Category Archives: Drama

From acclaimed filmmaker Zhang Meng (The Piano in a Factory), this Chinese remake of Giuseppe Tornatore’s (Cinema Paradiso) Everybody’s Fine and its American version starring Robert De Niro is an emotionally stirring drama. The story follows a widower’s visits to his four adult children, who lead distinctly different lives in four rapidly changing Chinese cities.Continue reading “Everybody’s Fine – 2016”

Ninko is a virtuous Buddhist monk who’s embarrassed to discover that he’s irresistible to many women (and some men). After a particularly troubling encounter with a masked woman, he undertakes a journey to “purify” himself, hoping that this will equip him to rebuff sexual advances. He meets the samurai Kanzo and hears of a villageContinue reading “Suffering of Ninko – 2016”

Ten years after a tsunami destroyed a small-town elementary school with all the children inside, a young man builds a mysterious structure out of the school’s remains, setting the town aflame with passions long forgotten. Director : Julio Quintana|Kemel Jamís Cast : Aris Mejias|Hiram Delgado|Jacqueline Duprey|Jorge Luis Ramos|Julio Ramos|Leslie Van Zandt|Lucas Quintana|Marisé Álvarez|Martin Sheen|Sunshine LogroñoContinue reading “The Vessel – 2016”

In 2011 Portugal began the so-called “year of the Troika” (EU, IMF and ECB budget cuts and economic restructuring), with the level of debt among the Portuguese people reaching staggering amounts and a growing number of families and companies unable to repay their installment loans. Jorge is an unemployed boxer on the verge of losingContinue reading “Saint George – 2016”