The widowed Mrs. Tam lives with her youngest daughter Geraldine, who was born in the US, in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Her other children have already moved out...
Maurizio, tiny, reckless and full of energy, grew up in the poorest outskirts of Reggio Calabria, he argues with spiteful hens, speaks to wise donkeys and fights for his dream: to play the snare drum in the neighbourhood band.
It's the summer of 1984 in Schmalenstedt. 17-year-old Malte , who goes by the name of »Roddy Dangerblood«, lives with his leftwing parents in a farmhouse, is in the middle of his ceramics apprenticeship and has just discovered »punk«, which has finally made its way to Schmalenstedt.
In DOWN BY LAW an unemployed disc-jockey, a small-time pimp and a strong-willed Italian tourist meet in the confined space of a prison cell. Avoiding a specific time period, the story is set, abstractly, in New Orleans and the dense, surrounding swamps of Louisiana (places Jarmusch had never visited until after completing the screenplay). Jarmusch calls the style of the film «neo-beat-noir-comedy», with a story line that openly accepts conventions, and an atmosphere that is part nightmare and part fairy-tale («it's a sad and beautiful world»).
A determined Mexican ballet dancer crosses the border to chase his dreams in San Francisco, believing his lover will support him. But as ambition and love clash with harsh realities, he must face the true nature of their relationship.
Drug addict Minna, trying to fight her addiction, ceases the opportunity to escape her debtor, the local drug dealer she has cheated on. On the run, she ends up in Katja’s car, single mother and alcoholic, fighting to get back the child her addiction and the public authorities have taken from her. Starting point of an unexpected and salutary friendship in this Scandinavian drama thriller – the two women settle down together in a remote trailer camp, shelter for drifters of all origins ...
Yusuke Kafuku, a stage actor and director, still unable, after two years, to cope with the loss of his beloved wife, accepts to direct Uncle Vanja at a theater festival in Hiroshima. There he meets Misaki, an introverted young woman, appointed to drive his car. In between rides, secrets from the past and heartfelt confessions will be unveiled
