Beshar, a famous singer, is summoned to perform at his country's dictator's birthday party. But on the way to the presidential palace, his car breaks down and he arrives late. He immediately faces the dictator's wrath, the first incident in a strange evening where the leader's tyranny will have dire consequences for some of the guests. Between forced cheerfulness and silent terror, everyone knows they are at the mercy of the mood of a grotesque host with unlimited power...
Amer Alwan
Tariq Hashim
Athmar Khider
Rasha al Kinani
Beshar, a famous singer, is summoned to perform at his country's dictator's birthday party. But on the way to the presidential palace, his car breaks down and he arrives late. He immediately faces the dictator's wrath, the first incident in a strange evening where the leader's tyranny will have dire consequences for some of the guests. Between forced cheerfulness and silent terror, everyone knows they are at the mercy of the mood of a grotesque host with unlimited power...
On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?
In revolutionary Iran, as fundamentalists tighten their grip on society, a professor secretly gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to read and discuss forbidden classics of Western literature, including Lolita and Pride and Prejudice. Based on the bestselling memoir by Azar Nafisi. A film by Eran Riklis starring Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Zar Amir (Holy Spider), and Mina Kavani (No Bears).
Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.
Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.
A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
South America, 1960. A lonely and grumpy Holocaust survivor convinces himself that his new neighbor is none other than Adolf Hitler. Not being taken seriously, he starts an independent investigation to prove his claim, but when the evidence still appears to be inconclusive, Polsky is forced to engage in a relationship with the enemy in order to obtain irrefutable proof.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.