7 Minutes

In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking empire. When circumstances dictate that he appoint his unreliable youngest son, family bonds are pushed to the limit as father and son clash in a climate of political turmoil. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 2009 Shanghai Internat...

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Christina Yao

Cast

Aaron Kwok, Chang Lantian, Zhang Tielin

When a woman shelters a group of girls from suffering female genital mutilation, she starts a conflict that tears her village apart.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Ousmane Sembène

Cast

Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Martin Ritt

Cast

Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges

Germany, 1968: The priest's daughters Marianna and Juliane both fight for changes in society, like making abortion legal. However their means are totally different: while Juliane's committed as a reporter, her sister joins a terroristic organization. After she's caught by the police and put into isolation jail, Juliane remains as her l...

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Margarethe von Trotta

Cast

Jutta Lampe, Barbara Sukowa, Ina Robinski

In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Marco Ferreri

Cast

Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco