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Escaping death after a failed robbery, a reckless and dreamy writer abandons her delinquency to pursue her quest of recognition.
Bedrock is a psychological journey across today’s Poland that weaves together stories of Poles living on Holocaust sites. Through a series of intimate encounters, this poetic film looks at the unsettling contradictions people learn to live with.
Surrounded by, and living in, oppression, injustice, deprivation, and refuge, Professor Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish chose education, wisdom, courage, and determination. When the 2008 war waged in Gaza and claimed the lives of his three daughters and his niece, he responded with bravery, faith, endurance, and steadfastness.
After a year of filming abroad, Manu, a once prominent actor, returns to his hometown. He's keen to get back to work, but getting back into the business isn't as easy as he thought. Against all odds, he lands a job hosting a nightime call-in radio show. His listeners are from all walks of life. Manu gradually appropriates this space, this gathering of mixed voices, to pose the philosophical questions that plague him. He finally feels useful. His life takes on new meaning.
Feng Xia, a 53-year-old Chinese immigrant and mother living in Montreal, has spent her life shaped by duty — to her family, her culture, and a loveless marriage. But when she meets Camille, a spirited young Québécoise, a long-buried desire is awakened. In the balmy and joyful Montreal summer, Feng Xia takes the radical step of choosing herself — embarking on a journey of forbidden love and long-overdue self-discovery. Her awakening becomes a profound reckoning with identity, exile, and the steep cost of liberation.