Movies: Magic realism

Susana, a 10-year-old girl, lives with her father in a cabin located in the mountains of Veracruz, in the middle of a threatening tranquility. When Susanna finds and falls into an old well, she will discover a dark and heartbreaking secret about her ...

A newly hired college dorm host sits in on her first shift watching the front desk from 11 PM to 6 AM. She tries to order pizza, and things get worse from there....

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A girl dies in a provincial summer house and is buried by her family. By night a wild dog unearths the corpse and takes it to the woods. Under the shade of the trees, the girl wakes up and decides to return home accompanied by the dog....

A surrealist short film that tells the story of a young woman navigating the whirlwind that is adolescence. Dreamlike sequences of young love, afterschool house parties, and midnight woodland rites come together in this pseudo-autobiographical tale....

In the early 20th century, Lazar -a taciturn woodsman- asks the disenchanted portraitist Arkadi to immortalize his child. The execution of this portrait will unsettle both men while revealing their inner fears and change their outlook on life....

After the tragic passing of her father, Isla is trying to reconcile with his legacy by attending three completely different job interviews in one day....

A stranger arrives in Sarajevo and barges into Damir's reclusive world. Little by little she takes over his life. She absorbs his dreams, until finally she threaten his very existence....

A celebrity petroleum engineer discovers a rundown property in Park City....

After his mom leaves him and his little brother, Aaron is forced to help his abusive step-father with his credit card scam. Set in the East Bay Area, California - this surreal coming of age story follows four young people clumsily learning how to int...

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An independent young woman lives with her sisters, single mother, and frail grandmother in a quiet Mexican village in the 1960’s. Her mother has raised her to embrace solitude, in the belief that their family suffers from a deep-rooted curse of lonel...

A view of the life and works of the late Alex Colville, the celebrated Canadian painter. Shows the influence on his life and works of his experience as an artist during World War II, and of his relationship with his wife, Rhoda. Friends and critics s...

Under the glow of a full moon, a romantic and a cynic argue about its beauty. But as the banter turns heated, things become personal, deepening the mystery of their connection....

In a curious-looking old hospital, an elderly couple, Carlo and Clara, is waiting for their turn tenderly holding hands. There is a choice to be made, and the woman begins to hesitate. Only the words of the loving Carlo will be able to transform fear...

A young orphan wakes up after wetting his bedsheet. Living under the supervision of nuns, he'll spend night and day attempting to amend his "mistake"....

Jana, a girl suffering from depression, escapes to her grandmother's country house in a desperate impulse to escape from her increasingly destructive thoughts. She is searching for the warmth emanating from her grandmother Helena and the home that sa...

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Jonas lives in a seaside town and has to deal with people leaving his town all the time. After his friend Giovanna has to move to the big city, Jonas isolates himself in his room taking turns between reading and watching with curiosity his neighbor, ...