Today’s most relevant, bold, thrilling cinema
SPAIN | 129 minutes | 2019
Eva, a 30-something woman between jobs, decides to stay in Madrid in August as everyone else flees the heat. She sublets an apartment, then experiences the season through a series of encounters. Eking out the seeds of inspiration embedded in self-doubt and brimming with universal, thought-provoking discussions, Jonás Trueba’s deeply lyrical fifth film explores life’s big questions and asks whether it’s possible to reinvent yourself on familiar ground.Q&A with the filmmaker Jonás Trueba on October 11th and 12th"... a heartbreakingly tender, intoxicating stroll of a movie, as disarming as it is melancholic." The Film Stage" Eva’s played by Itsaso Arana, who gives a beautiful, transcendent performance as a woman at a crossroads in life, if not quite a dead end." The Film Stage" By way of seemingly light-hearted details and conversations, Jonás Trueba introduces the viewer to the mood, the energy and the mindset of those who remain stranded in Madrid over the summer. " Cineuropa
FIPRESCI Prize & Special Jury mention - Karlovy Vary Film Festival
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Teenaged Mickey is the minder of her PTSD-afflicted father, a Iraq war veteran addicted to psychotropic meds. Their relationship turns increasingly toxic,...
Feature film
UNITED STATES | 89 minutes | 2019
A friendless boy meets a new patient at the psychiatric institute where his mother works. Smitten with the girl, he helps her escape from the adult world....
Feature film, Fiction
BELGIUM, FRANCE | 98 minutes | 2019
Blond, angelic-looking Benni with her piercing blue eyes is just nine but has already exhausted every social service and children’s aid resource. One...
GERMANY | 118 minutes | 2019
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