Silver 2009-05-06

Franskt drama från 1996

When Nagiko was a little girl her father, a calligrapher, would carefully paint a poem on her face, as her aunt read to her from The Pillow Book. As a grown up, Nagiako seeks a lover who will indulge her passion for literature by writing on her naked body. And eventually she finds happiness with an Englishman who persuades her to use his body as paper for her poetry.

Peter Greenway (Regissör)

Vivian Wu (Skådespelare)

Yoshi Oida (Skådespelare)

Ewan McGregor (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Frankrike

126 min.

Fransk komedi från 1999

Solange becomes painfully aware of her dull existence after spending a night out with an old friend who's in town to sign her new book. Solange suddenly finds her husband boring, her job degrading and realises that her life will pass her by unless she does something about it.

Stéphane Brizé (Regissör)

Florence Vignon (Skådespelare)

Mathilde Seignier (Skådespelare)

Antoine Chappey (Skådespelare)

Film, Komedifilm

Produktion Frankrike

101 min.

Nederländskt drama från 1998

A battered young woman literately collapses at the feet of Henk, a warm-hearted farmer who takes her inside. The woman, Anna, turns out to be Polish and on the run from a brothel where she was being held against her will and forced to prostitution. The two soon develop an innocent relationship but Anna's past is chasing up on her.

Karim Traïda (Regissör)

Jaap Spijkers (Skådespelare)

Monic Hendrickx (Skådespelare)

Rudi Falkenhagen (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Nederländerna

90 min.

Turkiskt drama från 2003

A photographer, haunted by the feeling that the gap between his life and his ideals is growing. He finds himself obliged to put up a young relative who has left his hometown to find work in Istanbul. Winner of the Grand Prize of the Jury, the France Culture Award - Foreign Cineaste of the Year as well as Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival.

Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Regissör)

Muzaffer Özdemir (Skådespelare)

Emin Toprak (Skådespelare)

Zuhal Gencer (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Turkiet

110 min.

Amerikanskt drama från 2004

Walter, a sentenced child molester, returns to his hometown to start over after serving twelve years in prison. At first things seem to work out for Walter, he gets a job at a woodyard, his brother in law helps him to get a place to stay and he even strikes up a relationship with a woman. But it doesn't take long before his troubled past catches up with him and people around him begin getting suspicious.

Nicole Kassell (Regissör)

Kevin Bacon (Skådespelare)

Kyra Sedgwick (Skådespelare)

David Alan Grier (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Förenta staterna

87 min.

Brittiskt drama från 2000

Fiery Mexican sisters Maya and Rosa work as cleaners in a down town office block in L.A. where the pay is low and bullying is common place. A fated meeting with Sam, a passionate union organiser, leads to an unorthodox. And imaginative campaign against their employer which threatens their livelihood, family and risks their expulsion from the country.

Ken Loach (Regissör)

Pilar Padilla (Skådespelare)

Adrien Brody (Skådespelare)

Elpidia Carrillo (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Storbritannien

110 min.

Fransk komedi från 1999

Solange becomes painfully aware of her dull existence after spending a night out with an old friend who's in town to sign her new book. Solange suddenly finds her husband boring, her job degrading and realises that her life will pass her by unless she does something about it.

Stéphane Brizé (Regissör)

Florence Vignon (Skådespelare)

Mathilde Seignier (Skådespelare)

Antoine Chappey (Skådespelare)

Film, Komedifilm

Produktion Frankrike

101 min.

Franskt drama från 1996

When Nagiko was a little girl her father, a calligrapher, would carefully paint a poem on her face, as her aunt read to her from The Pillow Book. As a grown up, Nagiako seeks a lover who will indulge her passion for literature by writing on her naked body. And eventually she finds happiness with an Englishman who persuades her to use his body as paper for her poetry.

Peter Greenway (Regissör)

Vivian Wu (Skådespelare)

Yoshi Oida (Skådespelare)

Ewan McGregor (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Frankrike

126 min.

Nederländskt drama från 1998

A battered young woman literately collapses at the feet of Henk, a warm-hearted farmer who takes her inside. The woman, Anna, turns out to be Polish and on the run from a brothel where she was being held against her will and forced to prostitution. The two soon develop an innocent relationship but Anna's past is chasing up on her.

Karim Traïda (Regissör)

Jaap Spijkers (Skådespelare)

Monic Hendrickx (Skådespelare)

Rudi Falkenhagen (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Nederländerna

90 min.

Fransk musikal från 2002

While spending time at his grandmother's in the Alsaces, ten year-old Max becomes fascinated by Manouche culture and music through a guitar virtuoso. When Max befriends Gipsy tomboy Swing however, the music lessons soon get in the way of spending time with his new charismatic friend.

Tony Gatlif (Regissör)

Oscar Copp (Skådespelare)

Lou Rech (Skådespelare)

Tchavolo Schmitt (Skådespelare)

Film, Musikal

Produktion Frankrike

90 min.

Amerikanskt drama från 2002

Meg is a troubled teenager with a talent for poetry who has been abandoned by her father and is constantly neglected by her distant mother. On top of that, her younger sister is suffering from an aggravating mental condition and, as her family conditions worsens, Meg starts relying more and more on her suspiciously encouraging teacher.

Karen Moncrieff (Regissör)

David Strathaim (Skådespelare)

Agnes Bruckner (Skådespelare)

Margaret Colin (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Förenta staterna

96 min.

Libanesiskt drama från 1998

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.

Ziad Doueiri (Regissör)

Rami Doueiri (Skådespelare)

Mohamad Chamas (Skådespelare)

Rola Al Amin (Skådespelare)

Film, Dramafilm

Produktion Libanon

109 min.