Topic: Magic Realism

Direction Tim Burton

Cast Ewan McGregor · Albert Finney · Billy Crudup · Jessica Lange

Synopsis Edward Bloom (Finney) has always been a teller of tall tales about his oversized life as a young man (Ewan McGregor), when his wanderlust led him on an unlikely journey from small town in Alabama, around the world, and back...

Direction Emir Kusturica

Cast Miki Manojlovic · Lazar Ristovski · Mirjana Jokovic · Slavko Stimac

Synopsis 'Underground' takes a look at the modern history of Yugoslavia through the often absurd misadventures of two friends over several decades. The film begins in Belgrade in 1941, establishing the friendship between the gregarious Blacky and the more intellectual Marko...

Direction Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Cast Audrey Tautou · Mathieu Kassovitz · Rufus Magloire · Lorella Cravotta

Synopsis Amelie (2001) follows the whimsical life of Amélie Poulain, a shy and imaginative young woman in Paris. After discovering a hidden treasure in her apartment, she decides to secretly improve the lives of those around her, spreading joy and kindness....

Direction Hayao Miyazaki

Synopsis In My Neighbor Totoro (1988), two young sisters, Satsuki and Mei, move to the countryside with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Exploring their new home, they encounter magical forest spirits, including the gentle giant Totoro, a...

Direction Vittorio De Sica

Cast Francesco Golisano · Emma Gramatica · Paolo Stoppa · Guglielmo Barnabò

Synopsis Once upon a time, in the story of Vittorio De Sica's MIRACLE IN MILAN, an old woman, Lolotta (Emma Grammatica), discovered a young child in her cabbage patch. She cared for him until her death, at which time the boy,...

Direction Rodrigo García · Alex Garcia Lopez · Laura Mora Ortega

Cast Diego Vásquez · Marleyda Soto · Claudio Cataño · Moreno Borja

Synopsis TV Series (2024-2025). 2 Parts. 16 Episodes. In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past — and their fate. First part now available.

Direction Emir Kusturica

Cast Davor Dujmovic · Bora Todorovic · Ljubica Adzovic · Husnija Hasmovic

Synopsis A young gypsy boy, raised by his honest and moral grandmother, is soon taught the art of thievery, begging and baby-selling by the richest gypsy in the community. But when tragedy strikes his family, he loses everything important to him.

Direction Akira Kurosawa

Cast Martin Scorsese · Akira Terao · Mitsuko Baisho · Mieko Harada

Synopsis Dreams (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams) (1990) is a visually stunning anthology film composed of eight vignettes, each born from the director's own dreams and fantasies. Through a series of surreal and poetic narratives, the film explores themes of nature, humanity, and...

Direction Leonardo Favio

Cast Walter Vidarte · Graciela Borges · Nora Cullen · Fernando Iglesias 'Tacholas'

Synopsis Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams...and her family.

Direction Yorgos Lanthimos

Cast Emma Stone · Mark Ruffalo · Willem Dafoe · Ramy Youssef

Synopsis In Poor Things (2023), a young woman named Bella Baxter, brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, embarks on a surreal journey of self-discovery. Set in a fantastical Victorian-era world, Bella's curious and uninhibited nature leads her to explore...

Direction Zhang Yimou

Cast Jet Li · Tony Leung Chiu-Wai · Maggie Cheung · Zhang Ziyi

Synopsis In Hero (2002), a nameless warrior arrives at the palace of the King of Qin, claiming to have defeated three deadly assassins who threatened the ruler's life. As he recounts his encounters with these formidable foes, the king begins to...

Direction Alice Rohrwacher

Cast Adriano Tardiolo · Alba Rohrwacher · Agnese Graziani · Luca Chikovani

Synopsis Happy as Lazzaro (2018) follows Lazzaro, a kind-hearted peasant living in an isolated Italian village under the exploitative rule of a marquise. His pure and innocent nature endears him to others, but his life takes an unexpected turn after a...

Direction Javier Fuentes-León

Cast Cristian Mercado · Manolo Cardona · Tatiana Astengo · José Chacaltana

Synopsis An unusual ghost story set on the Peruvian seaside; a married fisherman named Miguel (Cristian Mercado) struggles to reconcile his devotion to his male lover within his town's rigid traditions.

Direction Alice Rohrwacher

Cast Josh O'Connor · Carol Duarte · Vincenzo Nemolato · Isabella Rossellini

Synopsis We all have a chimera, something we wish to do, to have, but we never find it. For the gang of 'tombaroli', the thieves of ancient tombs and archaeological sites, the chimera is to dream of stopping working and becoming...

Direction Alejandro González Iñárritu

Cast Michael Keaton · Emma Stone · Edward Norton · Zach Galifianakis

Synopsis A washed up actor who once played an iconic superhero must overcome his ego and family trouble as he prepares to mount a Broadway play in a bid to reclaim past glory. Movie star Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), who became...

Direction Miguel Gomes

Cast Crista Alfaiate · João Pedro Bénard · Isabel Muñoz Cardoso · Margarida Carpinteiro

Synopsis A murderer on the run from authorities becomes a folk hero in the second instalment of this surreal epic about the lives of ordinary people in austerity-stricken, contemporary Portugal. Elsewhere, a trial involving stolen cows turns farcical and a dog...

Direction Alfonso Arau

Cast Marco Leonardi · Lumi Cavazos · Regina Torné · Ada Carrasco

Synopsis Like Water for Chocolate (1992) is a magical realism tale set in early 20th-century Mexico. It follows Tita, a young woman bound by tradition to care for her domineering mother and forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro. As Tita...

Direction Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast Grazyna Szapolowska · Jerzy Radziwilowicz · Aleksander Bardini · Maria Pakulnis

Synopsis It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief, and Antek continues to appear to her. She seeks to...

Direction Julián de Tavira · Ana Lorena Pérez Ríos

Cast Azul Guaita · Irene Azuela · Andres Baida · Ana Valeria Becerril

Synopsis TV Series (2024-). 1 Season. 6 Episodes. Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz are two souls in love who cannot be together due to ingrained family customs, which will force our protagonist to navigate with magical tints and flavors...

Direction Shuji Terayama

Cast Tsutomu Yamazaki · Mayumi Ogawa · Yoshio Harada · Yôko Takahashi

Synopsis In a tale that is visually stunning in certain segments, director Shuji Terayama (who died before this movie was released) has woven a spell of magic and social reprobation around the forbidden love of two cousins. Su-e (Mayumi Ogawa) and...