Vengeance Silencieuse

Dans le royaume ultraconservateur d'Arabie saoudite, corseté par la charia et les traditions, les femmes peuvent difficilement s'extraire du carcan qui leur est imposé. Pourtant, une révolution silencieuse semble être en marche… Portrait de Saoudiennes courageuses qui se battent pour faire évoluer la situation des femmes dans leur pays.

Silent Light (Plautdietsch: Stellet licht; Spanish: Luz silenciosa) is a 2007 film written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas. Filmed in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, a city in northern Mexico, Silent Light is set in a Mennonite community and tells the story of a married man who falls in love with another woman. The dialogue is in Plautdietsch, the language of the Russian Mennonites.

A French chef swears revenge after a violent attack on his daughter's family in Hong Kong, during which her husband and her two children are murdered. To help him find the killers, he hires three local hit-men working for the mafia.

A thief, murderer, and charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) is on the run from the police. Director Shohei Imamura turns this fact-based story, of the seventy-eight-day killing spree of a remorseless man from a devoutly Catholic family, into a cold, perverse, and at times diabolically funny tale of the primitive coexisting with the modern. More than just a true-crime case, Vengeance Is Mine bares mankind’s snarling id.

The Vengeance Trilogy (Korean title: 복수 삼부작) is a term used to describe three films directed by South Korean film director Park Chan-wook which dealt with the theme of revenge. Tartan Films released the three films on DVD in 2007. They are:

• Boksuneun Naui Geot (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) - 2002
• Oldboy - 2003
• Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (Sympathy for Lady Vengeance) - 2005

In Seoul, Ryu, a deaf worker has a sister who needs a kidney transplant. He tries to donate his own kidney to his sister, but his blood type is not compatible with hers. When Ryu is fired from Ilshin Electronics, he meets illegal dealers of organs, and the criminals propose that he give them his kidney plus ten millions Won to obtain a kidney suitable for his sister. Ryu accepts the trade, but he does not have money to pay for the surgery. His anarchist revolutionary girlfriend Cha Young-mi convinces him to kidnap Yossun, the daughter of his former employer Park, who owns Ilshin Electronics. However, a tragedy happens, generating revenge and a series of acts of violence.

Even-tempered Owen Daybright is the adopted son of rancher Arch Strobie. All his life Owen has been covering up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee – protecting the rascal from his father's wrath. Finally, however, Lee's shenanigans go too far. After getting a young woman pregnant, Lee shifts the blame to Owen…

Even-tempered Owen Daybright is the adopted son of rancher Arch Strobie. All his life Owen has been covering up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee – protecting the rascal from his father's wrath. Finally, however, Lee's shenanigans go too far. After getting a young woman pregnant, Lee shifts the blame to Owen. He even encourages the girl's brothers to get revenge, hoping that with Owen out of the picture he'll become sole heir to his father's farm. That's as much as any man can take… and Owen decides that now is the time to settle the score

Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) and his murderous rampage which sparked a 78-day nationwide manhunt, Shôhei Imamura’s disturbing gem Vengeance Is Mine [Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari] won every major award in Japan on the year of its release. Both seducing and repelling with its unusual story and grisly humour, Imamura uncovers a seedy underbelly of civilised Japanese society.