Released Date:
2002-11-21
Languages:
German
Countries:
Germany, Switzerland, France
Runtime:
137 min
IMDB Ratings:
(469 Reviews)
Director:
Philip GrèningMichael Busch
Philip Grèning
David, a recently fired scrapyard worker and Marie, a prostitute, both about 20 years old, meet on New Year's Eve in Berlin and decide to run away together. As David's arm is plastered from an accident Marie continues to prostitute herself to finance their restless journey through the Ruhr area. Their love and their will to survive guide them though all problems.
Released Date:
2001-11-15
Languages:
German, English, Japanese
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
118 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (382 Reviews)
Director:
Maria SpethGenres:
DramaLynn (22) lives with her brother in Berlin. There she enjoys the advantages of family life, without really feeling involved in it. She does not have any precise aim in life, but manages to awaken the interest of many people with her direct and spontaneous character. Her boyfriend David is very different: he is entirely engrossed in his very disciplined swimming training for the world championships. David does not intend to allow himself to be distracted by the complicating factors of a relationship with Lynn. When Lynn, working behind the till of restaurant, meets the Japanese student Koji, everything gets more complicated. They can't exchange many words, but it is soon clear that their moments together mean a lot to both of them.
Released Date:
2005-09-15
Languages:
German, French
Countries:
Germany, France
Runtime:
85 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (1016 Reviews)
Director:
Christian PetzoldGenres:
DramaHarun Farocki
Christian Petzold
Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the meantime, Francoise is picked up at a psychic department of a Berlin hospital by her husband, Pierre. After seeing Nina, Francoise believes that she has found her kidnapped daughter Marie, but neither Toni nor Pierre believe her. Nina is unsure about what to think...
Released Date:
2006-10-26
Languages:
German, Spanish
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
84 min
IMDB Ratings:
(3145 Reviews)
Director:
Sebastian SchipperAn introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.
Released Date:
2006-08-24
Languages:
German, French
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
163 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (2509 Reviews)
Director:
Matthias GlasnerJudith Angerbauer
Matthias Glasner
Jèrgen Vogel
After nine years in psychiatric detention Theo, who has brutally assaulted and raped three women, is released. Living in a supervised community, he connects well with his social worker Sascha, finds a job at a print shop and even a girlfriend, Nettie, his principal's brittle and estranged daughter. But even though superficially everything seems to work out Theo's seething rage remains ready to erupt.
Released Date:
2012-03-22
Languages:
German, French, Spanish
Countries:
Germany, Spain
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.4 (155 Reviews)
Director:
Maggie PerenGenres:
DramaReleased Date:
2013-04-01
Languages:
French
Countries:
Canada, Switzerland
Runtime:
103 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (121 Reviews)
Director:
Sèverine CornamusazMarcel Beaulieu
Sèverine Cornamusaz
A young hopeful teenager is waiting for his unknown and fantasized father to come out of prison. His family dream life is seriously undermined by an exhausted mother and a man who, after so many years in jail, has become unable to be a responsible father.
Released Date:
2014-05-22
Languages:
Italian, French, German
Countries:
Italy, Switzerland, Germany
Runtime:
110 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (1825 Reviews)
Director:
Alice RohrwacherGenres:
DramaGelsomina's family functions according to very particular rules. First of all, Gelsomina, at twelve years of age, practically runs the family. Her three younger sisters obey her and work under her watchful eye. But the outside world mustn't know anything about their lifestyle, and they should be kept away from it, well-protected in their isolated countryside home. Gelsomina's father, Wolfgang, is a foreigner and Gelsomina is the future queen of this strange and improbable kingdom he has constructed for them. A male heir would have been better, of course, but Gelsomina is strong and determined and what's more, she has a special talent for beekeeping and making honey. It's Gelsomina that retrieves the swarms from the trees, who organizes the honey extraction, and she is the one that carries the hives. Whilst all around them the countryside is being burnt up by pesticides, rural life is falling apart and becoming something different, a TV show competition arrives from the city offering a cash prize and a luxury cruise for the Most Traditional Family. "Village Wonders" is presented by the good fairy, Milly Catena. Gelsomina wants to participate in the contest, but Wolfgang won't even consider it. Something else is tormenting him: the new European laws regarding farm produce. If they don't get their honey lab in order, with washable walls and well-defined working spaces, they will have to cease production. They have to work very hard to expand the bee colonies, and get the lab up to standard. In his desperate search for cheap labor, Wolfgang agrees to take on a delinquent German boy, Martin, who comes from a youth rehabilitation exchange program. The tension mounts: between a silent evasive boy onto whom Wolfgang projects his desire for a son, and, counteracting this, the outward reaching force of Gelsomina that will stop at nothing just in order to see the good fairy TV show hostess again. Nothing will be the same at the end of this summer for Gelsomina and her family. An extraordinary summer, when the strict rules that hold the family together, begin to break...
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