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Our Children (2012)
, 1h51Directed by Joachim Lafosse
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Films about immigration, Psychologie, La précarité
Actors Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Émilie Dequenne, Stéphane Bissot, Nathalie Boutefeu, Baya Belal
Murielle et Mounir, un couple heureux, va se marier et avoir des enfants sous le toit du bienveillant Docteur Pinget. Petit à petit, les relations deviennent complexes, étouffent le couple et la famille, qui ne se doutent pas de la fin tragique vers laquelle ils tendent.
Night Into Morning (1951)
, 1h26Directed by Fletcher Markle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Ray Milland, John Hodiak, Lewis Stone, Jean Hagen, Rosemary DeCamp, Dawn Addams
Everything is going very well for college professor Phillip Ainley, who has a loving wife and son and an offer to teach at Yale. But his world turns upside-down when Katherine Mead, his secretary, rushes to tell him that there's been a deadly explosion at the professor's home.
Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
, 1h26Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime, Politic
Themes Films about alcoholism, La précarité, Comedy horror films
Actors Rutger Hauer, Molly Dunsworth, Brian Downey, Gregory Smith, Robb Wells, Nick Bateman
A hobo (Rutger Hauer) arrives by boxcar in Hope Town, its welcome sign repainted to read "Scum Town". Scum Town is ruled by a man known as "The Drake" (Brian Downey) and his sadistic, murderous sons Ivan (Nick Bateman) and Slick (Gregory Smith). Just as he arrives, the Hobo witnesses an amateur film maker (Pasha Ebrahimi) shooting a "Bumfight" movie. While pushing his shopping cart of recyclables through the streets, he sees a distressed, bloodied man wearing a manhole cover stockade screaming for assistance. Two cars approach the man revealing Ivan, Slick and The Drake. An argument ensues and it is revealed the man in the stockade is The Drake's younger and disliked brother, Logan (Robb Wells). The Drake explains to the townspeople that his brother will serve as an example of his control and carries out the public decapitation of Logan with a barbed-wire noose attached to The Drake's truck.
Bread and Roses (2000)
, 1h50Directed by Ken Loach
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Political films
Actors Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Pilar Padilla, Jack McGee, Lillian Hurst, George Lopez
Le cœur gros, Maya a laissé sa mère a Cuernavaca pour émigrer aux États-Unis. Après bien des péripéties, elle arrive à Los Angeles où vit depuis longtemps sa sœur ainée Rosa. Énergique et décidée, Maya décroche un premier job de serveuse dans un bar de nuit puis obtient de Rosa, employée dans une entreprise de nettoyage, qu'elle la présente à son directeur, Perez. Devenue femme de ménage, Maya se retrouve au milieu d'une armée d'employées de toutes les nationalités, qui travaillent dans des conditions inacceptables. Maya refuse de se soumettre.
Smashed (2012)
, 1h21Directed by James Ponsoldt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullaly, Mary Kay Place
Kate Hannah (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), an elementary school teacher, arrives at work hungover and vomits in front of her class. Asked by a student if she is pregnant, she pretends she is, then continues the lie to the school principal, Mrs. Barnes (Megan Mullally). Her co-worker Dave (Nick Offerman) reveals that he knows she has been drinking and she makes him swear not to tell anyone.
Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
, 2h20Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, La provence, Films about drugs, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alain Delon, André Bourvil, Jean Champion, Gian Maria Volonté, Yves Montand, François Périer
Après cinq ans d'emprisonnement dans un établissement pénitentiaire de Marseille, Corey (Alain Delon) est sur le point d'être libéré. La veille de sa sortie, le gardien-chef de la prison lui propose une affaire. Sitôt libre, Corey rend visite à son ancien comparse, un nommé Rico, caïd enrichi, devenu amant de sa petite amie. Corey contraint le malfrat à lui remettre une somme d'argent liquide importante. Amer, ce dernier dépêche deux sbires aux trousses de Corey. Dans une salle de billard, Corey saisit une queue et, à l'aide d'une craie rouge, trace avec son procédé (l'embout de la queue qui sert à frapper les boules) un cercle qu'il remplit ensuite, avant de disperser les boules. Les hommes de Rico le rejoignent et l'entretien se termine dans le sang. Mais Corey en repart indemne. Il achète une voiture d'occasion remarquée dans la vitrine d'un revendeur automobile et entreprend de regagner son domicile du 16e arrondissement de Paris.
