L'Adieu aux enfants
Biographical drama film faithfully evoking the life and work of Korczak through a reconstruction of " Dom Sierot ", "La Maison des Orphelins", one of his two model orphanages in Warsaw organized in "Republic of the children".
Biographical drama film faithfully evoking the life and work of Korczak through a reconstruction of " Dom Sierot ", "La Maison des Orphelins", one of his two model orphanages in Warsaw organized in "Republic of the children".
Biographical drama film faithfully evoking the life and work of Korczak through a reconstruction of " Dom Sierot ", "La Maison des Orphelins", one of his two model orphanages in Warsaw organized in "Republic of the children".
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris. Corinne, meanwhile, finds herself thrown into the lion’s pit.
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
A young, struggling actress lands her dream role in a film by an emerging Italian director, starring alongside an American superstar. What begins as her big breakthrough quickly turns into a living hell.
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young Polish officers while he's on stage, which is also a source of depression to him. When one of her officers comes back on a Secret Mission, the actor takes charge and comes up with a plan for them to escape.
The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland.
Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.