The Survivors (1979)
A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of policital order, from capitalism to feudalism to “primitive savagery.”
Genre: Drama
Director: Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Actors: Enrique Santisteban, Juanita Caldevilla, Reynaldo Miravalles
Raw (2016)
In Justine’s family everyone is a vet and a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a gifted teen ready to take on her first year in vet school, where her older sister…
Song of Norway (1970)
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Imaginary Heroes (2004)
Matt Travis is good-looking, popular, and his school’s best competitive swimmer, so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide. As the following year unfolds, each member of his family…
Kawa (2010)
Kawariki must become the leader of the family after his father retires in this intimate drama. A husband and father, he realizes that in order to lead with integrity, he…
A Thousand Acres (1997)
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Eat Pray Love (2010)
Liz Gilbert had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband, a house and a successful career – yet like so many others, she found…
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a gay man, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To…
Provoked: A True Story (2007)
Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began…
Sleepwalking in the Rift (2012)
On her first visit to East Africa, a young woman crosses paths with the Ranger charged with being her guide. They have something in common and when they meet, a…