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Eternity and a Day 1998 Alexander, an old writer, is ill and prepared to die He says his goodbyes and recalls his life with his wife long ago While driving his car he saves a street kid, an illegal immigrant from Albania, from being arrested Later in the day, by chance, he sees the same boy being ab

The Last Days of Chez Nous 1992 Vicki returns to her elder sister Beths house in Australia after an affair in Italy Beth, with a teenage daughter, has become involved in something of a marriage of convenience with Frenchman J P , and her rather prickly houseproud ways are causing frictions counterpo

Knife in the Head 1978 One night when seeking his estranged wife, Hoffmann goes to the youth center where she works The police are there rounding up radicals who frequent the center Hoffmann runs into the building and ends up being shot in the head He awakens with brain trauma, partially paralyzed a

In the White City 1983 A Swiss sailor jumps ship in Lisbon, tired of the noisy engine room, the ship a floating factory of crazy people He rents a room and does little He writes letters to his lover, describing the whiteness of the city, the solitude and the silence He sends his love and emptiness s

Pane e tulipani 2000 Life is often just for sake of and we need to know about it and want to benefit when we are presented with the occasion to A bit for sake of, a bit for choice, Rosalba, young and apart from anything a housewife of Pescara, during a bus trip after she found herself alone and forg

Claudio Abbado: Hearing the Silence (2003) Claudio Abbado - Hearing the Silence conveys an intensely moving view on one of the leading musicians of our time. In several interviews, Abbado talks about artistic, musical and biographical aspects of his life. The film shows excerpts from rehearsals and

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Jonathan Harker is sent away to Count Dracula's castle to sell him a house in Wismar where Jonathan lives. But Count Dracula is a vampire, an undead ghoul living off of men's blood. Inspired by a photograph of Lucy Harker, Jonathan's wife, Dracula moves to Wismar, bringi

Wings of Desire (1987) Visible only to those like them and to human children, Damiel and Cassiel are two angels, who have existed even before humankind. Along with several other angels, they currently wander around West Berlin, generally on their own, observing and preserving life, sometimes trying

Strapless (1989) An expatriate American doctor in London allows herself to lighten up when her freewheeling younger sister and a mysterious man enter her life. Her inhibitions released, the beautiful doctor learns that freedom has its own price.

The Dust of Time (2008) A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of

The Tobacconist (2018) Based on the international bestseller by Robert Seethaler. A tender, heart-breaking story about one young man and his friendship with Sigmund Freud during the Nazi occupation of Vienna.

In Order of Disappearance (2014) Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, and is recently awarded a Citizen of the Year Award. When his son is murdered for something he did not do, Nils wants revenge. And justice. His actions ignite a war between the vegan gangster "the Count&q

The House That Jack Built (2018) USA in the 1970s. We follow the highly intelligent Jack over a span of 12 years and are introduced to the murders that define Jack's development as a serial killer. We experience the story from Jack's point of view, while he postulates each murder is an artwork in it

Luther (2003) Biography of Martin Luther, the 16th-century priest who led the Christian Reformation and opened up new possibilities in exploration of faith. The film begins with his vow to become a monk, and continues through his struggles to reconcile his desire for sanctification with his increasi

The Reader (2008) THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discove

Faraway, So Close! (1993) A group of angels in the German capital look longingly upon the life of humans.

Youth Without Youth (2007) Christmas Eve, 1937, Piatra Neamt, Romania: Dominic Matei, a 70-year-old professor, contemplates suicide. The love of his life is dead, and he remains unable to complete his life's work on the origins of language. On April 24th 1938, Easter Sunday, he takes a train to Buch

Downfall (2004) In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Soviet Armies closing in from the west and south. In Berlin, capital of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler proclaims that Germany will still achieve victory and orders his Generals and advisers to fight to the last man.

The American Friend (1977) Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. But another criminal business associate wants Tom to go in for an even riskier enterprise: murder. Tom suggests his associate ask a local picture framer instead. That man has