Menschen in Räumen

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life becomes increasingly difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers ...

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Lars von Trier

Cast

Björk, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Claude Chabrol

Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Sam Garbarski

Cast

Marianne Faithfull, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović, Predrag Laković

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Cristian Mungiu

Cast

Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov

Kati drives the VW bus of her parents even without a license quite fast. But what else should one do in the Bavarian province? Kati and her best friend Jo keep asking themselves this question when they philosophize about God and the world with the tip in one hand and the beer in the other hand. After all, Kati's swarm Mike has just com...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Marcus H. Rosenmüller

Cast

Anna Maria Sturm, Rosalie Thomass, Ferdinand Schmidt-Modrow