Parachute

A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before she dies without telling her family of her illness.

Runtime

1h 46m

Director

Isabel Coixet

Cast

Sarah Polley, Amanda Plummer, Scott Speedman

Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Susanne Bier

Cast

Sonja Richter, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mads Mikkelsen

Part-time model Valentine unexpectedly befriends a retired judge after she runs over his dog. At first, the grumpy man shows no concern about the dog, and Valentine decides to keep it. But the two form a bond when she returns to his house and catches him listening to his neighbors’ phone calls.

Runtime

1h 40m

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast

Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Frédérique Feder

A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Isabel Coixet

Cast

Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Cámara

Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.

Runtime

2h 25m

Director

Kathryn Bigelow

Cast

Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis