Ταινίες ελληνικής διανομής 2024
Ταινίες που έλαβαν διανομή στις κινηματογραφικές αίθουσες της Ελλάδας για πρώτη φορά μέσα στο 2024.
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- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsEmma StoneMark RuffaloWillem DafoeAn account of the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter.
- DirectorTomohisa TaguchiStarsFukujurou KatayamaJunko NodaArthur LounsberyDaisuke, Miyako, Iori, Takeru Takashi, Hikari, and Ken must reconcile new responsibilities with their Digimon partners. But Rui Owada, a mysterious young man, appears claiming to be the first human to partner with a Digimon.
- DirectorCharlotte Le BonStarsJoseph EngelSara MontpetitMonia ChokriA shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl.
- DirectorBryce McGuireStarsWyatt RussellKerry CondonAmélie HoeferleA family moves into a new home, unaware that a dark secret from the house's past will unleash a malevolent force in the backyard pool.
- DirectorDK WelchmanHugh WelchmanStarsKamila UrzedowskaRobert GulaczykMiroslaw BakaJagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village - a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.
- DirectorThien An PhamStarsLe Phong VuNguyen ThinhVu Ngoc ManhA man returns to his hometown, where he's haunted by past memories and desires.
- DirectorMarc ForsterStarsGillian AndersonOlivia RossHelen MirrenBased on the book by the best-selling author of Wonder, this uplifting movie shows how one act of kindness can live on forever.
- DirectorDavid AyerStarsJason StathamEmmy Raver-LampmanBobby NaderiOne man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as "Beekeepers."
- DirectorKristoffer BorgliStarsLily BirdNicolas CageJulianne NicholsonAn ordinary family man finds his life turned upside down when strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams.
- DirectorMartin BourboulonStarsFrançois CivilVincent CasselRomain DurisD'Artagnan is forced to join forces with Milady to save Constance, who was kidnapped before his eyes. But as war is declared and Athos, Porthos and Aramis have already joined the front, a secret from the past shatters old alliances.
- DirectorPablo BergerStarsIvan LabandaAlbert Trifol SegarraRafa CalvoThe adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in New York City during the 1980s.
- DirectorCharlotte ReganStarsLola CampbellAlin UzunCary CranksonGeorgie, a dreamy 12-year-old girl, lives happily alone in her London flat, filling it with magic. Suddenly, her estranged father turns up and forces her to confront reality.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsPierce BrosnanMorena BaccarinJames CaanCharlie Swift is a fixer with a problem: the thug he's whacked is missing his head and Charlie will only be paid if the body can be identified. Enter Marcie Kramer, the victim's ex-wife and a woman with all the skills Charlie needs.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsMichael FassbenderOscar KightleyKaimanaThe story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0.
- DirectorAlejandro MonteverdeStarsJim CaviezelMira SorvinoBill CampThe incredible true story of a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue hundreds of children from traffickers.
- DirectorÁlvaro GagoStarsMaría VázquezSanti PregoTatánA woman in a Galician fishing village is struggling to get by with hard work and rough charm. With her 18-year-old daughter now ready to stand on her own two feet, Ramona begins to question her life up to this point.
- DirectorJames HawesStarsAnthony HopkinsLena OlinJohnny FlynnSir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
- DirectorRasmus A. SivertsenStarsAnders BaasmoHerman Breum-LieHedda GrjotheimThe three thieves Kasper, Jesper and Jonathan lives together with their always hungry lion in the little town of Kardemomme town, the home to a fair but kind police officer, and the strict Aunt Sofie.
- DirectorGregoris RentisFor a long time, vessels crossing the High Risk Area on the Somali coastline would hire private mercenaries to protect themselves from pirates. Nowadays, attacks have dropped and mercenaries encounter a new problem: the lack of action.
- DirectorMichael MannStarsAdam DriverShailene WoodleyGiuseppe FestineseSet in the summer of 1957, with Enzo Ferrari's auto empire in crisis, the ex-racer turned entrepreneur pushes himself and his drivers to the edge as they launch into the Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy.
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsAaron EckhartNina DobrevClifton Collins Jr.An ex-CIA agent is reactivated when an extortionist targets the agency.
