Rose Quartz
On a busy beach on the Aegean Coast, we meditate on a turning point in life.
Sergio believes that outer beauty is everything. On his girlfriend's grandmother's party day, he pays too much attention to his appearance, which leads to a series of complications that will make him understand the true meaning of beauty.
On a busy beach on the Aegean Coast, we meditate on a turning point in life.
Pocho Huerta is an unemployed stuntman waiting for his students to come to class, until he realizes that no one will come because he forgot to promote it. This leads him to wonder about his life, death, and overall purpose.
"Grace" is a story about the fragments of life of one family, their habits and their decisions. The daughter is forced to sacrifice herself to take care of her mother. Or is that her choice?
Top model Lilico, having recently undergone multiple cosmetic surgeries, begins to experience troubling side effects. As she desperately tries to retain her perfect image, Lilico descends into a world of nightmares and makes those around her miserable.
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In a violent city where a man succumbs to the loneliness and delirium of his unfulfilled desires. He wishes to belong somewhere. And the only way to achieve this goal is projecting in his own mind another version of himself, a "second man", someone -who will be accepted.
A young Filipino man learns to be the caregiver of his abusive grandmother who suffers from dementia, only to be mistaken as her old lover.
When his girlfriend leaves for New York City on a 3-month-long internship, a strongly opinionated Berkeley arthouse movie theater manager begins exploring life as a bachelor.
A rich man buys a husband for his dying daughter and she finds out.
A group of plushies find themselves without purpose after their owner leaves for college. During their time alone they begin to form their own beliefs and opinions about this new life that they have inhereted. This meditation helps to allow new purpose to be found amongst the group and the sincere truth of their intended purpose to become recognized.
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him innocent of the crime.
Four people turn to plastic surgery as the last resort in their search for perfection - their appearances will change, but will their lives?
Beauty is as powerful as a drug and our eyes are addicted to it. Due to an electronic device in her head, Nora grew up not knowing if she was attractive or not. At 18, she goes to Rio de Janeiro, turns off the device and discovers that she is extremely beautiful. Nora becomes enamored with herself that she loses sight of reality, entering a dangerous path with devastating consequences.
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In this cinematic fairytale, Francisca Newman, a psychologically disturbed ballerina, fails at her life audition. Her perfectionism starts to take a noticeable toll on her mental health, where in a world of passion and beauty, sensibility and enlightenment becomes darkness. In this increasingly violent and surreal competition at the hands of her own reflection, a familiar voice starts talking to her as an old forgotten friend. A voice that takes her on a journey through her own memories in order to find herself, before her reflection becomes a stranger.
A short story of the most important emotions of life, from birth to death, love and sexuality through pain and fear. It is a tribute to art and his disarming beauty.
A documentary-style capturing of the life of Ab, a young struggling artist trying to find her way, all while dealing with unwanted company.
A filming exercise becomes a memory of young Nico's crush and fall for his classmate, Iris.
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The film stars two of Itami's regular actors, Nobuko Miyamoto as a geisha who brings luck to the men with whom she sleeps, and Masahiko Tsugawa as her unfaithful, sometimes partner. As well as showing her relationships with the man she loves and the men who employ her, it satirizes corruption and the influence of money in Japanese politics.