Rita
Zézé Gamboa's sardonic historical drama follows a good-hearted, apolitical con man who, on the eve of Angolan independence in the mid-1970s, pulls off a massive swindle at the expense of the Portuguese colonial administration — and soon after finds himself hailed as a hero of the national liberation struggle.
Vivian
뭄바이의 슬럼에서 자란 일란성 쌍둥이 찰리와 구두는 다른 성격을 가지고 다른 인생을 살고 있다. 건달인 찰리는 우연히 부패한 경찰들로부터 마약을 빼돌린다. 한 편 동생 구두는 졸지에 여자 친구인 스위티와 결혼하게 되는데 폭력조직원의 두목인 스위티의 오빠 보페로부터 달아나다 자신을 형으로 오인한 부패 경찰들에게 잡힌다.
Femme de Ménage
Werner Schroeter directed this dark and surreal tale of a man determined to save a lost lover from a grim fate at the hands of a violent mob. The city of Santa Maria is falling into chaos as an armed military faction is poised to take power in a coup d'etat. Ossorio used to call Santa Maria home, and he has returned in its darkest hour to find the woman he loves, hoping to rescue her from the violence that is lurks around the corner. As Ossorio searches for his love, he meets Victoria in a shabby hotel, who in turn introduces him to her father Barcala, who for the right price is willing to take Ossorio and another passenger away on his boat. While Ossorio is willing to pay Barcala what he wants, can he find the mysterious woman before the ship sets sail?
Clara
João is a freelance television journalist. When he begins a new story about an old pigeon breeder in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Lisbon, João meets Ana, his teenage granddaughter, a mysterious character who is beginning to exercise an irresistible fascination for him.
With the time João starts to lose the interest in the pigeon breeder and begins to take an interest in Ana and her world, which she only shares with another abandoned kid, until she realizes that her life is full of dark stories.
Joana, the school teacher
앙골라 독립 후, 경쟁관계인 MPLA와 우니타 당의 대립은 결국 내전으로 이어졌다. 다큐멘터리 작가 제제 감보아는 "영웅"을 통해 30년에 걸친 내전이 낳은 상처와 화합의 가능성을 보여준다. 내전 중에 다리를 잃은 참전용사 비토리오는 거리의 아이들이 자신의 의족을 훔쳐가자 의족을 찾아 헤매던 중 고아인 마누와 술집에서 일하는 마리아 바바라의 도움을 받게 된다. 그들은 차차 일종의 대체 가족의 형태를 이루며 서로의 결핍을 메워간다.
La mère de l'enfant noyé
Everyone has a secret. Twins Sarah and Gaëlle near 25; for ten years, Sarah has been a fundamentalist Carmelite in a Brazilian convent, and Gaëlle has been in prison for a heinous crime. Sarah comes to the attention of Fr. Joachim, a priest and physician; he can find no cause for her debilitating abdominal pain. When Sarah and he are transferred to Paris, Joachim looks for Gaëlle, now on probation and finding no respite from society's approbation. An enterprising reporter is digging into Gaëlle's life, the mother superior of Sarah's convent hovers over her, and Joachim investigates the phenomenon of twin's symmetry. Is there any release from the past?
Driver's Wife
Two sons dream of the return of their father who left fifteen years earlier, and all this time without any sign of life...
