The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in his father’s barbershop and, in his free time, acts as a football referee.
A French man spies on a lovely younger woman across the way. When he's spotted by the woman shortly after being questioned by the police about a local murder, the man's simple life becomes more complicated.
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.
Un absolvent de afaceri naiv este instalat ca președinte al unei companii de producție, ca parte a unei escrocherii bursiere.
An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.
When a hapless young man from the country falls for a married woman in the city, he finds himself jailed for trying to off with her husband. There he encounters a renegade prisoner and latter-day Da Vinci, who ropes him into his latest hare-brained scheme: a daring prison break on board a DIY helicopter…
Peru, early 2000s. Alfonso wants to be a writer, but he decides to work first as a journalist. He is assigned to the crime section of a newspaper, a job from which he can know the nasty guts of tabloid publications.
Profesor de astrofizica in Atena, Fanis Iakovidis se intoarce la Istanbul, locul copilariei sale, pentru a-si revedea, dupa multi ani, bunicul bolnav. Calatoria ii starneste emotii profunde, caci Fanis isi aminteste de prima iubire si de sfaturile parfumate ale bunicului sau, expert culinar, care-i spunea ca viata, la fel ca mancarea, trebuie condimentata si gustata cu gratie, atentie si simtire.
Zuhtu, a nosy hawker who sells meatballs, one night finds a young girl escaping from her cruel relatives. He intends to help the girl but this costs him too much.
In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.
John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in America. Life is good, but suspicion creeps in, and greed, rule-breaking and his high public profile all threaten to topple him.
Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes of their parents. When the children are kidnapped, however, the parents and the police are at a loss to find them. Only Benji can track them down, but will he be in time? If he can save the day, he may just find the permanent home he's been longing for.
To rescue his daughter, an unstable Special Forces veteran unleashes his inner beast as he pursues her kidnappers — and soon becomes a suspect himself.
Some may dream of, some may be afraid of, some may look forward to, and some may want to avoid THE NIGHT BEFORE MARRIAGE! 4 different couples disclose 4 different stories all about marriage.
In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Abby, un medic veterinar vesel, găzduiește o emisiune radio pentru a-i sfătui pe proprietarii de animale de companie. Unul dintre ascultătorii săi cade sub vraja lui și îi cere o întâlnire. Abby, convinsă că nu este destul de drăguță, intră în panică și îi cere vecinului ei, un top model sincer, să o înlocuiască.
Aventurile lui Tom Jones, un copil nelegitim, educat de un nobil, în înalta societate britanică a secolului al XVIII-lea. Eroul, prin atitudinea libertină și limbaj, pare un precursor al “tinerilor furioși” din anii anii ’60, deși critica a considerat că autorii au abdicat de la principiile și scopurile curentului lor reprezentativ - Free Cinema. Umorul domnește ca un monarh absolut, ca o explozie de sănătate.
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.