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一个来自加纳北部的14岁女孩被环境推入阿克拉，她必须忍受阿克拉贫民窟的生活，并找到回家的路。
“ Francesca è sola con una figlia e senza un soldo. Ma è bellissima. ”——From IMDB
女人的丈夫死于车祸,给她留下了一个小女孩和一大笔债务。为了挣钱，女人开始不择手段。影片描述了在金钱与尊严中周旋的人们。
入围2020年威尼斯电影节影评人周单元
A blue screen informs that war has begun. What will be needed? Collect the men, find guns, or maybe someone will give them. We need a location, a country where the war would take place. No problem, the Colonel is a real pro, he has caused wars to order, or on orders, on multiple occasions in different countries. Now his followers have grown up and caused a war in his country. He doesn’t want to, but he has to fight. He is old and tired of war. He wants to be at the table with a steaming pot of tasty mutton ribs and stare at an innocent TV screen with the news on, and the dressed-up news reporter announces that the war has begun.
故事围绕着西班牙农村青年米凯尔（Miguel Mateo 'Miguelín' 饰）展开，他来到巴塞罗那城谋生。然而，现实是残酷的，微薄的收入以及中间人的剥削让他对城市生活的幻想彻底破灭，失去了对生活的信心。
一次偶然中，他发现了一间业余斗牛士学校，斗牛在西班牙是一份报酬高且容易出名的职业。因此，米凯尔来到斗牛学校，专心学习斗牛技巧。通过艰苦的斗牛训练，米凯尔展现出过人的天赋，很快便成为了一名杰出的斗牛士。随之而来的是荣誉和财富，他将父母从乡间接到巴塞罗那城，并建起了自己的房屋。一天，某位老板找到了米凯尔，要求他去美国参加比赛，这件事彻底改变了米凯尔的人生。
在首都的地下工程建设中，工人们发现了一块珍贵的碎片，证明了传说中的伊凡雷帝图书馆是存在的！
这块碎片的价值不菲。但这一发现已被遗忘多年，在现代，它落入毫无戒心的伊利亚手中。现在，他的生命处于危险之中，因为为了古老的神器开始猎杀强大的力量！
在这个过程中，他发现了一个新的问题，那就是："为什么我们不把这个问题解决掉？男孩被迫与一个奇怪的陌生人合作，这个陌生人声称闪光是找到图书馆的关键。一位美丽的语言学家阿里娜在那里帮助他们寻找并解开古代密码。
现在，为了找到新的线索并接近解开，三位冒险家需要访问遍布俄罗斯的失落和危险的地方：从沃洛格达到纳里安-马尔，在陆地、水下，甚至在克里姆林宫的秘密地下。@游目骋观影
2019年也门内战期间，一对中年夫妻因为国家经济崩溃失去了工作。育有3个孩子的他们入不敷出，第4个孩子的即将来临让这个家庭雪上加霜，堕胎似乎成了唯一选择。本片由导演阿姆·贾马尔根据朋友的真实故事创作，得益于群众演员的配合，他用克制而又纪实的镜头记录了五口之家的日常生活，小到买菜的窘迫，大到被迫搬家的无奈，在大量细节中带观众体会这个家庭的艰辛。影片还探讨了在也门有巨大争议的堕胎问题以及女性所面对的巨大压力。入围2023年柏林国际电影节全景单元观众奖。
Bekir, dreams of going to the moon by his bicycle just like the kid he saw on TV in the Turkish E.T. movie, 'Badi' film trailer. Rabia and her qiwan.cc sister get into a hot dispute over the inheritance.
一个画家来到远离尘世的小山村，试图结束自己的生命。画家借宿在山顶一个年迈的老妪家里。那被岁月摧残的面容，丝毫没有减弱老婆婆的生命力，在这荒蛮的山野间，枯槁的身躯仍在灿烂的绽放着。结局是充满震撼力的：那个无力的生命最终无法被结束；而那些生机勃勃的，却突然终止于意外事故中……这似乎在情理之中，又在意料之外，生命原本就是这么脆弱。
18世纪，一对印度夫妇，妻子在丈夫的鼓励下，与当时妇女地位低下的社会偏见作斗争，努力学习和成长，成为印度第一位女医生的真实故事。
A young boy dreams of going to the junior sumo wrestling tournament in Tokyo to find his father and make him proud. That is until a global pandemic turns the world upside down.
As soon as Muzamil is born in a village in Sudan, a saint in the village predicts, “This child will die of twenty.” Unable to accept the curse, under the overprotection of his single mother, Muzamil turns 19 years old. It shows the outstanding Mise-en-Scène.
钢琴教师塞西莉亚和她的林业工作者丈夫迭戈在巴塔哥尼亚的小镇上已经生活了一年。得知他们的领养请求获得批准，塞西莉亚喜出望外，尽管九岁的乔尔比她想领养的孩子年龄略大。乔尔是个圆脸、头发凌乱、寡言少语并且态度挑衅的孩子，曾和如今锒铛入狱的叔叔住在一起。正是由于乔尔的过去，在为他建立一个新的家庭时，塞西莉亚和丈夫面临着许多挑战和问题。不但为乔尔办理当地学校的入学手续是个缓慢而痛苦的过程，他入校后也难以适应新的环境，家长间甚至不时传出乔尔会对同学们产生不良影响的言论。于是，这个家庭不得不做出选择，是接受乔尔和他充满暴力的过往，还是接受其他父母对这个小小“外来者”的偏见？
Young Felix grows up as an inside spectator at cycling races, a bizarre environment where violence and drugs seem to reign. Following his father's footsteps, Felix discovers that his body is not made for the game
NOTA is a Tamil movie starring Vijay deverakonda and Mehreen Kaur Pirzada in prominent roles. It is a drama directed by Anand Shankar with Sam C. S. as the musician, forming part of the crew.
A story about Dolly’s and Kazal’s secrets, two cousins, who live in the suburbs of New Delhi. Dolly lives as a middle-class housewife, but she has to hide some secrets to lead her life. Under the name ‘Kitty’, Kazal meets a man while playing the role of a cyber-lover.
The film is said to be based on the emotional bonding between a boy and a dog and their love and affection for each other.
1997年，一部来自挪威的惊悚片《失眠者》上映后获得好评，《芝加哥太阳报》的著名影评人罗杰，艾伯特给出了3星半的高分，他盛赞该片“不仅仅是一部惊悚片或动作片，而是一次心理学上的探索与学习”。两犯罪调查者到挪威北方一个镇帮助解决一个年轻的女孩的谋杀案，谁知陷入了巨大的困境之中。
When an overly ambitious student gets invited for a submarine journey by an eccentric entrepreneur, she comes to realize that deep-down inside people are not who they pretend to be.
Camilla is a lawyer and a mother to a teenage daughter. Her life turns upside down one night when she gets involved in a car accident. She starts her own investigation that will take her far away from the places she's familiar with.
一个魔术师与儿子简单而真实的故事。过气魔术师生活潦倒，为了生计连在夜总会中当清洁工人也在所不计。10岁的儿子懂事，只想酩酊的父亲生活好过点。为了成为好爸爸，父亲不惜一切誓言返回魔术的舞台上。受Cormac McCarthy小说《The Road》中的父子情所启发，两个迷失的灵魂，化成这部亲情与偿还的印度剧情片，新加坡电影先驱邱金海编导，真正的魔术师Bosco Francis更粉墨登场。
这部云集俄罗斯最著名的影星，创下当时成本纪录的大制作影片早在1994年拍成，但一直未曾正式上映过抑或发行DVD版本，原因就在于导演同制片人之间关于影片剪辑的矛盾。直到今年4月7日，这部争议影片才重见天日
在维也纳锡默灵区的机场、高速公路与多瑙河河岸之间，隐藏着一个由铜墙铁壁与简陋营房组成的世界，这里是来自22个国家的大约3000名难民的安置点马孔多。11岁的拉马桑跟他的母亲和两个妹妹从车臣地区逃到这里寻求庇护，他的父亲在车臣与俄罗斯的冲突中丧生——至少他是这么听说的。拉马桑尽自己的努力填补着父亲的位置，从照顾妹妹到帮母亲系头巾都一并负责。但有一天，一个自称是拉马桑父亲的旧识的男子艾萨突然来到马孔多，他的出现将彻底打乱拉马桑的生活……
“冰川三部曲” (Glaciation Trilogy) 的第三部~ 根据真实事件改编~ 1993年12月23日, 一名19岁学生持枪闯入奥地利一所银行向客人乱枪扫射, 令三人丧命, 事后该学生在自己的车上吞枪自杀~ 这宗银行血案, 集合了一班身份、背景、年龄各异的奥地利人, 电影以大堆零碎的片段, 追寻他们在凶案发生前的生活剪影~ 来自罗马尼亚的小孤儿流落街头, 辗转走上电视接受访问, 并得一对早前已领养了一位小女孩的奥地利夫妇收养~ 年老护卫员与妻子关系疏离, 沟通困难, 想向妻子示好却不懂如何开口; 独居老人受尽女儿的冷落, 想见见小孙女又不得要领; 行凶的青年原来是位乒乓球好手, 他买来一支别人盗来的手枪, 在圣诞前夕驾车到油站加油, 想要付钞时才发现没有零钱, 想到银行提款却又见大排长龙…
遗传了母亲精神病的凯伦（Harriet Andersson 饰）经过入院治疗，被作家父亲大卫（Gunnar Björnstrand 饰）安排到一小岛上调养。凯伦男友马丁（Max von Sydow 饰）是一名医生，两人的感情此时处于低谷，马丁相信凯伦有痊愈的可能。青春期中的弟弟米纳斯颇有才华，但看上去有些焦躁。四人在封闭的岛上休整，但各自心中的不安似乎正慢慢滋长。凯伦发现父亲在冷漠的观察自己病情变化后情绪短暂失控。次日上午马丁与大卫乘小舟离去，被留下的凯伦开始沉溺于冥想，并对米纳斯显示出侵略性，在两人回岛之前凯伦昏倒在破旧的木船内，她向弟弟宣称，自己听到了上帝的声音……
本片是伯格曼“神之沉默”三部曲的第一部，于1962年获奥斯卡最佳外语片奖。
It’s summer and a group of young women head off for a week to a house in the country in order to rehearse a play. In the peace and quiet of their natural surroundings, which provide a refuge from the intense heat of the sun, the women go through the text and dress up in their ruched period costumes, while in easy conversation they share their secrets, and also have little adventures. This enchanting debut by Itsaso Arana, who co-wrote and starred in August Virgin (Official Selection – Competition, KVIFF 2019), provides an opportunity to stop for a moment, to breathe in the warm air and settle back in the open embrace of this company of women. After all, what kind of summer would it be without girls, a campfire, songs and a touch of magic?
源自：https://www.kviff.com/en/programme/film/63/40722-the-girls-are-alright
一个男人负债累累，要去沙漠捕蛇来还清债务，于是他不得不和自己的妻子离婚。这部影片的主题之一——离婚，成为了他接下去几部影片关注的话题。
本片改编自荷兰同名小说，讲述一个年轻男子着迷于一块从天上掉下来的石头。他一边穿越北欧的极端环境，一边在寻找、犹豫和痛苦。他只能在疯狂的边缘找到救赎。
《美丽的叛逆》是一部根据吉安娜·南尼尼的生活改编的电影，由 Indiana Production 负责制作，钦齐娅·TH·托里尼执导，莱蒂齐娅·托尼饰演这位意大利女性摇滚偶像，将于 5 月 2 日在 Netflix 上线。
本片带我们走近音乐界中最深刻而著名的声音之一，展现了她的生活片段。故事跨越三十年，从童年以及她的生活和事业的起源讲起，以她的奉献作为结尾。此间出现了一个转折点，把吉安娜的生活分成两部分，而这个节点被认为是她真正诞生的时间：1983 年。
《美丽的叛逆》将观众带入一位能够用诗歌和音乐塑造情感的女性的生活和创造思维之旅。这是一位独特、革命性的艺术家，不被任何体系和定义所束缚，不断追求灵感和转变，将音乐和自由作为她的宣言。
演员阵容还包括塞伦·卡拉马扎、毛里齐奥·隆巴迪、斯特凡诺·罗西·希尔达尼，以及饰演少年玛拉·马永基的安德烈亚·德洛古。
Following on from the impressive Drift with its hypnotic transatlantic sequences reminiscent of Michael Snow, Helena Wittmann’s second feature is set in the Mediterranean Sea. The heroine navigates along the route of the French Foreign Legion from Marseille to Sidi-Bel-Abbes via Calvi on a contemporary Odyssey that is at once political and sensuous.
由于在职业和生活中不断失败而变得垂头丧气，维杰拼命寻找可以助他翻身的机会。但是改写命运的机会在哪儿呢，他又如何做呢？
一个位于匈牙利平原上的小镇迎来了一个马戏团，最为独特的是这个马戏团有一条鲸鱼的尸体和一个神秘的王子。自从这个马戏团来到这个小镇，所有的秩序都收到干扰，最终爆发了一场暴利与善良的冲突……
幕后制作
前后制作长达四年，只有39个镜头，却与七个不同的摄影师合作，从美国、匈牙利、德国、法国等，以不同摄影师的独特风格创造出不同的精采片段，剧情以轮转式的从某一个角色的观点游移到另一个角色，鲸鱼马戏团在小镇上的出现，超过六百名的非职业临时演员，融合了早期纪录剧情片式的真实，加上精准的场面调度及强烈的视觉风格，以表现出东欧社会的现况，一块身处在欧洲社会的中央，却是国际社会最边缘局外的景况。
阿尔玛穆拉是南美神话中的骡妖，据说是由乱搞不伦关系的无德女人所变，她被上帝诅咒成为一只套着沉重铁链的骡子，在暴风雨夜晚的安第斯山脉徘徊，发现它的人都会被踢死。而所有它经过的地方，发生禁恋的人也会变成阿尔玛穆拉。纤细男孩尼诺由于受到恐同袭击，不得不和父母搬到乡下。当地森林据说常发生诡异事件，也有小男孩无故失踪。叛逆和好奇心让尼诺对传说产生浓厚兴趣，他期盼着能与骡妖相遇……
安纳托利亚的大地充满灵气，人间的龃龉却为它添上哀愁。老父担忧种满白杨树的林地会被政府没收，他恳切的眸子盛载过叶子间洒下的春意。儿子回家乡找拍片题材，叫齐亲朋戚友权充演员，一心想把大自然凝定在画面上。九岁的侄儿随身袋著一只鸡蛋，要安然渡过四十天，好让其父放心给他买只音乐手表。
导演舍兰（Nuri Bilge Ceylan）回味著上次回乡拍摄《小城岁月》的日子，诉说牵动人心的一些小事，亲自拍下激情暗涌的平民面孔（片中双亲是他父母），镜头的呼吸与心眼的张望同步，媲美伊朗的基阿鲁斯达米，在国内外赢得共十七个奖项。
自由奔放的巴德利一家逃离了贝鲁特的有毒污染，在他们建造的乌托邦山庄中寻求庇护，但出人意料的事却发生了，一个垃圾填埋场就建在他们的围墙外，将整个国家的垃圾和腐败带到了他们的家门口。
A drug dealer plans to rob his own bosses to pay a debt.
Jasmine takes her newfound doggy friend Happy on a long journey to her sick grandmother in Baguio. The two walk an incredible distance, face all kinds of challenges, run into many strangers and help them along the way. Her grandmother had been ill once and then a dog helped her to recover - maybe this time Happy the one.
故事开始于2003年，当时波斯湾战争甫结束，就在伊拉克南方，被媒体发掘还有少数存活的战俘。
远在另一端，在收音机前的有位库德族老妇人，听到新闻后，心感到一阵悸动。因为她参战的儿子，到现在还没有回来。因此，老妇人凭着一股坚持的信念，她毅然带着年幼孙子，启程出发找寻失联已久的儿子。
她对于年幼的孙子，逼不得已存活在穷苦的环境，感到心疼。但只要能找到父亲，一家人还是可以团圆。老妇人仍坚信儿子还好好存活于世界上某个地方。
旅途中，他们看到乱世中形形色色的人们，穿梭了各种形貌的悲苦、困顿。当然，亦不乏朝圣者脸容满溢希望光辉的正面激励。因此，心境再怎么百转千回，她都不愿放弃寻亲的希望，哪怕只是一丝丝的可能性，都包藏无穷的契机。
玛努埃拉（丝莉亚 洛芙 饰）的丈夫在儿子出生前就离开了妻子，玛努埃拉成为了单身妈妈，带着儿子埃斯特班来到马德里生活。儿子从不知道爸爸的事情，玛努埃拉只好对儿子说父亲已经过世。然而，儿子终究不相信。他在日记本里悄悄写下对父亲的想念。
车祸来得那么突然，儿子被一辆迎面撞来的汽车夺走了生命。母亲悲伤不已，决定去找孩子的父亲洛拉，完成儿子心愿。然而她却得知，洛拉已经换装成女人，当了妓女，而且染上了艾滋病。更不幸的是，修女罗萨（佩内洛普 饰）怀上了洛拉的孩子。玛努埃拉留在罗萨身边照顾她，罗萨诞下的婴儿也取自己儿子埃斯特班的名字，苦难的日子终于有了希望--这个新生儿竟然逃过了艾滋的噩运。
本（塞缪尔·施奈德 Samuel Schneider 饰）是一名十六岁的德国少年，他的父亲（乌尔里奇·图克尔 Ulrich Tukur 饰）是一位非常成功的话剧导演。在本很小的时候，父亲就和他的母亲离婚了，离婚后，父亲独自一人搬到了马拉喀什生活，并且在这里组建了新的家庭。
这一次，本趁着暑假的档口也来到了这座魂牵梦绕的城市，对于儿子的到来，父亲显得非常的高兴，他希望能够借此机会来修复自己和儿子之间濒临碎裂的关系。然而，现实哪有想象中的这么简单，本和父亲之间爆发了剧烈的争吵，之后，本离家出走。在夜店里，本邂逅了名为卡利玛（阿弗西娅·埃尔奇 Hafsia Herzi 饰）的妓女，卡利玛替本打开了新世界的大门。
1960年，罗马奥运会的田径赛场上，四百米赛跑世界纪录保持者米哈·辛格（法拉汗·阿赫塔尔 Farhan Akhtar 饰）站在起跑线上，肩负着为祖国印度赢得该项目第一枚金牌的重任。而当人们欢呼呐喊之际，却鲜少有人能透彻回望米哈一路成长起来的跌宕人生路。1954年米哈应征入伍，首次接触400米田径。不谙世事的他，朝着那套神圣的国家队制服全力奔跑。而伴随着战火、爱情和亲情，这个矫健的男人在奔跑在各大盛事的赛场上时，还将背负着更多无法抛却的东西。一个男人的传奇，一个时代的记录……
本片根据印度传奇田径运动员、被称为“飞翔的锡克教徒”米哈·辛格（Milkha Singh）的生平事迹改编。
The plot introduces us to compulsive gambler Sergio, who, despite having promised his partner that he has overcome his accursed addiction, receives a tip-off about a rigged football match. Fully intending to get back all of the money he has lost recently, he returns to his regular betting shop, intent on winning. Everything seems to be going swimmingly, when suddenly Alejo, another habitual gambler, bursts into the joint with a weapon.
