Pain Movies

Dominique Pinon takes the viewer through various examples of what he "likes and dislikes."

At dawn, in a great classical dance conservatory, a boy falls while rehearsing some movements. Something breaks in his foot, causing sharp pain. But...

A hapless man seeking treatment for his crippling back pain discovers a very unusual talent and unexpected love.

Elena loves Abel, she is drowning on the anguish of being, her subconscious manifests her urges; during the funeral misfortune sets in. Laceration...

A reflection on loss, pain, sex and breathing.

Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). 17 million people around the world suffer from...

Piel dolor (Skin Pain) explains how power is structurally sustained in violence. Its nature and the relationships it establishes in society are based...

A homeless man is murdered by a group of friends in early 2001. Five of the six friends are imprisoned. One receives probation in place of jail time....

When Harvard PhD student Jennifer Brea is struck down at 28 by a fever that leaves her bedridden, doctors tell her it’s "all in her head."...

A series of murders are confounding the local police with its residue of mutilated corpses. It begins when a sadistic cult murders willing victims...

Diana suffers from chronic migraines that lead her to take her own life, feeling misunderstood by those around her. However, in the limbo between...

‘Voices from the Shadows’ shows the brave and sometimes heartrending stories of five ME patients and their carers, along with input from...

The pandemic. A man. A tissue roll.

A young woman, on holiday with a group of her artist friends, meets a strange and enigmatic woman who threatens to divide the group's bonds of love...

The film is just this kind wandering through the personal ways and whys of different kinds of pain in different kinds of people. The film searches...

The Boy Who Couldn't Feel Pain is set in Grants, New Mexico and tells the fictional small-town legend of Chester, a street fighter who can't feel any...

Mateo and his boyfriend, Marc, arrive home after a night out with Luke, a guy they've just met. After an argument, Mateo leaves the flat and bumps...

A man, Jean, is critically injured in a freakish accident. He and Agneta, his partner, must cope with the impact of his injuries and determine a new...

A reflection on the concept of pain through an immersive flow of images and words.