The Winter Lake

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Bruce Beresford

Cast

Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd

Matti and Niila, growing up in the mid-sixties in the harsh and conservative environment of a Finnish-speaking part of Tornedalen in Swedish Laponia, close to the Finnish border. Their big dream is to become rock stars. In the present the now grown-up Matti feels guilt for the death of his drug-addicted rock star friend Niila.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Reza Bagher

Cast

Max Enderfors, Andreas af Enehielm, Niklas Ulfvarson

Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.

Runtime

1h 45m

Director

Hans-Christian Schmid

Cast

Maria Simon, Alice Dwyer, Devid Striesow

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Mike Figgis

Cast

Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers over men, finding that she doesn't always control her moods or actions, and she's impatient with bei...

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Catherine Breillat

Cast

Delphine Zentout, Olivier Parnière, Jean-Pierre Léaud