Susanne Brink's Arirang

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Kim Ki-duk

Cast

Oh Young-soo, Kim Young-min, Seo Jae-kyeong

On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and secluded life, renting the boat to day fishermen and practicing strange divination rites. Their life changes when a teenage student comes aboard.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Kim Ki-duk

Cast

Han Yeo-reum, Seong-hwang Jeon, Seo Ji-seok

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Robert Towne

Cast

Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek Pinault, Donald Sutherland

In 1980, the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a Jewish mother dies. In his place and with his name (Schlomo) she takes a Christian 9-year-old boy.

Runtime

2h 20m

Director

Radu Mihăileanu

Cast

Moshe Abebe, Moshe Agazai, Sirak M. Sabahat

The story of a young couple, Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for a child, which leads them on a journey of initiation to Cambodia. On their difficult and transformative adventure, they must contend with obstructive authorities and the jealousies and mistrust of a small community of would-be adoptive parents.

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Bertrand Tavernier

Cast

Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Carré, Bruno Putzulu