La Sapienza (2014)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 40M
Director : Eugène Green
Sinopsis
Alexandre Schmitdt, arquitecto francés poseedor de una brillante carrera, y su mujer, Aliénor, socióloga especializada en contextos sociales difíciles, es una pareja que comparte una inquietud profunda sobre sus respectivos oficios. Entre ellos se ha creado un silencio que puede acabar comprometiendo de forma irreversible su relación. Consciente de la necesidad de salir de esa situación, Alexandre decide retomar un proyecto importante para él pero abandonado hace ya demasiado tiempo: escribir un texto sobre el arquitecto barroco Francesco Borromini. Necesitada de tomar distancias con su propio trabajo, Aliénor decide acompañarlo, pero en Stresa sus destinos se separan momentáneamente para volver a reunirse, en una especie de renacimiento final absolutamente necesario.
La Première éducation sentimentale (the first version of L'Éducation sentimentale), re-adapting the themes of first love, the intoxication of desire, and failed ideological revolution (that culminated in the Revolution of 1848) to the May 68 generation through a chronicle of the parallel lives of a pair of childhood friends, the pragmatic Henri and idealistic Jules as they leave their bucolic, rural hometown to separately pursue their baccalaureate - and real world - educations.
Marcos y su familia trabajan como peones de rancho. Mientras su padre y su hermano se encargan de las tareas más pesadas, Marcos se queda en casa, cerca de su madre. Cada uno tiene ante sí su futuro, pero Marcos espera su momento en el Carnaval, el único instante en el que puede dejar que su verdadero yo brille. La repentina muerte de su padre deja a su familia en una situación muy vulnerable. El dueño del rancho los persigue para que se vayan, mientras que la madre de Marcos lo presiona para que se haga cargo del trabajo en el campo. Apodada Marilyn por los otros adolescentes de la ciudad, Marcos es blanco del deseo y la discriminación.
Marcelo is a journalist. Carlos is a former car-thief. Renata is a woman torn apart by two relationships as diverse as her desires. Exu is the ever becoming.
The boy Francisco spent his days accompanying his father at work, or rather, on the roads. The man is a driver of the imposing Big Jet, a pickup truck used to clean the city's cesspools without basic sanitation. But the boy is more interested in the ideas of his uncle, a libertarian and anarchist artist. As he discovers his first love, Chico realizes the vocation to become a poet.
Ola es una adolescente de catorce años a la que las circunstancias le han obligado a madurar muy rápido: debe cuidar de su hermano autista Nikodem, de quien ni su padre alcohólico o su madre ausente se harán cargo.
The story of Helena, a recently graduated attorney who works as a public defender of children and adolescents in the courts of the city of Santos, Brazil, and her brother, the teenager Caio, who will commit a serious crime. De Menor participated in Films in Progress at last year's San Sebastian Festival.
Paula vive y trabaja en la estancia de una familia burguesa de la provincia de Buenos Aires cuidando a los hijos de la familia. Su vida toma un giro inesperado al descubrir que está embarazada de un ex novio que no se hace cargo. Paula decide esconder el embarazo y busca el aborto como solución, pero al estar sola y sin dinero, su situación se complica. Mientras tanto en la estancia están ocupados con los preparativos de la fiesta de cumpleaños de Nachi, uno de los hijos pequeños de la familia. Nadie parece percibir el embarazo de Paula y sus posibilidades se irán agotando a medida que su embarazo avanza.
Para demostrar su valor, Mateo, un joven que trabaja extorsionando a comerciantes en nombre de su tío, se infiltra en un grupo de teatro para que éste espíe sus actividades políticas. Cuando su atracción por el estilo de vida del grupo crece, Mateo es forzado a tomar decisiones difíciles cuando su tío exige resultados.
The border between Brazil and Paraguay: living on opposite sides of a big river, Brazilian boy Joca falls in love with indigenous-Paraguayan girl Basano. A magical tale of impossible love and adventure in this land full of memories of colonial wars and indigenous genocide.
Juninho, Menor, Neguinho, Adilson and Eldo are young residents of the Bairro Nacional, outskirts of Contagem, in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Divided between work and fun, crime and hope, each will have to find ways of overcoming difficulties and taming the tiger inside their veins.
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Tarek and his mother Ghaydaa number among the tens of thousands of refugees crossing the border from Palestine, having been separated from Tarek's father amidst the chaos of the Six Day War. They ultimately settle at the Harir refugee camp, a makeshift home for a new generation displaced by conflict. Tarek dreams of being reunited with his father, and struggles to adapt to a new life far away from all he previously knew.
Serginho has a hard time finding his place in the world as he works with his uncle at the market, supports his depressed mother, and takes care of his little brother.
Déficit follows one day of crisis in the life of Cristobal (Gael Garcia Bernal), a spoilt, rich kid throwing a party for his friends at his parents' luxurious villa. A big fence and a live-in staff of servants are there to shield Cristobal from the harsher realities of life, while his younger sister Elisa (Camila Sodi), there with her own crowd, uses drugs as her chosen means of escape. There are, however, some realities that cannot be kept at bay forever, like the reason behind their parents' prolonged absence, the gradual breakdown in the villa's amenities, and Cristobal's dwindling university prospects.
A los catorce años, Tomás está entrando en la adolescencia, ese momento de la vida en el que no solo hay que enfrentarse a los cambios físicos y emocionales, sino que también algunos recuerdos empiezan a tomar formas más traumáticas. Por eso tiene visitas continuas a un psiquiatra, por eso actúa un poco raro, es algo ermitaño y soporta como puede la extremada normalidad de su familia, que muere por que llegue el verano para ir a un tiempo compartido en la playa, mientras que Tomás quiere escapar… a la luna.
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Guigo is in love with Sabrina, with whom he exchanges messages through his cell phone. He is the son of separated parents. One day he and his friend Túlio travel to a fishery with their father, Roberto, and his friend, Paulo.
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