Movies and TvShows featuring "identity-control" theme.

During the Spanish Civil War, a dying father seeks forgiveness while his son uncovers a shocking betrayal. This intense story explores themes of love, martyrdom, and the struggle for identity amidst the chaos of war.

Julia, a playwright, struggles with writer's block while navigating relationships and pursuing her career in Paris before the outbreak of World War II. She forms a close bond with her grandmother and finds inspiration in the vibrant theater scene. However, her world is shattered when her grandfather and lover disappear, leading her on a journey of self-discovery and resilience.

My Golden Days is a movie set in the 1980s that follows the life of Paul Dédalus, a middle-aged anthropologist, reminiscing about his teenage years and the formative events that shaped his adult life. The story revolves around his relationship with Esther, an elusive and wild woman, and their tumultuous romance. As Paul reflects on his past, he grapples with themes of identity, obsession, and the fleeting nature of youth. The movie explores the complexities of love, the lasting impact of our actions, and the bittersweet nostalgia that comes with the passage of time.

Halim and Mina, owners of a traditional caftan store in a Moroccan medina, hire a talented young apprentice. Mina realizes her husband's attraction to the apprentice and their relationship is tested.

Samuel, a widower, is taking care of his 7-year-old daughter alone. Overwhelmed and stressed out, he decides to isolate in a chalet he was renovating with his wife in the Italian Alps. Indifferent to the anger of locals who help police to hunt down migrants, he comes across a woman who fled Afghanistan. Samuel decides to help her reach the border, thinking it will take them a few hours. But an agressive group of men comes after them…

Leave No Traces is a thrilling movie based on a true story, set in 1980s communist Poland. It follows the journey of a college student who gets entangled in a web of police violence, corruption, and identity control. Faced with brutal challenges, the protagonist must navigate a world filled with danger and betrayal.

Looking for Hortense is a comedy-drama movie set in Paris, France. The story revolves around a man who finds himself caught up in a series of unexpected events when he agrees to help his friend find and rescue his wife. As he navigates through a maze of cultural differences, identity struggles, and family crises, he must confront his own inner demons and strive to find a new sense of purpose and meaning in his life.

Fanny, a shy and lonely teenager, goes on a language exchange to Germany. In Leipzig, she meets her pen pal, Lena, a teenager eager to become politically active. Fanny is troubled. To win over Lena, she invents a life for herself, to the extent of becoming trapped in her lies.

Viva Riva! is a gripping crime drama set in the city of Kinshasa, where a man named Riva becomes embroiled in a dangerous world of violence and greed. Riva is a fuel smuggler who finds himself caught between various criminal elements, including a local crime lord and a powerful foreign gangster. As tensions escalate and betrayals unfold, Riva must navigate this treacherous landscape to survive and protect those he cares about.

The film follows a passenger train traveling from Belgrade in Serbia to Bar in Montenegro. The train is stopped by armed Serbian paramilitary forces at a small station in Štrpci in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Having received a tip off that there are Muslim passengers on the train, they found 19 of them, took them off the train, and executed them shortly after the train departed. About 500 passengers witnessed the event, but no one dared to stand up to them, except for one man, a retired military officer Tomo Buzov, on his way to visit his son.

In Paris, a painter and an illegal immigrant from Yugoslavia form a forbidden love as they hide from the police. They navigate through identity control, deportation, and their own personal struggles while living on the edge. Their love blossoms amidst the backdrop of the clandestine life they are forced to lead.

It's the spring of 1944 and Therese is in a hurry to get back to Paris. The trains aren't running from the village where she has gone to visit her father's grave and to fill two suitcases with food. Some British and American planes have been shot down and the Germans want to know where the pilots are hiding. An acquaintance has clearance to drive to Paris with a truckload of goats. After she is in the truck Therese discovers that two British pilots and an American pilot are back there with the goats. She must get the men on a train to Paris and to a safe house there, where there is no room for the American. Can she leave him at the Metro station trying to figure out the map?