Films Directed by Women

1997 film by Agnès Merlet

2008 film by Agnès Merlet

The elder one of each generation in the Furlong family is equipped with an extraordinary capacity. James discovers the nature of his at the time of an accident which causes the death of his father and his grandmother. Haunted by this mysterious evil he hides in a forest not to harm anybody. A few years later, Mae also takes refuge it in the forest and meets James.

Brothers Martin and Simon, not yet teens, are incorrigible vandals; Martin runs away from reform school, Simon from foster homes, and they always find each other in a seacoast town of Lignan, where their destructive behavior is infamous. (It may date to their mother's leaving the family.) Martin is philosophical, romantic, and poetic: he dreams of being the son of a shark; he holds tight to a book about goldfish his mother gave him. In both halting and wild ways, he tries to court Marie, a neighbor girl. Simon, with a pocketknife and an intractable will, seems more dangerous to others. What, on earth, is there for these children-becoming-men? - IMDb

A young Russian girl is in love with show business and wants to leave her small town for Moscow and make it big in the big city. She encounters her long missing, remarried father and gets a boy friend who uses her and then leaves her.

A married woman fresh from the countryside meets a charming cab driver on her first day in Moscow. They spend the day together and their fondness for each other grows...

《春天的17个瞬间》描写了1945年的春天，潜伏在德国帝国保安局第6处20年之久的苏军侦察员施季里茨突然接到总部指示，要他设法查清德国党卫军高级军官与美、英单独媾和的情况，并查清与西方谈判的神秘人物是谁。在联络电台遭破坏、报务员被炸身亡、无法与上级再次联系的情况下，施季里茨冒着被敌人怀疑、监视的危险，经过17天惊心动魄的斗智斗勇，终于得到了德国党卫队参谋长沃尔夫与美、英司令部代表在瑞士伯尔尼秘密谈和的情报，使苏联政府及时揭露了敌人的阴谋。就在他即将凯旋与分别20年的妻子团聚时，上级却希望他继续潜伏……

《春天的17个瞬间》被人们誉为“非凡的影片，它甚至使那些惯于吹毛求疵地把影片同历史进行对照的人，也不由得倾倒于影片的魅力。”编导出色地把纪实手法与艺术虚构融合在一起。影片的故事情节以施季里茨调查法西斯上层人物与西方秘密谈判媾和为核心，却又以他与德国党卫军的周旋以及党卫军内部的斗争为线索，剥丝抽茧、层层推进，全片不见“历史瞬间”的快速闪过，而是以慢节奏细腻展现主人公的斗争历程，使纪实性、戏剧性、历史性得以完美统一。

施季里茨是全剧着力塑造的英雄人物，他富有斗争经验、充满智慧，有着坚定的信仰和不畏艰险、视死如归的革命英雄主义精神，因而能在敌营中一次次完成总部交给的任务。著名演员吉洪诺夫在该片中的表演沉稳、干练、富有内在的激情，具有强烈的历史感和时代气息。同时，导演还运用闪回、内心独白和细微的动作刻画人物复杂的内心世界，片中施季里茨与分别10年之久的妻子在咖啡馆里秘密会面时，为了不被敌人察觉，他们佯装成陌生人，隔桌遥相对视，在20分钟里一言不发，完全靠眼睛这扇“心灵的窗户”将人物内心强忍的离别痛苦和无限思念之情表达出来。

由于《春天的17个瞬间》在艺术上取得的突出成就，该片编剧、导演、摄影、美术以及主要演员吉洪诺夫、波罗涅沃依集体荣获1974年俄罗斯联邦国家奖金。

The main events unfold in the train. The acceptance committee from Moscow, revealing deficiencies in the constructed bakery, did not sign the act of its delivery. But the fate of not only many people associated with the construction, but also the life of the town as a whole depends on this. Lyonya Shindin — a conscientious and decent man — is trying by all means and by any means to change the decision of the commission...

The story of an English pilot who crashed in the Soviet Union during the Second World War, and whose life is saved by a woman and a boy - two partisans near the enemy lines, Long afterwards in England he remembers the Russians with affection, tells his friends about his experiences, and resolves to go back to find the two partisans his heart remembers.

The end of the 1940s. Test pilot Aleksei Kolchin was commissioned for the first time to fly the first Soviet jet fighter. The tests are successful, but it is necessary to improve the aircraft. When performing a test flight, Kolchin dies, his last words are recorded on tape. Having studied them, Kolchin's friend Sergei Sharov makes a new attempt and completes the test of the aircraft.

A story about the beginning of life. Having lost their parents early, Alyosha and Nadya were not left alone - the father’s friend and the people around them helped the children remain kind and open in this difficult world of adults ...

2021 film directed by Ildikó Enyedi

Raf and Julie, a couple on the verge of breaking up, find themselves in an emergency ward bordering on collapse on the evening of a Parisian Yellow Vest protest. Their encounter with Yann, an angry and injured demonstrator, will shatter each person's certainties and prejudices. Outside, the tension escalates.

故事发生在一座机场，海关检查人员发现了一个鼻青脸肿的年轻人。年轻人声称自己是十年前失踪的孩子Adrien Legrand。对于他的父亲文森特来说，这标志着漫长噩梦的终结，终于把儿子带回了家。与此同时，一系列可怕谋杀案的发生对该地区构成了巨大压力，而汽车展厅里的模特Alexia却具有目标受害者的所有特征。

2021 film directed by Tatiana Huezo

Nora, a cleaning lady in her fifties, looks after her small family in a housing estate in the northern part of Marseille. She is worried about her grandson Ellyes, who has been in prison for several months for robbery and is awaiting his trial with a mixture of hope and anxiety. Nora does everything she can to make this wait as painless as possible.

A mother stork is shot down from a chimney. A woman suffering from postnatal depression nearly jumps off a balcony. A girl has to deal with the stigma of HIV. A mother looks for magic in the lunar calendar. Fragility and absurdity in this contemporary Bulgarian family are set against the backdrop of violent anti gender-equality protests. Based on a true story.

Cielo’s teenage daughter, Laura, is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. Despite paying several ransoms, Laura is not returned. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into vengeful militant.

Five uniquely moving films about motherhood—bubbling up in the grocery store, the cemetery, or even a car ride—come together in this omnibus film set in Sarajevo.

Georgiana Halmac is turning 15 this winter, but she has no time for teenage dreams when her mother, who's on unemployment, moves to Torino to find work. Georgiana is left in charge of her six siblings in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. Caught between adolescence and the responsibilities of adulthood, Georgiana does the best she can, improvising with parenting advice from the television and the occasional phone call with her mother. As she handles her own issues and high-school dramas, Georgiana must also deal with admonishing neighbours who threaten to turn the whole family into social services. With incredible calm and stoicism, Georgiana amazes as she holds everything together in an ingenious and delicate balance.