Foster 2011 ( 6.7)

Some years after their son is killed in an accident, a married couple decide to adopt a child. One day a 7-year-old boy, Eli, unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep claiming to be from the adoption agency. Eli wears a suit every day and is very well-spoken for a child. He helps the adults to process their loss, which had stifled both their marriage and their toy business, and lets them embrace life again.

The Song of Lunch 2010 ( 6.559)

A dramatisation of Christopher Reid's narrative poem that tells the story of an unnamed book editor who, fifteen years after their break-up, is meeting his former love for a nostalgic lunch at Zanzotti's, the Soho restaurant they used to frequent.

A Number 2008 ( 5.2)

A father is confronted by the sons he had cloned decades earlier. Based on a play by Caryl Churchill.

The Gift of Life 1982

A young woman is faced with local disapproval and strain on her marriage when she agrees to serve as a surrogate mother.

Line of Sight 1960 ( 5.2)

Pedro returns to the castle of his childhood, inhabited by his uncle, an indifferent being who scarcely notices his presence. At the castle, Pedro wanders between the park and the salons, playing the songs he composed on the guitar. He notices strange people around the castle.

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Well, We Were Lucky with the Weather – Again 2008 ( 3)

Almost 30 years has passed and Gösta and Gun are retired. This summer they're going on a trip to their son's wedding in Gösta's new RV.

Maybe tomorrow 2011 ( 5.3)

Mariken Halle first asked around her neighborhood if she might make a school film about one of her neighbors. When that didn’t work, she and her small film crew began addressing people on the streets of Göteborg. How would they imagine a movie that they would want to star in? The results were far from fantastic – she encountered dismissively amused responses and boring, confused ideas. But some of the people she talked to were different. They try getting into their “life role” – and she begins to direct them....