A grieving Palestinian father sets out towards the Israeli border carrying the body of his recently deceased son in a duffel bag. While fending off the terrible heat, a pregnant single woman, decides to help him no matter what the cost.
A seemingly divine premonition leads two Norwegian sisters to buy an apartment in the Swedish town of Gullspång. To their surprise, the seller looks remarkably similar to their older sister, who committed suicide thirty years earlier.
An aging Spanish fascist author living in isolation gets caught up in the games of seduction being played by his niece (Victoria Abril) who is interviewing him for a magazine expose. Directed by Vicente Aranda.
MAY 9
Above the clouds the Gods of heaven bet on human sorrows and joys in a celestial casino for their amusement. They select a newborn boy, Wang Sangui, and curse him with a strange affliction - everyone he kisses falls into a deep slumber.
In 1950s Madrid, Paco rents a room from Luisa (Victoria Abril), a worldly and seductive widow who convinces him to kill his fiancé so they can steal her money. Directed by Vicente Aranda.
MAY 16
Aoi is a seventeen-year-old mother living in Okinawa who drops out of school so she can work an illegal job as a nightclub hostess to support her child and deadbeat husband.
Bored in her marriage, Desideria meets and falls in love with Yaman, a handsome Turkish tour guide, while on holiday in Istanbul. Fueled by a passion she has never felt before, Desideria leaves her husband and plunges into an obsessive affair. Directed by Vicente Aranda.
MAY 23
When fifteen-year-old Mateo accidentally kills a classmate, he runs away with Berto, a man he barely knows. Together they creates a unique father-son relationship where Mateo learns the harrowing realities of life, death and beasthood.
Begona is a thirty-something successful executive by day who is consumed by torrid passion and insatiable desires every night. Encouraged by her therapist, she begins to keep a video diary of her promiscuous encounters using a palm-sized videocassette recorder. Directed by Vicente Aranda.
MAY 30
Countess Irma (Sandra Hüller) leaves home to become the lady-in-waiting for Elisabeth of Austria (Susanne Wolff), known to those close to her as Sisi.
While staying at the estate of his wealthy uncle, Marco finds himself embroiled in an erotic mystery when he witnesses a strange nightly ritual of self-gratification performed by a woman who looks like his deceased aunt.
