Cemal, a young child, begins living in Germany with his mother after his father's death. The events have deeply affected his mother's mental health. The family also struggles with financial difficulties during this period. Cemal's teacher, believing that he deserves better living conditions, contacts social services. Treatment is initiated for his mother, and Cemal stays at the institution during this time. However, after his mother's suicide attempt, Cemal is placed with a foster family in a different region of Germany. Cemal's only dream is to return to his mother's side.
Shadow & Bone excels in natural story representation with powerful centering of culture. Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov, the feisty cartographer with kindness, innocence, and integrity, who comes to be revealed as the legendary summoner of light.
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, though its feminism may be unintentional, cannot exist without its focus on women reclaiming power. The movie is feminist by definition, even if Amirpour didn’t write it with that in mind. A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is mesmerizing, poetic, and stunning, both for its portrayal of feminist ideas and its powerful story that is both horrific and subtly romantic at once.
This is a Spanish-speaking short film that contains English subtitles. The short film is produced in the United States.
A film about family and sacrifice... and carnivorous locusts coming after you.
"The Old Guard" doesn't break ground, but it sure does bust boredom and fictional heads as an entertaining action romp on Netflix.
Kate Winslet and Saorise Ronan deliver stellar performances in a film that doesn't live up to its potential.
