The Paperman (2017)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 21M
Director : Abhiroop Basu
Sinopsis
In an exploration of grief through the absurd, Priyanka seeks comfort in her conversations with Neha, soon after lighting the pyre of her old father, with whom she shared a difficult relationship.
Fabienne Dangeville es una aclamada actriz del cine francés, amada y alabada por todos los hombres que llegaron a formar parte de su vida. Cuando publica sus memorias, su hija Lumir regresa de Nueva York, donde vive con su familia, para la presentación. El reencuentro entre madre e hija no tardará en convertirse en un enfrentamiento: se revelarán verdades, se ajustarán cuentas, se hablará de amor y de resentimiento.
In the 1930s, middle-aged museum curator Tauno Saarinen yearns for a young beautiful maid and writes a lengthy confession about his feelings which he gives his wife Elisabet to read. Elisabet shows the writings to her husband's sister Naimi, an art critic who tries to reconcile with her ex-husband despite a spiteful mother-in-law. Meanwhile, things gets worse between Tauno and Elisabet when the young maid, seduced by Tauno, becomes pregnant. Based on a novel by Helvi Hämäläinen, first published in 1941 but partly censored until 1995 because allegedly based on true incidents involving well-known people.
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Mientras intenta superar la inesperada muerte de su marido, Beth (Rebecca Hall) se queda a solas en una casa cerca de un lago especialmente diseñada para ella. Aunque hace todo lo posible por no perder la cordura, los sueños no tardan en aparecer. Las perturbadoras visiones de una presencia que llama por ella en la casa comienzan a ser cada vez más frecuentes. Aunque a la luz del día todo parece normal, Beth empieza lentamente a desesperarse, por lo que decide ignorar el consejo de sus amigos e investiga en sus pertenencias tratando de encontrar alguna respuesta. Allí se topa no sólo con secretos tan extraños como terribles, sino también con un misterio que está dispuesta a resolver.
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Akira is widowed and left with a pre-teen stepson. Travelling with him to her late husband's hometown, she meets her odd father-in-law and yet decides to make a go of living and working there. She attends training and joins the railway company where her father-in-law works and her late man dreamt of ending up as a child.
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Stine is now eleven and her life and world in a Copenhagen suburb's modern social housing is portrayed in episodes around her family, friends and school.
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En las afueras de un reino, un guerrero medieval tranquilo pero feroz protege el reino de los monstruos y de lo oculto. A su espantosa colección de cabezas sólo le falta una: el monstruo que mató a su hija hace años. Impulsado por la sed de venganza, viaja por lugares salvajes a caballo. Cuando llega su segunda oportunidad, es mucho más horripilante de lo que jamás imaginó.
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