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The Time of Indifference
Movie
Despite their bourgeois lifestyle, Mariagrazia Ardengo (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi) and her children live beyond their means, relying on Leo (Edoardo Pesce), a greedy businessman and Mariagrazia’s lover. In the meantime, Leo intends on taking advantage of her recklessness in order to seize their only...
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Confessions of a Hitman
Movie
Based on true events. Luc Picard portrays Gérald Gallant, one of the most prolific hitmen in the profession. Gallant chalked up twenty-eight murders and fifteen attempted murders to his name, mostly those of senior officers in the Hells Angels, mafia, and organized crime. He was also a police inf...
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Bille
Movie
An extraordinary and creative little girl attempts to comprehend the confusing adult world and to prove her own value despite her mother’s lack of appreciation and love in late 1930s Europe. Confronted by her mother’s contempt for her, Bille finds an escape in her vivid imagination.
Based on a b...
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The Days of Abandonment
Movie + 2 extras
Olga's life is shattered when her husband abandons her. This prompts her to fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviour. The attractive forty-something mother of two, was still very much in love with her husband, but he became restless and distant, and eventually left he...
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Wondrous Boccaccio
Movie
Set against the backdrop of a 14th century, black plague-stricken Florence, ten young men and women escape to a country estate where they spend their days telling stories of love, fate, and resurrection. From legendary Italian filmmaking brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, directors of the Palme...
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The Dinner
Movie
Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Herman Koch, THE DINNER turns an ordinary meal among family into a taut morality play as the limits of polite society are tested and two brothers discover just how little they know about each other. Massimo is a posh and successful attorney; Paolo,...
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Troubling Love
Movie + 3 extras
What happened to Amalia? Who was with her the night she died? Her daughter Delia is saddened bythe news, but not surprised. She considers her mother to be a disgrace even before she hears of the sordid circumstances of her death. Delia travels home to Naples for the funeral and tries to piece tog...
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Human Capital
Movie
Based on Stephen Amidon's acclaimed novel, director Paolo Virzì's HUMAN CAPITAL presents a riveting and stylish modern day morality tale of class, green and desire. With a lavish home and beautiful wife, hedge-fund manager Giovanni Bernaschi seemingly has it all. Meanwhile, real estate agent Dino...
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Heidi
Movie
Orphan girl Heidi spends the happiest days of her childhood together with her eccentric grandfather, cut off from the outside world in a simple cabin in the Swiss mountains. Together with her friend Peter, she tends to her grandfather's goats and enjoys freedom in the mountains to the fullest. Bu...
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Jasper Jones
Movie
Adapted from Craig Silvey's acclaimed novel, JASPER JONES tells the story of Charlie Bucktin (Levi Miller), a fourteen year-old boy living in a small Australian town. One night during the summer of 1969, he is startled when local outcast Jasper Jones (Aaron McGrath) appears outside his window des...
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The White King
Movie + 1 extra
Alliance of Women Film Journalists Selection! Read an excerpt from Lonita Cook's AWFJ review: "When we try to create perfection, something gruesome might emerge instead. Unyielding, unforgiving. This is certainly the dystopian nature of THE WHITE KING's fictitious Homeland where Djata and his mot...