Struggling actress accepts high paying job to play a rich heiress committed in a lunatic asylum, not knowing she's really being set up as a surrogate for the real girl who'd been murdered.
Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger brother, Minus, is confused by Karin's vulnerability and his own budding sexuality. Their father, David, cannot overcome his haughty remoteness. Beset by visions, Karin descends further into madness.
Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfriend and doctor have her committed to the Fifth Floor, an asylum with obviously crazy inmates and a predatory orderly. The problem is, she's still sane!
The Way of the Psychonaut explores the life and work of Stanislav Grof, Czech-born psychiatrist and psychedelic psychotherapy pioneer. Stan’s quest for knowledge and insights into the healing power of non-ordinary states of consciousness, influenced the discipline of psychology and profoundly changed many individual lives. One of those transformed by Stan is filmmaker Susan Hess Logeais. The documentary utilizes Susan’s personal existential crisis as a gateway to Grof’s impact, from the micro to the macro.
56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate.
Mother tenth-grader Nadia gets married and goes to her husband. The girl remains single, and when come the holidays, heading South. The mother and stepfather, finding her at the resort, trying to persuade her to move in with them, but not so easy to convince Nadia that they need her…
The plot takes place in pre-war Yugoslavia, and the protagonist, interpreted by Zvonko Lepetic, is Jefto, a prison guard who lives with his family as a tenant in a basement. The plot shows how, convinced that he is destined for great things, he betrays his family, a friend and subordinates everything to his vanity.
A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players in history.
Hiromi Nonoyama is a 2nd grade high school student. She finds herself confined in a strange place with nine of her classmates. They are forced to take part in a game that risks their lives....
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Two emotionally unavailable men attempt a relationship.
A young woman copes with her sister’s death by leaving her voicemails chronicling her chaotic life in San Francisco. When the number is unknowingly reassigned, an elusive Austin real estate agent begins receiving the hilariously confessional messages.
Ghasem Khan thought he owned part of the sea and got into a clash with some fishermen over fishing rights. Everyone joined the fight and after Ghasem Khan's people dispersed the fishermen they confiscated the fish they had caught. After his son Masoud attacked him and said his claim to ownership of part of the sea was unconscionable Ghasem Khan drove him out of the house; he took refuge with the people. Ahmad loves Kazem's daughter Maryam. Ahmad went to sea fishing with a group of fishermen but the sea was tempestuous and he turned up missing.
Alma, Jean and Sebastiano, the children of divorced parents, arrive in Rome from Paris on a visit to their father. During a holiday, the family’s tensions come to the surface.
Described as an experimental film about a prostitute wrestler.
Sasha is a young actor who tries in vain to build a career. His agent is rapidly losing faith in his ward, but still gives Sasha one last chance. Having suffered another fiasco, the young man will be disappointed both in himself and in his profession, but a chance meeting will change everything.