Mourning Movies

Ellie, a recovering drug addict, has just moved to a new city with her two teenage children. She has struggled to stay sober in the past and is...

Satsuki lost her boyfriend, Hitoshi, in a car accident. Unable to face up to his death, she spends her days unable to sleep properly. At some point,...

The corpse of a woman is found in front of Maria’s apartment window. She agrees to take charge of the funeral, becoming involved in her...

The last day of Carnival—Ash Wednesday. February 1976. Saint-Esprit, Martinique. After living in mainland France for several years under the...

A man struggling with grief sets off across California on a solo motorcycle trip.

After the South African Defense Force wrongfully declares young Recce Henk Viljoen dead behind enemy lines, it’s up to him alone to use every...

In the early 20th century, Lazar -a taciturn woodsman- asks the disenchanted portraitist Arkadi to immortalize his child. The execution of this...

Barbara and her partner Heli are professional clowns, living out their dream of an alternative, joy filled life with their two children, laughing at...

Lonnie and Rick seem to be complete opposites, at first glance. A survivor of suicide, Lonnie is introverted and ill at ease around her parents, Lois...

Unable to accept the death of her husband, a woman keeps him secretly in their apartment. Helped by the cold, she tries to keep the corpse preserved...

Five family depictions, five disrupted balances. An anthology which broach subjects such as mourning, family toxicity, the lack of parents/children...

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over...

It’s pouring rain at the funeral. There’s a lot of crying, too much wine, several woodpeckers and a couple of dreams that fill in the...

Laurel, a Chicago-based business executive, travels to Memphis to secure one of the city's oldest family-owned banks. While in Memphis, Laurel...

A woman and her two young children struggle for answers and shared closure after their husband and father, a professional cave diver, doesn't return...

A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.

Sam, a recovering alcoholic, feels dissatisfied with his life of sobriety and goes back in search of the good times he enjoyed with his wino friends...

Due to the sudden death of his grandfather, Nejat (8) arrives at a funeral home for the first time in his life. As soon as they arrive, he is left...