The Way We Fall

Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law’s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for an...

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Cast

Anders W. Berthelsen, Iben Hjejle, Jesper Asholt

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

Runtime

2h 39m

Director

Lars von Trier

Cast

Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (19...

Runtime

30m

Director

François Truffaut

Cast

Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Rosy Varte

Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing some...

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Caroline Link

Cast

Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago

Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Michel Gondry

Cast

Tim Robbins, Patricia Arquette, Rhys Ifans