Pain Movies

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

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...

Young Oksana puts her newly born Denis in a baby box. Sixteen years later she steals him away from a children's home, intent on making amends for her...

Amidst cityscapes, an experimental short film unravels a woman's exploration of inner pain.

Three loosely connected stories: The relationship between midwife Rosa and therapist Marcel is shaken to the core by a cancer diagnosis. Wandering...

An omnibus movie that shows the difference in perspective, conflict, and pain of parting between men and women through the images of couples breaking...

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

Álvaro Norte, a celebrated composer and cellist, invites his talented student Mauro to be his assistant. However, Mauro reveals he has other...

A young home nurse, who has been treating a burn victim for some time, accidentally discovers, during a very hot summer day, that he takes pleasure...

A plane accident changes Francesco's life, who starts to feel a strange and new reality made of sorrow.

Period pain varies greatly in terms of its form and intensity. It is not easy to describe in words, and it is often trivialized and dismissed. This...

The film approaches the work of the Greek artist Nikos Koniaris. The particular way in which the painter depicts human suffering is presented through...

Tormented by a mysterious figure named Belmiro, a young woman goes up on a stage to deliver a monologue about her past and fight against herself.

Mia, a 19 year old woman living with a broken wrist, and a prescription to strong painkillers. Is struggling to get out her routinish life tangled...

A husband with a brain disorder that affects his long-term/ short-term memories recounts his marriage & discovers why it’s ending.

Mother and daughter, separated and alone, mourn the death of their respective husband and father. After this, they begin to hear mysterious noises...

A therapeutic exercise where the filmmaker looks into the camera and says "I'm sorry" until they physically and mentally can't anymore.

After accepting a mysterious online offer that rewards physical pain with real money, Igar begins testing its limits. What starts as a harmless...