The Turin Horse (2011)

AKA A torinói ló

Directed by
Béla Tarr
Ágnes Hranitzky

Writing credits
László Krasznahorkai
Béla Tarr

1889. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche witnessed the whipping of a horse while traveling in Turin, Italy. He tossed his arms around the horse's neck to protect it then collapsed to the ground. In less than one month, Nietzsche would be diagnosed with a serious mental illness that would make him bed-ridden and speechless for the next eleven years until his death. But whatever did happen to the horse? This film, which is Tarr's last, follows up this question in a fictionalized story of what occurred. The man who whipped the horse is a rural farmer who makes his living taking on carting jobs into the city with his horse-drawn cart. The horse is old and in very poor health, but does its best to obey its master's commands. The farmer and his daughter must come to the understanding that it will be unable to go on sustaining their livelihoods. The dying of the horse is the foundation of this tragic tale.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1316540/

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010)

 AKA ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ (Thai), Lung Bunmi Raluek Chat (RTGS)

Directed by
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Written by
Phra Sripariyattiweti (inspired by the book of)
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave -- the birthplace of his first life...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588895/

Promises Written in Water (2010)

Directed by
Vincent Gallo

Writing credits
Vincent Gallo

Promises Written in Water is a stripped down abstract romantic story of a man and a woman, both in crisis. Kevin (Vincent Gallo) is a long-time, professional assassin, specializing in the termination of life. Mallory (Delfine Bafort) is a wild, poetic, beautiful young woman confronting her terminal illness and eventual suicide. She reaches out to Kevin to take responsibility for her corpse once she passes, requesting his protection of her dead body’s dignity until her cremation. Kevin’s acceptance of this request causes uncomfortable self-reflection and changes the lens through which he views death. The film features Sage Stallone as The Mafioso.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712563/