Category: Vidas Entrelazadas
El Búfalo de la Noche | México, 2006, 137 min., color
Director: Jorge Hernández Aldana | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
After his girlfriend cheats on him with his best friend, a 22-year-old schizophrenic commits suicide. Before killing himself, he lays out a plan that will drive the lovers into an abyss of madness. 'The Night Buffalo' is based on a novel by Guillermo Arriaga, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Starring Diego Luna. | More Information >> |
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After the Wedding | Denmark/Sweden, 2005, 120 min., color
Director: Susanne Bier | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
Acclaimed director Susanne Bier returns with her most powerful film yet, the Academy Award nominee for Best Foreign Language Film AFTER THEWEDDING. Jacob Peterson (Casino Royal’s Mads Mikkelsen) has run an orphanage in India for the last 20 years. He is reluctantly lured back to Denmark to meet with a potential donor, the wealthy industrialist Jorgen (Rolf Lassgard. Once there, the affable Jorgen insists Jacob attend Jorgen's beloved daughter's wedding, where Jacob unwittingly walks into his past. | More Information >> |
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Away From Her | Canada, 2006, 110 min., color
Director: Sarah Polley | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
Canadian actress-turned-director Sarah Polley faithfully adapts Alice Munro's short story "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" in her moving directorial debut. Gordon Pinsent plays Grant, a husband whose wife (Julie Christie) begins to lose her memory to Alzheimer's. Their long marriage is tested in this tender, poignant film. Also starring Olympia Dukakis and Michael Murphy. | More Information >> |
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The Past | Argentina/Brasil, 2007, 114 min., color
Director: Héctor Babenco | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
El Pasado directed by master filmmaker Hector Babenco explores the many facets of the differences perceived in relationships between men and women. A couple decides to split after 12 years together. The man find it easy to move on, but difficult to prevent his ex from hounding him, or the new women in his life. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal. | More Information >> |
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The Lives of Others | Germany, 2006, 137 min., color
Director: Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck | Biography | Watch Trailer
Film Synopsis:
One of the most powerful films to emerge from Germany in a decade, The Lives of Others swept seven prizes at the 2006 German Film Awards, won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and seven Lola Awards among others. Beautifully written and exceptionally staged, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's movie debut focuses on the horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany in the early 1980. | More Information >> |
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