To exert more tyranny and suppression, the ruling power has done something to its dissenters that they exhale smoke when they breathe, and the agents must take into custody such people wherever they find them. Unaware of the law, a man meets one of the dissidents and it changes the course of his life, until he decides to immigrate to a better land with the dissident for a better life.
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Beat
After a heart transplant a young woman finds herself connecting with a homeless man through her new found talent of classical piano.
Through-out a series of dramatic events and emotional performances the two worlds begin to merge as one.
OPIA
A young boy experiencing strange periods of amnesia is exposed to a dangerous memory drug.
The Goats of Monesiglio
Observational short documentary about the lives of a Punjabi family and an Italian family as they work together to look after a flock 300+ goats and produce traditional goat cheese. Through brief observations of everyday moments, viewers gain fleeting insights into the characters' lives. With the contemporary Italian dairy industry mainly staffed by Indian labourers, this film captures a microcosm of contemporary rural Italian life – while harkening back to a traditional way of life.
Bird in Captivity
Roxana, a 14-year-old married girl, runs away from her violent marriage. In the search for her freedom, she will face the social customs of her environment that will judge her. She will have to face her two facets: the childish and the adult.
The Names Of The Flowers
As Bolivia stages the 50th anniversary of Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s death, Julia an old countryside teacher is invited to share her historical story with the world: Giving a bowl of soup to the captured guerrilla in her classroom while he recited a poem about flowers to her, a few hours before his death. The invitation is withdrawn soon after, as other women step forward, claiming the story of “the soup and the flower” as their own.
