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SUBMARINE
Director: Richard Ayoade
United Kingdom, 2010
15-year-old Oliver Tate has two objectives: to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life.
THE PAST
Director: Asgaar Farhadi
France, 2013
An Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.
HOLY MOTORS
Director: Leos Carax
France and Germany, 2012
Driven around Paris by a loyal driver (Édith Scob), a mysterious man (Denis Lavant) dresses up in costumes and plays a number of strange, semiscripted roles.
GOODBYE
FIRST LOVE
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
France and Germany, 2011
A chronicle of the romance between Camille and Sullivan, which begins during their adolescence and picks up after Sullivan's 8-year absence from exploring the world.
THE BLUE ROOM
Director: Mathieu Amalric
France, 2014
A man and a woman, secretly in love, alone in a room. They desire each other, want each other, and even bite each other. In the afterglow, they share a few sweet nothings. At least the man seemed to believe they were nothing. Now under investigation by the police and the courts, what is he accused of?
MAD LOVE
Director: Jessica Hausner
Austria, Luxembourg and Germany, 2014
Heinrich wishes to conquer death through love, and when he meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance, she expresses interest in a suicide pact when she learns she has a terminal illness.
IDA
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Poland and Denmark, 2013
In 1962, Anna is about to take vows as a nun when she learns from her only relative that she is Jewish. Both women embark on a journey to discover their family story and where they belong.
STILL WALKING
Director: Hirokazu Kore-Eda
Japan, 2008
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual, the nature of which only gradually becomes clear.