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61) Choking man
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 6
Language
English
Description
Choking man: The social anxiety of a morbidly shy Ecuadorian dishwasher working in a Queens diner provides the psychological engine that powers this intense blend of drama and magical realism from famed music video director Steve Barron.
The boy with no name: a traditional hand-drawn animation, which mixes the macabre and innocent to tell the story of a young boy who feels lost and alone in a world he doesn't belong in.
62) Days and clouds
Series
Film Movement volume year 6, film 8
Language
Italiano
Description
Well-to-do, sophisticated couple, Elsa and Michele, have a 20 year-old daughter, Alice, and enough money for Elsa to leave her job and fulfill an old dream of studying art history. After she graduates, however, their lives change. Michele confesses he hasn't worked in two months and was fired by the company he founded years ago. Elsa overcomes her initial shock by pouring extra energy into facing the crisis while Michele, exhausted by an unsuccessful...
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 7
Language
Français
Description
"It is summer, and thirty-year-old Antoine is forced to leave the city to return to his family in Provençe. His father is sick, so he must assume the lifestyle he thought he had shed: driving the family grocery cart from hamlet to hamlet, delivering supplies to the few remaining inhabitants. Accompanied by Claire, a friend from Paris whom he has a secret crush on, Antoine gradually warms up to his experience in the country and his encounters with...
65) Noise
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 4
Language
Thai
Description
Noise: Two heinous crimes have left a suburban town reeling. As the local community enfolds itself in a shroud of secrecy, borne from fear and an untrammeled mistrust of authority, the police remain desperate for witnesses. Graham McGahan, a young police constable suffering from a chronic hearing problem, is stationed at a police caravan near the crime scene. Living on the periphery of the investigation, McGahan crosses paths with the people affected...
67) Troubled water
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 11
Language
Norwegian
Description
"Jan, recently released from prison after serving time for the murder of a child, has always maintained his innocence and is ready to put the past behind him. A gifted organist, he takes a job at an Oslo church under his middle name, Thomas. His talent and gentle manner quickly earn him the respect of his superiors, as well as the love of the pastor, Anna, and her little boy, Jens. But his past catches up with him when Agnes, a local teacher, comes...
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 11
Language
Arabic
Description
"During a cease-fire in the Lebanon-Israel conflict of 2006, Tony, a Christian taxi-driver, brings Zeina, a Shiite woman from Beirut, to the heart of the conflict in the country's south. While they scour the rubble of local towns for Zeina's son, they discover that despite their very different backgrounds they have much in common. During their trip through the desolate countryside, the two travelers develop a deep bond as a response to the death surrounding...
69) The violin
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 2
Language
English
Description
In rural Mexico, during the peasant revolts of the 1970s, Plutarco, his son Genaro and grandson Lucio lead double lives. On the one hand, they are simple country musicians, and on the other they actively support the peasant guerrilla movement against the oppressor government. When the army occupies the village, the rebels are forced to flee and leave their ammunition behind. Making the most of the fact that he looks like an inoffensive violinist,...
70) XXY
Series
Film Movement volume 6, film 5
Language
Español
Description
The dramatic story of a 15-year-old hermaphrodite, born with what the doctors call 'ambiguous genitalia, ' whose parents moved from Buenos Aires to an isolated cabin outside of Piriápolis, Uruguay, to protect their child from prejudice.
71) Eldorado
Series
Film Movement volume year 7, film 2
Language
Français
Description
When Yvan, a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer, catches young burglar and ex-junkie Elie trying to rob him, Yvan becomes strangely attached to Elie and agrees to drive him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet, leading to a bizarre journey through Belgium for the two loners.
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 9
Language
Español
Description
A shy and lonely 35 year old security guard at a supermarket works the night shift monitoring the surveillance cameras. One night he discovers a 25 year old cleaning woman through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her.
Series
Film Movement volume Year 7, film 1
Language
Mandingo
Description
In order to save their daughter, who is suffering from cancer of the blood, a divorced couple must have another child. As both have remarried, they must put their current relationships in jeopardy to test their love and commitment to one another.
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 1
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
After doctor informs Meizhu about her daughter Hehe having the Lukemia disease, then Meizhu would like to have another baby from her ex-husband in order to get marrow from the new born baby to save her daughter Hehe's life, her exhusband and wife reject Meizhu's plan ...
76) Lake Tahoe
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 3
Language
Español
Description
After crashing the family car teen-age Juan embarks on a one-day journey to find help fixing it.
77) Mine
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 12
Language
English
Description
"Documentary about the essential bond between humans and animals, set against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in modern U.S. history: Hurricane Katrina. This gripping, character-driven story follows New Orleans residents as they attempt the daunting task of trying to reunite with their pets who have been adopted by families all over the country, and chronicles the custody battles that arise when two families love the same pet. Who...
78) Munyurangabo
Series
Film Movement volume year 7, film 5
Language
Kinyarwanda
Description
Two young men from separate tribes--one, an orphan of the Rwandan genocide looking for revenge, and the other just returning home to his family--travel from Kigali to the countryside.
79) Somers Town
Series
Film Movement volume 7, film 8
Language
English
Description
Tomo, just turned sixteen, and released from social care, runs away to London from a lonely dificult life in the Midlands. Marek, a Polish immigrant, lives with his father who drinks with his friends most evenings after working on a construction site. Marek is a keen photographer, quiet and sensitive. He is not comfortable in his father's world. Both struggle to make sense of their new world, and a chance meeting in Somers Town, London leads the two...
Series
Film Movement volume year 7, film 11
Language
Norwegian
Description
Jan, recently released from prison after serving time for the murder of a child, has always maintained his innocence and is ready to put the past behind him. A gifted organist, he takes a job at an Oslo church under his middle name, Thomas. His talent and gentle manner quickly earn him the respect of his superiors, as well as the love of the pastor, Anna, and her little boy, Jens. But his past catches up with him when Agnes, a local teacher, comes...