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The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

2024

The Legend of the Vagabond Queen of Lagos

2024
6.6
Jawu bears the mark of a warrior king but lives humbly, selling swallows at the local market, saving up for the better future she’s determined to build for herself and her son. The pair reside in the Agbojedo community, a floating slum planted in the lagoon that gives Lagos its name. Just as rumours begin circulating regarding government plans for new developments that would raze their homes, Jawu spies a corrupt politician burying a nest egg of cash. Struck by her good fortune, she takes the money for herself, thinking this might be her way out. Jawu doesn’t know that she is destined for a bigger battle that is yet to come.
The Seventh Year

1969

The Seventh Year

1969
Dr. Barbara Heim, a heart surgeon, and Gunter Heim, a well-known actor, have been married for seven years. They have a six-year-old daughter. Both partners are totally taken up by their work which is physically and mentally demanding. So there is little time left for family life and the strained relations worsen and finally plunge Barbara into a crisis - shortly before their seventh wedding anniversary. At this very point a child dies in hospital, prompting Barbara to ask herself in desperation if - and for how long she can put up with the double burden of career and family. On top of this, she notices that Gunter is starting to compare her to other women.
18½

2024

18½

2024
5
Cesare is an introverted boy passionate about cinema, caught up in the problems of his life. One day his best friend, Aurelio, suggests that he shoot a film himself, but apparently Aurelio is not a reliable friend, and leaves Cesare at the mercy of his emotions, his thoughts and his nightmares.
Pablo de Tarso: El último viaje

2010

Pablo de Tarso: El último viaje

2010
6
Over the Limit

2017

Over the Limit

2017
When a reckless teenager accidentally kills his best friend in a car accident, he realizes the domino effect his actions cause and begins to spiral even further out of control.
Simulation

2017

Simulation

2017
6.8
One night, three bored young men in a car decide to pay a visit to an older man they only know vaguely. At first he’s glad to see them but soon afterwards thinks they’ve come to burgle him and turns a gun on them. When the police turns up, they’re all taken into custody.
Tito

2019

Tito

2019
3.5
A desperate man seeks refuge from the predators hunting him by befriending a cheerful intruder.
Red Apples

2017

Red Apples

2017
5
A young Armenian bride's relationship with her husband is put to the test the first day of their marriage when her mother-in-law interferes.
Elza

2011

Elza

2011
5.4
A young Parisian woman of Caribbean descent returns to her native island of Guadeloupe looking for the father she has never known.
And So Angels Die

2001

And So Angels Die

2001
A Senegalese man living in Paris with his French wife and children receives a letter from his father back home saying he has arranged for him to take a second wife. The man's indecision outrages his French wife and leads to the end of his marriage, his return to Senegal and his reflection about how his life has ended up.
Maremoto

2025

Maremoto

2025
Quiet Land Good People

2018

Quiet Land Good People

2018
A Swiss headmistress and politician deals with her son's radical attitude.
Roberto

2020

Roberto

2020
8
15 years have passed and Roberto is still in love with his neighbor, but she prefers to hide ashamed of her body. With his art and an old clothesline as the only way of communication, Roberto has a plan to push his beloved for face her monsters at once.
Some Kind of Heavenly Fire

2023

Some Kind of Heavenly Fire

2023
In the summer of 2003, on the east side of Detroit a Grandfather tries to hide his daughter’s incarceration from his young grandson in the midst of a city wide blackout and alien invasion.
이사

2025

이사

2025
10
We Go Way Back

2006

We Go Way Back

2006
4.8
A tragic-comic tale with surrealistic tendencies about a lost 23-year-old who is haunted by her disappointed 13-year-old self.
An Imaginary Life

2007

An Imaginary Life

2007
9.5
For an imaginary friend, living an imaginary life, there's nothing worse than being forgotten.
The Bad Mother

2015

The Bad Mother

2015
4
A frustrated stay-at-home mom vents her feelings in rants she writes in secret, until her kid posts them on social media, and they go viral.
Corner Store

2010

Corner Store

2010
6
Corner Store is about family, community and patience, told through the eyes of a man who has spent 10 years living the back of his store, working long, hard days while waiting to bring his family to San Francisco from their native Palestine.
The Garden of Earthly Delights

2004

The Garden of Earthly Delights

2004
6.2
When a terminally-ill art historian meets an engineer, it is love and lust at first sight. But their love is threatened by her looming illness. With her remaining days on earth numbered, she chooses to fan the flames of her obsession by taking her lover on a trip to Venice, where the artist's work becomes the background for their physical passion and emotional discovery.