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Abraham's Valley (1993)
, 3h23Directed by Manoel de Oliveira
Origin Portugal
Genres Drama
Themes Films about suicide, Madame Bovary
Actors Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Leonor Silveira, Leonor Silveira, Diogo Dória, Ruy de Carvalho
Sur les bords du Douro, dans la propriété du Romesal, Ema, une adolescente de 14 ans est élevée par son père, austère mais sympathique, entourée de sa tante dévote et des servantes du domaine : Branca, Marina et Rithina qui est muette.
The Celebration (1998)
, 1h45Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama
Themes Cooking films, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Rape in fiction, Films about pedophilia
Actors Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Paprika Steen, Trine Dyrholm, Klaus Bondam
Respected family patriarch and businessman Helge (Henning Moritzen) is celebrating his 60th birthday at the family-run hotel. Gathered together amongst many family and friends are his wife Else (Birthe Neumann), Christian (Ulrich Thomsen), his sullen eldest son, his well-traveled daughter Helene (Paprika Steen), and Michael (Thomas Bo Larsen), his boorish younger son. Christian's twin sister, Linda, recently committed suicide at the hotel.
, 1h36Directed by Claude Mouriéras
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Miou-Miou, Sandrine Kiberlain, Natacha Régnier, Michel Piccoli, Laurent Poitrenaux, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo
Un père, se sachant atteint de la maladie d'Alzheimer, décide de réunir ses trois filles afin de les revoir une dernière fois et d'apaiser les tensions familiales.
Scent of a Woman (1974)
, 1h43Directed by Dino Risi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about disabilities, La cécité, Erotic thriller films
Actors Vittorio Gassman, Agostina Belli, Alessandro Momo, Moira Orfei, Alvaro Vitali, Vernon Dobtcheff
A blind Italian captain, accompanied by his aide Ciccio, who has been assigned to him by the army, is on his way from Turin to Naples to meet with an old comrade who was also disfigured in the same military incident. Unknown to his aide, the Captain means to fulfill a suicide pact there. While they journey, the Captain asks Ciccio to help him spot beautiful women. Unsatisfied with the boy's descriptions, he uses his nose instead, claiming that he can smell a beautiful woman. During their journey, he carries with him a picture of his beloved Sara, whom he could not bear to have see him disfigured and helpless. The suicide pact is eventually thwarted once Sara enters the picture, and the boy Ciccio does some much-needed growing up.
Going Places (1974)
, 1h57Directed by Bertrand Blier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes La banlieue française, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Buddy films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Dewaere, Miou-Miou, Jeanne Moreau, Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Chailleux
Jean-Claude (25) and Pierrot (23) are young sociopathic men who travel around France, committing petty crimes and running from the law. After they get in trouble with a hairdresser in Valence for stealing his car, they grab his pistol and kidnap his assistant Marie-Ange, an apathetic girl. When they are bored with unorgasmic Marie-Ange, they decide to find a passionate woman and meet Jeanne Pirolle, a deranged woman in her forties who is just released from prison and had spent ten years in a cell. After a threesome, Jeanne commits suicide and the men return to Marie-Ange. They find Jeanne's psychopathic son Jacques who had been incarcerated as well. Then, the four consider founding a crime family but at their first crime, an attempted robbery, Jacques commits a revenge killing and the others flee. While on the run, they meet a family having a picnic near Col d'Izoard and the delinquent teenage daughter Jacqueline wants to join them. They take Jacqueline and on learning that she is still a virgin, they decide to deflower her. After dropping Jacqueline, the three ride away aimlessly.
Le voyage d'une vie (2007)
, 1h31Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about suicide, Films about the labor movement
Maryse Chartrand et son conjoint Samuel Beaudry, tous deux travaillant dans la publicité, entreprennent un voyage d'un an (2003-2004) autour du monde avec leurs trois enfants, Andréanne 13 ans, Félix 10 ans et Élyse 9 ans. La famille s'était fixé plusieurs objectifs dont faire de l'aide humanitaire et tourner un film documentaire du type carnet de voyage cinématographique. Au cours de leur périple, Maryse Chartrand écrit plusieurs récits dans le mensuel québécois « Guide Ressources ».
In a Glass Cage (1986)
, 1h50Directed by Agustí Villaronga
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Rape in fiction, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about pedophilia, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about child abuse, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Günter Meisner, Marisa Paredes
Klaus, a former Nazi German doctor who practiced horrific experiments with children during World War II, has continued with his sick attraction for torturing and killing young boys during his exile in a remote village in Catalonia. His latest victim is a child he has tortured and later kills with a blow to the head, taking photographs of the crime. This sadistic act has been witnessed by Angelo, another of Klaus' victims, who has spied him from a window, later stealing the tortured incriminating writings and photographs of the doctor's crimes. Klaus tries to commit suicide jumping from a tower, but he survives. As a result of his failed attempt he is now unable to breathe on his own and is immobile, confined permanently in an iron lung to survive.
