Victoria belongs to a tight group of pretty and popular girls at her school despite hating them and their manipulative leader. When she meets the rebellious and cool JD, she begins to pull away from her "friends" and one by one they start ending up dead with suicide notes.
When Manu is raped and Nadine sees her only friend killed, the two young women embark on a destructive journey of sex and murder. They turn their backs on conventional justice, taking a bloody revenge on men and the society that has excluded, raped and humiliated them. Virginie Despentes (77).
Jakob comes to Institute Benjamenta to train to become a manservant. Taught by siblings Johannes and Lisa, Jakob soon finds himself attracted to Lisa, and she to him.
James is a 12-year-old boy who lives in a rough working-class section of Glasgow. One day he gets into a fight with another boy and accidentally knocks him into a canal where he drowns.
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.
Phileine has a history of bad luck with men. When her latest catch Max, goes to New York to improve his acting skills, she secretly travels there as well. Soon Phileine finds her self in the most bizarre situations and the truth about her boyfriend's experimental stage performance is revealed.
Victoria belongs to a tight group of pretty and popular girls at her school despite hating them and their manipulative leader. When she meets the rebellious and cool JD, she begins to pull away from her "friends" and one by one they start ending up dead with suicide notes.
Jakob comes to Institute Benjamenta to train to become a manservant. Taught by siblings Johannes and Lisa, Jakob soon finds himself attracted to Lisa, and she to him.
Amélie returns to Japan where she spent five years of her life before her family moved back to Europe. She gets a job translating for the giant Yumimoto Corporation but her unawareness of local customs leads to a series of cultural mishaps and she is soon singled out as a deviant. Sylvie Testud won multiple best actress awards for her performance.
Armelle has recently lost her boyfriend in a motorcycle accident but keeps having encounters with what she believes is his ghost. When Armelle, acting on her sister's advice, goes to see a medium, she meets a man who's the spitting image of her deceased love.
When Wilson's wife Liza commits suicide he can't bring himself to read what seems to be her suicide note. Fixed in a state of grief Wilson soon develops an addiction to inhaling gasoline fume. His mother in law does her best to help whilst dealing with her own loss and an increasing need to know the content of her daughters note. Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Jack and Julie are two young lovers who move to Paris with no other aims than to stroll the Parisian boulevards and make love. When Jack starts working night time driving a cab, Julie meets Joseph, another taxi driver who works the day shift. Soon she begins a night time affair with Joseph while spending the day times with Jack. Chantal Akerman (90).
