Our Departures

East Berlin, shortly after the construction of the Berlin Wall. Kurt Schröder and his family dig a tunnel to escape to West Berlin as they struggle to...

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, ev...

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see....

A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't lea...

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life...

In the early years of the reign of Hassan II, Houcine, a fan of the new king, is the director of a popular orchestra and the proud father of Mimou. Th...

A young French teenage girl after moving to a new city falls in love with a boy and is thinking of having sex with him because her girlfriends have al...

An average family is thrust into the spotlight after the father commits a seemingly self-defense murder at his diner.

Witek runs after a train. Three variations follow on how such a seemingly banal incident could influence the rest of Witek's life.

A widow's life is thrown into turmoil by her hippie daughter, her rebellious teenage son, and an ill-starred love affair she is having with a much you...

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what any...

The only thing keeping Harold's family bound is his unconditional love for them.

Inès, a professional photographer, decides to complete a book she is working on before she gives birth to her first child. This photography project, r...