A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
The kingdom of Takicardie quakes under the rule of the tyrannical King Charles V-et-III-font-VIII-et-VIII-font-XVI, whose favourite pastime is shooting birds. His archenemy is a cheeky mockingbird, whose favourite pastime is thwarting the king’s attempts to shoot birds. One night, a portrait of the king comes to life and disposes of the real king, taking his place. The portrait king falls in love with a young shepherdess in another painting and intends to marry her. But, alas, the shepherdess has fallen in love with a chimneysweep and together they elope from the king’s palace. Enraged, the king sends his police to capture them and once they are within his power he forces the shepherdess to marry him. The mockingbird must use all his guile and courage to once more thwart the king and bring his evil reign to an end.
An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.
Amadeo este un călău bătrân în pragul pensiei. O asociație de locatari îi oferă un apartament unde va putea trăi cu fiica sa, Carmen, care tocmai s-a măritat cu José Luis, angajat la o firmă de pompe funebre. Contractul pentru locuință e condiționat de angajarea drept călău, așa că Amadeo va trebui să-l convingă pe José Luis să-i moștenească „profesia“. José Luis acceptă, cu condiția să-și dea demisia dacă va trebui s-o și exercite în fapt. Viața curge liniștită până când, într-o bună zi, vine vestea că José Luis va trebui să-l execute pe un condamnat la moarte. Amadeo își liniștește ginerele convingându-l că până la urmă va sosi grațierea.
Won Fei Hung este un tânăr pus pe șotii, fiu al maestrului unei școli de arte marțiale. După ce din cauza poznelor lui este rănit fiul unui potentat local, tatăl său cere ajutorul unui unchi sadic pentru a-și învăța fiul ce înseamnă autodisciplina. Acesta are reputația că își schilodește elevii și încearcă să îl învețe pe Fei Hung un stil bizar de kung fu. La început, Fei Hung opune rezistență, dar, după ce pierde o luptă cu un asasin local, care fusese angajat să îi ucidă tatăl, își dă seama că trebuie să ajungă să stăpânească arta specială a "boxerului betiv".
Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero - brings heartache and torment.
The film tells the story of Malony and his education as he grows from a six-year-old into an 18-year-old. A minors’ judge and a caseworker work tirelessly to try to save the young offender.
Sandro was a boy who loved to sing rap, to kiss, to stare the statue of Christ the Redeemer and dreamed to go visit Copacabana. Growing up on streets, the story culminates at the infamous episode of 12th June 2000, when Sandro hijacked bus 174.
Three characters living in an unfinished painting venture out into the real world in search of their creator to convince him to finish his work.
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
As played out by a theatre troupe, the last days of Jesus Christ are depicted from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, his betrayer. As Jesus' following increases, Judas begins to worry that Jesus is falling for his own hype, forgetting the principles of his teachings and growing too close to the prostitute Mary Magdalene.
After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
Actiunea acestei comedii romantice se petrece in anul 1931, cand Fernando, un tanar soldat dezertor este adapostit in casa unui fermier. Acesta are 4 fete, iar tanarul se indragosteste de toate, lucru care starneste tot felul de incurcaturi
Nathalie teaches philosophy at a high school in Paris. She is passionate about her job and particularly enjoys passing on the pleasure of thinking. Married with two children, she divides her time between her family, former students and her very possessive mother. One day, Nathalie’s husband announces he is leaving her for another woman. With freedom thrust upon her, Nathalie must reinvent her life.
Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.
After a love affair ends badly, a young Parisian named Paul sinks into the same kind of deep depression that led his sister to kill herself. He moves back home with his father and aimless brother Jonathan but refuses to get out of bed.
În calitate de verificator corporativ care lucrează într-un număr de birouri diferite, Jonathan McQuarry rătăcește fără nicio ancoră printre agenții de putere din New York. O întâlnire întâmplătoare cu avocatul carismatic Wyatt Bose duce la introducerea lui Jonathan în „Lista”, un club de sex subteran. Jonathan începe o aventură cu o femeie cunoscută doar ca S, care îl prezintă pe Jonathan într-o lume a trădării și crimei.
This examination of a famous scandal from the 1970s explores the relationship between Barbara Baekeland and her only son, Antony. Barbara, a lonely social climber unhappily married to the wealthy but remote plastics heir Brooks Baekeland, dotes on Antony, who is homosexual. As Barbara tries to "cure" Antony of his sexuality -- sometimes by seducing him herself -- the groundwork is laid for a murderous tragedy.
A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.