Set in 1960s Taiwan, A Brighter Summer Day follows a teenage boy who becomes entangled with a youth gang. As the summer unfolds, the boy faces violence, love, and the challenges of coming of age in a turbulent environment.
The Rose Seller follows the story of a street child who turns to glue-sniffing and prostitution in order to survive the harsh realities of street life and poverty.
After his daughter is kidnapped, a single father teams up with a military captain to infiltrate a dangerous gang and rescue her. Along the way, they face horrors and challenges in a dystopian citadel.
Set in feudal Japan, a young samurai named Musashi Miyamoto seeks glory and engages in battles against his enemies. Along the way, he faces numerous challenges, including trickery, violence, and historic battles.
Tomorrow's Joe Live Action Movie is a drama film based on the popular manga series. The story follows a street-fighter orphan who finds his passion in boxing and trains to become a professional prizefighter. He faces various challenges, including rivalries, trouble with the law, and personal struggles. The film explores his journey of redemption and self-discovery.
À la vie, à la mort ! (1995) In Estaque, a northern suburb of Marseilles, stuck between oil refinery smokestacks and the Mediterranean sea, a handful of die-hards has taken refuge in a cabaret. There is José, the owner, a big-hearted gypsy who loves cars and women's bodies; Joséfa, his wife, the establishment's stripper despite her advanced years and Marie-Sol who climbs the hill every day to visit Notre-Dame de la Garde and beseech Virgin Mary to give her a child. There is Patrick, her husband who has been unemployed for ages but who is kind despite appearances and their friend Jaco who is having a hard time. His wife and daughters hate him for not keeping up on the mortgage repayments. Last but not least is Papa Carlossa who believes that Franco still rules Spain and fantasizes about bumping him off.
Kosmas (Stathis Psaltis) grew up in the gypsy camp and the only thing he does well is to beg. This opens a Beggars school where he teaches. With several other scams succeeds and becomes wealthy. All this until a couple rogue and reverse the situation.
Ed Simpson has been raised in an orphanage where he has caused much trouble. He can't stand living there anymore and runs away. On the streets, he finds a friend in newsboy Mike. Mike teaches him how to survive, but inevitably Ed gets hauled into court. The judge sees potential in him and hands him over to be adopted by a young politician.
At once surreal and poignant, this semi-autobiographical film by American director John Dilworth (Courage the Cowardly Dog) chronicles a turning point in the life of an artist.
May 1945. In a small town of the province of Kazakhstan, far from the front of the war draws to a close, young Vladik and Mary, and Akezhan, a boy a bit ‘largest are among the displaced. It is through the eyes of the latter, his feelings and his reactions, that we enter into intimacy with the different characters and their stories.
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