BABEL
In
BABEL, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco
sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries
throughout the world. Tied by circumstance but separated by
continent, culture and language, each character discovers that it
is family that ultimately provides solace. In the remote sands of
the Moroccan desert,
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VOLVER
VOLVER
is a meeting of “Mildred Pierce” and “Arsenic and Old Lace”,
combined with the surrealistic naturalism of my fourth film, “¿Qué
he hecho yo para merecer esto!!” (“What have I done to Deserve
This?”), that is, Madrid and its lively working-class
neighbourhoods, where the immigrants from the various Spanish
provinces share dreams, lives and fortune with a multitude of
ethnic groups and other races,
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REQUIEM
Michaela
has grown up in a deeply religious family, in a small town in
Germany, in the 1970's. Despite her long battle with epilepsy, she
leaves home and secures her first taste of freedom while studying
at the university. Her budding love for Stefan and her friendship
with Hanna crack open the shell of faith and family within which
she had always felt secure and protected. more
FAST FOOD NATION
When
it was published in 2001, Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the
All-American Meal quickly became a New York Times bestseller, with
its incendiary, non-fiction exploration of the fast food industry.
The big screen version FAST FOOD NATION is a dramatic feature
penned by Fast Food Nation. more
CONFETTI
The tension is unbearable, the rivalry
is cut-throat and yet love is somewhere in the air as Britain’s
leading glamour-wedding magazine kicks off a contest in which
three seemingly happily-engaged couples vie to create the most
to-die-for fantasy wedding. The proceedings are captured in Debbie
Isitt’s witty and affectionate spoof comedy CONFETTI, in which
video cameras follow the three-month, more
THE
LAST KING OF SCOTLAND
In an incredible twist of fate, a
Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission
becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world’s most
barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr.
Garrigan’s brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly
self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his
personal physician and closest confidante more
THE
QUEEN
The Queen,” an intimate, revealing
and often humorous portrait of the British royal family in crisis
immediately following the death of Princess Diana, stars Helen
Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II, James Cromwell as Prince Phillip and
Michael Sheen as Tony Blair. The film is written by award-winner
Peter Morgan and is produced by Andy Harries, more
SHORTBUS
Written and directed by Mitchell (who
previously starred in and directed the film adaptation of his
international stage hit, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH), SHORTBUS
explores the lives of several characters living in present-day New
York as they navigate the comic and tragic intersections between
love and sex. Male and female, straight and gay, the characters
find one and other, more
DRIVING
LESSONS
We first meet Ben (RUPERT GRINT), a
shy, bookish 17-yearold, as he begins a very unpromising summer
vacation. While the other kids are out having fun, Ben spends
these precious few weeks attending bible classes, having driving
lessons
with his overbearing and overly religious mother (Laura Linney) more
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
Christopher Guest turns the camera
on Hollywood for his next film, "For Your Consideration." The film
focuses on the making of an independent movie and its cast who
become victims of the dreaded awards buzz. more
THE AURA
THE AURA tells in first person, the
extraordinary trip of a character with no name, a taxidermist, an
introverted, obscure man who has a strange obsession: again and
again over recent years, he has planned and imagined the most
perfectly executed robberies. more
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