Family Portrait In Black And White

After the demise of the feudal dynasty and half a century of war and turmoil, the ancient land of China finally ushered in a long-lost peace. The founding of New China has greatly changed the fate of the most ordinary people in the imperial city. The upright and honest Wang Mantang is a craftsman who grew up in the old society. With his unique skills in restoring ancient buildings, he leads his partners to shoulder the revolutionary task of restoring ancient buildings for the new society.

Two parents and their three teenagers, stuck in too perfect settings, chain the misunderstandings. It’s the story of a Korean family that ultimately has nothing, but then nothing, trivial.

Baseball player Jung-gu and movie star Nam-mi are a celebrity couple who are blissfully happy in their careers and marriage. One day, a girl named Dong-ju shows up and the couple's lives are instantly destroyed. Seven years later, as Dong-ju gets involved in the death of a middle-school girl, Jung-gu and Nam-mi decide to fight a battle they have no chance of winning.

Montse's father has won the lottery, but their streak of good luck soon proves to be a great inconvenience to the family.

Cecilio Rubes, a businessman engaged in the manufacture of baths and toilets, tries to remain neutral in the imminent Spanish civil war. But the attitude of Cécil, his only child, a spoiled boy who grows without respect their parents, will forced him to face the cruel reality of the facts. Jumping back and forth in time, we are shown his present and his past through his wife Adela and Paulina, the mistress of father and son.

Despite never seeing eye to eye, Minjung's family always gathers for a family portrait on members' birthdays. Minjung's father passed away last year and the family decides to meet on his birthday for the keepsake tradition.

In a small Ukrainian town, Olga Nenya, raises 16 black orphans amidst a population of Slavic blue-eyed blondes. Their stories expose the harsh realities of growing up as a bi-racial child in Eastern Europe.

Omri is trying to reenact the day his dog died, on the beach when he was 13 years old, but things gets complicated when he discovers that his father remembers events differently.

When Sergio’s little sister asks him for the definition of sex, he revisits a memory from years ago, in which he discovers a secret in his family.

Growing up without parents, Sang Tae has always yearned for a happy family and a sweet home. His dream came true when he got married to a wonderful woman, had a daughter, and discovered his older brother, who he was separated from when he was little. After an unexpected crisis occurs in the family, Mi Hwa strives to live her life to the fullest, hiding her resentment against her father, who betrayed his family and passed away. Before Mi Hwa’s wedding day, her father shows up suddenly, who she believed had passed away 11 years ago.

Two rockers are getting married.They don't want wear proper suits and shoes at the wedding. Their family and friends are talking about different aspects in organizing the wedding. Everybody seems to know whats best for them.

Four hundred animal portraits. This film was made for the renovated Grande Galerie in the National Natural History Museum in Paris.

Nika returns to her hometown Kiryu to announce her upcoming marriage to her family. Since her grandmother has passed away, her father and mother are alone at home. Nika wants to bring a bit of cheer to the family, but their thoughts and feelings are at odds with each other. Then, her mother suddenly disappears...

After laying bare backward village mentalities in Bloody Morning, Li Shaohong turns her attention to China’s urban middle class. Cao is a photographer, married to an opera singer and with an infant son, caught in the usual professional morass of political compromise. His life starts to fall apart when he learns that his ex-wife also bore him a son some months after their divorce – and when the boy turns up looking for his father. Nothing wildly dramatic, just believable people in believable situations. If the ending seems a touch forced, this is nevertheless a sign that ‘Fifth Generation’ cinema is changing and coming to terms with up-to-date realities.

This story is like a flash of a match that fades quickly, but leaves a mark…

A quiet Sunday afternoon in the aristocratic, family home, just before the fall of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Andras and his daughter Zsofia are caught by surprise when Andras’ brother Zoltan intrudes in the intimacy of their home, along with his big family. A poetic, dark, and somewhat humorous social observation, in which family ties and relationships are broken down and dissected to pieces.

An upper-class family who wants to have a picture of their family made meet with a famous painter. In this process, the painter, who witnessed the inner dynamics of the family, helps these people to face their own reality through painting.

Interviews, footage and photos profile violinist Yehudi Menuhin as prodigy, musician, husband, father and teacher.

The film tells about a day in the life of actors of the Moscow theater "Studio of Theatrical Art". The actors have so much in common that when they go on stage, they feel like a family...