Melancholy Movies

mens·beeld (het; o; meervoud: mensbeelden) A "Mensbeeld" is a well-thought-out and coherent representation of what it means to be human....

On a lonely night, revolting for sleep, Hari opened his old notes of melancholy. While writing the diary, he delves into his past and reopens all his...

Just after stealing the urn containing the ashes of her deceased lover, Paloma, a drag queen, meets Mike, a quiet and gloomy trucker.

José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip...

In 1974, 24 year-old Francis Wetherbee, a bank teller who is the subject of small-town envy and gossip, disappears from her hometown of Smithville,...

Saudade. (n.) an intense longing for someone or something that is absent. it's the mixture of feelings of loss, distance, and love. it's a deep...

Mr. Königsberg is the owner of a small paper business. Despite a satisfying life, he is haunted by a vague melancholy and suffers from a...

A frustrated young man, who suffers from alcohol addiction finds an abandoned plant on a sidewalk. He starts to take care after the plant and without...

Making the most of the family home while her parents are away, 22-year-old Nicole is enjoying a peaceful summer with her best friend...

A portrait of the performance artists in colorful clothes and painted faces whom have transitioned from a symbol for joy and laughter, to horror and...

A camera test that gains a new meaning with context.

In this follow-up to Blood for Irina and Queen of Blood, the vampire Irina rises again like a ghost from her watery grave to bring bloodlust and...

A woman tries to stave off misgivings about her long-time boyfriend as she desperately attempts to recreate the best days of their relationship.

When my friend Whitney added me to her ABC’s of Quarantine Film Festival lineup in March, I was excited and then immediately thought about the...

Set in northern Kerala, the film narrates the journey of Alice in search of her missing husband, a college lecturer. During her quest, she slowly...

The man who isolates himself from the world to delve deeply into his thoughts. Searching less for answers and more for memories that can bring him...

A drama examining the romantic relationships of one man's life. Jumping from past to present, the story focuses on the highs and lows of four...

Apocalypse now re-interpreted

L'amour (love). La mort (death). Two French words that could confuse a foreigner, but never a native. Messenger V writes for a company that sends...