French Indonesia, 1953, a war orphan gets hired as a housemaid at a plantation house. As she falls in love with the Captain who owns it, he discovers a new interest in life. As things evolve something is clearly off with the people at the plantation and its past.
Tag Archives: Foreign
The Book of Birdie (2017) [Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2018]
Birdie is sent to convent by a family member so they can take care of her and she may possibly become a nun in the future. During her stay odd and strange events happen to and around her.
Pin Cushion (2017) [Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2018]
A very close mother and daughter move to a new town hoping to start a new, better life. As teenage Iona tries to fit in, she makes some choices that will have a lasting impact on her and her mother’s life.
Prevenge (2016) [Final Girls Berlin Film Festival 2018]
A woman believing that her unborn child is talking to her goes on a killing spree following her child’s father’s death.
The Music of Silence (La musica del silenzio) (2017)
A young Amos is losing his sight, as he becomes blind and discovers his voice, he has to surpass obstacle after obstacle to reach his goal of singing professionally on the international stage. Through this biography, the life and start of the career of Andrea Bocelli are explored in a way that sheds light on his difficulties and triumphs.
The Misguided (2018)
After getting mixed into something with his brother Wendel, Levi must find a way to help his brother and not lose Sanja, his new girlfriend with whom he is planning to leave town.
Mary and The Witch’s Flower (2018)
Based on Mary Stewart’s classic children’s book “The Little Broomstick,” we meet frizzy haired Mary, a young girl sent to live with her great aunt Charlotte by her parents as they prepare to move. Overcome by boredom, she ventures out in to the wilderness and follows a mysterious black cat in to the nearby forest. There she finds an old broomstick embedded in an old tree, as well as a mysterious glowing flower called the “Fly-by-Night.” The influences of Studio Ghibli are all over the place in Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s animated adventure “Mary and the Witch’s Flower.” From “Whisper of the Heart,” “Spirited Away,” and “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” there are so many nods and winks to the aforementioned properties that it becomes kind of a treat to see it all unfold.