The Charcoal Maker (1973)

古くからの伝統が根付くフランスの小さな村に、ある日謎めいた母娘がやってきてチョコレート・ショップを開店する。厳格なこの村に似つかわしくないチョコだったが、母ヴィアンヌの客の好みにあったチョコを見分ける魔法のような力で、村人たちはチョコの虜になってしまう。やがて村の雰囲気も明るく開放的なものになっていく。

1990年代、アルジェリアの人里離れた村にある修道院では、カトリックの修道士たちが共同生活を送っていた。戒律を厳格に守り信仰に身をささげる一方、地域の診療所としても機能する修道院には、毎日地元の住民たちが訪ねてきていた。修道士たちはイスラム教徒の地元民と良好な関係を築いていたが、アルジェリア内戦による影響が出始め……。

70年代初頭、スコットランドの寒村の女性ベスは油田で働く男と結婚するが、彼は事故で全身麻痺となってしまう。夫に「別に愛人を作りその様子を話して欲しい」と頼まれたベスは……。ラース・フォン・トリアー監督作。

In a small Jewish community in a pre-Revolutionary Russian village, a poor milkman, determined to find good husbands for his five daughters, consults the traditional matchmaker – and also has words with God.

A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.

ギリシャの北に位置する北マケドニアで製作された傑作ドキュメンタリー。電気も水道もない谷で、寝たきりの盲目の老母と暮らすヨーロッパ最後の自然養蜂家の女性のユニークな日常を、3年にわたってとらえていく。

At a prestigious all-male university, three friends seek love outside of the school grounds; at the same time, a newly-hired music teacher seeks to befriend and loosen up the militantly strict headmaster.

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.

A young boy comes of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait. A big surprise awaits the boy as he discovers his family's most unusual line of work. Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa? Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions?

Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries to leave the city. When Pépé meets Gaby, a gorgeous woman from Paris who is lost in the Casbah, he falls for her.

ニュージーランドの海と大地。少女パイケアが起こす奇跡とは……。天才少女の呼び声も高いケイシャ・キャッスル＝ヒューズ主演作品。マオリ族の伝説の勇者の魂を受け継いだ少女を演じる。

Nandini has to choose between Sameer, the man who taught her to fall in love; and Vanraj, the man from whom she learnt how to abide and fulfill promises of love.

For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...

In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing her arranged fate. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom.

DNA revolves around a woman with close ties to a beloved Algerian grandfather who protected her from a toxic home life as a child. When he dies, it triggers a deep identity crisis as tensions between her extended family members escalate revealing new depths of resentment and bitterness.

父が他界し、義理の母モードが跡を継いだホテルで、一従業員として働くクレア。美し過ぎる彼女は常に男性たちの視線を集めていた。そんなある日、モードは自分の愛人までもがクレアに気があると知り、彼女に嫉妬の炎を燃やす。モードは秘書に命じ、車の事故を装ってクレアを殺そうとするが失敗、逃れたクレアは義母の手の及ばない見知らぬ森の村で暮し始める。だが、やがて彼女の美しさは周囲の男性たちを次々ととりこにし……。

A man clashes with his daughter over her choice of fiancé.

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher.

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.