Suzhou River

Nach verité-Konventionen wird ein junges Paar mit einem Baby und einem Kind von der Monotonie ihres Lebens übermüdet.

Hired to spy on a philandering husband, Luo Haitao soon becomes entangled in a clandestine affair with the other man. Along with Luo's girlfriend, they succumb to the delirium of drunken nights, but how long can their tryst last?

One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their cla…

Hua, a woman in her late twenties, goes against her family to become a teacher in Paris. She falls in love with men who physically abuse her. Will she ever find her true love?

Rookie Sergeant Lee is injured in a shoot-out and is assigned to the dubious-sounding Miscellaneous Affairs Department (MAD). There, he is paired up with Inspector Wong, a jaded and alcoholic veteran who explains that MAD’s role is to answe…

Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.

Tang Yijie, the Construction Committee Director, falls off from rooftop and dies in a demolition riot. Yang Jiadong, a young police officer starts his investigation and finds that Tang's death is tied up with another case several years ago.…

A woman meanders through the streets of Istanbul five years after the military coup. Something is amiss, and the air is filled with a strangeness that seems to plague everyone. Friendship, conversation, boredom, wonder and hopelessness lead…

The slow collapse of the relationship between an out-of-work actor and his girlfriend.

Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film deals with the hooliganism in Czechoslovakia, particularly with the…

Peace reigns between Terrorists and Policemen, in a secluded and strange Hotel. Useless for the first time, they fight against boredom while the world around them slowly crumbles.

In Paris tanzt die Teenagerin Cecile mit ihrem Playboy-Vater Raymond, aber Freude will sich nicht einstellen. Die Gründe dafür liegen einige Monate zurück: Damals lebte die dekadente Cecile noch unbeschwert mit dem Papa in Südfrankreich in …

An elderly gentleman goes for what he assumes will be an ordinary day at the amusement park, only to find himself in the midst of a hellish nightmare.

Während er die Habseligkeiten seiner kürzlich verstorbenen Tante Matsuko durchforstet, fügt Neffe Sho die entscheidenden Ereignisse zusammen, die Matsukos Leben in einer verzweifelten Tragödie versinken ließen.

A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and…

Yu Hong verlässt ihr Heimatdorf und beginnt ein Studium in Peking, wo sie eine konsumierende und zwanghafte Beziehung zu einem anderen Studenten entwickelt. Die Studentenunruhen von 1989 brechen daraufhin aus und fordern ihren Tribut von ih…

Als ihr Freund Johannes sie verlässt, bricht für Stadthistorikerin Undine eine Welt zusammen. Denn wenn ihre Liebe verraten wird, muss sie den treulosen Mann töten und ins Wasser zurückkehren, aus dem sie einst gekommen ist. Sie wehrt sich …

Jedes Jahr im Sommer versammelt sich Familie Yokoyama zum Gedenken an den verstorbenen Junbei im Haus der Eltern. Der pensionierte Kyohei hat auch nach 15 Jahren noch immer nicht den Tod seines Sohnes verkraftet und auch seine Frau Toshiko …

In the exact moment they hit rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.