- DirectorVasiliy RovenskiyStarsJordan WorsleyStephen Peter KriselMaria SmakhtinaThe cat Vincent and mouse friend escape a flood in a harpsichord, arriving at the Hermitage. Elite guard cats protect the art from mice. When the Mona Lisa arrives, Vincent must stop it being stolen and win over Cleopatra cat.
- DirectorElene NaverianiStarsEka ChavleishviliTemiko ChichinadzeLia AbuladzeEtero, 48, single in a Georgian village, encounters gossip. She unexpectedly falls for a man, caught between a relationship or independence. She navigates her emotions while grappling with societal norms, searching for happiness.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsPaul GiamattiDa'Vine Joy RandolphDominic SessaA cranky history teacher at a prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a grieving cook and a troubled student who has no place to go.
- DirectorMeg RyanStarsMeg RyanDavid DuchovnyHal LiggettWilla and Bill are ex-lovers that will see each other for the first time in years when they both find themselves snowed in, in-transit, at an airport overnight.
- DirectorDavid BarnardStarsChris LoweNeil TennantThe Pet Shop Boys perform hit songs like West End Girls, Suburbia, Opportunities, and It's a Sin live in concert in Copenhagen during their Dreamworld tour. The lavish concert film features many of their classic tracks.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsSoma SantokiMasaki SudaKô ShibasakiIn the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsHenry CavillBryce Dallas HowardSam RockwellA reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realizes the plot of the new book she's writing starts to mirror real-world events, in real time.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsIlinca ManolacheOvidiu PîrsanNina HossAn overworked and underpaid production assistant drives around Bucharest to shoot the casting for a workplace safety video commissioned by a multinational company.
- DirectorChie HayakawaStarsChieko BaishôHayato IsomuraStefanie ArianneGovernment program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
- DirectorPhilip BarantiniStarsChaneil KularLauryn AjufoNitin GanatraAfter a revenge obsessed society incorrectly selects its next target, a young man must survive the night as the online witch-hunt arrives at his front door.
- DirectorSofia ExarchouStarsDimitra VlagopoulouFlomaria PapadakiAhilleas HariskosA group of performers spend an increasingly wild summer working at the Hotel Mirage.
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsCailee SpaenyJacob ElordiAri CohenWhen teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
- DirectorAngelos RallisStarsAfrin KhanomBonna AkterFeroza BegumIn the desolate wilderness of the disappearing islands along the Brahmaputra river, 12-year-old orphan Afrin is coming of age. When heavy rainfalls and flood waters ravage Afrin's island, she refuses to surrender to its deadly tides. Afrin rows herself in a wooden boat toward the teeming metropolis of Dhaka to find her estranged father among the millions of climate refugees. Forced to grow up fast, Afrin must confront the mysteries of a sinking world.
- DirectorWill GluckStarsSydney SweeneyGlen PowellAlexandra ShippAfter an amazing first date, Bea and Ben's fiery attraction turns ice-cold--until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
- DirectorNoel ClearyStarsCoco Jack GilliesBenson Jack AnthonyJimmy James EatonWhen Maya, a headstrong little bee, and her best friend Willi, rescue an ant princess they find themselves in the middle of an epic bug battle that will take them to strange new worlds and test their friendship to its limits.
- DirectorSean DurkinStarsZac EfronJeremy Allen WhiteHarris DickinsonThe true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s.
- DirectorReinaldo Marcus GreenStarsKingsley Ben-AdirLashana LynchJames NortonThe story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.
- DirectorS.J. ClarksonStarsDakota JohnsonSydney SweeneyIsabela MercedCassandra Webb is a New York metropolis paramedic who begins to demonstrate signs of clairvoyance. Forced to challenge revelations about her past, she needs to safeguard three young women from a deadly adversary who wants them destroyed.
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsAndrew ScottPaul MescalCarter John GroutA screenwriter drawn back to his childhood home enters into a fledgling relationship with his downstairs neighbor while discovering a mysterious new way to heal from losing his parents 30 years ago.
- DirectorRoger KumbleStarsVirginia GardnerDylan SprouseLibe BarerIt follows Abby and Travis, who after a crazy night in Las Vegas, discover they are married. They head to Mexico for a honeymoon with friends and family.
