When the newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just before his first public appearance, a psychoanalyst is brought in to help him overcome his fears and doubts.
Cosmic Sex tells the story of a young boy who experiences a sexual awakening through encounters with an older woman and a transgender prostitute. Set against the backdrop of the Ganges River, the film delves into the complexities of desire and the clash between tradition and modernity.
The Butterfly Room is a horror thriller movie about a reclusive woman who becomes the target of a psycho killer. As the story unfolds, secrets are revealed and the woman's life is threatened as she tries to protect herself and find her missing daughter. With elements of suspense, psychological tension, and a giallo-esque atmosphere, the movie keeps the audience on the edge of their seats.
Paul, a shy photographer of 30 years, avoids relationships in favor of the safety landscape photography. He is drawn into intimacy by a teenage youth who moves in next door and insinuates herself into his life.
Dear Mr. Watterson is a documentary that delves into the influence and legacy of the beloved comic strip 'Calvin and Hobbes' and its creator, the elusive Bill Watterson. The film explores topics such as controversy, reclusiveness, artistic integrity, and the commercialization of art. Through interviews with fans, historians, and fellow cartoonists, it delves into the enduring impact of the strip and its creator's refusal to embrace commercialism.
Abel is a timid young man who lives a secluded life with his overprotective mother and domineering father. He develops a crush on his neighbor, who works as a prostitute. As he navigates his way through his dysfunctional family, he finds himself caught up in a farcical series of events involving voyeurism, stalking, and a peep-show theater.
The Audience is a surreal and grotesque comedy-drama that revolves around the events in Vatican City and Rome, Italy. It explores themes of unrequited love, religion, revolution, and the power dynamics within the Catholic Church.
This short looks at the illness anthropophobia, the fear of people. In 1901, young Catherine Starr, who lives in a small English coastal town, has an argument with her fiancé. He leaves her house, goes off to serve in the Boer War, and dies of malaria. Catherine blames herself for his death and fears others will also blame her. She does not leave her house for forty years. Groceries are delivered to the house, but no one sees who retrieves them. When the Nazis bomb her house in September 1941, she is forced to cope with the outside world.
Della, a wealthy widow, gets caught in a romantic rivalry over a man and uncovers a dark family secret. Her manipulative mother pushes her to make a real estate deal while she struggles with her possessive love for the man. As the plot unfolds, Della's reclusiveness and her struggle with xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare skin condition, add more layers to the story.
An old widower, Jasper, routinely makes coffee in two mugs and picks up trash around his community. Some of his more interesting finds speckle his home. His neighbors mostly disregard him. On one of his regular hunts, he chances upon an envelope. To his surprise, he finds old wedding photos and presumes the addressee, Angie, to be the bride. Determined to complete the delivery, Jasper follows a map to the address. When he finally arrives, his excitement is upended when Angie, now divorced, rebuffs him and the photos. He leaves her with an open invitation to his home, should she change her mind. The next morning, Jasper starts his routine-only to find Angie at his door. After a heart-to-heart on loss and new life, Jasper invites Angie to pick up trash with him. Together, they go.
A family of seven lives on a New England island with nobody else. One winter, they got stranded because the bay froze over. This didn't much matter to them, but someone on the mainland remembered them and launched an aerial rescue mission; an unfounded story that one boy had appendicitis results in a larger rescue mission, with the situation rapidly escalating into a major catastrophe all because of the rescue mission.
Forsaking everything she has ever known, a young girl braves punishment and death to join her condemned husband in exile. Reunited and finally free of their blood-stained past, the two lovers set out to build a new life together. But as days and then weeks pass in the endless, hostile desert, they realize how little they truly know about each other, and the banishment that was to be their new beginning tears their world apart.
The Yogis of Tibet is a documentary that explores the history and tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as the suppression faced by Tibetan monks and nuns. It covers topics such as supernatural powers, political oppression, and the belief in the afterlife. The movie provides insights into the secret rituals and reclusive practices of Tibetan yogis and sheds light on the challenges they face under Chinese Communist rule.
After being for eleven years in the city, José António Baptista returned to his home village to focus on literature.
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