TRANSMITZVAH is a love story between siblings. They exhibit their wounds, exchange the pieces of each other’s puzzle, and complete (or start) the process of reaffirming their own identity. Rubén –the Singmans’ youngest son– challenges tradition by deciding to have a Bat Mitzvah instead of a Bar Mitzvah. Twenty years later, Rubén –now MUMY SINGER– returns to their hometown as a famous Yiddish singing star. After a sad event in the family, MUMY loses her voice and, with the help of her brother EDUARDO, tries to complete the path to adult life. A comedy with a jolly, playful, and musical dialogue about MUMY SINGER, and her trip to the past to make herself up, avoiding shortcuts and labels. The journey to who we really are can’t be avoided and must necessarily be taken.
Once upon a time, Juan Pérez, the poorest of the poor, reaches fame in a fluke accident in what seemed to be an attempt of suicide, to protest against the government and his social condition. The Ministry of Economy, surrounded by the scandal in which he is blamed by Pérez's decision, decides to reward him changing his life giving him a little house, a car and a job. But when other poor people (Pérez's close friends) find out about his reversal of fortune, decide to imitate him faking suicide attempts in different buildings in Mexico City. The Ministry of Economy, terrified by the glance of having a plague of beggars, decides to declare poverty a crime and hence finish for once and for all with all the poor in the country. Pérez ends up behind bars. Three years later, Pérez is released and goes back to his previous social condition, but this time, aware of having one day as a rich man is better than a life as poor, he will do anything to get out of his misery... And he will manage to do so!
The year is 1989. In an era of Palestinian demands for independence, the State of Israel sends young soldiers to oversee the Arab population in the Occupied Territories. After one of them is killed, the common fate of four young soldiers and one Palestinian family is sealed. The film describes the extraordinary journey of a young soldier trying to find his place in the chaos surrounding him.
Director John Raftopoulos co-wrote the screenplay with Dave Paterson (2067) based on the true love story between himself and his current wife. Take My Hand follows vibrant young Australian woman Laura, who forges a successful banking career in London and seemingly has the perfect marriage. Her world is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her husband starts to show his true colors. When a tragic accident leaves her a widowed mother with three sons, she returns home to Australia, and is reunited with Michael, a high school friend and a divorcee with one daughter, who has loved Laura since they were teenagers.
希腊莱斯沃斯岛(Lesbos),因公元七世纪著名的女诗人萨孚(Sappho)而闻名,她留下无数动人的情欲篇章,也让原本称呼岛民的单词Lesbian成为女同性恋的专有名词。一千多年后,另一个名叫萨孚(Avalon Barrie 饰)的女孩在岛上诞生。她系出名门,家境优渥。性情奔放的萨孚嫁给了老实内向的英国画家菲尔(Todd Soley 饰),两人相约回到莱斯沃斯岛度蜜月。也许这个充满魔性的小岛唤醒了萨孚心中沉睡千年的欲望,她对性格迥异的丈夫越来越不满,而妖精一般的海伦(Lyudmila Shiryaeva 饰)又适时闯入她的世界。一场危险的三角爱情游戏就此上演…… 本片荣获2008年塞浦路斯国际电影节金美神奖。
雷奈尔(赖尼尔·迪亚兹 Reinier Díaz 饰)有一大家子人需要靠他养活,然而,想要在这个残酷的世界中生存下去并非容易之事,无奈之下,雷奈尔只得成为了一名站街男妓,依靠出卖自己的肉体和青春获得短暂的温饱。 约斯瓦尼(米尔顿·加西亚 Milton García 饰)和妻子之间的感情并不融洽,与此同时,他亦是以放高利贷为生的岳父手下的一名打手,每天喊打喊杀的生活让约斯瓦尼疲惫不堪。一次偶然中,这两个性格地位截然不同的男人相遇了,命运让他们相遇,令他们相爱,在古巴热烈的阳光之下,两个男人陷入欲望的漩涡无法自拔。然而,属于他们的道路注定布满了荆棘,两人为了忠于内心的情感,皆付出了惨痛的代价。
母亲(松佳·里奇特 Sonja Richter 饰)病重,艾尔玛(Harald Kaiser Hermann 饰)和艾瑞克(Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt 饰)兄弟两人无人照顾,只能被送往由校长赫克(拉斯·米科尔森 Lars Mikkelsen 饰)所开办的寄宿学校之中。赫克是一个信奉暴力的男人,他坚信,唯有通过武力才能够令学校中的孩子们真正信服,才能够引导他们走上正确的道路。 兄弟两人在这座名为学校实为监狱的牢笼之中受尽折磨,圣诞节妈妈会来接他们回家的承诺成为了他们生存下去的唯一动力,然而,两人等啊等啊,等来的却是妈妈的死讯。莉莉安(苏菲·格拉宝 Sofie Gråbøl 饰)是学校里新上任的文学教师,她敏锐的察觉到了这所学校里正在发生的惨无人道的暴行,却对这一切无能为力。