Daniel Blake (59) trabalhou como marceneiro durante a maior parte da sua vida, em Newcastle. Agora, e pela primeira vez, precisa de ajuda do Estado. O seu caminho cruza-ze com o de Katie, mãe solteira, e as suas duas crianças, Daisy e Dylan. Para escapar à vida numa residência para sem-abrigo em Londes, a única hipótese de Katie foi a de aceitar um apartamento numa cidade que ela desconhece, a 300 milhas de distância. Daniel e Katie encontram-se na terra de ninguém, apanhados pela burocracia da Segurança Social...
Billi, nascida na China e criada nos EUA, regressa relutantemente a Changchun para descobrir que, embora toda a família saiba que a sua adorada avó Nai Nai tem poucas semanas de vida, decidiram em conjunto não contar nada à própria Nai Nai. Para garantir a felicidade dela, reúnem-se sob a alegre fachada de um casamento acelerado, unindo membros da família espalhados pelo estrangeiro. Ao navegar pelo campo minado das expectativas e convenções da família, Billi descobre que há muito para celebrar: uma oportunidade para redescobrir o país que deixou em criança, o maravilhoso espírito da avó e os laços que se mantêm, mesmo quando muito fica por dizer.
Four women in their thirties reevaluate their relationships, both shared and private, after a startling revelation concerning one's marriage forces each of them to ask one of life's biggest questions: "Am I who I want to be?"
Primavera de 1936, um jovem comunista desempregado, David, deixa sua cidade natal Liverpool para se juntar à luta contra o fascismo na Espanha. Ele se junta a um grupo internacional de milícia, homens e mulheres, o POUM (Partido Obrero de Unificación Marxista). Depois de ser ferido, ele vai para Barcelona, onde decide se juntar a outro grupo de milícia. Eles permanecem em Barcelona e acabam brigando outros grupos antifascistas. David está decepcionado e decide voltar para sua antiga milícia.
In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Before he lost his sight. Before he pledged his service to Kublai Khan. Hundred Eyes saw what made him into the deadly assassin who trains Marco Polo.
Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.
Uma vez há não muito tempo atrás, uma pequena banda da polícia egípcia chegou a Israel. Não muitos se lembram isso ... Não foi assim tão importante. Uma banda formada por membros da polícia egípcia dirige-se a Israel para tocar na cerimónia inaugural de um centro de artes árabes, apenas para se encontrarem perdidos na cidade errada.
Camille, a young idealistic photojournalist, goes to the Central African Republic to cover the civil war that is brewing up. What she sees there will change her destiny forever.
Ayka, uma jovem grávida do Quirguistão, vive e trabalha ilegalmente em Moscovo. Depois de dar à luz, abandona o bebé no hospital. Algum tempo depois, no entanto, o seu arrependimento leva-a a tentativas desesperadas de reencontrar a criança.
Filmmakers Ibrahim, Suliman, Eltayeb and Manar, close friends for many years, left their motherland in the sixties and seventies to study film abroad and founded the Sudanese Film Group in 1989. After years of distance and exile, they are reunited, hoping to finally make their old dream come true: to bring back cinema to Sudan by reopening the Halfaia Cinema, a dilapidated theater in Khartoum.
Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.
Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In pursuit of adventure and escape they head out on one last night to an illegal rave before parting ways indefinitely.
On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.
Ten years have gone by since Elena's six-year old son has disappeared. The last thing she heard of him was a phone call he gave her, saying that he was lost on a beach in France and couldn't find his father. Nowadays, Elena lives on this same beach and manages a restaurant. She is finally beginning to emerge from this tragic episode when she meets a French teenager who strongly reminds her of her lost son. The two of them will embark on a relationship which will sow chaos and distrust around them.
Sophia, a brilliant doctoral student, has always maintained a symbiotic relationship with her brother Karim. The arrival of a new lover in Karim’s life significantly alters their dynamic.
Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the desperation of immigrants, Angie builds a successful business extremely quickly.
When Myriam, the mother of two young children, decides, despite the reluctance of her husband to resume his activity in a law firm, the couple is looking for a nanny. After a severe casting, they engage Louise, who quickly conquers the affection of children and gradually occupies a central place in the home. Gradually the trap of mutual dependence will close, until the tragedy.
The officer Nico Giraldi investigates a homicide which has taken place in a Chinese restaurant in Rome. His wife and his son are kidnappeded by the murderer in the course of the inquiry. In the end the case is worked out.
One football match on a dirt pitch near Rome becomes a day of reckoning as a young player, his coach and their team's owner wrestle internal demons.