We, the Dead

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ram...

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Alejandro Amenábar

Cast

Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas

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

An accidental meeting between a French woman who goes to South America to adopt a baby and an Argentinian woman who with her small son leaves their hopeless village in search for a better life changes both of their lives forever.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Juan Diego Solanas

Cast

Carole Bouquet, Aymará Rovera, Mercedes Sampietro

Jeb Maynard is a patrolman guarding the U.S.-Mexican border, whose partner and buddy Scooter has just been murdered. Maynard knows that a smuggler of illegal aliens is responsible for Scooter's death, but the feds insist that drug dealers committed the crime.

Runtime

1h 44m

Director

Jerrold Freedman

Cast

Charles Bronson, Bruno Kirby, Bert Remsen

The crew of a bankrupt Scottish trawler turn to smuggling illegal immigrants over the stormy waters of the North Sea.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Steve Hudson

Cast

Peter Mullan, Martin Compston, Gary Lewis