We May Laugh

The resourceful spirit of the Greek immigrant in Germany magically mixes with soul music in an inventive and, often, hilarious escapist film by Fatih Akin, in the funniest and most optimistic moment of his career. — Zinos is a restaurant owner in Hamburg who can’t seem to catch a break: he’s hurt his back and can’t move, his old clients are abandoning him, and his girlfriend, Nadine, has left him to get a job in Shanghai. Fueled by desperation, he revamps the restaurant to bring in new crowds and does not hesitate to go to China to find Nadine. Except, in order to leave, he has to place the business in the hands of his brother, a choice that may be a recipe for disaster. — Official Selection | Venice Film Festival | 2009 Special Jury Prize | Venice Film Festival | 2009 Young Cinema Award Best Film | Venice Film Festival | 2009 Art Cinema Award | Hamburg Film Festival | 2009

"The Intouchables," with its willingness to satirize anything and its almost brutal honesty, is a masterfully written film featuring a magical acting duo. One of the funniest, most sincere, and moving films you’ll ever see. — After being confined to a wheelchair due to an accident with a parachute, a billionaire aristocrat chooses the most unexpected candidate as his assistant: a young, recent ex-convict from the poor neighborhoods of the Paris suburbs. Two different worlds collide and, despite their dissimilarities, a true friendship develops. — Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film | Golden Globe | 2013 Audience Award | Sarajevo Film Festival | 2012

The French call the orgasm "la petite mort": the little death. Five stories about fetishes, relationships, passion, sex with love and sex without love. Funny, honest, true. And sexy. — The couples in this film are trying anxiously to rediscover their lost sexual mojo through fantasies, games, extreme experiments. Will they succeed or will they sacrifice their relationships on the altar of fleeting erotic ecstasy? — Audience Award - Open Horizons | Thessaloniki Film Festival | 2014

Meryl Streep wins the 20th (!) Oscar nomination for the role of the discordant soprano singer, Florence Foster Jenkins, in a feelgood biographical comedy by the film director of “High Fidelity”, “The Queen” and “Dangerous Liaisons”. Starring with her, Hugh Grant. — The cosmic New Yorker Florence Foster Jenkins thinks she's the nightingale of the opera, when in fact she cannot sing at all. Her husband and agent, St. Claire Bayfield, a fallen English aristocrat and actor, sustains this illusion. When Florence decides to give a concert to the legendary Carnegie Hall in 1944, St. Claire realizes that he has to face the greatest challenge of his life. — Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (Meryl Streep) | Oscars | 2017 Nominated for Best Achievement in Costume Design | Oscars | 2017

A hilarious mainstream Italian comedy with sharp commentary and situations that would be plausible anywhere in the Greek provinces, traversing the fine line between legal and illegal. — Municipal elections are upon a small Sicilian village, Pietramare. The current mayor is a corrupt man, ready to continue serving in a similar fashion. This time, however, a new candidate seeks office, an idealist and exemplary citizen. Against all odds, he wins the elections and a new era of legitimacy and order begins. Are the villagers ready to welcome the change?

Laughter and tears alternate in this relatable and disarmingly bittersweet comedy that portrays a triumphant life journey that confirms and transcends the truth behind any cliche about "special abilities". — Three young people with different disabilities decide to take a daring road trip with a jaded nurse driver to Montreal, Canada, to visit an asylum that specializes in physically challenged clients.

Some of Spain’s most recognizable actors, through 7 surreal stories ranging from pure comedy to true horror, sprinkled with an essence of satire. Contemporary Spanish cinema at its best. — The family, the poor kid who appears on TV, the sixth floor neighbours, the tenant and the real estate agent, the business couple, the guy progress has run-over and the couple about to get married. Seven stories that mix horror and comedy. Seven moments of black comedy as strange as familiar. Seven surreal visions of a society that can't progress, a dysfunctional society. — Audience Award | Gaudí Awards | 2020