Tag: alienation

  • Sister My Sister

    A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a new dimension as their overbearing employer discovers a sexual fever between the two sisters.

  • The Life of Jesus

    Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but has no joy or passion to give her. When she falls for a handsome Arab…

  • The Sound of One Hand Clapping

    Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja’s distraught father perseveres with his new life in a new country, but he is soon crushed into an alcoholic despair, and Sonja herself abandons him at the earliest opportunity. Now, nearly 20 years later, a single and pregnant Sonja returns to Tasmania’s…

  • Pi

    A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

  • You, the Living

    In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber…

  • Martian Child

    A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he’s really from Mars.

  • The Savages

    A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

  • Beowulf

    A 6th-century Scandinavian warrior named Beowulf embarks on a mission to slay the man-like ogre, Grendel.

  • Tokyo Stray Girls

    A timid young woman who lives with her domineering mother accepts an Adult Video scout’s offer to “become somebody else” by performing in porn videos. As she rises in popularity, the boundaries between her two lives begin to disintegrate.

  • A Touch of Sin

    Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

  • Other People

    David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David…