Top Cast
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Jane Birkin
Magda
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Trevor Howard
Father
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John Matshikiza
Hendrick
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Nadine Uwampa
Anna
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Lourdes Christina Sayo
Old Anna
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René Díaz
Jacob
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Tom Vrebus
Piet
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Jean Ackermans
Horseman
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Jean-Paul Bellemans
Horseman
Overview
A South African spinster murders her father after he rapes the wife of the black foreman for his plantation.
Rating
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Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
The Poker House
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.
Outrage
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
The Trials of Cate McCall
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
The Visit
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
The Safety of Objects
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Strange Weather
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
The Girl in the Book
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.
Moonrise
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.