A Moment in the Reeds
Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house so it can be sold. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi's father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection and embark on a romance set against the idyllic Finnish summer. However, looming over this chance encounter, is the father's imminent return to the lake house, the continuation of Leevi's studies abroad as well as Tareq's complex relationship with his family in Syria.
My Beautiful Laundrette
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
Aichaku
The lives of an American expat and a half Japanese construction worker living in rural Japan are forever changed over the course of three days as they engage in an unexpected romance.
A Lien
On the day of their green card interview, a young couple confronts a dangerous immigration process.
Paris, Je T'aime
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.
Bend It Like Beckham
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.
Winter Crossing
Marie, in her forties, lives in the Hautes-Alpes, cut off from her relatives. She only has her lover, Alex, a border policeman. Thanks to him, she smuggles cigarettes between Italy and France for her ' get out. On her way to France, she bumps into Mouneer, a 20-year-old Sudanese migrant, determined to join his little sister. He guesses her trafficking and persuades her to bring migrants across the border.
A Day Without a Mexican
When a mysterious fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Mexicans disappear, affecting the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers and dwellers.
La Cocina
In the sweltering back kitchen of a Times Square restaurant, undocumented cook Pedro is caught between mounting pressures at work and a complicated romance with waitress Julia. When money goes missing, suspicion spreads, igniting tensions that threaten to upend the fragile hopes of the staff.
Chinese Puzzle
Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.
My Life in China
In America, everyone has a family story of immigration. Every family, at some point, has had somebody leave their native country behind to search for a better life. How did they hold onto their identity? How did they adapt to their new life? Every family has a special story. In my case, it's my Chinese-American story. My father would always tell us his story about walking for 7 days and 6 nights, before swimming for 4 hours to Macau to escape communism in 1966. His story would fall on my deaf ears until I returned to China with him.
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Mikko Makela
Director
Stephen Frears
Director
Dawn Archibald
as
Gang Member One
Richard Graham
as
Genghis
Shirley Anne Field
as
Rachel
Christopher Nishizawa
as
Ken
Kaori Takeshita
as
Yoshiko
William Martinez
as
Oscar Gomez
Wes Craven
Director
Natalie Portman
as
Francine
Willem Dafoe
as
Le cowboy
Steve Buscemi
as
Le touriste
Rufus Sewell
as
William
David Beckham
as
Himself
Keira Knightley
as
Juliette 'Jules' Paxton
Anupam Kher
as
Mr. Bhamra
Roger Jackson
as
Tree Man
Carlos Gómez
as
Jose Velasquez Diaz
Yareli Arizmendi
as
Lila Rodriguez
Jason Stuart
as
Restaurant Manager
Yeniffer Behrens
as
Suzy
John Pyper-Ferguson
as
Homeless
Rooney Mara
as
Julia
Oded Fehr
as
Rashid
Kyan Khojandi
as
Antoine Garceau
Cécile De France
as
Isabelle
Peter McRobbie
as
L'agent bureau immigration
Kelly Reilly
as
Wendy
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