"The act of killing" is an examination of the murder of political dissidents in Indonesia by government sponsored death squads in the years following the military coup in 1965, in which the filmmakers were successful in persuading those responsible to reenact the killings for the camera in the fashion of American movies.

As Sandra Paoli's murdered uncle lies dying in her arms, the young criminal lawyer feels something for the first time: the craving to kill. Appointed by her uncle as successor, she agrees to head up the Corsican Mafia. The position transforms her from a conventional mob lawyer into a fearless matriarch ready to consolidate power and wreak vengeance. The Paoli blood running through her veins guides her as she seduces, surprises, calculates, kills and...

Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable...