Las ballenas de agosto (1987)

La familia del millonario Cyrus West ha sido convocada para la lectura de su testamento en el vigésimo aniversario de su muerte. El testamento va a ser leído por el propio Cyrus West, quien antes de su muerte dejo grabada una película. En el film, West nombra como única beneficiaria a Annaelle, incluyendo un collar de incalculable valor que ha de encontrar siguiendo las pistas que se dan en el film grabado por Cyrus West.

Ezra Mannon regresa a casa tras la Guerra Civil Americana, pero su hogar se ha convertido en un auténtico campo de batalla entre su mujer Christine y su hija Lavinia que compiten por el amor del mismo hombre, el apuesto capitán Adam Brant.

Paco and Tonho are illegal Brazilian immigrants in New York. Shy Tonho dreams of being successful, but misses his family and Brazil. Pursued by Immigration Service and later arrested, he is about to be deported. Paco, a rapper and performer, indifferent to all except her career, dreams of hitting the top ten chart. The film shows the relationship of the couple in love mid hope, difficulties, and misencounters in a beautiful and violent metropolis

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

Naomi, a seventeen year-old city brat from Nagoya, finds her world turned upside down after the breakup of her parents' marriage. Packed off to the country, she reluctantly works at her aunt's inn until being asked to care for Mrs. Koide, an aging relative with Alzheimer's disease. At first, Naomi dislikes looking after the old woman, but over the course of the summer, the two develop an extraordinary friendship that transcends age and experience. The debut feature from international filmmaker John Williams (Midnight Spin), Firefly Dreams stars veteran Japanese actress Yoshie Minami (Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru) and newcomer Maho Ukai in a critically acclaimed performance.

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.

The story of a love relationship between a brother and sister and an eventual breakup that will forever change their lives.

After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme to teach her husband a lesson in good manners.

The land is filled with people in urns chattering at top speed, but only to themselves, not to one another. The focus goes to three people: a man, his mistress and his wife.

An old woman in a rocking chair listens to a disembodied voice (her own) that recounts her life and that of her mother's. When the voice stops, she calls for more.

An old blind beggar and an old cripple in a wheelchair meet on a desolate street corner. The latter proposes that the two form an alliance, but the men are not destined to get along together.

Two bureaucrats discuss the potential suicide of a man standing perfectly still in front of a door that opens into the night sky and a fatal drop.

A Hungarian TV version of the play shot in just two takes.

Una pareja de ancianos se enfrenta a las autoridades locales de New Brunswick para que les permitan construir la casa en la que pasarán sus últimos días.

Two Australian sugarcane cutters spend their annual five-month vacations in Sydney with their mistresses.

A seemingly "normal" office worker Hiroko has a secret. At home she lives with a prosthetic torso - no head, arms or feet, just body and penis. Hiroko bathes with the torso and she also makes love with the torso at night. Hiroko's secret life is interrupted when her outgoing sister Mina rings her doorbell. Mina is running away from her abusive boyfriend and wants to stay at Hiroko's home

Chusa vuelve del “moro”. No ha tenido suerte en las aduanas. Sin posibilidad de hacer negocio y sin mercancía, Chusa recurrirá a sus amigos para viajar a Marruecos a por mas “chocolate”. Las cosas sencillas no lo son tanto si dependen de las complicaciones que las relaciones humanas pueden generar, o por ejemplo que una virgen no sirva para "ese" trabajo.

Norte de México, a principios del siglo XX. Reynaldo del Hierro es asesinado mientras cabalga con sus hijos Reynaldo y Martín, cuya madre les inculca la necesidad de vengarse.

Joe Greer, un famoso campeón de carreras automovilísticas, regresa a su ciudad natal para competir en una carrera. Allí descubre que su hermano menor aspira a convertirse en campeón.

Les D'Arcy is a living legend. At 89 years old, he's obviously not received the memo about slowing down, and is going for gold, literally. He's headed to China to compete in the over 80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner Mongolia. A seven time world champion, he still lifts weights to train - something he's been doing for decades, after surviving a sickly childhood. Of course compared to some, Les is a spring chicken. Australian legend Dorothy deLow is 100, and finds herself a mega celebrity in this rarefied world. She'd better watch out though- Texan Lisa Modlich is fifteen years her junior and is determined to do what it takes to win her first gold. Director Hugh Hartford follows eight players from five countries, as they prepare to compete in this extraordinary sporting event that is as much about the tenacity of the human spirit as it is about taking home the title.