, 1h50Directed by Uberto Pasolini
Origin Sri Lanka
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Sports films, La précarité
Actors Pubudu Chathuranga, Iranganie Roxanna Serasinghe
Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Manoj leaves the group at the last moment, but the rest fly to Germany. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the powers of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.
Rosetta (1999)
, 1h35Directed by Frères Dardenne
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about the labor movement, La précarité
Actors Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Olivier Gourmet, Claire Tefnin
When her probationary employment ends, Rosetta (Émilie Dequenne) causes a violent struggle against her manager and the policemen when she refuses to leave the premises. She returns home to "The Grand Canyon", the trailer park shared with her alcoholic mother who mends worn clothes for her to sell. Rosetta is also seen laying out traps to catch trout for food. Unable to receive unemployment pay and desperate for work, Rosetta goes around to ask about vacancies until she happens upon a waffle stand. She befriends the worker, Riquet (Fabrizio Rongione), after an inquiry. Rosetta questionably treats her unexplained stomach pains with pain relievers and a hairdryer massaging the area.
Confession of Pain (2006)
, 1h50Directed by Andrew Lau, Alan Mak
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi, Chapman To, Wan Yeung-ming, Wayne Lai
Police inspectors Lau Ching-hei and Yau Kin-bong arrest a rapist in 2003. When Yau returns home later, he sees that his pregnant girlfriend has committed suicide by slitting her wrists. Yau is so depressed with her death that he indulges in alcohol and turns in his police badge to work as a private investigator. He becomes obsessed with finding out the reason for his girlfriend's suicide.
Krisha (2016)
, 1h23Directed by Trey Edward Shults
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Trey Edward Shults
Après plusieurs années d'absence, Krisha passe la période des fêtes dans sa famille. Elle profite de ce moment pour tenter de réparer, avec les siens, les erreurs du passé, aider à cuisiner la dinde de Thanksgiving et prouver à chacun qu'elle a changé. En mieux... Krisha, dans ses délires, entraîne alors ses proches dans des vacances qu'ils ne sont pas prêts d'oublier…
Shakes the Clown (1992)
, 1h27Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Julie Brown, Tom Kenny, Bobcat Goldthwait, Blake Clark, Adam Sandler, Robin Williams
La Ciénaga (2001)
, 1h43Directed by Lucrecia Martel
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Graciela Borges, Mercedes Morán, Martín Adjemián, Andrea López
The film tells the story of Mecha (Graciela Borges), a middle-aged woman in her 50s who has several teenagers. Her husband Gregorio (Martín Adjemián) wants to remain looking young, and both of them have to deal with their gloomy Amerindian servants, whom Mecha accuses of theft and laziness. Both Mecha and Gregorio take to drinking to cope with day-to-day living.
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962)
, 2h35Directed by Abrar Alvi
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Meena Kumari, Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Rehman, Minoo Mumtaz, Nazir Hussain
The film opens at the ruins of an old haveli in Calcutta, where a group of labourers are busy pulling down what remains. When the workers break off for lunch, the overseer (Guru Dutt) wanders through the haveli. As he sits at a place there begins a flashback to the end of the 19th century.
The Struggle (1931)
, 1h33Directed by D. W. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Hal Skelly, Zita Johann, Charles Richman, Helen Mack, Claude Cooper, Kate Bruce
A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's alcoholism.
Wake in Fright (1971)
, 1h54Directed by Ted Kotcheff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about education, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, John Meillon, Jack Thompson, Maggie Dence
John Grant is a middle-class teacher from the big city. He feels disgruntled because of the onerous terms of a financial bond which he signed with the government in return for receiving a tertiary education. The bond has forced him to accept a post to the tiny school at Tiboonda, a remote township in the arid Australian Outback. It is the start of the Christmas school holidays and Grant plans on going to Sydney to visit his girlfriend, but first he must travel by train to the nearby mining town of Bundanyabba (known as “The Yabba”) in order to catch a Sydney-bound flight.