Amerikanskt drama från 2001. Five stories set in a single day at the Chelsea Hotel NYC involving a number of troubled characters. They include alcoholic Bud dealing with his wife and his lover, the sad poet Audrey who's trying to win the love of Val and the wanna-be rock stars Ross and Terry.
Taiwanesiskt drama från 2002. Wei and Jie are childhood friends and when Wei is hired as a debt collector he persuades his boss to hire Jie as well. After a successful run in their new profession they are rewarded with a gun and Jie ends up killing a rival gang boss which sets off a series of events that threatens both of their lives.
The story of Cuban novelist and poet Reinaldo Arenas, portraying his childhood and life in Cuba, his time in prison and the escape to the USA. Awarded at the 2000 Venice Film Festival for Best Actor and Grand Special Jury prizes and nominated for best actor at the 2001 Academy Awards.
Chuck and Buck are two childhood friends who reunite after 18 years. While Chuck has developed into a quiet movie executive, Buck hasn't matured at all. He acts like a child and doesn't like that Chuck has a fiancée.
Jake, a neurotic screenwriter with a faltering career, escapes to Brighton and a life of hedonism with his best friend Duke. Meanwhile Jojo, a petty thief, steals one of Jake's screenplays and quickly becomes the talk of the town.
Wei and Jie are childhood friends and when Wei is hired as a debt collector he persuades his boss to hire Jie as well. After a successful run in their new profession they are rewarded with a gun and Jie ends up killing a rival gang boss which sets off a series of events that threatens both of their lives.
This film follows Keane, a schizophrenic man searching the streets of New York for his six year old daughter he supposedly lost in a bus station. When he meets Lynn, single mother to seven year-old Kira, he starts to decipher his loss as he grows closer to them both. Lodge Kerrigan (100).
An aging father goes to Wuhan in search for his long lost son. He finds that his daughter's boyfriend, an older man running the karaoke bar where she works as an escort, is linked to his son's mysterious disappearance. Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
Terry is a suicidal man who is incompetent of killing himself. He makes a deal with his terminally ill neighbour Nick who only has weeks to live: Nick will kill Terry if he helps Nick fulfil his dreams before he dies; bowling naked with loose women, rob a bank and go on a road trip high on LSD.
Richard is a dot-com millionaire who feels cut-off from the outside world, so he offers a lap dancer $10,000 to spend three nights with him in Vegas. She accepts his offer with a list of rules: no kissing on the mouth, no penetration, and each will stay in separate bedrooms and only convene during the hours of 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.
Terek is in high school, enjoying making super 8 movies with his friend, Omar. Then the Lebanese civil war breaks out dividing Beirut into East and West. At first the war is an adventure; the school is closed and the violence fascinating but as they come of age adventure turns to tragedy. Winner of the International Film Critics award at Toronto Film Festival and the François Chalais Award at Cannes Film Festival 1998.