A village on the Georgian Black Sea is full of friendly people convinced they know each other. One day, Eliko is found hanged. His granddaughter Moe comes to organize his funeral. She is confronted with a web of lies and the tragic consequences of Eliko’s hidden love life with Amnon, which lasted 22 years. The truth however frees Moe’s capability to love and forces the villagers to take a stand.
A homage to the forgotten people, a struggle against bigotry, an act of empowerment for generations struggling with their identity; to give them a story through which to imagine themselves in the future.
– Elene Naveriani
The story focuses on the titular protagonist Tina who learns from Megi to live a self-determined life in patriarchal society after getting dumped by her boyfriend. The film was shot during the COVID-19 pandemic, which informed the process of shooting and the story.
Olga and Maks are 15 years away. She is a successful woman with an established position, the mother of an adult daughter, he is a handsome young man who enjoys his life in a handful and lives only in the moment. It might seem that these two different worlds will never meet, and yet fate put them in the way.
The story of Crypto Boy kicks off in Amsterdam East, where young deliveryman Amir dreams of a better future but gets no further than delivering orders for Burrito, his father Omar's outdated Mexican restaurant. Meanwhile, their neighbourhood is in the midst of complete gentrification. Convenience stores are being replaced by trendy coffee bars, sushi shops and fitness studios – and much to Amir's frustration, his stubborn father is ignoring all his ideas for modernising Burrito. On the other hand, Omar sees his son as an irresponsible idler who isn't capable of taking over the restaurant.
When a large real-estate company buys up the block and doubles the rent, father and son are at odds and in danger of losing the restaurant, and their home, for good. But when Amir ends up at a meetup with a charismatic young crypto entrepreneur, he sees a way to solve all their problems. Determined to show his father what he is worth, Amir loses himself in the rapidly growing crypto start-up while Omar watches with suspicion as his son drifts further away.
14-year-old Jimmy (played by Tyrell Williams) practices kung fu. For the lion dance, which is performed out on the streets, he is determined to hold the head of the lion. But when his teacher, the sifu, announces the new crew, his dream comes crashing down. He has to make do with the tail end, while the talented newcomer Li Jié (Haye Lee) is given the coveted place. Jimmy does all he can to become number one and earn his place up front with the head. But this means he has to defeat a number of annoying bullies, convince the sifu of his qualities and, especially, overcome himself.
