Supernatural 2014
Supernatural 2014
Nua dhamma chat (original title)
1h 46m | Drama, Sci-Fi | 24 January 2014 (Netherlands)
Storyline:
In a futurist world, the Thai kingdom has been transformed by ‘The Leader’ into ‘the Realm of people who have done good deeds and earned merits’. It’s a nice place to be, even though the inhabitants are plagued by an indefinable nostalgia. In the old days, people could at least touch each other. Although the Realm has reached version 2.0, technical possibilities remain limited. This wondrous story of the future is interwoven with stories set in the present and past. According to Pansittivorakul, known for his independently-produced and taboo-breaking documentaries on homosexuality and politics, his first feature is science fiction, yet it is about today’s Thailand. For instance he criticizes the need for religion and superstition. But in the end, this very idiosyncratic, homo-erotically charged essay is above all about time: ‘Time influences everything. The past has to do with the present, and the present is linked to the future.
The Beast 2021
The Beast 2021
El páramo (original title)
1h 32m | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 6 January 2022 (USA)
Storyline:
Lucía and her son live far from society in a flat area where there is almost no life. The small family unit made up of mother and son receives hardly any visitors, and their goal is to develop a peaceful existence. At first they succeed, but the appearance of a mysterious and violent creature that begins to haunt their small house will put the relationship that unites them to the test.
Los Olvidados 1950
Los Olvidados 1950
1h 20m | Crime, Drama | 9 November 1950 (Mexico)
Storyline:
Hell-bent on revenge, cocky reform-school runaway El Jaibo returns to his old neighborhood in post-World-War-II Mexico City’s poor and squalid slums, to reunite with his faithful gang of juvenile delinquents and street urchins. However, as the dangerous ringleader lives and breathes retribution, his destructive obsession to find the informant who supposedly sent him to jail will intricately interweave his bitter fate with that of Pedro, his weak, unwitting accessory, in a despicable act of pure evil. In the end, are humans inherently good or bad? Is immorality contingent with society?
Parents d’élèves 2020
Parents d’élèves 2020
1h 29m | Comedy | 7 October 2020 (France)
Storyline:
Vincent, in his thirties without children, infiltrates a tribe with mysterious codes and language: the PTA. Finding himself at parent-teacher meetings, school trips, and the end-of-year fair is quite a feat for him.
I Am Kalam 2010
I Am Kalam 2010
1h 28m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 5 August 2011 (India)
Storyline:
The film celebrates the survival of the human spirit against overwhelming odds and highlights the need for underprivileged children’s education. Its a film based on former indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and is aimed at inspiring the poor to educate their children.
Martino’s Summer 2010
Martino’s Summer 2010
L’estate di Martino (original title)
1h 30m | Drama | 19 November 2010 (Italy)
Storyline:
The story takes place in the summer of 1980 in Brindisi, Italy. Martino is a young man whose father isn’t giving him enough attention. His older brother and his friends, including Silvia, a young northern Italian who spends her holidays in the south of the country and has a romance with Martino. Young people tend to enter an American military base north, and Martino ends up finding a US military officer, a good friend who teaches him how to surf.
The Escort 2011
The Escort 2011
1h 15m | Drama | 21 August 2011 (Philippines)
Storyline:
A story of a pragmatic escort who unexpectedly falls in love to one of his potential client.
Steppe 1978
Steppe 1978
Step (original title)
2h 14m | Drama, History | April 1978 (Soviet Union)
Storyline:
Based on a story by Anton Chekhov, this film by renowned director Sergei Bonderchuk basks in the vast and visually magnificent qualities of life on the steppes of southern Russia in the era before the Russian Revolution. The story revolves around the journey of a wagon train bearing materials from the countryside to the marketplace. Riding along with the wagon train in carriages are an Orthodox priest and a trader carrying his nephew Yegorushka into town to receive some schooling.
