Safety Last! is a silent comedy film released in 1923. The story follows a young man seeking a job who ends up climbing the outside of a department store building as part of a publicity stunt. Along the way, he faces numerous obstacles and comedic mishaps. The film is known for its iconic image of the protagonist hanging from a clock on the side of the building.
In the aftermath of World War II, two women, Iya and Masha, try to piece their lives together in Leningrad. Iya, nicknamed Beanpole due to her tall stature, works as a nurse in a veterans hospital while Masha returns from the frontlines. However, their friendship and attempts to build a new life are challenged by trauma, loss, and the hardships of post-war Leningrad.
Rouge is a mesmerizing drama set in a 1930s Hong Kong brothel, where a ghostly romance unfolds between a young courtesan and a scholar from a bygone era. Their tragic love story is complicated by secrets, betrayal, and redemption.
Thérèse Raquin, a woman trapped in a loveless marriage, embarks on a passionate affair with her husband's friend, Laurent. Fueled by their forbidden love, they conspire to murder Thérèse's husband and live happily ever after. However, their crime haunts them and drives them to the brink of madness.
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City is an experimental film that showcases various aspects of life in Berlin, including its streets, public transportation, city life, and class differences. Through a series of montages and poetic visuals, the film captures the essence of the city during the Weimar Republic era.
In the White City (1983) follows a sailor who arrives in Lisbon, Portugal and finds himself staying in a boarding house. As he explores the city, he grapples with existential crises and navigates various relationships, including a romantic one with a waitress. The film delves into themes of unhappiness, self-discovery, sensuality, and loneliness. It showcases the sailor's journey of wandering and his encounters with different characters in the city, all captured through a nonlinear timeline. The plot also includes moments of seductive desire, awkward situations, and even instances of violence.
Hidden Away is a 2013 movie about a teenager who fakes her death to escape from her abusive stepfather. She hires a private investigator to help her start a new life. Along the way, she discovers the truth about her identity and uncovers a web of secrets, including kidnapping and identity theft. The movie explores themes of resilience, survival, and the bond between a mother and daughter.
Rain is a poetic documentary film released in 1929, showcasing the various aspects of rain in Amsterdam. It captures the symphony of raindrops hitting the city streets, the reflections in puddles, and the rhythm of raindrops dripping from water pipes. This black-and-white silent film is considered a city symphony and offers a unique glimpse into the atmosphere of Amsterdam in the 1920s.
Wednesday is the day when children are not in school and stay at home. It is also the day when the parents are not there. In Nantes, in the spring, twenty or so carefree and boisterous kids between the ages of three and eleven take advantage of this day to make their parents go crazy. Emma, 9 years old and naturally romantic, decides that Roland, the little boy she met in the street, is unhappy and persuades her friends to adopt him. Victoria spends the day with Martin Socoa, an often distant father whom she learns to love. There are also Muriel, Bruno, Colette and Henri who take off and create panic in their parents' home, while Marylin lives the founding drama of her childhood with a mother of an unreal sweetness. Throughout these little stories, we realize that the world of children has its own logic, totally different from that of adults.
Call Girl is a gripping crime drama thriller that follows the story of a call girl who becomes entangled in dangerous situations. Set in a world of corruption and blackmail, she must navigate treacherous waters to survive.
Kehraus is a comedy movie set in Munich, Germany. It tells the story of an insurance salesman who gets involved in a carnival and goes through various comedic situations. The plot focuses on themes of deception, money, and office politics. The movie combines satire and comedy to present a humorous take on the insurance industry and human behavior.
The city of São Paulo at the end of the 1920s. Urbanism, fashion, public monuments, industrialization, historical facts, coffee production expansion, education and the sound of daily life. Using the classic documentary Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt (1927) as a model, Hungarian filmmakers Adalberto Kemeny and Rodolf Lustig, who owned one of the best film laboratories that Brazil relied on at the time, made this documentary.
The new Saint Denis-Bobigny streetcar picks up and drops off commuters in an all-too-brief transit of their lives. Among the regular riders is a woman who is both spectator and guide – she introduces, comments on, ponders and catalyzes the sometimes vain, sometimes serious preoccupations of her fellow travelers, who, for the moment, are rushing headlong toward their destiny. The commuters and their observer have double lives. Once they step off this streetcar, the real-life dramas begin. Each has his or her style of living or dying…
The passengers in an aerial tramway are trapped when the tramway breaks down 8,500 feet in the air.
In 'Tobias and the Half-Pariah,' an anthropomorphic train named Tobias embarks on a mission of vengeance. With a secret past and a burning desire for justice, Tobias chases down his enemies on a thrilling journey through the railway. This fan-film, inspired by the popular children's character Thomas the Tank Engine, takes a darker and more action-packed approach, captivating viewers with its unique storyline.
The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names of the Modernist Movement, Fernando Pessoa (in Lisbon) and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (in Paris). Their endless conversation was dramatically and suddenly terminated.
Hans, living in Vienna during the Great Depression, intends to drown himself in the river after losing his livelihood. While there he meets a girl named Anna after pulling her from the river.
A doctor and his son fall in love for the same woman, who has lost her child.
This Traveltalks short visits Cape Town, the legislative capital of South Africa.
Wilhelmsburger Freitag is a social-realism drama set in Hamburg, Germany. It tells the story of a husband and wife who face challenges as a childless couple. The husband works on a building site while the wife deals with their daily life. The plot revolves around various themes such as exploitation, employer-employee relationships, and the couple's longing for a child. The story takes place on a Friday, with the couple's experiences adding depth to the narrative.