ChildreninAmericaareundergoingelectricshocktreatmentingrowingnumbers.NowknownasElectroConvulsiveTherapy-orECT-thecontroversialtreatmentisbeingusedonseverelyautisticchildrenwhoarepronetoviolentself-harmingbehaviour.Forthefirsttime,BBCcamerashavebeengivenaccesstofilmachildbeingtreatedusingECT.O...
DantehasabeautifulrelationshipwithhisgirlfriendAlice,buthehasabadonewithTime:absorbedbythemanycommitmentsofhisdailylife,healwaysarriveslateandhastheimpressionthathislifeisflowingtooquickly.Italsohappensonthefirstdayofhisfortyyears,whenDanteshowsuphourslateathisbirthdayparty.Accordingtohim,the...
A godforsaken Kazakh village in the mid-1990s where four youths are trying to find their way in life. Zharas suffers because his father, an ex-con, cannot find a job. To help make ends meet the boy takes on casual work at a corn merchant’s. Balapan can sing ‘Ave Maria’ as clear as a bell but ...
(From:Wikipedia) Van (Aidan Tierney) frequently visits his grandmother, Armen (Selma Keklikian) who is living in a poor quality nursing home. At the nursing home Van meets Aline (Arsinée Khanjian), whose mother (Jeanne Sabourin) is in the next bed. Alines job as a phone-sex worker does not pa...