Sun Wukong, aka the Monkey King, rebels against the Jade Emperor of Heaven as well as other gods who live there.
Honoré Panisse is dying, cheerfully, with friends, wife, and son at his side. He confesses to the priest in front of his friends; he insists that the doctor be truthful. But, he cannot bring himself to tell his son Césariot that his real father is Marius, the absent son of César, Césariot's godfather. Panisse leaves that to Fanny, the lad's mother. Dissembling that he's off to see a friend, Césariot then seeks Marius, now a mechanic in Toulon. Posing as a journalist, Césariot spends time with Marius and leaves believing tales he is a petty thief. Only after the truth comes out can Marius, Fanny, César, and Césariot step beyond the falsehoods, benign though they may be.
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
With his family mired in financial troubles, Domenico moves to Milan, Italy, from his small town to get a job in lieu of furthering his education. A lack of options forces him to take a position as a messenger at a big company, where he hopes to receive a promotion soon. There, Domenico meets Antonietta, a young woman in a similar situation as himself. The two form a tentative relationship, but the soulless nature of their jobs threatens to keep them apart.
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
Two coworkers decide to blackmail the corrupt demolition company they work for by setting up a fake accident.
Johnnyt, röviddel fogságából való szökése után, egy bankrablásnál lövéssel súlyosan megsebesítik. Bűntársai és a kedvese, Kathleen keresik őt. Versenyfutás kezdődik az idővel, mivel a rendőrség is a férfi sarkában van. Amennyire körülményei engedik, Johnny elrejtőzik, viszont a vérveszteségtől nagyon legyengül. Kathleen késő éjszaka talál rá szerelmére, s fel akarja vinni egy hajóra. Amikor a rendőrség körbefogja őket, azzal a szándékkal lő, hogy Johnnyval együtt halhasson meg.
At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.
A mob's punishment of a lone man proves cruel and unusual.
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.
A bank clerk is drawn into the risky world of a gorgeous gambling addict.
France, 1815. After his defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon heads for exile. Royalists occupy Paris and attempt to restore the monarchy. However, the battle doesn't seem to be over. On July 6, Talleyrand, a shrewd politician of flexible convictions, invites chief of police and zealous revolutionary Fouché to supper and tries to convince him to serve the king. Over the meal they insult each other, accuse each other, and, at first sight, look like mortal enemies. But they definitely have one thing in common: they are both power-hungry.
Cartuoche egy tolvajbanda fejeként próbál igazságot szolgáltatni a szegényeknek. Barátai és egy kivételesen szép cigány lánnyal az oldalán kisebb-nagyobb sikereket aratnak. Belmondo igazán testhezálló szerepet kapott, hiszen rendkívüli humorát és akrobatikus tehetségét villogtathatja a filmben.
Michael Donovan, Thomas Gilhooley és Dr. William Dedham mind második világháborús veteránok, akik megérdemelt nyugalmas éveiket töltik egy csendes-óceáni szigeten, amelynek lakóiért egykor az életüket kockáztatták. A doki még most is gyógyítja a helybelieket, és cimborái is segítenek, ha szükség van rájuk. Egy napon valóban alkalmuk lesz bizonyítani rátermettségüket, ugyanis a szigetre látogat a doki felnott lánya, Amelia, aki még soha nem találkozott apjával és aki most is csak azért jött Bostonból, hogy kipuhatolja: vajon alkalmas-e az öreg arra, hogy egy nemrég megörökölt családi hajózási vállalkozás többségi tulajdonosaként döntéseket hozzon.
After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill, she has to take over his struggling factory. Gradually she becomes the decider of her own life.
Philippe is a well-known writer, whose life was going smoothly: a surgeon wife, a circle of high-ranking friends, a Parisian mansion... And above all, an imminent entry into the Académie Française. Except that Philippe suffers from terrible back pain that plagues his life. When he meets the incredible Martha, who picks him up after a car accident on the roads of Normandy, his vision of the world changes. With her gentle madness and her healing hands, this woman who seems so free is especially concerned with treating others, even if it means forgetting herself. Between these two characters that everything opposes, a surprising friendship is woven, with the opportunity for them to finally seize the best that life can offer them.
Egy család beköltözik egy öreg kúriába. Kiderül azonban, hogy nincsenek egyedül, egy ősöreg entitás egy hatalmas pók formáját felvéve vadászni kezd a család tagjaira.