IMDB: 7.0/10

Jessica, the eldest daughter of a coal miner-turned-farmer, has a fling with her half-brother Carl, which complicates things more when she becomes pregnant.

IMDB: 5.9/10

France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the...

IMDB: 7.4/10

In 1994, Alexander Sokurov accompanied Russian troops assigned to a frontier military post at the Tajikistan/Afghanistan border to film their experiences. While unnamed tribal forces occasionally engaged the troops in skirmishes, ...

IMDB: 7.6/10

Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends.

IMDB: 7.4/10

Abandoned 11-year-old Polin sent to state orphanage, faces abuse by staff. Inmates plan escape amid adolescent struggles. When opportunity arises, Polin learns freedom's price.

IMDB: 7.5/10

Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.

IMDB: 7.1/10

Three adolescent war orphans seclude themselves in an anarchic and playful existence of denial and juvenile joy.

IMDB: 6.8/10

Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life.