Williams, a former Dutch karate champion and Lee, a kung fu practitioner, jump and kick in their first feature film. Kung fu leeuw is an exciting film for young people about the challenges of growing up – which are easier to face when you’re armed with the wisdom of the martial arts. Filmmaker Froukje Tan uses Rotterdam as the backdrop for the lion dance, highlighting the less obvious traditions of the city.
Previously, Froukje Tan made the feature films Swchwrm (2012) and Links (2008), and the short Het jongetje dat niemand verstond (2002).
Babi discovers a betrayal by her long-term partner and decides to embark on a new adventure in life. On this journey, she meets judge Marco and they begin to live a story permeated by a lot of sexual tension.
Based on true events that happened in Singapore in April 1958. The studio workers of Shaw Brothers are on strike for better pay and to support workers who have been sacked, they organised a variety show to collect funds and donations. During the show, Malaysian film legend P Ramlee and his best friend Jamil Sulong wrote an iconic Raya song (Festival song) that is still sung today during the Raya Festival of Eid every year. Four other stories and sub-plots help the movie move forward.
Mila and Kia have been best friends and teammates for as long as they can remember. When the girls get a new football coach in former pro Lollo, they slowly start to drift apart. Mila, who dreams of becoming a football professional, finally sees her chance to succeed – but is it worth sacrificing her best friend to win at any cost?
1940年，波兰冠军拳王泰迪参与华沙围城保卫战的武装部队，华沙被破，他在逃亡法国途中被捕，成为第一批被送往奥斯威辛集中营的战囚。集中营里朝不保夕，纳粹士兵视为游戏的地下拳击赛，成为泰迪为生存而拼搏的重要战争。然而，一次次激励人心的胜利，却让纳粹长官警觉到囚犯的反抗意识，转而强化管制，眼见冲突逐渐升温，获胜已然成为集中营里残酷的生存之路。
波兰新锐导演马西耶·巴尔切夫斯基首部剧情长片，将战后被忽视的华沙拳王故事搬上大银幕，背号“77”的囚犯在三年内赢了40战，他的奋斗故事成为奥斯威辛囚犯幸存者的集体记忆。波兰金奖演员彼得．葛洛瓦兹基透过长时间密集的身体训练，精采演绎波兰影史最“痛”的角色。
“我的爷爷是集中营幸存者，这个故事一直存在我的血脉之中。”――马西耶·巴尔切夫斯基
甘加·哈吉万达斯(阿莉雅·布哈特 饰)出生于Kathiawar的一个富裕家庭，她的梦想是成为一名宝莱坞女演员。在16岁时，她爱上了拉姆尼克·拉尔(瓦伦·卡普尔 饰)。拉姆尼克答表示甘加可以在他的姨妈希拉的指导下进入电影行业，因此他们私奔到孟买。但是，她的生活从此发生了翻天覆地的变化。因为他以1000卢比将她卖给了卡马提普拉的一家妓院，她不得不开始卖淫。后来，她成了有势力的妓院老板娘甘古拜·卡蒂亚瓦迪，并赢得了她居住地区（卡马提普拉）的选举。唐·拉希姆·拉拉打了一个强奸她的同伙后，成为她的结拜兄弟。甘谷后来爱上了一个年轻的裁缝阿夫萨恩。她曾经倡导妇女权利和性工作者的平等权利。
Sorn, an ethnic Shan sex worker, copes with his bitter reality in Chiang Mai, Thailand by
imagining himself in his clients’ lives. He is drawn into a complex relationship with one client, a police officer investigating a political activist, even as he tries to build a future of his own as a refugee far from home.
To Elena, existence is an effort—not only does she struggle against her body affected by Parkinson’s, but her daughter has just shown up dead and only she finds the suicide hypothesis implausible. Elena is not a good victim, and doesn’t show signs of having been a selfless mother. She is vulnerable, but also overcome by rage and sorrow, and that stubbornness seems to render her invincible, against all odds. But investigating the reasons for her daughter’s death soon becomes a trip through memory, and, as we’ve known since the time of Greek tragedies, every investigation is, deep down, an investigation about oneself. Elena Knows submerges us in the physical and mental experience of its protagonist and, at the same time, invites us to ask ourselves uncomfortable questions about aging, the complexity of mother-daughter bonds and the weight of those mandates women drag the same way Elena drags her feet.
