David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.
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.
Monumentálna poetická kompozícia s náročnými výtvarnými a významovými podtextami je kongeniálnou interpretáciou rovnomennej Vančurovej predlohy. V čase lúpežných rytierov, prepadávajúcich pocestných na kráľovských cestách, stredovekého násilia a krutosti, boja s vierou v pohanských bohov, krvavej pomsty a vášní, keď ľudský život mal len nepatrnú cenu, sa Marketa z lúpežníckeho rodu Lazara z Obořišťa zriekne pre svoju lásku k Mikolášovi, synovi Kozlíka z Roháčku (ktorého lúpežnícky rod je s Lazarovým v roztržke), lásky k Bohu, ktorému bola zasľúbená.
An ailing Greek man attempts to take a young, illegal Albanian immigrant home.
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.
Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship.
Problems arise for Antonio Magnano when he is unable to consummate his marriage to the beautiful Barbara Puglisi and his virility is called into question. Despite the fact that he loves his beautiful wife and they have otherwise been happily married for a year, his problem becomes a source of contention for all concerned.
Roustabout Stanton Carlisle joins a traveling carny and unsuccessfully schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband, Pete.
Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife.
A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the daughter of a rich man.
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.
The film tells a story speaks of "Yusuf ", a plumbing Man, who is exposed to many pranks by his friends.
A small Bavarian village is renowned for its "Ruby Glass" glass blowing works. When the foreman of the works dies suddenly without revealing the secret of the Ruby Glass, the town slides into a deep depression, and the owner of the glassworks becomes obssessed with the lost secret.
To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on the ground.
Ostrov Elba 1814. Martino, miestny učiteľ, nenávidí Napoleona a každú noc toho tyrana zabíja vo svojich snoch. Keď bol Napoleon poslaný do exilu na jeho ostrov, Martino dostal konečne šancu svoj dávny sen uskutočniť. Nastúpil do Napoleonových služieb ako jeho osobný sekretár a dostal za úlohu písať memoáre muža, ktorého najviac nenávidel. Časom však začne podliehať jeho čaru. Frustrovaný svojim vášnivým románikom s krásnou Baronesou Emiliou a zmietaný politickými ideálmi a svojím rešpektom k cisárovi, musí Martino čeliť jednému zo svojich najdôležitejších životných rozhodnutí.
Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon's brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steals 2 million francs that belong to the Tunisians. They suspect her of the theft; her life as well as the lawyer's is in danger. Meanwhile, Noria is playing with both the lawyer and Mangin's affections. Mangin is mercurial anyway: intimidating and bloodying suspects, falling for a police commission trainee before flipping for Noria, wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Can he save the lawyer and Noria, and can he convince her to love?