5 min movie guide

  • A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN

    This is a somewhat gentle deadpan comedy that takes its time to draw you in.  Set in the outskirts of a bleak town in Norway, it is the story of Ulrik a middle-aged murderer just released from prison, whose attempts at becoming a reformed man are thwarted by Jensen, his former gang boss who is…

  • SIN RETORNO (aka NO RETURN)

    Young Matias is driving his school pal home from a party in the early hours of the morning when he accidentally hits a cyclist.  Believing him to be dead, they flee the scene and Matias concocts a story that that car was stolen.  When the hit and run is broadcast all over the TV news…

  • I AM SLAVE

    This overwhelmingly sad and somewhat dispiriting movie’s powerful narrative about an African slave is actually based on a true story.  Twelve year old Malia is abducted from her mountain village in Sudan by Arab militia and sold into slavery to a vile woman in Khartoum who treats her inhumanly and even beats her for actually…

  • FOR 80 DAYS

    Axun’s ex son-in-law Mikel is rushed to hospital after a tragic car accident and as he is completely alone , she feels obliged to visit him.  Whilst there she meets Maite who’s visiting her brother, also in a coma, and suddenly realizes that this is her best friend from high school.  In fact the two…