Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic consequences of adult folly on an innocent child. Heralding the pair’s subsequent work on some of the masterpieces of Italian neorealism, The Children Are Watching Us is a vivid, deeply humane portrait of a family’s disintegration.
Det er en historie om en sydstatsfamilie. Sygdom, alkohol og jalousi har ødelagt familien, kærlighed og had ligger ikke langt fra hinanden. På en varm og trykkende sommeraften kommer fortvivlelsen op til overfladen, og der opstår en dramatisk konflikt.
En tidligere detektiv og hans kone bliver blandet ind i eftersøgningen af en forsvundet opfinder, hvor alle har et motiv.
A pair of Americans want to perform the greatest robbery: the treasure of San Genaro, in Napoli.
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
Iris is a shy and dowdy young woman stuck in a dead-end job at a match factory, who dreams of finding love at the local dancehall. Finding herself pregnant after a one-night stand and abandoned by the father, Iris finally decides the time has come to get even and she begins to plot her revenge.
The Los Angeles punk music scene circa 1980 is the focus of this film. With Alice Bag Band, Black Flag, Catholic Discipline, Circle Jerks, Fear, Germs, and X.
Denne sorte komedie af Peter Greenaway fra 1988 er virkelig sort og er gjort med en undertone af herlig, pirrende fryd. Hele tre kvinder af samme familie, en mor, hendes datter og hendes niece, alle med samme navn, er højst utilfredse med deres ægtemænd og drukner dem på skift. Den lokale bedemand drages hver gang modvilligt med ind i mordplanerne. Historien fortælles i tal, fra 1 til 100 – i sandhed en original og anderledes film.
Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in someone, and is he really an interesting person? Is he really alive?
Den amerikanske lejesoldat Hogan er på vej mod Mexico for at melde sig under den mexicanske oprørsbevægelses faner. Undervejs redder han nonnen Sara fra at blive voldtaget. Hun er også på en mission for mexicanerne, og de slår følgeskab, da de tilsyneladende har fælles interesser - det tror Hogan i det mindste.
Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.
An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.
Angela is a young waitress who turns her back on society when she meets and falls in love with Pablo, a reckless criminal delinquent. Along with Pablo’s gang of car thieves, the pair embark on a drug and disco-fueled robbery spree as they hurtle toward oblivion.
Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs.
Hvor godt kender man egentligt et andet menneske? Selv vores allernærmest, kan have mørke hemmeligheder, som man aldrig ville kunne forestille sig. Jackie og Jules skal fejre deres 1 års-bryllupsdag i en ødebeliggende jagthytte. Men fra det øjeblik de ankommer, forandres alt. Den omsorgsfulde Jackie begynder at vise en ukendt og mørk side af sig selv. Snart viser det sig, at Jules må vælge mellem kvinden, hun elsker og en vanvittig kamp for overlevelse.
Godmodig pastor Henry Biggs finder ud af, at hans ægteskab med kor elskerinde Julia markerer flag, på grund af hans konstante fravær, der tager sig af det dårligt stillede kvarter, de bor i. Oven i alt dette er hans kirke truet af ejendomsudvikler Joe Hamilton. I desperation beder pastor Biggs til Gud om hjælp - og hjælp ankommer i form af en engel ved navn Dudley.
En familiefar har er netop blevet fyret, da han møder en mystisk fremmed, som behøver hans hjælp. Snart er han tvunget til at beskytte både sig selv og sin familie, da den fremmede viser sig at have alt andet end gode hensigter.
A former gunman turned priest seeks vengeance on three bandits who are masquerading as law-abiding citizens.
En enlig mor og hendes børn vækkes om natten af en intens tilstedeværelse. Hun beder sin kæreste som er videnskabsmand om at ødelægge den voldelige ånd, som paranormale eksperter er for bange til at påtage sig.