The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women’s movement in which Agnes Varda was involved. Read More »
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Anchoress (1993) Chris Newby, Natalie Morse, Gene Bervoets, Toyah Willcox
In fourteenth-century England, peasant girl Christine Carpenter is so attracted to a statue of the Virgin Mary Read More »
The Misfortunates (2009) Felix van Groeningen, Kenneth Vanbaeden, Valentijn Dhaenens, Koen De Graeve, Wouter Hendrickx
13-year-old Gunther Strobbe grows up surrounded by alcohol, trash and his completely useless father and uncles. Read More »
The Ax (2005) Costa-Gavras, José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Monfils
Bruno Davert, a chemist working for a paper company, is fired. Read More »
Symptoms (1974) José Ramón Larraz, Angela Pleasence, Peter Vaughan, Lorna Heilbron
A young woman is invited by her girlfriend, who lives in an English country mansion, to stay there with her. Read More »
Appointment in Bray (1971) André Delvaux, Anna Karina, Mathieu Carrière, Roger Van Hool
In 1917, the First World War is raging. Julien is from Luxemburg, so instead of having to go to war he studies piano in Paris. Read More »
Chloé (1996) Dennis Berry, Anna Karina, Marion Cotillard, Jean-Claude Adelin
After a violent dispute with her mother, sixteen-years old Chloé ends up in the streets with nowhere to go. Read More »
Komitas (1989) Don Askarian, Samvel Ovasapian, Margarita Woskanjan, Omig Saadetian
The film is dedicated to the Armenian monk and genius composer Komitas, and the 2 million victims on his people in Turkey in 1915. Read More »
Germinal (1993) Claude Berri, Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou
It’s mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner’s town. They are exploited by the mine’s owner. Read More »
Vincent (1987) Paul Cox, John Hurt, Marika Rivera, Gabriella Trsek
This documentary, on the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh, is told through his letters to his brother Theo, from 1872 until his tragic death. Read More »
The Right of the Weakest (2006) Lucas Belvaux, Éric Caravaca, Claude Semal
In Liège, a group of men gathers every day in a café situated near the steel factory which once reigned supreme. Read More »
The Night of the Hunted (1959) Bernard-Roland, Philippe Clay, Juliette Mayniel, Sami Frey
A young and hapless Antwerp thief, working for a gang led by leather-clad Philippe Clay, quarrels with his boss and kills him during a fight. Read More »
Daens (1992) Stijn Coninx, Jan Decleir, Gérard Desarthe, Antje de Boeck
In the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible Read More »
If the Wind Frightens You (1960) Emile Degelin, Elisabeth Dulac, Guy Lesire, Henri Billen, Drama
Having a literary, stylistic strategy and rigid dialogue, this emotional drama by director Emile Degelin handles the generally taboo topic of incest at a round-about manner. Read More »
Lucifer (2014) Gust Van den Berghe, María Acosta, Jeronimo Soto Bravo, Norma Pablo, Drama
On his downfall from Heaven to Hell, Lucifer passes through the earthly paradise, a village in Mexico, where elderly Lupita and her granddaughter Maria live. Read More »