Shell (1990)

Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics include the talks to reduce nuclear weapons, the reunification of Germany and the dissolution of his country.

A story about a young woman, Vera, who is somebody, living the life of a troubled teenager in the time right before the end of the Soviet Union. She lives in a very small Russian apartment with her mother and father, however being this close to each other makes the living get rough. Their daily life is plagued with massive amounts of alcohol (mainly vodka) and when she tries to escape her home life, she meets up with a boyfriend, Sergei who then moves into her already small apartment after sleeping with her. Every day little Vera has to go through hell just to get by, which even involves her going against her own morals after her father has done something extremely wrong.

Tells the story of five people from the last generation of Soviet children who were brought up behind the Iron Curtain. Just coming of age when the USSR collapsed, they witnessed the world of their childhood crumble and change beyond recognition. Through the lives of these former schoolmates, this intimate film reveals how they have adjusted to their post-Soviet reality in today's Moscow.

A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.

A young boy loses his innocence in a pre-perestroika Russian prison during the chaotic last months of the Khrushchev regime

Ilze Burkovska, a little girl who is obsessed with stories of World War II and will be a filmmaker in a distant future, lives in Latvia under the totalitarian boot of the Soviets and the ominous shadow of the many menaces and horrors of the Cold War.

30 years ago, Switzerland was shaken by a scandal that seems to have already been forgotten: more than 900,000 people were surveilled because of their political convictions. Against the backdrop of this "secret files scandal," Micha Lewinsky sets his film. Conscientious policeman Viktor Schuler is tasked by his superior to infiltrate the Schauspielhaus, a renowned Zurich theatre, in order to keep an eye on its leftist scene. However, Viktor finds himself quite taken with the artist's life and falls in love with the subversive actress Odile Lehmann.

Existential drama taking place in the midst of Perestroika.

A film about the sociopolitical condition of the Soviet society at the end of the eighties.

Krasnaya strela is the special train No.1 between Leningrad and Moscow. The film is set in the 1980s during perestroika in the Soviet Union. Kropotov (Lavrov) is communist CEO of a big industrial company in Leningrad. He is crafty and successful in getting a major order from the Soviet Government; building an automated assembly line. But his style of management clashes with his subordinates, talented engineers. Their potential is strangled by Kropotov's manipulative control. The government order is not accomplished and Kropotov gets fired. He is rethinking his outdated business style while on the train No.1 to Moscow.

The year of 1988 in Estonia was exceptional - it came as a surprise for everyone that all of a sudden national symbols were allowed; expressions of no confidence were addressed towards the leaders of Communist Party and Estonian government; the Popular Front of Estonia and Estonian Green Movement but also the Intermovement (the Workers International Movement of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic) were founded. Estonian Heritage Society restored the monuments of the War of independence; the facts about war crimes during the Stalinist regime were disclosed and - imagine that! - the representatives of Estonian Republic went against the central authorities in Moscow. Events in Estonia draw international attention. Is all this possible in a totalitarian state? This documentary chronicle gives a plausibe interpretation of the events that took place in Estonia in 1988, of the changes in people's lives and the awakening after a 48-year-long period of darkness.

The film "Nights full moon" shows the tendency of moral decay in society. The main character is torn apart by internal contradictions, leading him to the path of Evil. Bans on self-identification - philosophical, existential, sexual, and then permissiveness spawn a monster that is not aware of its true nature and genuine desires. Throughout the film-trilogy, the protagonist goes through a series of temptations that ruin his soul and lead, after all, to a madhouse. In a general sense, the film allegorically shows the tragic path of the Russian lumpen intellectual, lost between the past and the present, not finding the strength to accept and comprehend the unexpected changes that happened in our country twenty years ago. In the global sense - the tragic circle of Russian history.

Marriage takes a sour turn when a middle-aged husband falls for a young and sexy woman. Things get even more complicated when his wife starts a hot affair with a younger lover of her own.

Francesca, an incredibly beautiful woman, after the death of her husband discovers his unfaithfulness and huge amount of debts he left. Cesare is Francesca's best friend, he is a solicitor. Following his advice Francesca starts selling all her goods, like the house, jewels, furs and finally also the yacht. By doing this she is able to survive for the rest of the year, but has no prospects for the future and every attempt to get a job fails. Finally she makes a decision to set up a lottery in which the prize is her.

Alma, 15 anos e sua melhor amiga Saralou moram em uma cidade chata e pequena no norte da Noruega, chamada Skoddeheimen. Detestam tanto Skoddeheimen que cada vez que o ônibus escolar passa pela placa com o nome da cidade elas dão dedo. Alma está sempre excitada e sonha com Artur.

Cultuado como um dos maiores dramaturgos da Era Elisabetana, a vida de William Shakespeare tem sido objeto de estudos de acadêmicos há anos. Uma popular teoria especula que as peças teatrais atribuídas ao dramaturgo não foram escritas por ele.

O filme conta a verdadeira história de Richard Kuklinski, o notório assassino de aluguel e homem de família. Quando finalmente preso em 1986, nem sua esposa nem as filhas imaginavam qual era a sua verdadeira profissão.

Ren MacCormack muda-se de Boston para uma pequena cidade no sul, Bomont, onde é confrontado por um forte choque cultural. Alguns anos antes, a comunidade tinha sofrido um trágico acidente que provocou a morte de cinco jovens, depois de uma saída à noite, levando os vereadores da cidade e o adorado Reverendo Shaw Moore a proibirem música alta e dança. Sem ninguém para ceder ao status quo, Ren desafia estas proibições, revitalizando a cidade, enquanto se apaixona pela problemática filha do ministro, Ariel.

O motor de um avião dá problema, e o piloto Whisp Whitaker consegue salvar a aeronave e seus passageiros, tornando-se um herói. Mas a Administração Federal de Aviação investiga o episódio e encontra evidências de abuso de álcool e drogas após um exame de sangue. O problema é posto de lado para tentar preservar a imagem do comandante, que está determinado a mudar o rumo de sua vida.

Oldboy é uma viagem visceral e provocadora que acompanha a história de Joe Doucette, um homem que é feito refém durante 20 anos, em completo isolamento, sem nenhuma razão aparente. Quando é subitamente libertado, também sem qualquer explicação, inicia uma obsessiva missão para descobrir quem o raptou, percebendo afinal que o verdadeiro mistério é porque razão foi libertado.