Michael Haneke
Amour
FILM SYNOPSIS
In the final months of her life, a retired music teacher and her husband of
sixty years struggle with the debilitating effects of two strokes on both
her health and her quality of life. As Georges cares for the increasingly
unhappy Anne, the pair finds the nature of their life together irrevocably
changed.
Benh Zeitlin
Beasts of the Southern Wild
FILM SYNOPSIS
In an isolated Louisiana swampland known as the Bathtub, young Hushpuppy and
her father are part of a community that lives outside of the structure of
modern society. When rising flood waters threaten the area, the young girl's
resourcefulness and lively imagination are called into play as the region's
residents face the approaching disaster.
Ang Lee
Life
of Pi
FILM SYNOPSIS
Young Pi, the son of zookeepers in Pondicherry, India, finds the world he
knows swept away when his family sells the zoo and sets sail for Canada with
a few of its remaining animals. A storm capsizes the ship and only Pi
escapes, set adrift in a lifeboat that is also the refuge of an enormous
Bengal tiger.
Steven
Spielberg
Lincoln
FILM SYNOPSIS
With the Civil War coming to a close and the freedom granted to the slaves
by the Emancipation Proclamation called into question, Abraham Lincoln seeks
to pass a thirteenth amendment to the Constitution that will outlaw slavery
everywhere in the United States. Facing opposition from many quarters in
Congress, Lincoln uses his vast political powers to gain allies in his
fight.
David O.
Russell
Silver Linings Playbook
FILM SYNOPSIS
Pat Solatano is released into his parents' care after eight months of
treatment for a bipolar disorder. His recovery seems far from certain,
however, when he stops taking his medication and becomes increasingly
obsessed with winning back his estranged wife, a plan that leads him to
embark on a complicated relationship with a troubled young woman whose
husband has died.
