Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.
While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Director:
Asghar Farhadi
Stars:
Taraneh Alidoosti,
Shahab Hosseini,
Mina Sadati
The mysterious disappearance of a kindergarten teacher during a picnic in the north of Iran is followed by a series of misadventures for her fellow travelers.
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
On the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks -- a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife.
A tragic tale of unappeased desires and forbidden yearnings, conflicted choices, deception and the unavoidable fate of three lovers standing powerless before the true nature of man.
Directed by multi-award winning filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, 'Beautiful City' is a cinematic gem not to be missed. Akbar has just turned eighteen. He has been held in a rehabilitation centre ... See full summary »
A corrupt policeman commits a crime when drinking late at night. While his colleagues are trying to investigate his murder, he tries to clean up the evidence.
Director:
Enrique Urbizu
Stars:
Jose Coronado,
Rodolfo Sancho,
Helena Miquel
Nobody Wants the Night is about the relentless icy landscape that separates and draws these two women together during the long, tense wait for the man they both love in such different ways.
Director:
Isabel Coixet
Stars:
Juliette Binoche,
Rinko Kikuchi,
Gabriel Byrne
Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an... See full summary »
Somaieh, the youngest daughter of an indigent family, is getting married and fear is overwhelming each and every member of the family regarding how to overcome their difficulties after she's gone.
Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister's wedding. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Everybody Knows" is only the second Spanish-language film to open Cannes, following Pedro Almodovar's "Bad Education" in 2004. It is also one of the few openers in Cannes history which is not in either English or French. See more »
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Paco:
It's time that gives character, from personality to wine.
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This movie is the best example of how a bad script with so many plot holes will ruin a twice Oscar winner director and an Oscar winner actor and another Oscar winner actress efforts.
I gave it 6 stars just for great acting of all casts specially Javier Bardem. Trust me there is nothing more special about this movie.
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This movie is the best example of how a bad script with so many plot holes will ruin a twice Oscar winner director and an Oscar winner actor and another Oscar winner actress efforts.
I gave it 6 stars just for great acting of all casts specially Javier Bardem. Trust me there is nothing more special about this movie.