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A prisoner is sent to a labor camp during China's Cultural Revolution. Using his wit, solely to watch a newsreel containing a glimpse of his daughter, he escapes and heads for the cinema in a local town where he hopes to find the film. But on the way he comes across a young vagabond who [...]

Violence against women is an issue that has long been neglected in Korean society, due in part to a traditional way of life that supposes that women would always be at home or otherwise under the protection of men they could trust. Kim Mi-jo's “Gull” is not a film about rape itself. Instead, its focus [...]

In the early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and soon becomes the Viennese court mascot, until he decides to secretly marry a white woman. “The life story of African slave integrated into 18th-century Viennese aristocracy, Markus Schleinzer's second [...]

Anna Bronsky works as a violin teacher at a conservatory. Against her colleague’s will, she agrees to teach a new student in whom she sees great talent. With full dedication, she prepares Alexander for his midterm exam –and, by doing so, not only neglects her own son Jonas but also drifts apart from her husband, [...]