In The Hedgehog, a young girl named Paloma lives in a luxury apartment building in Paris. She feels disconnected from her wealthy and neglectful parents and finds solace in her friendship with the building's caretaker, René. Through her observations of the residents and René's insights, Paloma learns about the complexities of human relationships and discovers the importance of companionship. As her bond with René grows, Paloma also deals with the death of a neighbor and her own contemplation of suicide. The movie explores themes of alienation, hypocrisy, and the search for connection in a seemingly disconnected world.
Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a crime drama romance film set in the 1970s. It tells the story of an outlaw couple who are separated when one of them takes the blame for the other's crimes and is sent to jail. The film follows their attempts to reunite and escape from the consequences of their past actions.
When a woman from Seattle rejects a marriage proposal and faces an uncertain future, she travels back in time to see what her life would have been like if she had made a different choice. Along the way, she discovers the importance of love and career and must make a difficult choice just in time for Christmas.
Lili is a heartwarming story about a teenage girl named Lili who is taken in by a small traveling circus after the death of her father. She forms a bond with the performers and falls in love with a magician, but must confront her own inner demons as she navigates through the challenges of circus life.
In a small Eastern European town, a young piano teacher finds herself caught up in a web of complex relationships, including a forbidden romance with an older man. As she navigates the intricacies of love, betrayal, and self-discovery, she must confront the secrets and desires that lie beneath the surface. With stunning piano performances and emotional depth, Crisis explores the power of music to transcend boundaries and the complexities of human connection.
In 'Come Dance with Me', a business owner struggling to sell her company learns to dance and finds love during the Christmas season.
A teenager is kidnapped by a psychopath, and her father, a police officer, must investigate and rescue her before it's too late.
In Woman's World, three women working at an automobile company vie for a promotion as they navigate their personal struggles and relationships. With ambition, love, and challenges, they strive to find their place in a man's world.
An eccentric man endangers himself when he makes advances toward the girlfriend of a saloon keeper.
A shameful period in Taiwanese history provides the backdrop for this emotional drama from writer and director Yonfan (aka Yang Fan). In 1949, in the wake of the 228 Incident (in which anti-government protesters launched a rebellion that was violently put down by authorities), Taiwan came under martial law, and through much of the 1950s brutal reprisals against suspected communists were commonplace. During the years of the "White Terror," thousand of supposed dissidents were killed, imprisoned or simply disappeared at the hands of the military police.
A young wild girl, Fanchon, lives in a forest with her eccentric grandmother who is suspected by the villagers of being a witch. The unkempt Fanchon suffers from her grandmother's sorceress reputation. One day the girl rescues a boy from drowning and they fall in love, but Fanchon won't agree to marry him unless his father asks her. A year later the boy has fallen very ill and it is only the presence of the enchanting Fanchon that helps to restore his health.
It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillbilly Romeo and Juliet whose forbidden romance rekindles a long-standing feud between their respective families.
This is an engaging drama by director Karel Kachyna about the growing pains of a young teen (Jorga Kotrbova) and the hardships of a noble steed mistreated by a cruel neighboring farmer. The teen is having a hard time figuring out adult modes of behavior, and at the same time her heart goes out to the horse that is suffering under the treatment of the farmer next door to her family. As the teen adopts the horse as a friend, some clarification will be sure to come on the meaning of adulthood and the benefits of compassion.
ELEANOR'S CATCH is a delightful short, directed by and starring Cleo Madison. A successful actress, Madison was one of many women who directed films at Universal, particularly in the mid 1910s. In this two-reeler, she stars as a young city girl dragged into a life of crime by a ne’er-do-well suitor. A terrific surprise ending gives Eleanor and Cleo an early claim to promoting women’s equality in the workforce.
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