A Cool, Dry Place

(1998)

A young man travels home to Stockholm to earn money. Left behind in Thailand are his wife and children, whom he hopes to someday bring back to Sweden. A visual and fragmented portrait of Stockholm about dreams and class.

Activist liberal progressive law student Maya brings her new boyfriend home for the holidays-- neglecting to tell her family that he's - well - white. Guess who's coming to Christmas dinner?

Ben, a slacker, meets a waitress hiding from her past. When her explicit photos surface, he seeks the porn mogul responsible for distributing them, driven by his feelings for her.

When 15 year old Ruby realizes she is having her period, she doesn't want to ask her mother to buy her period products, because she knows their financial situation doesn't really allow it. She sets out to solve this problem herself.

The human experience, portraying a single intense day. Examines how individuals are pushed to their limits as they defy constraints, whether from self-imposed restrictions, familial expectations, or societal pressures.

The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.

A college professor finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star pupil levels an accusation against one of her colleagues and a dark secret from her own past threatens to come to light.

Newlyweds move to the family thoroughbred horse ranch, where the husband's obsessive mother resolves to get rid of her new daughter-in-law.

During China's Tang dynasty the emperor has taken the princess of a neighboring province as wife. She has borne him two sons and raised his eldest. Now his control over his dominion is complete, including the royal family itself.

The tranquil lives of a family isolated from the rest of society are disturbed by a terrifying creature, testing the ties that bind them together.