- DirectorRyûsuke HamaguchiStarsHitoshi OmikaRyô NishikawaRyûji KosakaTakumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.
- DirectorPandelis PagoulatosStarsTheodora TzimouViky MaidanoglouOthonas MetaxasFanis and Maria are living in the nasty center of Athens. They operate on the world of background actors and escape rooms. They are trying to make a killing in any way. They both sell and are being sold. Toxicity, porn, drugs. A wild and passionate couple in a dead-end love story.
- DirectorIoanna TsoucalaAs the era of psychiatric asylums in Europe draws to an end, Ladies in Waiting opens a window to its past. Through the unique perspectives of caregivers from the Psychiatric Hospital of Attica - the last remaining one in Greece - and the lives of care-receivers, we take a peek inside the taboo world of mental illness. A film about boundaries, life experiences, and discrimination, deconstructing and redefining what mental health looks and sounds like.
- DirectorDemián RugnaStarsEzequiel RodríguezDemián SalomónSilvina SabaterIn a remote village, two brothers find a demon-infected man just about to "give birth" to evil itself. They decide to get rid of the body, only to end up unintentionally spreading chaos.
- DirectorWilliam EubankStarsLiam HemsworthRussell CroweLuke HemsworthA US Army special forces unit is ambushed during a mission to retrieve an intelligence asset and their only remaining hope lies with a remote Air Force drone operator assisting them through a brutal 48-hour battle for survival.
- DirectorMahalia BeloStarsJodie ComerJoel FryYves RassouA woman tries to find her way home with her newborn while an environmental crisis submerges London in floodwaters.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsKoji YakushoTokio EmotoArisa NakanoHirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
- DirectorEshom NelmsIan NelmsStarsOrlando BloomGarret DillahuntAndie MacDowellCash is trying to live an honest and quiet life, but when Big Cat forces him back into her services, he proves capable of anything to protect the town and the only family he has left.
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsTimothée ChalametZendayaRebecca FergusonPaul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
- DirectorMaria DouzaStarsEfthalia PapacostaDimitris KitsosNikos KoukasFinancial upheaval forces a teenage deaf girl, Valmira 16, to leave her progressive Athens school and return to her father's struggling island where she is confronted by the danger of prejudice and intolerance, most shockingly -- her own.
- DirectorJean-Paul CiveyracStarsSophie MarceauJohan HeldenberghCristina FluturFollows Juliane, a police superintendent of great moral integrity, but who begins to carry out acts of which she would never have believed herself capable after discovering her husband is leading a double life.
- DirectorAnthony ChenStarsDongyu ZhouHaoran LiuChuxiao QuThe blossoming relationship between three young adults in their twenties.
- DirectorIra SachsStarsFranz RogowskiBen WhishawAdèle ExarchopoulosA gay couple's marriage is thrown into crisis when one of them impulsively begins a passionate affair with a young woman.
- DirectorJulio Soto GurpideStarsJesús BarredaAndrea VillaverdeCatherina MartínezInspector Sun boards a seemingly normal plane for a much-needed vacation, but when an enigmatic millionaire receives a threat on his life, Sun is back on the case. Trapped in a web of lies, Sun must find the culprit before it's too late.
- DirectorJames Napier RobertsonStarsTalia RyderDiane KrugerOleg IvenkoAmerican ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
- DirectorKarolos ZonarasStarsPantelis DentakisJeo PakitsasMaria KoumbaniFollowing their deaths, Father and Son are reunited in an arid and desolate non-place, regulated by abstract mathematical principles, where the dead face a dilemma: accept the dematerialization process or remain in indeterminacy forever.
- DirectorJeff WadlowStarsDeWanda WiseTaegen BurnsPyper BraunA woman returns to her childhood home to discover that the imaginary friend she left behind is very real and unhappy that she abandoned him.
- DirectorEmily AtefStarsMarlene BurowFelix KramerCedric EichSet in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.
- DirectorMarie Amachoukeli-BarsacqStarsLouise Mauroy-PanzaniIlça Moreno ZegoAbnara Gomes VarelaSix-year-old Cléo loves her nanny Gloria more than anything. When Gloria must return to Cape Verde to care for her own children, the two must make the most of their last summer together.
