May, 1980. Man-seob is a taxi driver in Seoul who lives from hand to mouth, raising his young daughter alone. One day, he hears that there is a foreigner who will pay big money for a drive down to Gwangju city. Not knowing that he’s a German journalist with a hidden agenda, Man-seob takes the job.
Den aldrende nyhedsoplæser Howard Beale erfarer, at han kun har to uger tilbage på arbejdet grundet dalende seertal. I vrede og fuldskab annoncerer han, at han vil begå selvmord for åben skærm. Hvorfor ikke, nu hvor der ikke er nogen der lytter? Han må selvfølgelig trække ordene i sig igen, men nu har nyhedsredaktionen fået blod på tanden og øjner en publikumsmagnet i Howard Beale. I løbet af de næste uger opnår Beale heltestatus som en slags missionær og talerør, der siger ligeud, hvad folket mener om det amerikanske samfund og om verdenssituationen – direkte på tv! Men i en tid hvor der ikke er nogen skrupler, hvordan vil cheferne holde seertallene høje?
While combing through the belongings of his recently deceased aunt, Matsuko, nephew Sho pieces together the crucial events that sank Matsuko's life into a despairing tragedy.
Ana, an eight-year-old girl living in Madrid with her grandmother and two sisters, mourns the death of her mother.
Peace reigns between Terrorists and Policemen, in a secluded and strange Hotel. Useless for the first time, they fight against boredom while the world around them slowly crumbles.
A young IPS officer’s new posting in rural India has him confronting caste disparities and uncomfortable truths in the face of a gruesome crime. When three girls go missing in the fictional village of Lalgaon, two of them are found dead and there is no trace of the third one. Where is she and who is responsible for this heinous act?
2. verdenskrig truer og den unge kvindelige spion Wong Chia-Chi (Wang Tei) bliver sat til at udspionere den højtstående japanske minister Mr. Yee (Tony Leung). Under dække som Mrs. Mak forsøger hun at komme ind på livet af ham, men hurtigt erfarer hun, hvor svært det er at være intim med fjenden uden samtidig at involvere sig følelsesmæssigt.
A bored young man meets with his former girlfriend, now a cabaret dancer and single mother, and soon finds himself falling back in love with her.
An award-winning audience favorite in China since it debuted, Waiting Alone tells the first-person-narrative of Wen (Xia Yu), a shop owner and aspiring author who feels that he's met his dream girl (Li Bingbing). The only problem is, he seems stuck in the friend-zone. Aided by his best friends and the one girl he completely trusts (Gong Beibi), he tries different ways to woo her...
Jean Luc Godards sorte komedie fra 1967 er utvivlsomt et af hovedværkerne i den tids franske filmkunst, ofte kaldet Den Nye Bølge - også selv om det er en af den slags film, der begejstrer nogle og frustrerer andre. Et ægtepar fra Paris på vej til den enes fars hus, oplever en dag af de helt usædvanlige, hvor de støder på mennesker af vidt forskellig observans og bl.a. ender i en grotesk trafikprop, hvor alt ikke bare kan ske, men rent faktisk også gør det.
Tang Yijie, the Construction Committee Director, falls off from rooftop and dies in a demolition riot. Yang Jiadong, a young police officer starts his investigation and finds that Tang's death is tied up with another case several years ago. Soon he is framed and suspended from duty, but he never gives up.
Clint Eastwoods 1988-biografi om den verdensberømte sorte jazz-musiker, en af de største på saxofon, Charlie Parker, er velmenende og seriøs og indeholder mange gode detaljer, men er også en noget tung og dyster affære. Filmen er bygget op over en række enkeltscener i Parkers liv, fra hans barndom i Kansas City og hans ægteskab med Chan Richardson (Diane Venora) til hans død i en alder af kun 34. Forrest Whitaker er glimrende som Parker.
In the exact moment they hit rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.
Why? (Czech: Proč?) is a 1987 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Karel Smyczek. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. The film deals with the hooliganism in Czechoslovakia, particularly with the fans of football club Sparta from Prague, whose supporters were the pioneers of the football fan riots in Czechoslovakia, starting with hooligan actions already in the 1960s, like breaking the trains in which they travelled when they went on Sparta's away games. The film deals with one of such episodes
Garry Kasparov is possibly the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997, he played a match against the greatest chess computer: IBM's Deep Blue. He lost. This film depicts the drama that happened away from the chess board from Kasparov's perspective. It explores the psychological aspects of the game and the paranoia surrounding IBM's ultimate chess machine.
An elderly gentleman sets out for what he thinks will be a normal day at an amusement park and is soon embroiled in a waking nightmare.
Rookie Sergeant Lee is injured in a shoot-out and is assigned to the dubious-sounding Miscellaneous Affairs Department (MAD). There, he is paired up with Inspector Wong, a jaded and alcoholic veteran who explains that MAD’s role is to answer supernatural calls. Wong explains MAD’s rule number one - there are no ghosts. For every seemingly inexplicable phenomenon, there is a corresponding scientific and rational explanation.
Hua, a woman in her late twenties, goes against her family to become a teacher in Paris. She falls in love with men who physically abuse her. Will she ever find her true love?
Elli is an android and lives with a man she calls her father. Together they drift through the summer. During the day they swim in the pool and at night he takes her to bed. She shares his memories and anything else he programs her to recall. Memories that mean everything to him but nothing to her. Yet, one night she sets off into the woods following a fading echo… The story of a machine and the ghosts we all carry within us.