Elisa is a housewife in the 1930's France, passionately devoted to her husband Gilles who works in the blast furnaces. While carrying their third child Elisa realises that Gilles is having an affair with her younger sister, but Elisa is too much in love with Gilles to leave him. Adapted from a novel by Madeleine Bourdouxhe.
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.
The legendary footballer George Best made his debut for Manchester United in 1963 at the age of 17. This film tells the story of his incredible career and his tragic downfall. Best was one of the first celebrity footballers and his charisma won him many fans but his extravagant lifestyle led to alcoholism which ended his career and eventually his life.
An old man, with a failing heart, leaves his beloved homestead close to the French/ Swiss border to seek a transplant. He wants a young man's heart and not a woman's, he then travels to Tahiti in search for a son he abandoned years before. Inspired by a short book written by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy.
Martin is a devoted football fan whose life drastically changes during the European football championships in 1996. He loses his job and splits up with his girlfriend but his bad luck turns with England's success on the pitch and he encounters a mysterious beautiful woman called Rosie.
Set in Australia in a time before western contact, a young warrior covets one of his older brothers' wives. To teach him his proper path, an elder tells him a wild and comic tale of illicit love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem and revenge gone wrong. Winner of The Special Jury prize at The Cannes Film Festival.
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.
Elisa is a housewife in the 1930's France, passionately devoted to her husband Gilles who works in the blast furnaces. While carrying their third child Elisa realises that Gilles is having an affair with her younger sister, but Elisa is too much in love with Gilles to leave him. Adapted from a novel by Madeleine Bourdouxhe.
The legendary footballer George Best made his debut for Manchester United in 1963 at the age of 17. This film tells the story of his incredible career and his tragic downfall. Best was one of the first celebrity footballers and his charisma won him many fans but his extravagant lifestyle led to alcoholism which ended his career and eventually his life.
Six year old Iris arrives at a remote boarding school where all the girls are kept under strict rules and identified by coloured bands in their hair. It becomes clear that they being trained for some type of future responsibility but they have no idea what it is or why
A beautiful woman is struck by amnesia after a brutal car accident on Mulholland Drive and wanders into a stranger's apartment downtown. Her story coincidentally intertwines with Betty's, a bright-eyed young woman in town for an audition and the two women are pulled into a psychotic illusion in the city of dreams. Winner of a BAFTA Film Award for Best Editing and for Best Director at The Cannes Film Festival.
The destiny of two young boys Madiba and Sipho is sealed when a body is thrown from a train and lands by their feet. Attached to the dead man's wrist is a bag with a video camera and a gun. Madiba keeps the camera, hides it inside a wooden box and starts filming scenes around him. Sipho keeps the gun which leads to tragic results.
