Inge is on her way to return a pair of mended trousers to her customer, Karl, and the delivery ends up in a sudden passionate embrace followed by sex. Inge lives with her husband Werner and so she initially avoids having a relationship with Karl, but mutual attraction (and not only sexual) gets the upper hand. Love blooms at every age - even in retirement, as the protagonists discover themselves.

A quiet young man returns to his native region, the wild Delta, where the villagers live cut off from the world around them, and where he and his sister become closer than social convention permits. The isolated environment of the village in the middle of the water helps build a strong, minimalist drama experienced more inwardly than outwardly.

A film saga about an imagined family curse, set against the backdrop of a politico-religious conflict. Elías, who has committed a sin against God, undertakes to try to avert His wrath, a pledge which affects the lives of those closest to him. The film was selected for the closing of the International Critics' Week in Cannes 2008.

This brutally raw fresco relates the ways in which the Neapolitan Camorra controls day-to-day life. We are in a world where the only law is violence, the only value power and the only language the roar of gunfire. The goal is domination of the markets for narcotics, hazardous waste, and even the tourism and clothing industries. The film is based on a book by journalist Roberto Saviano which became an overnight bestseller in 2006. Gomorrah received the Grand Prix at the recent Cannes Film Festival.

A brilliant portrait of a man who stepped onto the Italian political stage in 1946 and hasn't altogether left it since. The subject of the filmmaker's antipathy and fascination is the nearly ninety-year-old Christian Democrat Giulio Andreotti, who stood at the head of the Italian government seven times and never found himself in the crosshairs of the mafia (as opposed to many of his colleagues and companions). Superbly portrayed by Tony Servillo, the "divine Giulio" is an enigmatic figure, even physically reminiscent of a puppet willing to sacrifice his conscience for the sake of his infinite ambition.

Two blond teenage girls have affected chats, a group of young men experiments with sex, a young teacher tries to resolve a case of bullying and a group of passengers are held prisoner by a bus driver. With his bizarre sense of humour, together with its uncanny talent for observation, the filmmaker examines the herd mentality and the urge to overstep taboo.

Julia wakes up in an apartment that is covered in blood, with the dead body of her lover by her side and another man who is unconscious. Julia can allegedly remember nothing... In this, his latest film, which appeared in competition at this year's festival in Cannes, the great talent of Argentine film, Pablo Trapero, focuses on a detailed description of life in a women's prison. The authentic performances, convincing atmosphere and the opportunity to see the prisoners even in their most intimate moments give the viewer the feeling they have become a part of the lives of the condemned women. Martina Gusman excels in the lead role as Julia.

Lorna, a young Albanian woman living in Belgium fakes a marriage with drug addict Claudy. Now a Belgian citizen, she wants to fake yet another marriage with a Russian mafioso to get the money for the snack bar she dreams of having. Another raw drama from the Dardenne brothers with outsider protagonists living on the outskirts of affluent Western society.

Embittered postwoman Matty is facing the start of a middle-age crisis with the departure of her husband for a younger woman, the burden of three pubertal children, and a new romance with Johnny, a truck driver ten years her junior. This romantic but not slushy film follows its charismatic heroine on a journey towards happiness and late romance.

Renowned British director Terence Davies returns to his childhood haunts in Liverpool, reconstructing them with authentic footage from the period. A riveting documentary film that reflects not only the poetic style of Davies's previous work but also the delicate treatment he affords the musical accompaniment.

One of the most interesting films shown in the Un certain regard section of this year's Cannes Film Festival, which encompasses everything that audiences and critics admire Bent Hamer's for: mild humour, an original screenplay and particularly an unforgettable atmosphere. Odd Horten has worked his whole life as an engine-driver. The time has come to start retirement, and tomorrow Horten will be setting off on his regular Oslo-Bergen route for the last time. But for the first time in forty years on the tracks, he is late for work... A charming film that is not just for train aficionados.

Employed by an influential politician, Eyup takes the blame for his boss's traffic accident and goes to jail in his place. His wife, Hacer, is left alone with their adolescent son. To get the boy the money he needs for the car he's always wanted, she goes to the politician for help. But she ends up getting more involved with him than she would have wanted. A minimalist family drama filmed in a polished visual style.

The autobiographical protagonist Ari sets out to find old friends and other people who can tell him whether he had once witnessed the brutal massacre in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. In the steps of Persepolis, this unconventional documentary is another animated film about recent history in the Near East - and every bit as absorbing, moving and horrific.