Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
Run Time: 133 min Release: 2013
Director: Zhangke Jia
Stars: Wu Jiang, Baoqiang Wang, Tao Zhao, Lanshan Luo
Three teenagers live isolated, without leaving their house, because their over-protective parents say they can only leave when their dogtooth falls out.
Run Time: 94 min Release: 2009
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Stars: Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Hristos Passalis
The manager of a pancake stall finds himself confronted with an odd but sympathetic elderly woman looking for work. A taste of her homemade bean jelly convinces him to hire her, which ...
Run Time: 113 min Release: 2015
Director: Naomi Kawase
Stars: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Miki Mizuno
Saul, fortyish, a melancholic dreamer, decides to visit his father whom he hasn't seen in five years, and whom he blames for all his ills. He discovers a possible new life...
Run Time: 98 min Release: 2013
Director: Raphaël Nadjari
Stars: Ori Pfeffer, Moni Moshonov, Michaela Eshet, Maya Kenig
A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason.
Run Time: 141 min Release: 2007
Director: Ulrich Seidl
Stars: Ekateryna Rak, Lidiya Oleksandrivna Savka, Oksana Ivanivna Sklyarenko, Dmytro Andriyovich Gachkov