Pensionnats catholiques de Guyane, la blessure

Nine filmmakers each profile a young girl from a different part of the world to weave a global tapestry of youth in the 21st century.

Runtime

1h 41m

Director

Richard Robbins

Cast

Liam Neeson, Anne Hathaway, Freida Pinto

These children live in the four corners of the earth, but share the same thirst for learning. They understand that only education will allow them a better future and that is why, every day, they must set out on the long and perilous journey that will lead them to knowledge. Jackson and his younger sister from Kenya walk 15 kilometres e...

Runtime

1h 17m

Director

Pascal Plisson

Cast

Noura Azzagagh, Zahira Badi, Carlito

Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later, a fraction returned to their home in modern-day Benin. This dramatized documentary follows the journey of 26 of the treasures as told by cultural art historians, embat...

Runtime

1h 8m

Director

Mati Diop

Cast

Lucrèce Hougbelo, Parfait Vaiayinon, Didier Sedoha Nassangade

A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Ron Fricke

Cast

Documentary, Patrick Disanto

The film follows adventurer Jeff Johnson as he retraces the epic 1968 journey of his heroes Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Chris Malloy

Cast

Yvon Chouinard, Doug Tompkins, Keith Malloy

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as...

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn

Two lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards

Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mys...

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Jonathan Demme

Cast

Jeff Daniels, Melanie Griffith, Ray Liotta