Born in a village in Sudan, kidnapped by slavers, often beaten and abused, and later sold to Federico Marin, a Venetian merchant, Bakhita then came to Italy and became the nanny servant of Federico's daughter, Aurora, who had lost her mother at birth. She is treated as an outcast by the peasants and the other servants due to her black skin and African background, but Bakhita is kind and generous to others. Bakhita gradually comes closer to God with the help of the kind village priest, and embraces the Catholic faith. She requests to join the order of Canossian sisters, but Marin doesn't want to give her up as his servant, treating her almost as his property. This leads to a moving court case that raised an uproar which impacts Bakhita's freedom and ultimate decision to become a nun. Pope John Paul II declared her a saint in the year 2000.
Among the trees, young women and men working the summer harvest develop new feelings, flirt, try to understand each other, find – and flee – deeper connections.
Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That's when a tiny travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.
When Santa's helper La Befana falls ill and must take off a Christmas Eve, she recruits Scarafoni to help deliver all the toys. No one but the toys knows is that Scarafoni plans to auction off the toys to the highest bidder, which means the toys won't make it to the children who have been good all year and deserve them. The toys decide to deliver themselves, and the story follows them as they struggle to avoid the heartless Scarafoni and to find their true homes.
Četras kāzas un vienas bēres – tieši tik daudz pasākumu apmeklē zvērinātais vecpuisis Čārlzs, līdz apjauš, ka ir atradis sava mūža lielo mīlestību. Amerikānieti Keriju viņš sastop jau pirmajās draugu kāzās – tāpat arī visās nākamajās, taču kaut kas visu laiku nostājas viņiem ceļā. Čārlzs, kurš vienmēr domājis, ka “es nekad”, beidzot pošas savām kāzām. Neiztrūkstošais britu humors, spilgti personāži, jautri pārpratumi – tas viss romantiskajā komēdijā “Četras kāzas un vienas bēres”.
Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.
A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
Alekss Flečers (Hugh Grant) - 80-to gadu popzvaigzne, kura slava ir krietni pabalējusi, tagad uzstājas apgabala gadatirgu un atrakciju parku izklaides pasākumos. Kad viņam piedāvā uzstāties kopā ar slaveno dīvu Koru Kormani, viņš saprot, ka tā ir viņa iespēja atgriezties slavas virsotnē. Ir tikai viens bet… Viņam ir jāuzraksta dziesma viņu abu duetam. Alekss jau gadiem ilgi nav uzrakstījis nevienu dziesmu, nekad nav sacerējis dziesmu vārdus un… viņam ir tikai pāris dienu, lai nāktu klajā ar hītu. Aleksa dzīvē pēkšņi parādās Sofija (Drew Barrymore), kuras dotības dziesmu tekstu sacerēšanā modina Aleksā ne tikai komponēšanas kāri vien. Sofija, tikko atguvusies no neveiksmīgām attiecībām, nav gatava ar skubu mesties jaunu attiecību apskāvienos. Taču kad viņu abu jūtu ķīmija uzvirmo ne tikai uz klavieru taustiņiem, bet arī zem klavierēm, skaidrs ir viens - kas neriskē, tas nedzer šampanieti.
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to clothing. Exasperated, Lucy gives notice and picks Harvard graduate June Carter as her replacement. As Lucy's time at the firm nears an end, she grows jealous of June and has second thoughts about leaving George.
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.
An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
Sylvia has turned a blind eye for too long to husband Eddie's flourishing drug business. When his dealing takes a (deadly) turn for the worse, however, her need to protect the lives and futures of her young children compel her to flee. But Eddie will stop at nothing to keep his wife inside the ‘family'.
A quartet of Parisians embark upon a guided hike in Corsica and end up working through the sometimes comical chaos of their individual lives.
A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.
A waitress falls for a handsome customer who seduces her, her two sisters, her brother, and her brother's girlfriend.
The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County. Recently awakened President Staton even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.
A high-powered attorney duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet ... right before their home is invaded by burglars.
As Abraham Lincoln labors over the Gettysburg address, the importance of which he is fully aware, he learns that a menace from his past has returned, threatening to tear the already fractured nation to pieces. He must journey behind enemy lines to face an foe far more fearsome than the Confederate army: the walking dead.