The Miracle of Life

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Pedro Almodóvar

Cast

Leonor Watling, Rosario Flores, Javier Cámara

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast

Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

David Mackenzie

Cast

Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan

When Victor attempts to seduce Elena, all he gets for his trouble is a one-way, six-year ticket to prison, where he concentrates on strengthening his mind, his body... and his desire for vengeance on the man who put him there. After his release and still madly in love with her, Victor will stop at nothing to win her over even if means ...

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Pedro Almodóvar

Cast

Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal