Explained Movies

In January 1895, a French artillery officer, General Staff member Alfred Dreyfus (Louis Garrel), a Jew by nationality, was convicted of spying for Germany. Prior to this, a military intelligence officer, Major Hubert Henri, submitted to the War Office a paper without a number and a signature, which informed the addressee that secret military documents […]

Argentina, August 2001. Several old friends from the small town of Alsina decide to open an agricultural cooperative. The idea belongs to Fermin Perlassi (Ricardo Darin) and his wife Lidia (Veronica Llanas), and they shared the idea with an old friend Antonio Fontana (Luis Brandoni). At first, he does not really understand what the essence

UK, Yorkshire, 1983. An unremarkable high school run by strict principal Felix Armstrong (Clive Merrison). But this year is special for the school. Eight graduates of the senior class in the exams received the highest scores, and this gives them the opportunity to apply for a scholarship when entering one of the most prestigious institutions

Court clerk Benjamin Esposito (Ricardo Darin) retired and decided to write a book about an old investigation that meant a lot to him. Twenty-five years ago, on June 21, 1974, Benjamin began to investigate the case of a young woman, Liliana Coloto de Morales (Carla Quevedo), who was brutally raped and murdered in her home

In December 1941, a middle-aged American naval officer, Ernest Krause (Tom Hanks), informs his longtime girlfriend Evelyn (Elizabeth Shue) that he has received command of a warship – the latest Greyhound destroyer. He goes to Norfolk, then to the Caribbean – training and practicing tactics. Ernest invites Evelyn to go with him – they say

The small state of Illyria, it is not clear what times. The ruler of Illyria, Duke Orsino (Oliver Chris) is in love with Countess Olivia (Phoebe Fox). Olivia is in mourning over the death of her brother and father, and she is not up to Orsino. In addition, Olivia is badly annoyed by her uncle

In 1974, the Icelandic boy Lars Erikssong, who lives in the small town of Husavik, and the girl Sigrit Eriksdottir saw on TV the performance of “ABBA” at Eurovision – and it changed their whole life! Already very adult Lars (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit (Rachel McAdams) play in their own group Fire Saga, perform Lars’

Strict Veronica Rowling (Viola Davis), the head of the teachers’ union in Chicago, has lived with her husband Harry (Liam Neeson) for many years. Moreover, the husband of this noble lady is a bandit who pulls off robberies. No, don’t think anything like that: they live in a luxurious penthouse, Harry cooperates with the best

Macarena Ferreiro (Maggie Sivantos) is your typical not-too-smart blonde. She fell in love with the head of the company she worked for, became his mistress, and after that it was not difficult for the boss to persuade Macarena to hang the company on himself, from which the boss carefully stole several million, after which he

Victor Drumont (Daniel Auteuil) is a 70-year-old cartoonist. He no longer draws cartoons, because he does not understand and does not accept the new world, and the newspaper in which he worked has gone online, and there are no need for cartoons. He has a bad relationship with his wife Marianne (Fanny Ardant), to whom

Javier Muñoz (Javier Gutierrez), who lives in Barcelona, ​​is a successful advertising man in the past. He worked for a large company “Tilson” for many years, where he created advertising masterpieces known to almost everyone in the country. But now he is under fifty, he has not created masterpieces for a long time, he does

Mexico, Mexico City, 1970. An affluent area of ​​the city called Colonia Roma. A wealthy family lives in a large house, consisting of Senor Dr. Antonio (Fernando Grediaga), Senora Sofia (Marina De Tavira) and their four children: three boys of various ages and a girl. The family keeps servants – two indigenous girls: Cleo (Yalitz