solitude

A young student decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior...

In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute,...

A boy walks into a field and stumbles upon a black hole.

With her mother's diary in hand, Marina's search for official documents for university leads her to her biological family on the Atlantic coast. What...

Before World War II, Swedish workers had to deal with low wages, scarce work, and the extensive importation of foreign labor, particularly for the...

In 1948, the Trouths are facing no income and the hottest summer on record. When their estranged son inexplicably returns, the apartment is full...

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two...

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions...

The true story of Victor of Aveyron. In a French forest circa 1798, an abandoned child — feral, filthy and mentally impaired — is found....

Paulette, a nude model from France, has recently settled in the United States with her husband, a photographer. After dropping her husband off at his...

In his motor home, while drinking too much wine, an old “Shlappsteur” (a luxury event waiter) shares anecdotes about the job that ate up...