Trouble Every Day tells the story of two individuals consumed by their dark desires: a doctor obsessed with a cannibalistic woman, and a woman haunted by her violent and sexual urges. Set in Paris, the film explores themes of lust, violence, and the thin line between pleasure and pain.
My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument follows a university lecturer as he navigates his relationships, including a troubled romance and affairs, while also dealing with personal and professional challenges. The film explores themes of love, sex, and intellectual debate.
Orgon is a man of property duped by the false piety of the penniless Tartuffe. Orgon takes him into his house, believing him a paragon of virtue. Orgon orders his daughter to reject her fiancé and marry Tartuffe. First Dorine, the family servant, tries a strategy to avert the marriage; then Orgon's son tries his hand. They anger Orgon, and to prove paternal power, he disinherits his son and makes Tartuffe his heir. Next Orgon's wife tries to bring her husband insight, a stratagem that partially backfires. With the bailiff at the door ordering Orgon to vacate his own home and with Tartuffe at court to prove Orgon's a traitor, all seems lost.
In a specialized, hermetic drama about love won and lost, not necessarily by the same individuals, novice director Christine Laurent has focused on the backstage melodramas of an opera company. The conductor for an upcoming performance of the Marriage of Figaro has his mind and heart on other matters -- an entrancing diva who keeps him enraptured with her presence and voice. In the meantime, he finds fault with his cast members who cannot, of course, measure up to the woman of his dreams. As singers encounter one problem or another, it is clear that something has to be done about the conductor. Director Laurent designed costumes for both theater and opera, giving her some insight into the venue.
Soriba Samb is a Senegalese who has just received a much sought after internship to study filmmaking in Paris. Soriba heads to Paris, accompanied by the five-year old son of a friend who he believes to be still living in Paris. On arrival he struggles to find the boy’s father. In addition to coping with his new internship, Soriba has to also spend time tracking down the boy’s father ‘Issa’.
Wonderful short by Moullet based on a Henry James short story.
The story of a few couples who have arrived at a point of no return whose history will cross, mingle or fall apart.
Brussels-Transit is a documentary film released in 1980 that explores the transit system of Brussels. The film showcases the daily operations, challenges, and impact of the public transportation system on the city and its people. It provides an in-depth look at the various modes of transport, including buses, trams, and trains, and examines the infrastructure, schedule, and efficiency of the transit system. Through interviews with officials, drivers, and passengers, the film highlights the significance of public transportation in Brussels' urban life.
"Miéville captures a moment of disquieting intimacy amid the bustle of a parade." - BAM
Emma has been happily married to Charles, a hardworking journalist, for over ten years. They have a son, and are considering having another child when she learns that she is both pregnant and HIV-positive at a time when Charles is away. As Emma has never used drugs or slept around, and has never had a blood transfusion, there can only be one source for her infection: her absent husband. Shocked to the core by this turn of events, she goes through his things and finds an address book with the names of many women in it. Determined to discover what has been going on, she begins contacting every name in the book. She continues her investigations even after her husband, whom she confronts over this, returns.
A man escapes from prison, and leads in his run the woman of his life.
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