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Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast

Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospit...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Vittorio De Sica

Cast

Carlo Battisti, Maria-Pia Casilio, Napoleone the Dog

Heinrich Lohse, a strict and highly efficient purchasing manager at a company bulk-orders 40 tons of mustard and enough typewriting paper for 40 years just to get discount. Heinrich's boss decides it’s time for him to retire early. Heinrich suddenly finds himself with nothing to do—except micromanage his household, much to the dismay o...

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Vicco von Bülow, Ludger Pistor

Cast

Evelyn Hamann, Gerrit Schmidt-Foß, Irm Hermann

The film follows Mr. Shi, a retired widower from Beijing. When his only daughter, Yilan, who lives in Spokane, Washington and works as a librarian, gets divorced, he decides to visit her to help her heal. However, Yilan is not interested. She tries keeping an emotional distance but when this finally fails she begins physically avoiding...

Runtime

1h 23m

Director

Wayne Wang

Cast

Henry O, Yu Feihong, Vida Ghahremani

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Jan Svěrák

Cast

Zdeněk Svěrák, Daniela Kolářová, Tatiana Dyková