La Chair de ma Chair

Jorge feels suffocated by his menial job but can't break free of the obligations that keep him stuck — until he meets a woman who shakes his life up.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Cast

Quim Gutiérrez, Antonio de la Torre, Raúl Arévalo

Objectively, Odette Toulemonde has nothing to be happy about, but is. Balthazar Balsan has everything to be happy about, but isn’t. Odette, awkwardly forty, with a delightful hairdresser son and a daughter bogged down in adolescence, spends her days behind the cosmetic’s counter in a department store and her nights sewing feathers on c...

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Cast

Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber

After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is quickly complicated when his angst spreads to his brother, Tim, who promptly decides to drive his car straight into a tree. Under the shadow of his sibling's injurious actions, Jim strikes...

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Steve Buscemi

Cast

Casey Affleck, Kevin Corrigan, Liv Tyler

Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Paulo Morelli

Cast

Douglas Silva, Darlan Cunha, Jonathan Haagensen

17-year-old Guido suffers since his early childhood from neurodermatitis. After being taken to the hospital due to a heavy attack, he starts to question his personal and familiar environment and discovers that his parents’ relationship – which he assumed to be happy and sound – is built on lies. Unable to deal with this disappointment,...

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Ingo Haeb, Jan-Christoph Glaser

Cast

Jacob Matschenz, Andreas Schmidt, Johanna Gastdorf