Mourning Movies

In 1951, New York poet Elizabeth Bishop travels to Rio de Janeiro to visit Mary, a college friend. The shy Elizabeth is overwhelmed by Brazilian...

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...

Lea is an immaculate 30-something wife whose husband’s job in real estate allows her an enviably glossy lifestyle. The word...

Documents the writing, recording and performing of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ sixteenth studio album, Skeleton Tree.

Even though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to...

A woman mourning her father's passing is tormented by memories of a mother she never knew. A presence reveals secrets hidden within her family home.

When Eyal finishes the week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their routine but instead he gets high with a young...

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 son loves his mother, because her hands were the first to welcome him. At her funeral, he steals the hearse and drives away. During the journey,...

After the loss of his daughter, Jurek, together with his father-in-law Ben, decides to perform the Chinese minghun ritual

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 present-day Queens, a Turkish gravedigger is unable to face a shattering truth and risks losing the dearest connection left in his life.

Cardoza's death, a candidate for mayor of a village chief enemy and Rosauro Castro, leads to Mr. Garcia Mata to undertake an investigation. Upon...

A documentary that explores how seven remarkable people embrace their pain, learn to live with their loss, and now engage in life with more...

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

A young widower sidesteps grief, loss, and familial dysfunction when he steals his wife's ashes and sets off on an impulsive odyssey through...

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

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...

The reign of Edward II, King of England, is troubled from the start when he brings his male lover, hated by the nobles, out of exile.

A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the...