L'Imprévu

A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi finds a baby in the back seat of a car he's just stolen. He decides that it is his responsibility to care for the infant and in the process learns that maybe the...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Gavin Hood

Cast

Presley Chweneyagae, Jerry Mofokeng, Terry Pheto

After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcoholic.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Claude Chabrol

Cast

Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz

The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

George Ratliff

Cast

Sam Rockwell, Vera Farmiga, Jacob Kogan

A literary film based on a play in three acts, One Day Before the Rainy Season (Ashad Ka Ek Din) portrays the love of Mallika and Kalidasa, the renowned Sanskrit poet and dramatist. Vilom, a friend to both and interested in Mallika, is a passive onlooker for the first two acts. Kalidasa leaves his verdant mountain valley home for the s...

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Mani Kaul

Cast

Rekha Sabnis, Arun Khopkar, Aruna Irani

In a village near a deadly mountain ascent the people repeatedly have to help climbers in danger who didn't make it to the top, in fact nobody made it yet up there. Hansi Knoteck can't stand anymore the danger after a member of the rescue party dies and demands from Attila Hörbiger that he steps back from participating in his rescue ef...

Runtime

1h 30m

Cast

Attila Hörbiger, Hansi Knoteck, Winnie Markus