1981-1990

A struggling musician sets out to find the legendary guitar maker Elmore Silk, with whom he hopes to strike a deal to make himself rich and famous.Read More »

Schizophrenic tramp performs outrageous acts in the streets of Salvador, and in the end tries to fulfill his ultimate dream: to fly over the city, as a superhero would.Read More »

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Shi Ba is an alienated youngster living by himself in Beijing. He quits his “iron-rice-bowl” job arranged by his late high-ranking parents and becomes a private entrepreneur. While he is wandering in a Beijing subway station one day, he meets Yu Jing, a pretty dance student. Their relationship soon leads to cohabitation. Shi Ba’s involvement with some illegal business brings him wealth and threats of blackmail as well. The blackmailers leave him with a crippled leg after he refuses to comply with their demands. Although this docs not prevent him from marrying Yu Jing, Shi Ba never manages to maintain his human dignity in and outside the family. One evening, after some self-meditation, he jumps over the railing of a balcony and throws himself into the darkness.Read More »

A bigoted white lady gets her metaphorical comeuppance when she misses her train and must spend some time in Grand Central Station.Read More »

The matriarch of a highly respected family orders one of her daughter-in-laws to kill herself unless she can produce a child within a year.Read More »

Some stories need to be told after they are over. We need to know that all the events are past and gone, in order to feel the same nostalgia as the storyteller. When a story is happening “now,” there is always the possibility of surprise and happiness. But when a story happened “then,” and it is a love story, then even the happy moments feel bittersweet, and of course that is the whole point of the story.Read More »

Franz Mooshuber, mayor of a little Bavarian town, receives a letter invitation from the mayor of Cannes, asking him to participate in the annual boat joust tournament. When he and his two buddies return, they don’t just bring back the trophy but also a bus full of sexy girls and ambitious plans to turn their village into a wild tourist resort.Read More »

A young British woman is hired as a governess by a wealthy Argentine family. Through her position, she slowly sees how the upper class of society is slowly crumbling, and how a popular movement is preparing to install itself in power.Read More »

A documentary about the life and work of Martin Heidegger, born and raised a Roman Catholic in Messkirch, Baden-Württemberg.Read More »