In quest of a wholesome place to live: at first the Webbers laugh at their neighbors when they leave L.A. for the mountains of Oregon. But when they recognize the same symptoms in their family that made the neighbors leave, they follow them. However their new domicile is a bit more apart from the civilization than expected. Even then it’s not a paradise: their neighbors are weird, the next shop is miles away and their house lacks even the most basic comfort. How long will it take until they’re packin’ it in again?
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Vitya Glushakov – A Friend of the Apaches
Vitya Glushakov is a perfect high school student. He even writes a novel about the Apache tribe. But suddenly he becomes friend with the old drinking man Arkady.
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The Trip to Deauville
One afternoon in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 18-year-old Philippe meets 16-year-old Frédéric. Their eyes meet, they talk and decide to spend a sensemble weekend in Deauville. But it’s not that easy to get to know each other. From surprises to concessions, this weekend teaches them how difficult it is to understand each other and not waste the pleasures that come our way; and that sometimes, at the end of the day, we’d like to do the trip all over again, in reverse.
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Rape and Die
Ah-feng is a teenager who is raped by her Mother’s boyfriend. Following her subsequent pregnancy she decides to seek revenge.
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Ah Fei
The startling contrast between old and new Taiwan is the subject of Wan Jen’s epic of traditional identities coming into conflict with an urban life, emphasizing the situation of women.
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September Gun
Ben Sunday, a long-in-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The single-minded sister wants to erect a sanctuary for a group of Apache orphans. Ben Sunday picks an ideal spot, right in the center of town–the local saloon and “bawdy house”.
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The Psion
Sotiris Charitos is a very good car mechanic, but he wants to become an actor. His friends, who are aware of his dream, refer to him as “delusional.” He pursues acting opportunities everywhere, until one day, after a resounding failure, he achieves success by playing the role of a fool on television with tremendous success.
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Kamikazi, agapi mou
Stathis loves bikes, Rena wants to dance all the time and Aleksis goes crazy for rock music. They are three crazy siblings. One of them, Stathis, doesn’t seem capable to keep a job and when he loses his girlfriend, his mother decides to give him what he loves the most, a motorcycle!
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Maria Chapdelaine
A young woman, living with her parents and siblings on a remote farm in harsh, picturesque northern Québec, has three suitors: a steady and unimaginative farmer, Eutrope, the Americanized and wealthy Lorenzo, who has sought his fortune in Boston, and François Paradis, a rough and virile logger who captures her heart despite the warnings of her parents and the village priest. For a year, marked by seasonal change in an atmosphere charged with the strangeness of Indians and the demons of the woods, we see Maria at work and prayer, struggling with decisions, choosing to stay in Canada, in love with François, seeking to change his rough behaviors, and dealing with extraordinary loss.