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Let the Sunshine in

Un beau soleil intérieur

Isabelle is a divorced Parisian painter searching for another shot at love, but refusing to settle for the parade of all-too-flawed men who drift in and out of her life. There's a caddish banker who, like many of her lovers, happens to be married; a handsome actor who's working through his own hang-ups; and a sensitive fellow artist who's skittish about commitment. Movie and French with subtitles in Latvian and Russian.

1h 35min

Release Date: 12.10.2018

Welcome to New York

Although it opens with the caveat that the story was "inspired by a court case" yet is "entirely fictional" we all know by now that Abel Ferrara is referring to the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and his wife at the time, Anne Sinclair, and the scandal and ramifications of an alleged assault on a New York hotel maid. Mr. Devero is a toxic mix of desire, power and arrogance. High powered person who controls global finances and shapes people's future, is not capable to deal with his own instincts.

2h 5min

Release Date: 14.09.2014

Rasputin

Biographical historical drama shows hard time for Russian monarchy. The mystical figure of Grigorij Rasputin appears in Emperor of Russia Nicolas II environment. While Rasputins influence to Emperors family is increasing a group of Russian noblemen want to maintain the monarchy and planning to kill Rasputin. Movie in Russian with subtitles in Latvian.

1h 27min

Release Date: 22.11.2013

Life of Pi

Director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor…a fearsome Bengal tiger. Movie in English with subtitles in Latvian and Russian. Movie in 3D. *2D in selected cinemas.

2h 8min

Release Date: 21.12.2012

Potiche

POTICHE is a free adaptation of the 1970s eponymous hit comic play. Catherine Deneuve is Suzanne Pujol, a submissive, housebound 'trophy housewife' (or "potiche,") who steps in to manage her wealthy and tyrannical husband (Fabrice Lucchini)'s umbrella factory after the workers go on strike and take him hostage. To everyone's surprise, Suzanne proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. But when her husband returns from a restful cruise in top form, things get complicated. Gérard Depardieu plays a former union leader and Suzanne's ex-beau who still holds a flame for her.

1h 43min

Release Date: 11.03.2011

Paris, I Love You

Paris, je t'aime

“Paris, je t'aime” is about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers have five minutes each; the audience must weave a single narrative out of twenty moments. The 18 moments are fused by transitional interstitial sequences and also via the introduction and epilogue. Each transition begins with the last shot of the previous film and ends with the first shot of the following film, extending the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, preparing the audience for a surprise, and providing a cohesive atmosphere.

2h 2min

Release Date: 21.08.2009

Mesrine: Death Instinct

Mesrine: L‘instinct de mort

Jacques Mesrine, last of the great French gangsters, was declared public enemy number one during his lifetime. He regularly finished atop the list of newsmakers in opinion polls. His spectacular death, shot full of holes by police at close range in the middle of Paris, put the crowning touch on his legend. Nearly thirty years after his demise in 1979, the myth of Jacques Mesrine is very much alive. Now, for the first time, an ambitious project is bringing his life to the big screen.

1h 50min

Release Date: 28.11.2008