Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machines, she teaches the chimps simple sign language. Her research is overlooked by ignorant colleagues, but one man, Mark, a cellist, helps Alex with her research.
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American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy
Chantal Akerman explores Jewish American identity in this multilayered portrait of the immigrant experience. Shot in Brooklyn near the Williamsburg Bridge, Histoires D’Amérique takes the form of a series of first-person addresses delivered by a cross-section of Jewish New Yorkers, whose by turns tragic and humorous tales speak to a collective history of trauma, displacement, and resilience.
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My Dear Subject
From birth to death every subject remains intact. Three ages, three women. Daughter, mother, grandmother. Each of them before and after still and always. And the men too, those they meet those they love.
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Sati
Uma, a mute Brahmin girl, lives with her uncle’s family as she is an orphan. Since Uma has a faulty horoscope which indicate widowhood, the family finds it impossible to get her married off. According to a custom prevalent at the time, Uma is given in marriage to a tree.
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Wet with Rope
Toshiko lives with an older man, Shozo. On her back was a tattoo of Hannya carved by Shozo. Her tattoo artist, Shozo, who inherited the blood of her masters, tattooed her in order to keep her in her hands. He is currently traveling to Europe because a foreigner asked him to tattoo him. Asako and Shinji, who live in the room next to Toshiko, are student lovers, but when Asako finds out that she’s cheating on her, she goes to her girlfriend’s Masao. After hearing about her situation, Toshiko puts Asako to sleep when he comes to retrieve her belongings and tattoos a dragon on her secret spot, but…
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A Dry White Season
During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher’s life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.
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Parent Trap III
When Jeff plans to marry again, his triplet daughters Megan, Lisa and Jessie try to bring him together with Susan.
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The Lemon Sisters
Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980s Atlantic City performing the songs of the 1960s girl groups.
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Eight Taels of Gold
An ex-pat travels from New York to his home village in rural China after a long absence. On his way, he meets a familiar girl.