The Handbag

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Terry George

Cast

Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Nick Nolte

Two North Korean soldiers are killed in the border area between North and South Korea, prompting an investigation by a neutral body. The lead investigator (Lee Young-ae) receives differing accounts from the two sides.

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Park Chan-wook

Cast

Lee Young-ae, Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.

Runtime

2h 15m

Director

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Martin Freeman, Emily Holmes, Eva Birthistle

Two westerners, a priest and a teacher find themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide and face a moral dilemna. Do they place themselves in danger and protect the refugees, or escape the country with their lives? Based on a true story.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Michael Caton-Jones

Cast

John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Dominique Horwitz

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