A beautiful Lithuanian girl comes to Paris to follow up what turns out to be an empty promise from a French director she slept with. Her path crosses with a struggling musician and his brother, a transvestite dancer, in the swarming 18th district, which also happens to be the haunting ground of a killer with a taste for elderly ladies.
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.
Teenage Eric is troubled by the death of his father and the emotional distance of his mother. He kills time by spying on a couple who has recently moved in across from him. Through his binoculars, Eric follows the newcomers' every move and soon he starts harassing them by sending anonymous notes as well as making their private matters public.
A tortured son, who grew up as an orphan, finally manages to track down his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele who was a surgeon in Auschwitz and performed experiments on concentration camp refugees during WWII.
Liam's mum is in prison but will be released in time for his 16th birthday. He dreams of a family life he has never had and in an attempt to raise money Liam becomes involved in all sorts of crazy schemes with his pals. He finds himself dangerously out of his depth, knowing he should walk away. Only this time, he just can't let go. Winner of best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival and the FIPRESCI prize at the European Film Awards.
A beautiful Lithuanian girl comes to Paris to follow up what turns out to be an empty promise from a French director she slept with. Her path crosses with a struggling musician and his brother, a transvestite dancer, in the swarming 18th district. Which also happens to be the haunting ground of a killer with a taste for elderly ladies.
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.
When Jesse's girlfriend Hannah dumps him in the same week that a former fiancée dies, he faces a huge life crisis. He decides to visit each woman he's ever been serious with to find out why he can't keep love.
Thirteen-year-old Anaïs is overweight and has a classic love/hate relationship with her older sister, Elena, who is slim and pretty. While on summer holiday with their parents, Anaïs observes her older sister becoming no more than an object of desire as she is seduced by an Italian student. Winner of the Manfred Salzgeber Award at the Berlin International Film Festival and the France Culture Award at the Cannes Film Festival
The early 1970's miners' strike in Harlan County caused by bad working conditions and the minimum wages paid for the dangerous work in the mines. Ruby, the wife of a miner who's fired for protesting against the dangerous working conditions, becomes involved in the strike and in organising other miners' wives to support their men.
