Pater Familias is a 2003 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Francesco Patierno. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Massimo Cacciapuoti.
It was screened in the Panorama section at the 2003 Berlin Film Festival.
OrigineItalie GenresDrame, Thriller, Noir ThèmesTueur en série ActeursMarina Suma, Richard Hatch, Barbara Cupisti Note53% Anna (Marina Suma), une jeune saxophoniste, enquête sur la disparition de sa sœur Elisabetta (Barbara Cupisti), une toxicomane, avec l'aide d'un ami (Richard Hatch). Ils se rendent au Dark Bar, le dernier endroit où Elisabetta a été vue et la retrouve morte. Ils sont pris alors pris en chasse par trois tueurs qui tentent de les éliminer.
, 52minutes Réalisé parGillian Armstrong GenresDrame ActeursRuth Cracknell, Jude Kuring, Gerry Duggan, Kate Sheil, Kerry Walker Note62% Mrs Bilson is treated as a simple minded invalid by her family and periodically escapes to sit by the river and listen to the races. She befriends Charlie, a young woman from the city who has come with her husband to seek a new life. Both realises they have much in common, including abusive and unfaithful husbands.
, 1h40 Réalisé parRobert Malcolm Young OrigineEtats-Unis GenresDrame, Policier ThèmesLa prison, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre ActeursBruce Davison, Nathan George, Mark Margolis, Luis Guzmán, Shawn Elliott, Henry Judd Baker Note69% Short Eyes is set in an unnamed prison in New York City, whose inmates are predominantly black or Puerto Rican. One day, Clark Davis, a young, middle-class white man accused of raping a young girl, arrive. His fellow prisoners immediately turn on him — pedophiles are considered the lowest form of prison life — except for Juan, one of the institution's older prisoners, who treats him with dignity. While Davis insists he doesn't remember raping the girl, he admits that he has molested several other children.