social criticism

27 movies and shows

Beware of Children

Fri, 13 Sep 2019

During a break in school 13 year-old Lykke, the daughter of a prominent Labour Party member, seriously injures her classmate Jamie, the son of a high profile right-wing politician.

Bitter End of a Sweet Night

Tue, 14 Feb 1961

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.

Rainclouds Over Wushan

Fri, 04 Oct 1996

A policeman investigates an introverted signal-station manager suspected of raping a hotel clerk.

Beat On The Brat

Sat, 23 Apr 2022

Helen tries to do everything right, but the customers are not interested in the middle-aged woman in the sausage grill. As the straps cut deeper and deeper, Helen has to break out and from then on she does everything wrong, or right?

I Care a Lot

Fri, 19 Feb 2021

A court-appointed legal guardian defrauds her older clients and traps them under her care. But her latest mark comes with some unexpected baggage.

Breaking Social

Thu, 26 Oct 2023

The social contract: the rules we follow - and some don’t. Breaking Social uncovers the pattern of corruption and kleptocracy erasing the social tissue, followed by social uprisings. In Chile a new turn is taken, with young women in the lead.

Crime of the Decade

Sun, 19 Aug 1984

A young man in a depressed satellite city, meets a woman who offers him love and hope.

The Food on the Table

Wed, 21 Feb 2024

Now the subjects of a despotic chief, far from having any favor to expect from him, as both themselves and all they have are his property, or at least are considered by him as such, are obliged to receive as a favor what he relinquishes to them of their own property. He does them justice when he strips them. He treats them with mercy when he suffers them to live. In a beautiful house, during a beautiful day, next to a library with no books, a table is set for the last supper of its inhabitants.

Imelda

Mon, 19 May 2014

A year after the death of his paternal grandmother at the age of 101, filmmaker Martin Villeneuve brings her back to life using a special talent.

Tourists

Thu, 03 Aug 2017

A reflection on tourism assembled out of amateur videos filmed by tourists during their trips.

Ciegas, sordas y divorciadas

Sat, 01 Jan 2011

Cuatro amigas de la adolescencia se reúnen en un restaurante, y en ese encuentro descubren que la vida las ha vuelto muy diferentes y tendrán que quitarse esa falsa etiqueta moral que se ponen para protegerse así mismas de la critica y el desapruebo.

Shree 420

Tue, 06 Sep 1955

The story of a small-town man who comes to make it big in the city, where he is almost instantly relieved of all his possessions. Homeless and penniless, he is taken in by a woman who looks after him.

FELIPE

Fri, 22 Nov 2024

The Argentine crisis of 2001 is about to explode. Felipe, 13, sees how his family environment is cracking due to the economic and political pressures. Misunderstood, he falls in love with Lucía, the neighbor next door and for a moment he stops feeling alone. But when external violence becomes a real danger, Felipe escapes with her, fed up with the lies of his parents, leaving behind his innocence.

Zones

Tue, 07 Aug 1979

Without knowing it, Alfred and Julia live in a land of pure invention. It is the richest and most beautiful land in the world. From a height, this land looks like a piece of felt, from close up like a clean and tiny park. The footpaths are lined with benches and the streets with banks. Alfred and Julia have been married for 8 years, are childless, and live on the 16th floor of a new building. Thanks to their various crises, they have got to know each other somewhat better, but their most outstanding characteristic remains their mediocrity. On Friday, August 12th 1977, a mysterious epidemic breaks out in their country. The mass media ensure that the news is widely broadcast. The authorities order a ban on information, but those concerned break their imposed silence. On Sunday evening, it becomes known that the epidemic was nomore than a kind of "dress rehearsal" for a real emergency. Alfred and Julia continue to live in a land of pure invention - but now they are conscious of the fact.

The Garbage Helicopter

Mon, 23 Nov 2015

Somewhere in Sweden, a gigantic dumpster breaks free from a heavy chain suspended underneath a big helicopter. The dumpster hits the ground with a formidable crash and the garbage spouts out into the surroundings. Meanwhile, an aging Roma woman wakes up in her house with an extremely strong desire to get her old wall clock back.