How Rare a Possession: The Book of Mormon

The Summer I Turned 15

March 1976 •Norwegian

The story Peter is telling the about a special summer, when he is invited over to summer holiday from bickering parents, to his aunt and uncle in the country. He's been there before, but this summer was quite one to remember.

The Sitdown

November 2024 •English

When a mother’s passing brings together her lawyer son and mobster husband.

Fili di memorie

May 2022 •Italian

Black Beauty

August 1946 •English

Based on Anna Sewell's novel. In rural England of the 1880's, widower Squire Wendon is rearing his young daughter Anne. Her father has forbidden her to be present when their mare, "Duchess," gives birth. Anne sneaks out to the stable, however, and is discovered by her father who forbids her ever to ride Duchess again. Despite this punishment, he gives Anne Duchess's colt because it is her birthday, and she names him "Black Beauty."

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

March 2004 •English

Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

Léon: The Professional

September 1994 •French

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's thoughts turn to revenge, and she considers following in Léon's footsteps.

Taxi Driver

February 1976 •English

A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.

Italian for Beginners

December 2000 •Danish

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

Bad Education

March 2004 •Spanish

An examination on the effect of Franco-era religious schooling and sexual abuse on the lives of two longtime friends.

All Quiet on the Western Front

April 1930 •English

When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.

Breaking the Waves

July 1996 •Danish

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

Our Father

December 2015 •English

The Second World War is experienced through the journey of Private Cole, a dramatic study of the contrasting nature between the innocence of childhood and the reality of war, and the emotional struggle that accompanies it.

Moonam Naal Njayarazhcha

March 2016 •Malayalam

The film takes a deeper look at the social status of people who are forcefully converted to a different religious belief, and how they are looked down upon.

Menashe

July 2017 •Yiddish

Within Brooklyn’s ultra-orthodox Jewish community, a widower battles for custody of his son.

Terjebak Nostalgia

December 2016 •Indonesian

Raisa’s (Raisa Andriana) accidental meeting with her idol, Sora (Maruli Tampubolon), a talented pianist, grows to dating. But, the relationships is disturbed when he gets the scholarship to continue his musical studies at Juilliard School of Music, New York. They parts. Promises pronounced, that after finishing the study, Sora will make an album of music for Raisa. Two years later, with the same clothes when accompanying Sora to the airport, Raisa picks up her lover. The plane from New York lands according to schedule, but Sora is not in that flight. Jasmine, Sora's mother, said he lost during the hurricane Sandy swept New York.

Drewniany różaniec

January 1965 •Polish

A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.

Soft-Boiled Boots

October 1978 •Russian

The film is based on the stories Anton Chekhov. It is a tribute to the actor Boris Andreyev. He plays a major role that keeps up for the duration of the film. Lively and intelligent Valery Spout largely mitigates underline the drama of the protagonist, while Michael Sveta's role, though small, is bright and memorable.

Real Lies

July 2014 •French

Marco Valois wants to direct a serious movie inspired by the life of a soldier living with post-traumatic stress disorder. He soon realizes that the young soldier home from Afghanistan won't open up that easily. Marco, willing to do just about anything to get his story, follows Éric Lebel to his hometown.

P.S.

October 2004 •English

Louise, an unfulfilled divorced woman with regrets, gets the chance to relive her past when she meets a young man who bears an uncanny resemblance, in name and appearance, to her high school sweetheart who died many years before.

The Suspect

January 1945 •English

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.