Tag Archives: Drama

Michel, a retired math teacher, has lived alone since his wife’s death and occupies his time writing an essay about the beliefs that shape daily life. One day he comes across Dora, a young homeless woman, who shows up injured on his doorstep, and puts her up until she recovers. Her presence brings something newContinue reading “The Girl from Nowhere – 2013”

A group of soldiers led by then-Colonel Cenon Payawan (Cris Villanueva) attacks an NPA camp deep in the wilderness. Among those killed is a rebel woman carrying a child in a sling. Payawan adopts the child, and eighteen years later, the now-retired general and his wife are dealing with her rebellion. Then, her biological fatherContinue reading “Twinkle’s Summer – 2013”

Middle-aged salaryman Ichiro Sasaki (Mitsuru Hirata) hears of the death of his childhood friend Okabe (Takeshi Itoh). Okabe left a message for Ichiro right before his death. From the message, Ichiro learns the truth of a sad cast from the past and that Okabe liked Ichiro’s first love Sachi (Aoi Kirishima). When they were young,Continue reading “The Morning Set, Milk and Spring – 2013”

How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified “imprisonment” where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture. Director : Ben Bischof|Claudia Trost|Lars Gmehling|Özkan Arslan|Simone Catharina Gaul|Stefan Schaller Cast : Ben Miles|John Keogh|Marc Hodapp|Özkan Akdogan|Sascha Alexander Geršak|Siir Eloglu|TayfunContinue reading “Five Years – 2013”

A man, his dog, a young woman and a filmmaker in a house by the Caspian Sea. All three are wanted, but they are also in search of each other. Thus begins an absurd game in which reality and fiction merge. Director : Jafar Panahi|Kambuzia Partovi Cast : Abolghasem Sobhani|Azadeh Torabi|Hadi Saeedi|Jafar Panahi|Maryam Moqadam|Zeynab KanoumContinue reading “Closed Curtain – 2013”

Yacine is the veterinarian of the only zoo remaining in the Palestinian West Bank. He lives alone with his 10-year old son, Ziad. The kid has a special bond with the two giraffes in the zoo. He seems to be the only one to communicate with them. After an air raid in the region theContinue reading “Giraffada – 2013”