The Sweetness of Life

Hallelooya

May 2016 •Malayalam

After living 23 years in France, psychiatrist Dr. Roy is called back to his village by Fr Francis, the man who raised him during his childhood. He has no idea why he was asked back, but when he returns he meets his childhood friend Dr Meera Menon who has become a pediatrician, but meeting her again brings him memories of their being in love years earlier.

Nell

December 1994 •English

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

La Ceremonie

August 1995 •French

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

Loudspeaker

September 2009 •Malayalam

An uneducated and noisy simpleton, Mike Philippose, arrives in a city as an organ donor for an old astrophysicist. Soon, he changes the lives of everyone around him.

Together

November 2021 •Portuguese

Two neighbors lean on each other, turning small moments of life into great treasures.

Everyone Dies Alone

January 1976 •German

When they start losing family members and neighbors due to WWII and the Nazi government's policies, a quiet married couple becomes disillusioned and begins spreading leaflets against the government - a crime punishable by death.

Albatross

December 2013 •English

The now grown up Leoš remembers his childhood in communist Czechoslovakia of the 1970ies, his escape to Austria and first impressions in this new home, but also the things and people he had to leave behind.

Free Ride

October 2013 •English

A single mom in the 1970s raises her two daughters and becomes involved in illegal drug trade to make a better life.

The Last Train

October 1973 •French

Two people, a Frenchman and a Jewish German woman, meet on a train while escaping the German army entering France.

The Executioner

August 1963 •Spanish

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

September 2007 •English

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

Wonder

November 2017 •English

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Black Wind

December 1965 •Spanish

The building of a railroad under tough conditions from searing heat to freezing cold in the Sonora desert provokes clashes of passion and struggles between the engineers and the workers at the campsite. The workers also contend with sudden dust storms that are called the 'black wind'. Based on true events.

Plop en het bezoek van Pinki

March 2009 •Dutch

The Toth Family

November 1969 •Hungarian

The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. When his weary major is ordered to take a vacation, the son talks him into a visit to his family home. Comedy ensues when the Toths go overboard trying to make things pleasant for the visiting major in hopes of an easier life for their son the soldier.

Blossoming Into a Family

January 2017 •English

“I never got to feel the warmth of a loving family.” That is what Seishiro notes down in 1948, who was adopted as a child by the idealistic Eichiro. In 1980, Izumi works at a bank and she lives with her mother Ito. Twenty-two years later, in the evening on a winter night and the day before Izumi is to marry, her mother tells Izumi about her late father's dream, Seishiro. Her father's dream was of Izumi's marriage. Izumi reminisces about her loving father. What happened in the meantime? In reversed chronological order this movie tells a story about a man who had much to give and what he got in return.

The Oval Portrait

January 1934 •English

An artist is so consumed with painting a portrait of the women he loves that he doesn't notice she is dying until it's too late. Shot as a silent film.

Ricochet

October 1991 •English

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.

Everyday's not Sunday

August 1959 •German

While Eva is in the hospital after an accident, her son, Peter, goes in search of his long-missing father. Learning he has died, Peter then prepares himself for the new man in his mother's life.

Krippenwahn

November 2015 •German

Helena has just started a new job - and she's already pregnant. She desperately needs daycare. Madness ensues as she discovers that the odds of getting into a nursery are about as high as winning the lottery.