A man leaves the hospital. He sets out on a journey, perhaps a final one. Alongside the mystical landscapes drift the verses of Hospital Británico (1986), the last book by Héctor Viel Temperley. And the words of those who have been marked by reading it over the years.
In 1817, on Bourbon Island (Reunion Island), a compelling narrative unfolds. Following the passing of his mother, the enslaved Furcy stumbles upon a letter of emancipation amidst her belongings – an unexpected key to his indirect liberation. Aided by the support of abolitionist prosecutor Gilbert Boucher, Furcy courageously embarks on a legal crusade against his master, Joseph Lory, in a bid to substantiate his claim to freedom. This legal saga, marked by numerous twists and turns, spans almost three decades. Furcy endures imprisonment and exile in Mauritius for a significant portion of this period. It is only in 1846 that he finally presents his case before the Royal Court of Paris. Furcy’s triumph in the courtroom distinguishes him as one of the rare slaves in French history to achieve legal emancipation several years prior to the definitive abolition of slavery.
Jang Min-gi has spent his life hiding a secret: he can see the dead. When his estranged father — the last in a line of Kokdu, ritual guardians who escort souls to the afterlife — dies under mysterious circumstances, Min-gi inherits both a worn puppet kit and a burden he never wanted. Drawn into a thirty-year-old betrayal surrounding a burned funeral bier, he must confront an imprisoned soul demanding vengeance.
In 2001, Lee Gyeong-hwan and his mother move from rural Yeongcheon to the city of Daegu to leave behind a broken marriage and hurtful rumours. Reticent and shy, he struggles to acclimatise but his seatmate happens to be Jae-min, the cool class president who takes Gyeong-hwan under his wing. While they quickly bond over a shared love of Japanese culture, particularly the music of Globe, Jae-min's affectionate and open attitude allows Gyeong-hwan to relax and reveal his feelings in a world where he must hide them.
After the fall of Troy, warrior-king Odysseus begins a perilous voyage home, only to be thrown into a decade of wandering across a world ruled by gods and monsters. He outwits cyclopes, resists enchantresses, and descends into the realm of the dead, while his family fights to survive in his absence.
Gu Liyan, on the verge of graduating from university, suddenly faced her father's death and had to assist her sharp-witted mother in navigating the tedious funeral arrangements. Unexpectedly, the 'Funeral Affairs Committee' secretly organized by her father before his death suddenly arrived at their doorstep... With unanticipated guests, absurd situations, and ridiculously dramatic events, the mother-daughter duo urgently needed to gather their strength to confront it all.
A woman encounters a hitchhiker in the middle of the night while driving. From there, things spiral into absurdity, blurring the lines between what's real -and what isn't.
In the second part of this magnificent concert celebrating music from across Europe, Lukas Sternath, Martha Argerich, Bruce Liu and Hayato Sumino perform the finest piano concertos by Beethoven, Schumann, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.
Solange is a well-ordered wife and mother. She has great admiration for her sister-in-law Juliette, who has just left her husband. Like a fairy godmother, Solange decides to introduce Juliette to a former colleague. Dimitri is handsome and very charismatic. But could Solange be betraying her own desires by offering him to Juliette?
A massive swarm of clone sharks rises from hot springs and volcanoes, leading to a jaw-dropping showdown that throws all of Kyushu into total chaos! The story follows a high school girl and her bond with an Onsen Shark.
After unexpectedly losing her husband, Yehudit has no choice but to start over. In the process, she finds that abrupt and painful detours can lead to bright roads.
On behalf of a multinational company, a production assistant drives around the Romanian city of Bucharest, interviewing various citizens who have been injured due to work accidents to cast one of them in a “safety at work” video.
Loco wakes up in bed with a stranger. They turn to a therapist for help. Suddenly, after an argument, Loco dreams of his wife. When he wakes up, he finds a terrifying creature in the bathroom.