"In the middle of a loud, fast-moving city, Eve finds something small and alive: a lone plant sitting by itself."
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The question is, would the young tramp really have fallen in love with the groceryman's daughter if he had not caught her in the heart struggle? Be that as it may, she could not find it in her to drown the unwelcome visitor to the pantry, so she let it go and the silent little drama witnessed by the tramp greatly impressed him. Not so the strict aunt, she declared the whole thing to be in exact accordance with everything else in the family. Their hearts ran away with their heads. That was why they lost money on credit, could not pay off the mortgage and send the sick sister to a better climate. As for the tramp, they had no business to take him in. He could not pay for his keep. But the tramp surprised them all.
Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been published on DVD coupled with The Downfall of Osen (1935) by Digital MEME in 2007.
A masseuse's journey to find the human touch.
A simple love story takes place in a luxurious hotel in Karlovy Vary, the hero of which is a shy young man who works in the elevator. He catches a glimpse of an exotic beauty from South America and, with little knowledge of foreign languages, assumes that she also reciprocates his feelings...
Clark has been quarantined his whole life and inundated with selective media. As the monotony of his minimal environment weighs on him, Clark starts to crave one thing - touch.
A tense psychological drama.
When a fatherless 12-year-old boy attempts to put an end to his abuse from his brotherly neighbor, he's later confronted by his own mother about her suspicion next door, and he must quickly decide who he's willing to protect at the end.
A boy from Los Angeles travels to Tahiti, French Polynesia to visit his relatives only to find out his younger cousin is being abused by one of the locals.
After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
Claire, once an Ivy League-bound twink, now a glamorous woman aching for the simplicity of suburbia, returns to Buffalo after years in NYC. She stumbles into the path of Colin, a local burnout. Does he find her worldliness alluring, or is he just a chaser intent on projecting a fantasy onto the doll?
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Margot, the motherless daughter of a New England fisherman, dreams of a better life. After rescuing the wealthy Jack Rutledge's mother, Margot is taken in by the family. Jack and Margot fall in love against the will of his mother and must find a way to marry.
A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.
A susceptible teenager, in trying to escape the tumult of his home, drowns himself in alcohol, drugs, and parties. Based on a true story.
Yeda, the green-faced woman, sells homemade bread to support the house where she lives with her sick husband. Through the context of green-faced people, we know the reality of those who live on the fringes of a purple-faced society.
Pari, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of becoming a pilot while growing up in a society that doesn’t allow her to dream.
A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.
The life of Moses as told through the Book of Exodus, the imagination of a dying boy, and the ballads of his father.
When a romantic gesture towards a bartender backfires, Lali unexpectedly finds herself offered a pity date by another bartender, Ana. What starts as an awkward encounter turns into a genuine connection as they bond over shared experiences as women of color. As they grow closer, Lali finds herself falling for Ana. But when the conversation takes an unexpected turn, Lali must confront her prejudices towards Ana and... herself.