Strand Releasing (Firm)
1) Wetlands
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Deutsch
Description
An unapologetically sexy and subversive comedy based on the bestselling novel by Charlotte Roch. When a bizarre shaving incident lands rebellious teen Helen in the hospital, she develops an unlikely bond with her male nurse. She seduces him with stories of her sexual adventures while using her illness to try and reunite her divorced parents.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Women become the victims of the Red Army invasion in Berlin in 1945. One of them, Anonyma, a educated woman, decides to look for an officer who can protect her. A complex symbiotic relationship develops between her and Russian officer Andrej that will force them to remain enemies until the bitter end.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Français
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Description
Franck spends his summer vacation searching for companionship and sexual encounters at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a picturesque lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel, an attractive yet darkly mysterious man and falls blindly in love. When a death occurs, Franck and Michel become the primary suspects but they choose to ignore the dangers and instead continue to engage in their passionate and potentially lethal relationship.
4) The arbor
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Andrea Dunbar was an unflinchingly honest playwright who wrote about her distressing upbringing on the Arbor, the notorious Buttershaw Estate in Bradford, U.K. She died tragically in 1990 at the age of 29. This documentary follows her children as they begin to understand the struggles their mother faced. This film comprises personal letters, interviews with Andrea's family and friends, and a reading of her most celebrated play.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The motion-stabilized Cineflex camera brings razor sharp aerial close-ups and breathtaking panoramic images to life. Filmed exclusively with aerial shots, this unique cinematic expedition from the peaks of Mont Blanc to the Dolomites traces the history and geography of the Alps.
6) Carancho
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Español
Description
Sosa is an ambulance-chasing attorney with questionable ethics. Lujan is a young, idealistic doctor, susceptible to corruption. After Lujan and Sosa's paths repeatedly cross, the two form an unlikely romance that is threatened by Sosa's turbulent past.
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A former Britpop rocker is living a numb existence and working on an organic farm just outside LA. By day he goes to a farmer's market to sell produce and by night he drinks himself into a stupor. Drinking one night he gets pulled over for a DUI that dredges up a past drug offense and threatens him with deportation. His only hope of remaining stateside is proving that his absence would cause extreme hardship for a spouse or relative.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
Santiago and Eugenio are best friends who run a thriving electronics store together. One day, Eugenio doesn't come to work, and Santiago delays telling anyone while trying to figure out why. Then Laura, Eugenio's wife, shows up to say that Eugenio has disappeared. Perplexed, the two embark on a journey to find him, only to discover that true happiness can sometimes mean losing everything.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Portuguese
Description
Tonia is a larger-than-life drag icon of Lisbon's night life in the late 1980s. At the peak of her career, she meets and falls in love with Rosario, a young soldier who's gone AWOL. Under pressure from Rosario, Tonia begins a series of operations to become a woman, but the final step proves much harder than she could have guessed. Tonia looks for distraction in a trip to the countryside with Rosario, where they become lost and find themselves in an...
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
עברית
Description
Gifted Eyad, a Palestinian Israeli boy, is given the chance to go to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Jerusalem. As he desperately tries to fit in with his Jewish schoolmates and within Israeli society, Eyad develops a friendship with another outsider, Jonathan a boy suffering from muscular dystrophy, and gradually becomes part of the home Jonathan shares with his mother, Edna.
12) The cut
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Armenian
Description
It follows the journey of one father's search through the Ottoman Empire for his two daughters after they are separated during the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Forced from his home in Mardin, Nazareth gets word that his daughters may still be alive and he travels the globe in search for them. His odyssey takes him from the Mesopotamian deserts to Havana and finally to the barren prairies of North Dakota.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Norwegian
Description
Ulrik is a somewhat gentle man, as far as gangsters go. Reluctantly back on the streets following a stint in prison, Ulrik's boss greets him with open arms and a plan to settle an old score. With a demented sense of professional pride, Ulrik's boss sets in motion a plan to right the wrong done to his star employee. The problem is, Ulrik would rather go about his own business, however mundane, than get involved with his ragtag colleagues again.
14) Girlhood
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Appears on list
Description
Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the boys' law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the gang. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection.
15) Here
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Set against the gorgeous landscape of Armenia, chronicles a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer and an expatriate photographer who impulsively decide to travel across the remote countryside. As their trip comes to an end, the two must decide where to go from HERE.
16) Marx can wait
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Italiano
Description
In his most achingly personal film to date, legendary Italian Filmmaker Marco Bellocchio uses the occasion of a family reunion in his hometown of Piacenza to excavate and discuss a traumatic event: the death of his twin brother Camillo, who committed suicide in the late '60s at age 29. Through detailed conversations with his siblings, archival footage providing context about 20th-century Italian leftist politics, and occasional clips from his films,...
17) The desert bride
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Español
Appears on list
Description
The story of Teresa, a 54 year old woman who works as a domestic employee in a family home in Buenos Aires. For decades she has taken refuge in the routine of her tasks, but now that the family has decided to sell the house, her life begins to totter.
18) The kind words
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
עברית
Description
This quirky and wry comedy follows three Jewish Israeli siblings, Dorona and her brothers Netanel and Shai, who, in the wake of their mother's death, learn the man who raised them is not their biological dad. The revelation sends them on a road trip from Israel across France to discover the truth about their birth father. It explores an unraveling family secret and the bittersweet journey of self-discovery that follows.
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Portuguese
Appears on list
Description
Solitary ornithologist Fernando embarks on a search for an elusive species of stork but is quickly swept away by raging rapids. Rescued by a pair of Chinese pilgrims, Fernando ends up lunging headlong into an eerie and dark forest.
20) Heli
Publisher
Strand Releasing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
Description
When Heli's twelve-year-old sister inadvertently involves him in Mexico's brutal drug ear, Heli must do everything it takes to protect his family. As he descends further into inescapable and nightmarish corruption and violence, it threatens to tear his life apart.
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