Newlyweds receive a build-it-yourself house as a wedding gift—and the house can, supposedly, be built in "one week". A rejected suitor secretly re-numbers packing crates, and the husband struggles to assemble the house according to this new 'arrangement' of its parts.
Den tyske journalist Philip Winter møder i USA kort en kvinde, der overlader ham sin lille datter Alice i lufthavnen på vej til Europa. Da moderen ikke dukker op som aftalt, leder Philip og Alice efter bedstemoderen og knytter et venskab.
Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
Just out of jail, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.
Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.
Arriving in Moscow, Chechen War veteran Danila meets Konstantin, an old friend who tells him that his twin brother has been forced into signing a crooked contract with a US ice hockey team. Soon after this meeting, Danila discovers Konstantin dead and he sets out to avenge his death; a journey that leads him to Chicago and a whole new experience.
Da en gæst på hotellet pludselig dør, overtager den udbrændte journalist David Locke (Jack Nicholson) hans identitet. Med den afdøde mands aftalekalender som guide rejser Locke rundt i Europa og Afrika og holder møder med farlige våbenhandlere og bliver forelsket i en forførende ung kvinde (Maria Schneider). Men hans spændende og nyfundne frihed er ikke uden omkostninger, og Locke indser lidt efter lidt, at han er ude på meget dybt vand. Jack Nicholson leverer en imponerende præstation. The Passenger vandt en Bodil i 1976 for Bedste europæiske film.
Den succesrige, midaldrende forretningsmand Richard Forst fortæller en morgen uden varsel sin unge hustru Maria, at han vil skilles. Årsagerne er dunkle, men måske har et møde dagen før med den letlevende Jeannie udløst det brutale udsagn, der får uventede følger
Handed over to foster care by his mother—who's unwilling to give up permanent custody—the now-adolescent François understands that nothing in life is permanent, and his increasingly erratic actions reflect this knowledge.
Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.
Set in 1889 France, Dodin Bouffant is a chef living with his personal cook and lover Eugénie. They share a long history of gastronomy and love but Eugénie refuses to marry Dodin, so the food lover decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.
På samme dag på det berlinske Grand Hotel, attrår juveltyven baron Felix von Geigern både ballerinaen Grusinskayas juveler og den smukke Flaemmchen, elskerinde for Preysing, chefen for den uhelbredeligt syge Otto Kringelein. Blot 24 timer vil forandre disse menneskers liv for evigt i denne Hollywood-klassiker.
Brian comes under the addictive spell of a parasite with the ability to induce euphoric hallucinations in its hosts.
I en gammel herskabsvilla, der er beliggende ved en øde bugt, myrdes grevinde Federica på brutal vis af sin ægtemand Filippo Donati. Grevinden er lam i underkroppen og bundet til sin rullestol, så da hun får et reb om halsen og sparkes ud af stolen, kan Filippo smilende se til, mens hun udånder. Nu er arven efter hende hans. Men ikke så snart har grevinden trukket sit sidste åndedrag, før den griske Filippo overfaldes og slagtes af en mørkklædt morder.
A streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt him...
Cathy Timberlake is en route to a job interview when a car transporting businessman Philip Shayne covers her in mud. He sends his assistant, Roger, to apologize, but upon meeting Cathy, Roger knows that she would be a suitable match for his boss. Despite their mutual attraction, Cathy and Philip want different things. Philip wants a fling, while Cathy wants a marriage. As they travel to exotic locales, their differing motivations are put to the test.
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
Two young women, Margaret and Lisa, are set to take the overnight train from Munich in Germany to stay with Lisa's parents in Italy for Christmas. Unfortunately a pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize the pair.
Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.