La Cenerentola, ossia La bontà in trionfo (Cinderella, or Goodness Triumphant) is an operatic dramma giocoso in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was written by Jacopo Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cendrillon by Charles Perrault. The opera was first performed in Rome's Teatro Valle on 25 January 1817.---- IMDB id refers to Great Performances: Season 24, Episode 12 La Cenerentola (3 Apr. 1996) from Houston Grand Opera so release date is misleading.
A documentary by Werner Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA.
A drama centered on a white man lost in the Botswana marshlands.
Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache is known for her performances of the can-can, which attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philipe Forrestier. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her boyfriend, lawyer François Durnais.
A gang of bank robbers plan a big robbery, but they all plot to betray each other after the heist for different reasons.
Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges is a wonderfully humane and sincere portrayal of the people that he meets when he goes off the beaten track in some of the world's major cities.
In Reykjavik, a chamber orchestra on the brink of losing its funding might get a new chance at life
Two detectives infiltrate a smuggling gang to take revenge for the murder of their brother and his family.
When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turner Knight, the owner of the funeral home. As Lee's many promotional ideas become more and more outrageous, he continues to enrage Knight until one of the promotions backfires with grave consequences.
After the huge success of the 2012 documentary, the Warwrick Rowers are back. They walk you through the making of their "Brokeback Boathouse" calendar for 2013.
Dutch patriots, a U.S. officer and a British spy fool the Nazis with a fake Soho film company.
Anton Schneider says goodbye to his wife Luise in tears and dies. Schneider was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis and was diagnosed by neurologist Dr. Hoffer medically treated. Luise Schneider reports the doctor and accuses him of incorrect treatment of her husband, which ultimately led to his death. The mandate against Dr. Hoffer takes over Dominique Kuster, who entrusts her employee Thomas Borchert with the investigation.
Three hapless British thugs decide to make a gangster film to pay off their mob debts - only to be duped into committing a real bank robbery while filming! Featuring supermodel Caprice.
In a military camp, captain Saravanan promises to his dying brother-in-arms to take care of his 6-year-old daughter Rani. Saravanan and Rani begin a big trip through the country, full of pitfalls.
A gangster and a police detective meet each other for a mysterious exchange of information but nothing happens as planned.
A story of the freewheeling passion of youth set in modern day Nepal.
In a rapidly changing America where mass inequality and dwindling opportunity have devastated the black working class, three Detroit men must fight to build something lasting for themselves and future generations.