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On September the 4th, 1969, a group of Brazilian revolutionaries kidnap the U.S. ambassador. In exchange for his release, they demand that the Brazilian authorities publish a manifesto they provide, and release 15 politi
In the New World, a rugged pirate leader and a corrupt governor vie for the affections of a beautiful Indian heiress.
A telling of the classic tale about a foot race between a hare and a tortoise.
A man has sex with a woman that he shouldn't. Her lover is a crime boss and owner of a white slave ring, and he is going to retaliate.
An old generation tells a story about a bright clear river. It is the story of a place where the bucolic landscape merges with urban sprawl. A place where one ancient mill keeps on spinning, moved by the water of a river
Chief of Police Rui, a happily married man of principles, is in charge of investigating Joana, a teacher who's accused of political crimes. After some false starts, he manages to arrest her, but is startled to learn that
Emilia and Villalba (Margarita Xirgu and Ricardo Puga) have had a happy marriage until the murder of the prostitute Lilí casted a shadow over it. Her brother, Augusto, is accused of the crime and sentenced to prison. Emi
The director, a young man in his thirties going through a life crisis, approaches his estranged parents to help him paint his apartment. Conversations accompanied by a paint roller and paint thinner open up old wrongs wh
During the annual get-together dinner of four friends, three thieves decide to rob the place, but their past brings the unusual stage of this robbery to the present.
The "Torture Club" is an official after-school activity at the private school Saint Honesty Gakuen. Yuzuki has no idea about the club when she enrolls, and gets abducted by the club members and hauled off the club-room.
A comedic take on the Frankenstein story.
Why do humans torture other humans? This is the question Frankfurt’s director Dieter Reifarth addresses in Die Tortur. Following along the lines of Jean Améry’s essay of the same name, he draws a picture of the author’s
The World Music Festival is being held in TronBon’s hometown and the judges are none other than the clowns Txirri, Mirri and Txiribiton. The night before the festival, all the instruments in the town —as well as the clow
Since 9/11, the US has used torture in the war on terror. But the true story started in the 50's with CIA-financed research programs on "enhanced interrogation techniques" at America's finest universities and spans to th
The girls just want a weekend away from the "good citizen", but when they find them, there's only one place to practice their perversions! The Sexual Torture Chamber of Doctor Josefel is a collage project, using various
A corrupt magistrate subjects an innocent young bride to inconceivable physical punishments after convicting her of killing her husband.
Using testimonies of experts that help torture victims to recover and even some victims that talk about their experiences, Coixet travels across different places (Denmark, Sarajevo, Bosnia) trying to approach an incredib
In the 1970s, Colonel Moren Brito ran Villa Grimaldi, one of the main torture centers of the DINA, the political police. Today, he leads a discreet life in a residential area of Santiago. But his past is catching up with
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.