Black Heaven (2010)
, 1h44Directed by Gilles Marchand
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about suicide
Actors Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Louise Bourgoin, Melvil Poupaud, Pauline Étienne, Pierre Niney, Swann Arlaud
An innocent young man becomes enamored with a mysterious girl. He is lured into "Black Hole"—a dark, obscure video game world of avatars with deadly serious intentions in the real world.
Taste of Cherry (1997)
, 1h39Directed by Abbas Kiarostami
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Themes Films about suicide, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Homayoun Ershadi, Homayoun Ershadi
Mr Badii (Homayon Ershadi), a middle-aged man, drives through Tehran looking for someone to do a job for him, and he offers a large amount of money in return. During his drives with prospective candidates, Badii reveals that he plans to kill himself and has already dug the grave. He needs someone to throw earth on his body, after his death. He does not discuss why he wants to commit suicide.
Early One Morning (2011)
, 1h31Directed by Jean-Marc Moutout
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'action se déroule en une journée, Films about suicide, Films about the labor movement
Actors Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Xavier Beauvois, Valérie Dréville, Yannick Renier, Laurent Delbecque, Aladin Reibel
Lundi matin, Paul Wertret (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) se rend à son travail, à la banque où il est chargé d’affaires. Il arrive, comme à son habitude, à huit heures précises. Il sort un pistolet, abat deux de ses supérieurs puis s’enferme dans son bureau. Dans l’attente des forces de l’ordre, cet homme, jusque-là sans histoire, se remémore des pans de sa vie et les évènements qui l’ont conduit à commettre son acte.
Private Romeo (2011)
, 1h38Directed by Alan Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Hale Appleman, Charlie Barnett, Seth Numrich, Barry Adamson, Matt Doyle, Charlie Barnett
Huit jeunes cadets se retrouvent seuls dans un établissement militaire américain et lisent Roméo et Juliette de Shakespeare en cours. En dehors de la classe, ils vivent ce drame : un couple (de garçons) se forme, certains de leurs amis se détournent d'eux, deux clans opposés se forment… Les paroles sont celles de la pièce de Shakespeare.
Sitcom (1998)
, 1h25Directed by François Ozon
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Évelyne Dandry, Marina de Van, François Marthouret, Stéphane Rideau, Lucia Sanchez, Adrien de Van
The patriarch of a seemingly normal nuclear family returns home one day with a small white rat. The animal soon has an adverse effect on his wife and children, influencing them into enacting their darkest, most hidden desires.
Welcome Aboard (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Jean Becker
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about suicide
Actors Patrick Chesnais, Miou-Miou, Jacques Weber, Xavier Gallais, Raphaëline Goupilleau, Didier Bénureau
En pleine dépression, Taillandier peintre sexagénaire, qui pourtant connaît le succès et la renommée décide de se suicider, puis finalement abandonne ce projet et part sans but. Il rencontre Marylou, une jeune fille paumée mais dont l’entrain va tout changer.
, 1h59Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu
Origin Japon
Genres Drama
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Arata Iura, Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Motoki Ochiai, Shinobu Terajima, Gō Jibiki
Le film raconte l'histoire de Yukio Mishima, écrivain japonais impérialiste, mort par seppuku après une tentative manquée de coup d'état.
The Sea (2000)
, 1h50Directed by Agustí Villaronga
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, Films about cats, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films about child abuse, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Roger Casamajor, Ángela Molina, Simón Andreu
In the summer of 1936, the violence of the Spanish Civil war reaches a small village in Mallorca. Four children: Andreu Ramallo, Manuel Tur, Pau Inglada and a girl Francisca are witness to the execution of leftists at the hands of pro-Franco villagers. In a desperate act of revenge, Pau, whose father has been killed the previous day by the lead executioner, plans to avenge his father's murder torturing Julià Ballester, the son of his father's killer. His idea is to force the boy to drink castor oil. However, things go wrong when the boy—Julià Ballester—taunts them and Pau becomes enraged. He brutally kills Julià by bashing his head against a rock and then stabbing him in the throat. Unable to deal with what he has just done, Pau commits suicide jumping inside a hole on a cave. The remaining children: Andreu, Manuel, and Francisa are witnesses to these tragic events.