World Cinema

• SlovakRepublic,Czech Republic,United States
• 2009
• 124min

“The most satisfactory dramas have proven to be real life stories. Whatever we may fictionalize can never be as real as if created from the course of life. It needs to be handled most respectfully and conveyed most faithfully.” ? ...

Korean Cinema Today

• Korea
• 2009
• 95min

Working at a theater in Daehak-ro as an actor, the husband has an affair with an actress. The wife, without knowing his affair, is busy housekeeping. The second feature by director Kim Dong Won shows typical pictures of Korean soc...

Gala Presentation

• Korea
• 2009
• 87min

When Jung-ha loses her husband in an accident, Naru, her husband’s secret lover, comes to her. Naru begs Jung-ha that she will do anything if only she will let her stay at her house. Jung-ha denies her at first, but eventually the...

New Currents

• Korea
• 2009
• 98min

Inspired by the director’s own experience, [I’m in Trouble!] shows a typical love story during our time. A third-rate poet meets and separates with his girlfriend repeatedly and becomes entangled with his acquaintance and an edito...

World Cinema

• Hungary
• 2009
• 100min

Gyorgy Palfi’s films ? [Taxidermia], [Hukkle] ? have never been recognized for their classical romanticism. With [I Am Not Your Friend], the director steps outside the bounds of conventional filmmaking processes and creates a film...

Gala Presentation

• France,United States
• 2009
• 110min

In Los Angeles, Kline (Josh Hartnett), a young ex-cop, is struggling with the psychological trauma of his last case: tracking down and slaying a serial killer. Turning to private detective work, Kline is hired by a rich Chinese bu...

World Cinema

• France
• 2009
• 90min

Herve is from an immigrant family and a middle school student who lives with a single mother. It is that age when sexual desire is at highest, Herve wishes to have one deep French kiss with a woman. Somehow, the most beautiful gir...

World Cinema

• France,Italy,Greece
• 2009
• 111min

Elias left his motherland Greece and got on a boat to Paris; on the way, he threw himself into the ocean to avoid the police. Coincidently sneaked into a resort, he hangs out with wealthy Westerners, and finally through ups and do...

World Cinema

• Poland
• 2009
• 105min

Based on the play by Judith Thompson, [I Am Yours] is a domestic melodrama on the surface, but underneath lays a searing story of betrayal, rivalry, and obsession. Martha’s marriage to Jack is crumbling, and because of that she al...

A Window on Asian Cinema

• Japan
• 2009
• 104min

Skinny as a reed and with tousled hair, teenager Ryo Kawai feels like he’s at the edge of a cliff. He lives alone in a house with no electricity, water or gas, and has just been fired from his work. He can’t go to school because h...