Apu is a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 1996.
Carlos is a young man from the São Paulo middle class who works for a big company during a time when foreign automobile industries were settling in Brazil. Shortly after, he accepts a job at a factory that makes automobile parts, where he becomes manager. To a certain extent, he is a family man who works hard, earns well and lives unsatisfied. Without any prospects in his life to change the condition he rejects, his last resort is escaping.
Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.
Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.
Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.
On the outskirts of a small town, a bus driver and her passengers encounter highway robbers.
Ji Jie Hao, som er denne Hong Kong-films originaltitel, omhandler en episode fra 1948 i den Kinesiske Borgerkrig, hvor kaptajn Guzidi fra Folkets Befrielseshær anførte sit 9. kompagni under en mission. Hans ordre var at bekæmpe Nationalisthæren, indtil signalet for retræte lød. Én efter én faldt Guzidis mænd, mens han hårdnakket benægtede at have hørt noget signal. Bagefter, da alle hans mænd var døde, indså han, at han havde taget gruelig fejl.
A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.
On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
1990s, Banpo Town, rural China. A woman's body is found by the river. Ma Zhe, Chief of the Criminal Police, heads up the murder investigation that leads to an obvious arrest. His superiors hurry to congratulate him, but several clues push Ma Zhe to delve deeper into the hidden behaviour of his fellow citizens.
Documentary chronicling America's justice system. Follows two female inmates – victims of horrific violence and tragedy – who are serving time in a Maryland juvenile detention center.
Filippinerne vil også være med. Erik Matti er filminstruktør i dette land, og fortæller med On the Job en livlig historie om fire mænds lidenskaber og ambitioner i deres daglige kamp for tilværelsen og for at forsørge deres familier. På den ene side befinder sig to lejemordere, på den anden side de politifolk, der undersøger de kriminelles forbrydelser. Da de to grupper begge indfanges i et net, skabt af korrupte regeringsmedlemmer, øges konfrontationen.
Clay Lomax, a bank robber, gets out of jail after an 7 year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley, the man who betrayed him. Knowing that, Foley hires three men to pay attention of Clay's steps. The things get complicated when Lomax, waiting to receive some money from his ex-lover, gets only the notice of her death and an 7 year old girl, sometimes very annoying, presumed to be his daughter.
An unsuccessful journalist becomes a star after he writes an article about the memo of an unknown serial killer. But when he learns that the memo was just part of a novel, he decides to cover up everything.
Filmed from the artist’s window during the first English lockdown, ‘Citadel’ combines short fragments from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s speeches relating to coronavirus with views of the London skyline.
Paralyzed at a young age, Jing is a kind piano teacher who leads a quiet life. One day, she accuses her doctor Zhou of molesting her during a typical medical examination. Zhou is promptly arrested, charged and put on trial. The prosecutor of the case is Tim, an idealistic lawyer who joined the law world to punish the guilty. However, as Tim's investigator Nam helps him peel back the pieces, the more complex the case becomes. Soon, Tim begins to question the truth surrounding Jing's story.
In the remote, shoreline Duong Son Tavern, the beautiful landlady Kieu Thi (Thanh Hang) lures weary travellers, bandits and officials into her establishment with the help of her three stunning hostesses. But rather than sell themselves, the girls rob and murder their guests, hording a growing pile of gold for a rainy day. In their latest haul, however, the women discover the bound and desperate Linh Lan (Tang Thanh Ha) hidden in a coffin. She begs them to spare her life and train her in martial arts, so she can kill evil general Quan Du, who murdered her family. Kieu Thi agrees, and takes Linh Lan under her wing, but it soon transpires not everyone is who they originally claimed to be.
In a country where women are in charge, a man goes to unusual lengths to make his dream of marrying the daughter of a military leader come true.
Peter opdager, at hans kone, Lisa, tilsyneladende har haft en affære med den charmerende Ralph. I stedet for at konfrontere Lisa opsøger han Ralph i Milano og indleder et nervepirrende bekendtskab med ham. Over et spil skak stiller Peter nærgående spørgsmål til Ralph om hans forhold til Lisa. De intime afsløringer efterlader ham i et følelsesmæssigt kaos. Hvad bliver Peters næste træk?
Paul er enkemand og mekaniker i New Orleans, men har - selvfølgelig - en dunkel fortid som lejemorder for mafiaen. Da hans teenagedatter forsvinder, må han pudse sine gamle færdigheder af for at få ram på de svinehunde, som står bag kidnapningen. Undervejs får han følge af datterens veninde, Angela, og sin gamle kammerat Sam.