inherits a ring that is supposed to protect her from bad luck. Shana certainly needs this helping hand. Especially since her toxic partner has been released from prison, and misfortunes are piling up…
In 1960s Spain, legendary trapecist Pinito del Oro hires young poet Natalia Sosa Ayala to help with her memoirs, sparking a profound emotional bond between them. Through historical events, intimate encounters, and decades of letters, their admiration, affection, and creative passion intertwine. The story moves between memory, desire, and imagination, showing how these two artists influence each other’s quests for freedom, artistic expression, and recognition. Rooted in real moments but told with a dreamlike, imaginative lens, it explores what might have been between them, revealing a tender, evocative tale of connection, longing, and the courage to defy societal constraints.
Two years after the tragic sinking of a fishing boat that shook a small seaside town, members of the rondalla, a traditional Galician music band, decide to get back together in the endeavour to recover their enthusiasm and leave the grieving behind.
The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a Middle-Class Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.
Torn between confessing his love to Van and the fear of ruining their friendship, Aren drifts through the Parisian night. An encounter with Théo, a former lover, rekindles buried emotions and compels him to redefine the true meaning of love.
Once again, 23 Brazilian filmmakers come together for the second Tropical SOV anthology, now exploring sci-fi in humorous stories involving aliens and their space invasions, mad scientists, time travel, dystopias, and a myriad of end-of-the-world scenarios.
He sacrificed himself for love, taking the blame for a crime she committed. Unable to repay him for the sacrifice he made, she leaves to start a new life. Many years later, the former lovers meet again, but their estranged yet intertwined daily lives gradually unveil their tragic past. While one of them seeks redemption, the other yearns for release. In a painful and final farewell, they awaken from their wandering for one last heart-wrenching embrace.
Matt, a charismatic coach, captivates crowds until he spirals into a disturbing downward spiral.
