A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.
Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who predicts their futures. When the first part of the spirit's prophecy comes true, Washizu's scheming wife, Asaji, presses him to speed up the rest of the spirit's prophecy by murdering his lord and usurping his place. Director Akira Kurosawa's resetting of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in feudal Japan is one of his most acclaimed films.
A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp.
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
Ferdinand Griffon, àlies 'Pierrot', fuig de París amb Marianne, la mainadera que ha contractat la seva dona. La parella es dirigeix al sud de França, però el viatge es torna molt perillós quan una banda de gàngsters amb què Marianne està implicada, els va trepitjant els talons.
El professor Wanley i els seus amics comencen a obsessionar-se amb el retrat d'una bella noia, que està exposat a l'aparador contigu al club on es reuneixen. Wanley coneix per casualitat la dona del retrat i accepta anar al seu apartament. Però allà passarà una cosa inesperada.
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.
Després d'un dia d'audicions a actrius per a l'obra que presentarà, Thomas es lamenta de la mediocritat de les candidates; cap té la talla necessària pel paper principal. Fins que arriba Vanda, un remolí d'energia que encarna tot el que Thomas detesta.
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.
Drama al voltant de la indústria discogràfica d'aquesta ciutat. Al fons és una sàtira de la societat americana a través de la música country.
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.
China's rapid changes from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, as seen through the lives of four performers in a theater troupe.
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
L'oncle Boonmee, agricultor tailandès dedicat a l'apicultura, pateix una greu insuficiència renal crònica. Conscient que li resta poc temps de vida, reuneix al seu voltant els familiars més propers: la seva cunyada Jen i el seu nebot Tong. L'acompanya també Jaai, immigrant provinent de Laos que ha esdevingut el seu home de confiança i infermer.
Una badia, objecte del desig de diversos personatges ambiciosos, serà l'espai fatal on es produirà una cadena de morts causades per sàdics assassinats. Pel que sembla, una trama de foscos interessos és el motor que impulsa una roda criminal implacable
Set històries independents entre elles, excepte que totes se suposa que estan basades en el llibre de David Reuben. Les històries van des de "Funcionen els afrodisiacs?" on el bufó de la cort li dona un afrodisíac a la reina, fins a "Que passa durant la ejaculació?" en el que veiem el "control central" durant el procés de seducció.
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
The residents of a Georgian village bungle their way through war, peace, life and death.
Soviet spy Ladeynikov learns that in one of the pharmaceutical centers in a small resort town works a former German war criminal Dr. Hass, who is finishing the creation of a deadly chemical gas RH development of which he began during WW2 experimenting on war prisoners. Since Ladeynikov doesn't know Dr. Hass's appearance, Soviet intelligence recruits an actor, Ivan Savushkin, who during the war escaped from a prison camp where Hass was testing his gas. Together they must identify and stop him before he finishes and unleashes his weapon of mass destruction.