A young woman and best employee at a call center, is forced to reevaluate her solitary life when her irritating neighbor, who used to attempt to strike up conversations, is found dead. At about the same time her father starts hounding her over her mother’s inheritance and suddenly there are new people in her life, [...]
The Valley
Jan Smacka2020-11-20T12:05:37+00:00Following a car accident on a lone mountain road, a middle-aged man loses his memory. Drenched in blood, he continues to walk along the deserted path. Further down the road, he encounters people with engine trouble and helps them get their car running again. They are reluctant to leave him stranded, so they take him [...]
High Life
Jan Smacka2019-05-02T17:28:41+00:00“Deep space. Monte and his daughter Willow live together aboard a spacecraft, in complete isolation. A man whose strict self-discipline is a shield against desire, Monte fathered her against his will. His sperm was used to inseminate the young woman who gave birth to her. They were members of a crew of prisoners – death [...]
The Third Wife
Jan Smacka2019-05-03T15:40:13+00:00„Entrapped in a cocoon of traditions, newly-wed May must realize that flying free will come at a high price. In 19th century rural Vietnam, 14-year-old May becomes the third wife of wealthy landowner Hung. Soon she learns that she can only gain status by asserting herself as a woman who can give birth to a [...]
Rojo
Jan Smacka2019-05-03T15:47:18+00:00“In the mid-1970s a stranger arrives in a quiet provincial town. At a restaurant, for no apparent reason he starts to assault Claudio, a well-known lawyer. The community supports the lawyer and the stranger is humiliated and gets thrown out. Later, on the way home, Claudio and his wife Susana are intercepted by the stranger, [...]
Clair Obscur
Jan Smacka2018-08-16T16:30:03+00:00“The contrasting lives of two women provide a stark insight into the turmoil of modern Turkey in Clair Obscur (Tereddut). Whether ostensibly liberated or emphatically oppressed, the women both inhabit a society where men dominate and women suffer. Differing perspectives on those big issues gradually bind together into a heartrending, politically charged human drama that [...]
Licht
Jan Smacka2018-08-16T16:35:41+00:00“Great talent demands great sacrifice in Licht - Mademoiselle Paradis, an exquisitely crafted period drama telling the true story of blind musician Maria Theresia von Paradis and pioneering physician Dr Franz Mesmer. The personal tale also reflects on the plight of women amidst the glaring inequalities of eighteenth century European high society. (…) Blind since [...]
Sand Dollars
Nikola Mirza2017-05-19T14:29:28+00:00“The romance of sand and the realism of dollars sit elegantly side by side in this thoughtful, subtle third feature by directing tandem Israel Cárdenas and Laura Amelia Guzmán. Playing out against a dreamy Caribbean backdrop, “Sand Dollars” is indeed about dreams, unpicking those of a gracefully aging lady and her young lover with a [...]