Les Misérables is set in Paris, June 2014. France wins the World Cup, beating Croatia. Bars screening the live match are packed, and after the victory, crowds fill the streets. Tricolour flags, fireworks, chantings of La Marseillaise, the national anthem, in unison.
Young Jack (Micheál Richardson) is getting divorced and is in need of money. Too much money and fast, a big amount he doesn’t have. This is why he convinces his father, Robert (played by Liam Neeson), a bohemian artist, to travel with him to beautiful Tuscany in Italy to sell an old home they inherited from their deceased mother/wife.
Survival is a natural instinct found in every animal, including us humans. However, what happens when in order to survive, one needs to switch off feelings and resign one’s conscience? Would you sacrifice everything to stay true to yourself? Even if it will certainly lead to your death?
It’s hard to imagine giving birth in a foreign land, without one’s relatives or a home. Having had to flee a war-torn country, leaving everything behind. That’s the reality of many Syrian women who fled from a devastating war that led to a refugee crisis.
Every choice in life inevitably means losing out on something else; on other experiences you might have lived, people you might have met, and places you might have visited. It’s impossible to have it all. And with choices also comes regret.
It’s hard to live with constant fear. Checking the news, almost obsessively. Sleeping alone in a big, empty bed. Feeling lonely and with not much to do. Jumping in fright every time the phone rings or there’s an unexpected knock on the door. Panicking at the thought of receiving bad news that would turn your life upside down.
Butt Boy is a thriller, sci-fi, and comedy film directed by Tyler Cornack. The film’s title is as weird and irreverent as the story told.
Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and Gemma (Imogen Poots) are prisoners in their own home, stuck in a two-story green house in a deserted suburb in Vivarium. Trapped indefinitely, they have no idea if they will ever make it out. Their dream life in a perfect neighborhood has turned out to be a nightmare.
Dark Waters is a shocking David versus Goliath true story about a corporate lawyer who uncovers a horrible case of environmental contamination by the North-American chemical company, DuPont.
Wild Butterfly is a devastating documentary uncovering the truth behind the controversial case of Claire Murray, a Western Australian 24-year-old mother-of-two who needed a liver transplant in order to stay alive.