- DirectorReem KhericiStarsFranck DuboscReem KhericiPhilippe LacheauA cat and a dog escape their cages in the airport, their owners must work together to recover their prized pets.
- DirectorRobert ConnollyStarsEric BanaAnna TorvDeborra-Lee FurnessFive women participate in a hiking retreat but only four come out the other side. Federal agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head into the mountains hoping to find their informant still alive.
- DirectorMatteo GarroneStarsSeydou SarrMoustapha FallIssaka SawadogoA Homeric fairy tale that tells the adventurous journey of two young boys, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe.
- DirectorMarkus GollerStarsFrederick LauNora TschirnerBurak YigitWhen he moves his car while drunk Mark loses his driver's license and has to undergo an MPA. During a course he meets Helena and tries to sober up with her, but temptations lurk everywhere.
- DirectorRose GlassStarsAnna BaryshnikovKristen StewartDave FrancoGym manager Lou falls for Jackie, a bodybuilder who is passing through town en route to a competition in Las Vegas.
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertStarsMamadi BarriWalid BenzianeSabine BerlièreFollows patients and caregivers at a psychiatric centre with a unique floating structure located in the middle of the Seine river in central Paris.
- DirectorVasilis TsikarasStarsKonstantinos LagosVasilis TsikarasLefteris DimiropoulosIt is the winter of 1943. Somewhere in central Greece. A captain and a sergeant of the Greek army are the only survivors of a failed sabotage attempt against a German target during World War II. The two men are forced to flee to a village. They are pursued by a platoon of unwanted German army soldiers led by a tough German lieutenant. In the midst of war, a love is born that will change everyone's lives. The film is based on true events.
- DirectorMike MitchellStephanie StineStarsJack BlackAwkwafinaViola DavisAfter Po is tapped to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace, he needs to find and train a new Dragon Warrior, while a wicked sorceress plans to re-summon all the master villains whom Po has vanquished to the spirit realm.
- DirectorFelipe Gálvez HaberleStarsSam SpruellMark StanleyAlfredo CastroIn Chile in 1901, three horseman are paid to protect a vast estate. Accompanying a British soldier and an American mercenary is a mixed-race sniper, who realizes that his true mission is to kill the indigenous population.
- DirectorMichael MohanStarsSydney SweeneyÁlvaro MorteSimona TabascoCecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets.
- DirectorKonstantinos KoutsoliotasStarsDavide TucciDaphne AlexanderConstantin SymsirisWhen mysterious creatures invade a Greek seaside port, a misfit band of musicians, tourists, bodybuilders, and grannies unite to save the city in this quirky action-comedy.
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsCate BlanchettAswan ReidDeborah MailmanA nine-year-old Aboriginal Australian orphan boy arrives in the dead of night at a remote monastery run by a renegade nun.
- DirectorMichael KeatonStarsMichael KeatonRay McKinnonCassie MoronezWhen a contract killer has a rapidly evolving form of dementia, he is offered an opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life of his estranged adult son.
- DirectorAlberto CorredorStarsFreya AllanJeremy IrvineRuby BarkerA young woman inherits a run-down pub and discovers a dark secret within its basement - Baghead - a shape-shifting creature that will let you speak to lost loved ones, but not without consequence.
- DirectorAlexis TsafasStarsChristina SotiriouAlexia BezikiYorgos GlastrasAnna is a young journalist with progressive ideas. Lophilia is a painter who impresses and challenges with her heretical lifestyle and art. The chance meeting of the two women will soon develop into an intense and deep relationship with unexpected revelations. The experience of Anna's acquaintance with Lophilia, will determine her later life.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsPaolo PierobonFausto Russo AlesiBarbara RonchiA Jewish boy is kidnapped and converted to Catholicism in 1858.
- DirectorStefano MordiniStarsHaley BennettDaniel BrühlRiccardo ScamarcioA true David vs. Goliath story spotlighting the intense rivalry between Audi and Lancia at the 1983 Rally World Championship. Against all odds, Lancia battles to regain its former glory with a combination of innovation and courage.
- DirectorElina PsykouStarsAnastasia KontouGaia SacchiA journey across Europe to question each person's rights to bodily autonomy.
- DirectorAdam WingardStarsRebecca HallBrian Tyree HenryDan StevensTwo ancient titans, Godzilla and Kong, clash in an epic battle as humans unravel their intertwined origins and connection to Skull Island's mysteries.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsJosh O'ConnorCarol DuarteVincenzo NemolatoA group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
- DirectorRuán MaganStarsAnn SkellyNora BarnacleSylvia BeachParis, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare and Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsDavid ByrneBernie WorrellAlex WeirConsidered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood's Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads' most memorable songs.
- DirectorHayley Easton StreetStarsHiftu QuasemLauren LyleNatalie MitsonFollows a group of five girlfriends who must fight for their lives in open water after a dream wedding transformed into a nightmare.
- DirectorTatiana HuezoStarsMontserrat HernandezMaría de los Ángeles Pacheco TapiaLuz María Vázquez GonzálezIn the remote Mexican village of El Eco, life is rich in privation, work and children. Here, granddaughters movingly take care of grandmothers until they die.
- DirectorSimon Cellan JonesStarsMark WahlbergSimu LiuJuliet RylanceAn adventure racer adopts a stray dog named Arthur to join him in an epic endurance race.
- DirectorKyros PapavassiliouStarsMakis PapadimitriouYiannis NiarrosHristos SougarisIn a world where time changes arbitrarily, a couple's relationship is tested as their individual and shared recollections of the past, present and future change unremittingly.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorJon BernthalNiecy NashThe unspoken system that has shaped America and chronicles how lives today are defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
- DirectorAlois Di LeoSergio MachadoRené VeilleuxStarsRodrigo SantoroMarcelo AdnetAlice BragaA pair of mice attempt to board Noah's Ark.
- DirectorTzeli HadjidimitriouThe documentary chronicles about four decades in a small farming village of Eressos on the island of Lesbos, where lesbian women from around the world have been gathering since the late '70s.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsGi Ju-bongKim Min-heeA woman in 40s living at friends home answers briefly, and a man in 70s living alone end up giving longer answers, had visitor for lunch in front of their guests, coincidentally they both added hot pepper paste to their ramyun.
- DirectorArkasha StevensonStarsNell Tiger FreeRalph InesonSonia BragaA young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate.
- DirectorJames MarshStarsAidan GillenGabriel ByrneBronagh GallagherMany parts of the literary Samuel Beckett giant's life: Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse.
- DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsElina LöwensohnChrista ThéretJulia RiedlerConan's life at different stages is shown with a different aesthetic and rhythm from the Sumerian era to the near future.
- DirectorStelios KouloglouStarsJason ApostolopoulosIn Greek prisons, thousands of refugees and migrants are convicted as traffickers. The internationally acclaimed rescuer Jason Apostolopoulos tries to save three innocent refugees. The first has been sentenced to 142 years in prison and the other two to 50. In a Courtroom drama that lasts over a year, will Jason and his comrades manage to free them?
- DirectorPanagiotis KountourasAristarchos PapadanielStarsAristarchos PapadanielAris ZervasTasos Pappas-PetridisA poetic documentary and unique musical about concentration and extermination camp Mauthausen. Swan song of world-renowned composer Mikis Theodorakis (Zorba, Z). Resurrecting the memories of camp survivor and academic Iakovos Kambanellis.
- DirectorDziga Vertov"Sixth Part of the World" was the size of Soviet Union of the time. Many peoples of many customs composed it. Ice and desert, forest and ocean. Bread, furs, machines. All and every is a part of great unity.
- DirectorSam Taylor-JohnsonStarsMarisa AbelaEddie MarsanJack O'ConnellThe life and music of Amy Winehouse, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time.
- DirectorGil KenanStarsPaul RuddCarrie CoonFinn WolfhardWhen the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age.
- DirectorGeorgios PanteleakisStarsGeorgios PanteleakisEleni TsokaJim WoodcockA surreal image of Tommy descending the lonely path of the seeker, his suit made bespoke. A blind ballet dancer. Both will be on Wolfman Radio. Some say that there is a permanent and a temporary personality within a human being.
- DirectorValeria Bruni TedeschiStarsNadia TereszkiewiczSofiane BennacerLouis GarrelFollows a troupe of young students at one of France's most prestigious performing arts academies as they navigate the ups and downs of art and love.