Jacques Comets

Belgian civil engineer Gustave Verniory still had a lot to learn when in 1889 he was hired to construct a railroad across the unspoiled natural landscape of Araucanía, a region that had recently become part of Chile. The tumultuous past and the ever-changing landscape are a constant background presence in Notes for a Film.

Maryam matou acidentalmente seu marido Nasser e foi condenada à morte. A única pessoa que pode salvá-la é Mona, filha de Nasser. Tudo que Mona precisa fazer é aparecer em um programa de TV e perdoar Maryam. Mas o perdão se mostra difícil quando eles são forçados a reviver o passado.

Nuria, Fabio e sua mãe Amparo chegam a uma ilha desconhecida na fronteira entre Brasil, Colômbia e Peru. Fugindo dos conflitos armados na Colômbia, eles descobrem que o pai, supostamente morto num deslizamento de terra causado por uma mineradora, se esconde na casa onde vivem.

Em Mumbai, a jovem viúva Ratna trabalha como serva de Ashwin, um homem de família rica. Embora Ashwin pareça ter tudo, Ratna pode sentir que ele desistiu de seus objetivos e está perdido. Por outro lado, Ratna, que parece não ter nada, vive cheia de esperança e trabalha com determinação em busca de seu sonho de ser tornar uma estilista. À medida que crescem seus sentimentos um pelo outro, seus mundos, muito diferentes, colidem.

O diretor Germinal Roaux defende as profundezas da caridade cristã em imagens expressivas em preto e branco.

Growing up tale of a young boy in the context of changing labour patterns and exploitation in Goa.

Abu-Shadi é um pai divorciado que vive em Nazaré. Após o casamento de sua filha, ele será deixado sozinho. Seu filho Shadi chega de Roma para ajudar a entregar os convites de casamento a cada convidado, de acordo com os costumes palestinos locais. Shadi, cujo estilo de vida nunca foi muito apreciado por seu pai, passou os últimos anos no exterior e há muito pouco que ele sente falta do lugar que deixou há muito tempo. À medida que os homens dirigem por Nazaré, seu estado de seu relacionamento desconfortável se desenrola. Abu-Shadi tenta se conectar com seu filho, enquanto sente ressentimento que Shadi tomou o lado de sua mãe após o divórcio.

At the height of the 1980s AIDS epidemic, Cuban boxing champion Horacio's punishment for failing a drug test is to watch over the brash, combative Daniel, a patient in a sanatorium where HIV patients are compulsorily confined. The two collide as Daniel yearns for freedom while Horacio dreams of returning to the ring.

When they discover that they are pregnant, a young couple in Hanoi resort to desperate (and bizarre) measures to raise money for an abortion.

A grandfather, in the final stage of his existence, asks two of his grandchildren to kill him because he wants to die by the hand of someone who bears his own blood. However, the young children discover a truth that will make them take the opposite decision.

Arash é um jovem académico que vive no Ocidente. Regressa ao Irão para dar aulas em Shiraz, uma cidade longe de Teerão onde a mãe vive. Arrastado para uma série de dramas familiares e financeiros, enfrenta um país que agora lhe é estranho. Na sequência da morte do pai e ao descobrir aquilo em que a sua “família respeitável” se transformou, vê-se forçado a fazer escolhas.

It's Independence Day in Lebanon: three women who've never met before are on the same bus heading to visit a prison situated in a remote area of the country. Traveling through an arid landscape littered with mines and decapitated dreams, the journey transforms into the women's quest for their own independence.

Hsaio-Kong é um cineasta de Taiwan, que começa a rodar seu próximo filme, uma visão da mítica Salomé, na França. No set ele começa a lidar com uma série de imprevistos, que se tornam insignificantes ao saber que sua mãe morreu.

Writer-director Pablo Agüero's feature debut follows Inti (Joaquin Aguila), a 6-year-old boy caught up in the madness of post-"Dirty War" Argentina. Upon her release from prison, Inti's mother, Alba (Dolores Fonzi), a former dissident, whisks him away from his grandmother's care. Still unsure of her own direction in life, Alba takes Inti to live in a hippie commune in Patagonia. Velvet Underground founder John Cale co-stars.

