In 1920s China, nineteen-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.
A southerner in the American Civil War is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when the noose suddenly breaks. After he plunges into the water below, he must find a way to free himself, evade enemy forces and flee to safety.
En stakkels jazzmusiker plages af tanken om, at hans kone er ham utro. Bedre bliver det ikke, da han senere bliver anklaget for at have myrdet hende. En ung bilmekaniker bliver af en fristende smuk kvinde draget ind i et net af løgne og bedrag. Deres skæbner bliver knyttet sammen ved det, at de personer der gør deres liv så besværligt, måske er én og samme person. Og gennem en række mystiske og utrolige hændelser - som faktisk sætter spørgsmål ved deres egen identitet - knyttes de endnu tættere sammen. De kastes ud i en mental rejse fyldt med visuelle og lydmæssige oplevelser. Hvem er hvem, og hvem har gjort hvad?
After completing jail time for beating up a man who tried to seduce his mentally-handicapped teenage daughter, The Butcher wants to start life anew. He institutionalizes his daughter and moves to the Lille suburbs with his mistress, who promises him a new butcher shop. Learning that she lied, The Butcher returns to Paris to find his daughter.
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.
This biblical drama from the Catholic Marxist director focuses on the teachings of Jesus, including the parables that reflect their revolutionary nature. As Jesus travels along the coast of the Sea of Galilee, he gradually gathers more followers, leading him into direct conflict with the authorities.
Pusheren Oscar har lovet sin søster, stripperen Linda, at han aldrig vil forlade hende. Men det tvivlsomme erhverv kommer til at koste ham livet. Tro mod sit løfte vandrer hans sjæl derfor rundt i storbyen forfulgt af mareridtsbilleder af nutid, fortid og fremtid. En hypnotisk rejse i billeder og lyd og en meget anderledes film oplevelse venter dem, der har mod på at tage med på rejsen.
Tømreren Jesus af Nazaret, plaget af dæmoners fristelser, skammen over at lave kors til romerne, medlidenhed med menneskerne og verden, og Guds konstante kalden, sætter sig for at finde ud af hvad Gud vil med ham. Men da hans mission nærmer sig fuldbyrdelse, står han over for den største fristelse - Et normalt liv som en god mand. Ikke baseret på evangelierne i biblens nye testamente, men på Nikos Kazantzakis roman af samme navn.
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Sandra står til at miste sit job - med mindre hun kan overtale sine kolleger til at sige nej til den bonus, de er blevet stillet i udsigt. Med pistolen for tindingen - hun har kun to dage og én nat til at tale sin sag - må Sandra stemme dørklokker og teste solidariteten blandt kollegerne.
Francesco is a psychoanalyst grappling with three hopeless causes: a bookseller in love with a book thief, a lesbian hell-bent on becoming straight after a heartbreak, and an 18-year-old in a relationship with a much older married man. Unfortunately, these patients are also his three beloved daughters!
London, 1888. Mary Kelly og hendes venner lever i nød og elendighed på gaden i London. En dag bliver deres veninde Ann kidnappet og snart efter myrdes Polly. Snart står det klart en de jages én for én. Den talentfulde inspektør Abberline bliver dybt involveret i sagen og knytter nære bånd til Mary. Da han nærmer sig sandheden, står det klart, at morderen ikke giver op uden kamp.
A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
James og Catherine har mistet gnisten, og deres respektive udenomsægteskabelige affærer er det eneste, der tænder dem. Efter et voldsomt sammenstød mellem James og dr. Helen Remington finder de dog begge en ny sexlyst. Crash viser David Cronenberg i sit es, vulgært kødelig og med et freudiansk sindelag. Filmen blev givet Juryens Specialpris på Cannes af en jury med Francis Ford Coppola i spidsen, da den havde premiere i 1996.
Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling stories about witches.
Roman loves Camille as much as he loves his two daughters. But he is hiding from all of them a serious problem of addiction, which could endanger his dearest. Does love have a chance to survive when trust is broken?
A dissatisfied dreamer awakes, goes out in the night seeking a 'light' and is drawn through the needle's eye. A dream of a dream, he returns to bed less empty than before.
Pig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they make their own rules and have their own language. But days before their 17th birthday the balance of their world begins to shift. Pig's sexual awakening and jealousy begins to threaten their private universe.
Isabelle, HR of a large cruise company, made the mistake of choosing her boss as a lover. Before embarking on the maiden voyage of the new flagship of the fleet, though, he decided to disembark from their relationship! Some women take their revenge by poison, firearm, or slander. Isabelle chooses Remy a flamboyant, unemployed ne'er-do-well who flunked out in life on land, but after all is said and done, might have better luck at sea... She recruits him as leader of her plot and on this Palace of the Seas, Remy will first prove to be the worst nightmare of the CEO and Richard, the Cruise Director...then, little by little, he will change his life and that of all those who cross his path...
A series of 3 shortfilms, shot for Canal+ and broadcasted during Cannes Film Festival 2005, starring Eva Herzigova.