A village outside Brussels is rocked when a child is killed in a hit-and-run accident and its inhabitants react in a variety of ways to the tragic news.

2004 film by Sandra Nettelbeck

What at first appears to be a surprise family holiday turns into a kidnapping and ends in a nightmare, when Simone discovers her father is on the run from serious problems. As she slowly realises that he is losing his mind and on the verge of doing awful harm, she decides to protect her family. Loosely based on a family drama in the Netherlands.

Fien de la Mar (1898-1965) was a Dutch actress with exceptional allure and extraordinary talent. With this she celebrated many triumphs, but her life ultimately ended in tragedy.

The movie is to combine a film noir-style investigation with an exploration of altered states of consciousness, focusing on the story of 50-year-old Otto Ganz, the owner of a thriving building and civil engineering company that operates worldwide. One day he has to travel to North Africa to deal with some urgent issues and there, Ganz is confronted with memories of his youth, which he had tried to forget for many years.
The shooting of the $3.3 million feature is scheduled to brgin in Morocco in the fall of 2012.

Jörgen Hofmeester is desperately looking for his missing daughter Tirza and heading towards a brutal confrontation with the man who has been the undoing of his favorite child.

凯特琳与丈夫结婚多年，感情不再，但当丈夫为了新欢离开他们的家时，她还是深受打击。于是离家来到伊斯坦布尔疗伤，在那里遇见了叫Ali的建筑工头，开始寻找自己的生活。神秘的伊斯坦布尔让失婚的卡塔林从悲怆中挣脱出来， 不再纠结……

出身农村的艾玛与宝蓓，在布达佩斯的小学担任俄文老师。东欧政局丕变之后，俄文不再是必修课程。两人为了保住教职，进入夜校补习英文，然后到小学将前一晚所学授与学童。两人的薪水在外面租屋、购屋都没办法，就一直住在公家宿舍里，眼看室友都当了七年。为了改善拮据的经济状况，艾玛另外有份帮佣工作，宝蓓则流连酒吧，勾搭老外来请她吃饭。艾玛对学校校长一往情深，然而男方已有妻小，不能为她离婚，而宝蓓终因非法卖淫，失去教职，走上了绝路。

You are never fully liberated from Auschwitz, 11 July 2016
Author: Red-125 from Upstate New York
The French movie "À la vie" was shown in the U.S. with the translated title "To Life (2014)." It was written and directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann. The film is a Post-Holocaust saga, although it opens with scenes in Auschwitz that are truly horrific.
Hélène (Julie Depardieu) and Lily (Johanna ter Steege) were friends in Auschwitz, and they managed to survive the death march from Auschwitz to Louslau together. A third friend, Rose (Suzanne Clément) was unable to walk, so they were forced to leave her behind. As it turned out, Rose survived until the liberation of Auschwitz. The three did not see each other again until 1962, when they come together for a reunion at a beachside resort in Northern France.
We learn early in the movie that Lily divorced her husband after the war, and is living as a "free soul," with no permanent partner. Hélène and Rose both married concentration camp survivors.
The plot of the film--based on the lives of three actual friends--revolves around their interactions during the reunion. No matter how much ice cream they eat, and how they display their new bathing suits, thoughts keep circling back to Auschwitz.
They quarrel about tiny details which they remember differently. They revive horrible memories. It's clear that the reunion will change their lives, but whether the change will be for the better or for the worse is an open question.
For reasons I don't understand, "To Life" caries a terrible IMDb rating of 6.1. Fortunately, we saw it as part of the excellent Rochester Jewish Film Festival. If we hadn't had "All-Event" tickets, we probably would have stayed home. This is a movie to be seen, not missed. Ignore the rating and seek it out. It's available on DVD, and it will work well on the small screen. See it!

2005 film by Nanouk Leopold

Iconic artist Rembrandt van Rijn worked in the fields of painting, drafting, and printing, becoming the most iconic artist in all of Dutch history. This documentary profiles the story of a man whose varied works left an indelible mark on the world.

The film follows a 30-year-old man named Gabriel, a French war reporter who was taken to hostage in Syria and then heads to India after months in captivity.

A hangdog, middle-aged painter falls in love with a tender young college student after he leaves his philandering wife and his children in this romantic French drama. To console himself, the fundamentally bohemian Phillippe finds comfort in the arms of various prostitutes, especially Valeria. It is while searching for her that he meets lovely Justine, the student. Sparks fly and they move into together. Things go well until Phillippe begins pining for his children. This makes insecure Justine terribly jealous and tumult erupts until the aging artist is able to discover the true source of his anxieties. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

The unhappy love lives of Paul and Marcus, two artists and friends who are neither particularly young nor successful anymore.

As a divorced father of two teenage daughters, with a head-strong ex-wife for a best friend, too many peculiar patients to keep up with and a new dog, psychotherapist Max certainly doesn't need another challenge. But when Sophie, a compulsive gambler with a boyfriend problem, regularly shows up late for her appointments, she rocks his world in ways he's not ready for.

A 17 ans, Claire se débat entre son engagement dans la natation et ses premiers émois amoureux. Maurice Reverdy, un vieil homme aussi mystérieux qu'extravagant, l'a recueillie dans sa grande demeure. Mais Claire évite soigneusement cette figure lointaine qui n'est autre que son grand-père. Fiers, insoumis, solitaires, ils représentent deux générations qui se repoussent et s'attirent à la fois, deux trajectoires entrelacées qui vont se confronter, l'une en quête d'avenir, l'autre tourmentée par son passé.

For those who were young, living under the delusions of love and soft drugs in Paris, May 1968 - even if the guitar is still playing, they can't hear it any longer.