The small village of Yangji. First it was swallowed up by the vastly expanding city of Guangzhou (previously: Canton). Now the villagers are supposed to clear out their simple homes. Modern China doesn’t have room for these old eyesores in what has become the financial district, and investors are ravenous for inner city plots. Only few dare to resist the highly corrupt political and economic system, which has little time or patience for the needs of individuals. Family father Ah Zhong has risked everything – and has successfully resisted eviction from his home. Now he advises homeowners in Xian how they can defend their rights. To the opposing villagers, Ah Zhong is a role model and a hero. But they refuse to see that the price Ah Zhong had to pay for his victory was extremely high – perhaps too high. A Pyrrhic victory.
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A teenage assassin first-person shooter, sent to eliminate a political witness, is thrust into the virtual playground of Las Vegas.
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A has-been filmmaker sets out to engrave a painful chapter in her country’s history by interviewing a notorious political strongman about the part he played in a brutal former regime. The filmmaker’s glory days are quite as faded as the political power her subject once enjoyed. And her old crew is no longer cohesive or motivated. They all go round and round, circling the past and touching on the future, both of which escape their grasp. Nothingness prevails. Meanwhile, on the street a poor woman shakes her fist at the skies and prays for an earthquake to bring justice. Civilization as a whole is on the edge and tipping over into the abyss. Hachim Lasri’s fourth feature is a cry in the asylum from which none of us will escape.
Read MoreTHE SEA IS BEHIND
In a world faltering between fantastic and fantasy, lives Tarik, a man who, to earn his living, danses dressed as a woman, on a cart pulled by an old horse. Tarik is a victim of society, a broken man who lost his children in an accident and whose wife left for another man. Tarik drags his life and misery, cigarette between his lips, waiting for time to pass. But one day, the horse stops and Tarik must face his future.. Against his will he is involved in a terrible quest where he must face his pain and accept his grief. He will then learn to live again and let colours take him out of insanity and of himself.
Read MoreTHE CONGRESS
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn’t consider.
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Luce and Ulysse love each other. They live a full and happy life managing their own little veterinary clinic on the Atlantic coast. Luce is awaiting a happy event. The future looks good. At least at first sight. But when baby Rose arrives, nothing goes as planned. Luce is out of her depth before the constant crying of her baby.
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Diane is a mysterious and lonely teenager. Sharing special bonds with her father Christian, she takes care of the education of her brother Marc. The arrival of Julia in the neighborhood, a charismatic and liberated young British woman, is going to disturb Diane’s daily life. Desperately willing to become an adult, Diane is going to live, for a semester, the most shattering experiences of her life. The more she gets close to Julia, the more she gets irresponsible, ignoring consequences and limits to her desires.
Read MoreLA VIE D’UNE AUTRE
A young woman falls in love, then wakes up a decade later as the mother of a young boy who is also in the middle of a divorce.
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A cop, Vincent, steals a big bag of cocaine from some gangsters, but he’s identified during the operation. The gangsters then decide to kidnap his son to get back the cocaine. But of course Vincent is no longer in possession of the stuff. To rescue his son he will have to find his way through the night club owned by the enemies and defer as much as he can the time of the exchange. The upcoming night seems to be the longest of his life and maybe even the last one…
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