Movies and TvShows featuring "close-up-of-hands" theme.
Grace is a drama horror thriller film that follows the story of a pregnant woman whose life takes a dark turn after the stillbirth of her child. As she becomes obsessed with the idea of giving birth to a healthy baby, she descends into madness, indulging in gruesome acts and resorting to cannibalism.
Laura, plagued by terrifying nightmares and unable to sleep, seeks help from a psychotherapist. As her sleep deprivation worsens, Laura's nightmares start to invade her waking life, blurring the lines between dreams and reality. She must confront her deepest fears and unravel the mystery behind her sleepless nights before it's too late.
Leila is a gripping tale of a young woman who faces the challenges of love, marriage, and motherhood in a society that values tradition and conformity. As she navigates through the intricacies of polygamy, infertility, and the search for identity, Leila discovers the true meaning of love and the lengths one is willing to go to protect their family.
After 81 days of solitary detention world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is put under house arrest. He suffers from sleeping disorder and memory loss, 18 cameras are monitoring his studio and home, police agents follow his every move, and heavy restrictions from the Kafkaesque Chinese authorities weigh him down. Journalists, the art world and his family all want a piece of him and on top of that he is met with a gigantic lawsuit from the Chinese government, soon to be named 'The Fake Case'. Ai Weiwei is shaken, but during the year on probation he steadily finds new ways to provoke and challenge the mighty powers of the Chinese authorities in his fight for human rights. Ai Weiwei strongly believes that China is ready for change. And he will do everything to make it happen.
By a hot summer day on the lakeshore, three siblings face death for the first time through their contact with nature.
Boris and Natasha is a slapstick comedy movie that follows the hilarious adventures of Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale, the notorious spies. They find themselves in a series of chaotic situations while trying to retrieve a valuable microchip. With explosions, inside jokes, and outrageous stunts, this film is a hilarious spy spoof that will keep you entertained throughout.
The unsettling true story of America's first serial-killing family. A troubled doctor searches for patients swallowed by the prairie and encounters the Benders, homesteaders trapped by a life of unspeakable sin.
A mechanic looking to save his faltering marriage strikes up an unlikely friendship with a shy Vietnamese-American manicurist.
A portrait of Serb erotic surrealist painter Ljubomir "Ljuba" Popović.
Ivory centers on a young man's struggle between success versus fulfillment, and chronicles the exploration of an artist: the passion, dedication, and the immovable faith in one's talents. Andreas must train with a Russian piano teacher to win a piano competition.
Twelve full moons. Twelve women. Twelve landscapes.
A transfer student navigates the complexities of relationships, sexuality, and identity while dealing with a fraternity hazing incident. Through personal experiences and challenges, the student learns the importance of self-acceptance and understanding.
Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey Evans, believes that she is no longer a young girl and that she has fully matured into adulthood. Eager to make her mark in the sophisticated world of foreign diplomats living in Mexico, Christine appoints herself as organizer of her father's social activities and takes over the planning of a big garden party he will be hosting. Because he loves his daughter,
An unfaithful husband and his daughter go on nightly club outings, leaving the mother at home. The mother rebels against her lonesome life and attempts to prevent a man from pursuing her daughter.
Tilly Losch in Her Dance of the Hands.
Pehlivan focuses on a three-day wrestling competition, an ancient tradition that dates back over a thousand years to the time of the Ottoman Empire, originating in the games the soldiers would play to entertain themselves in between battles. Maybe that's why there's more than a hint of homoeroticism in the way the wrestlers oil themselves up with grease, making sure to cover every inch of their bodies so that their opponents will be unable to get a grip. Pialat's closeups emphasize the men's muscular bodies jammed together and sliding off one another, posed in intimate, twisted arrangements, struggling desperately for a grip on each other's bodies. Arms are jammed down pants, one of the only places there's some potential for a handhold, and the whole thing is very suggestive and sensual, a form of intimate male contact that's sanctioned as a show of strength and masculinity.
Chef Mark Hix describes the history and importance of salt.
An educational short: after Jim is caught vandalizing school property his principal instructs him on emotional maturity.
An impressionistic representation of the high school band experience. Taut and full of tension, Sophie Littman's short captures the awkwardness—and potential ascendancy—of being in the high school band.
The Foley Artist is a comedy short film about a foley artist whose life takes a surprising twist when he discovers that the sounds he creates can create havoc in his own life. With a surprise ending, the film explores the life of a foley artist and the power of sound.