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THE ORPHANAGE
Laura (Belen Rueda) spent her childhood years in an orphanage where she played happily with friends until she was adopted out. Now, as an adult she returns to the orphanage with her husband Carlos (Fernando Cayo) and seven-year-old adopted son Simon (Roger Princep). They plan to restore the old mansion as their family home and also to run it as a centre for disabled children. Young Simon soon begins to speak of imaginary friends he has met. Carlos thinks his son is simply seeking attention, but Laura becomes convinced that something sinister is afoot. Gradually, events of a very threatening nature overtake the family and Laura, with the help of a medium, Aurora (Geraldine Chaplin), is forced to confront major issues from the past.
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A SECRET
The exploration of a dark family secret and a story of passionate love, through the inner journey of Francois, a lonely child who invents a brother for himself and dreams up his parents’ past. On his fifteenth birthday, a family friend’s shocking revelations finally enable the young boy to move on and build his life.
UN SECRET was a box office success in France, nominated for 11 Cesar Awards.
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CHILDREN OF SILK ROAD
Based on real events, The Children of the Silk Road is a sweeping but intimate story set against war-torn China in the 1930’s. The film centers on a young English journalist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an American nurse (Radha Mitchell) and the leader of a Chinese partisan group (Chow Yun Fat) who meet in desperate and unexpected circumstances. Together they rescue 60 orphaned children, leading them on an extraordinary journey across hundreds of miles of treacherous terrain, through snow-covered mountains and an unforgiving desert. Along the way they discover the true meaning of love, responsibility and courage.
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FLIGHT OF RED BALLOON
A mysterious red balloon affectionately follows 7-year-old Simon around Paris. His mother Suzanne is a puppeteer who uses her vocal talents to bring life into the shows she writes. Completely absorbed in her new show, single mother Suzanne strives to balance her work and motherhood in modern day Paris.
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MONGOL
Award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov ("Prisoner of the Mountains") illuminates the life and legend of Genghis Khan in his stunning historical epic, "Mongol". Based on leading historical accounts and a nominee for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2008 Academy Awards, "Mongol" delves into the dramatic and harrowing early years of the ruler who was born as Temudgin in 1162. As it follows Temudgin from his perilous childhood to the battle that sealed his destiny, the film paints a multidimensional portrait of the future conqueror, revealing him not as the evil brute of legend, but as an inspiring, fearless and visionary leader. "Mongol" shows
us the making of an extraordinary man, and the foundation on which so much of his greatness rested: his relationship with his wife, Borte, his lifelong love and most trusted advisor.
Filmed in the very lands that gave birth to Genghis Khan, "Mongol" transports us back to a distant and exotic period in world history; to a nomad's landscape of endless space, climatic extremes and ever-present danger. In a performance of powerful stillness and subtlety, celebrated young Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu ("Zatoichi", "Last Life in the Universe") captures the inner fire that enabled a hunted boy to become a legendary conqueror. Asano's achievement is matched by those of his co-stars, including the radiant newcomer Khulan Chuluun as Temudgin's courageous, spirited wife Borte, and the Chinese actor Honglei Sun ("The Road Home") as the "Mongol" chieftain Jamukha, Temudgin's dearest friend and deadliest enemy. Masterfully blending action and emotion against some of the most arresting terrain on earth, Bodrov delivers an exciting and awe-inspiring tale of survival and triumph, and a love story for the ages.
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SHINE A LIGHT
After exploring the careers of the Band and Bob Dylan in The Last Waltz and No Direction Home: Bob Dylan, respectively, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese turns his lens on rock & roll legends the Rolling Stones for this feature focusing on two concerts from the band's 2006 A Bigger Bang tour. In addition to extensive coverage of the band's two-night stand at New York's Beacon Theater (an engagement that was staged as part of President Bill Clinton's lavish birthday bash), the film also features historical footage, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage from decades past. Oscar-winning cinematographer Robert Richardson (JFK and The Aviator) supervised photography for the film, with an impressive array of A-list talents, including Andrew Lesnie, John Toll, Ellen Kuras, Anastas Michos, Stuart Dryburgh, Declan Quinn, Emmanuel Lubezki, Robert Elswit, and Albert Maysles, stepping in to insure that the Beacon performances were covered from every angle possible. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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