Italian/French drama—Although the film introduces Mussolini in the beginning (who marries Ida and has a boy child with her), the film is more about Ida and how Mussolini gradually disowns her, even though she gives up everything for him—her apartment, her furniture, her jewelry, everything—to invest the money in his newspaper that is a socialist newspaper. As Mussolini gains more power, he and his government become more of a dictator Fascist government, and he loses touch ...
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The story of a child prodigy, a pianist, who those who study spiritual paths would call a "starseed" or an "Indigo child" and his unique problems growing up being ahead of everyone else in many areas. The film has some very warm and emotional moments, and of course great classical music; Fabrizio Borsani (Vitus - age 6), Teo Gheorghiu (Vitus von Holzen - age 12), Bruno Ganz (Grandfather), Kristina Lykowa (babysitter Isabel - age 12), Tamara Scarpellini (babysitter Isabel - age 19).

This is a superbly well-done film with great cinematography, wardrobe, class, dance, and romance between two couples—one in the 1930s and one in the modern era. It's the story of King Edward who fell in love with a commoner and abdicated his throne as King of England to be with her because of the pressure of his family, not so much the English people (for they loved Edward). The film shifts back and forth between the 1930s (the time of Edward) and the modern era (the time of a female ...
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This is the best movie I've ever seen in addressing the issue of the dead returning.  There was Ghost, but Ghost didn't deal with social issues like this movie did.  You find yourself enthralled with the youthful vitality in adressing social challenges, much like Barbra Streisand did in The Way We Were.  

  A young social and political activist, Sarah Williams (Jennifer Connelly) falls in love with a young ...
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Canadian drama —A teenage African girl is kidnapped by rebels and forced to fight. She is abused. She survives by her powers as a seer to give information about what she sees to the leader, who protects her as long as she is useful. The film has hard to watch scenes if you are squeamish, but by filmmaking standards it could win an Academy Award in most countries because it's very real. This Canadian film was shot in the Democratic Republic Of Congo with African actors. Director Kim Nguyen. ...
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Australian/United States/Turkish—Russell Crowe (Conner) is an intuitive but also a rugged Australian trying to work out a living in the Australian outback with his wife and three sons. The three sons go to war in 1915 and are sent to Turkey to fight the Battle of Gallipoli. None come back, so he goes to look for them. It's right after the war, and the Turks and Australians go back to the battle scene where a half a million men on both sides died. Connor intuits where his sons died and their...
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