The main character is Anna, an outstanding pediatrician. She survived the harsh years of war in a concentration camp and cannot accept the behavior of her daughter Natalia, who uses her connections and cares only about material goods. Anna is reminded of 1939, when Piotr, who had been missing for forty-five years, arrives in Poland. Together, they visit places that are important to them: Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, and Ravensbruck.
Tag: woman director
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Magdalena Viraga
Story of A Red Sea Crossing. Shot in the bars and seedy hotels of East LA, this film is about the inner life of a prostitute imprisoned for killing her pimp.
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The Check is in the Mail…
Meet Richard Jackson – a man fed up with the insanity of “plastic” suburban living. Rallying his befuddled family around him, Richard mounts an outrageously comic assault on credit card craziness, “Yuppie” status symbols and “the system” in general!
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Nobody’s Child
Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and the next 20 years she spent in and out of the institutions. At last, a caring doctor started treating her for extreme depression and panic disorder. Weened from strong medications she had taken all her life, at age 36, she emerged for the last time and started a rehabilitation program in the home of a volunteer married couple. There she met a fellow patient with whom she developed a romantic relationship. She also started a college degree. This followed with a long-term professional success in the field of mental health.
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Hollywood Vice Squad
A mother goes to Hollywood to find her runaway daughter. She discovers that the girl has become involved in the pornography industry, and goes to the police to get help in finding her.
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Sonia
A woman deals with her mother, an arts professor, plunging into chaos due to Alzheimer’s.
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Home of the Brave: A Film by Laurie Anderson
A concert film directed by and featuring the music of Laurie Anderson, filmed at the Park Theater in Union City, New Jersey, during the summer of 1985. The film includes songs from her 1984 album 1984’s “Mister Heartbreak” and selections from her 1983 “United States” show, along with eclectic, experimental visuals blending film, animation, dance and electronics.
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Seikan zenkai onna
Pinku distributed by Million and directed by a woman.
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Malcolm
Malcolm is a chronically shy mechanical genius, who has just been fired for building his own tram. He gets Frank, who has just been released from jail, to move in to help pay the bills. With Frank’s help, Malcolm turns to a life of crime.
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Perverted Rope Torture
Kazuo, a struggling writer, begins writing novels about SM and lesbianism to make a living. However, as he continues to interview his wife, Yoshiko, their desires quickly escalate. Eventually, he chooses a woman named Kyoko as his sacrifice, but Kyoko, who at first glance seems normal, is actually…