In 1889, mounted on a small gray horse named Serko, Dimitri leaves his garrison on the Asian borders of the Russian Empire on the banks of the Amur River. After extraordinary adventures, they both arrive in St. Petersburg, at the court of the Tsar. Having covered more than 9000 kilometers in less than 200 days, this young rider has achieved the most fantastic equestrian feat of all time.

Two brothers are divided by marriage and fate during the 100 horrifying days of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

People and life can be cruel, and in their face, Fannette is cool: toward an old acquaintance, to her daughter, to colleagues. Beneath the surface, she roils with passion for a lost love, Philippe. She watches "An Affair to Remember" again and again, and when she receives a letter from Philippe asking her to meet him atop the Empire State Building, she swoons. She's writing a book on an aged painter, so she organizes a trip to New York ostensibly to secure photographs of some of his pieces. The publisher assigns her a photographer, Matt, on the surface spontaneous and flip, but also aggressive about his attraction to her. Will she be with the one she loves? Will she smile? Written by

Krystof, an architect whose main priority is his job, has been living for several years with Tereza, who has a somewhat different outlook on life. Their love story reveals the distinctness and contradictory nature of each person's subjective worlds and shows how the line between dream and reality differs in each and every one of us.

The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a prosperous nation independent of its former Belgian overlords. Lumumba emerges here as the heroic sacrificial lamb dubiously portrayed by the international media and led to slaughter by commercial and political interests in Belgium, the United States, the international community, and Lumumba's own administration; a true story of political intrigue and murder where political entities, captains of commerce, and the military dovetail in their quest for economic and political hegemony.

Two middle-aged friends meet a beautiful woman whom they set out to seduce. She invites them but only has eyes for one man: François Mitterrand.

Madam Nadine manages with pride the "Vénus Beauté" Salon which offers relaxation, massage and make-up services. The owner and her three beauticians: Samantha, Marianne and Angèle are pros. Contrary to her friend Marianne, who still dreams of the big day, Angèle no longer believes in love. Marie, the youngest of the three employees, discovers love in the hands of a sixty year-old former pilot, who risks everything...

On her honeymoon on a ship the daughter of a rich plant owner realizes that she's not happy with her marriage. She meets a poor woman on the way to meet her future husband, a missionary in India. The women decide to swap roles...

This French farce chronicles one special day in the lives of a married pair of Parisian architects, Fabienne and Bruno, as they anxiously await the results of an important architectual contest they have entered. Unable to handle the stress of waiting, both turn to sexual liason's to ease their tension. Bruno ends up enacting a dark sexual fantasy with a stranger while Fabienne eventually succumbs to the advances of Bruno's friend Simon, a fortyish Lebanese businessman and part-time drug dealer. The comedy takes on overtones of psycho-drama when the contest winner announced and the couple discovers the truth of each other's actions. A cache of drugs, discovered in an apartment only adds to their troubles.

Early 1960s Haiti during 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's dictatorship seen through the eyes of a young girl whose family has suffered heavily.

Pierre (Christian Vadim) is a womanizing photographer, with a slight mean streak. For whatever reason, Camille (Lio), an artist in her own right, finds him entrancing and easily succumbs to his devious efforts to get her into bed. Soon she is trying to hold him to her with her oh-so submissive love, and he is playing some games with her head by pretending (usually) to have been playing around with others. Eventually, he encounters another woman who is not so sticky and tells her to buzz off. When they meet some time later, it becomes clear that the relationship meant different things to each of them.

It was during one of his missions in Norway that Antoine learned of his wife's death. He leaves his experimental submarine and returns to Paris. Helene was found in the Seine and had taken barbiturates. Even though he had not been with Hélène for six years, he knew her well enough to believe that she was incapable of committing suicide. So who and why?