Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence—until tragedy strikes.
Three decades after German-American pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos, he returns to the places where he was held prisoner during the early years of the Vietnam War. Accompanied by director Werner Herzog, Dengler describes in unusually candid detail his captivity, the friendships he made, and his daring escape. Not willing to stop there, Herzog even persuades his subject to re-enact certain tortures, with the help of some willing local villagers.
In 1920s Ireland young doctor Damien O'Donovan prepares to depart for a new job in a London hospital. As he says his goodbyes at a friend's farm, British Black and Tans arrive, and a young man is killed. Damien joins his brother Teddy in the Irish Republican Army, but political events are soon set in motion that tear the brothers apart.
Nora is a young housewife and mother, living in a quaint little village with her husband and their two sons. The Swiss countryside is untouched by the major social upheavals the movement of 1968 has brought about. Nora’s life is not affected either; she is a quiet person who is liked by everybody – until she starts to publicly fight for women’s suffrage, which the men are due to vote on in a ballot on February 7, 1971.
Darniai ir mylinčiai Riko, Abi bei jų dviejų atžalų šeimai po finansinės krizės netekus namų, dabartis ir ateitis teikia mažai vilčių. Abi dirba slauge, o Rikui nuolat keičiant paprastus darbus, tvirtai atsistoti ant kojų atrodo keblu.
When the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
The film tells the story of the energetic and pulsating singer Elis Regina since her arrival in Rio de Janeiro at age 19 until her tragic and early death. Despite all the difficulties, success comes fulminant and the life of Elis Regina gained national and international recognition, becoming undoubtedly considered today the greatest Brazilian singer of all time.
Two thirtysomethings, unemployed former alcoholic Joe and community health worker Sarah, start a romantic relationship in the one of the toughest Glasgow neighbourhoods.
The drama, the story of three childhood friends and a young woman who are torn apart in their fight for freedom, is billed as the first fully-financed film to come out of the Palestinian cinema industry.
Robis (Paul Brannigan) – jaunas Glazgo vaikinas, nuolat įsiveliantis į nemalonumus. Prasmukęs į gimdymo namus aplankyti savo merginos Leonės (Siobhan Reilly) ir pirmąkart palaikyti rankose savo pirmagimio Luko, jis lieka sukrėstas ir prisiekia, kad jo sūnus niekad negyvens taip, kaip gyvena jis. Tačiau Leonės tėvas siekia išvyti jaunuolį iš Glazgo, už praeities skolas jį persekioja vietinis nusikaltėlis Klansis, tad Robis jaučiasi kaip į kampą užspeista pelė. Vos per plauką išvengusiam kalėjimo Robiui suteikiama paskutinė galimybė pasitaisyti – viešieji darbai. Čia dirbdamas jis susipažįsta su Raino, Albertu ir Mo, kuriems, kaip ir Robiui, rimtas darbas tėra tolima svajonė. Tačiau netikėtai atrastas Robio talentas – jautrus gomurys ir nosis – nuveda jį ir jo draugus į Škotijos aukštumas, kur gaminamas geriausias pasaulyje viskis. Tuomet prasideda jų didžiausias gyvenimo nuotykis, o kuo jis baigsis – angelai težino...
Proud, though poor, Bob wants his little girl to have a beautiful (and costly) brand-new dress for her First Communion. His stubbornness and determination get him into trouble as he turns to more and more questionable measures, in his desperation to raise the needed money. This tragic flaw leads him to risk all that he loves and values, his beloved family, indeed even his immortal soul and salvation, in blind pursuit of that goal.
Based on the tragicomedy written by Edoardo de Filippo in 1931, Christmas at the Cupiello's captures a life episode of a middle-class Italian family around Christmas. Shot in Neapolitan language, the movie has a whimsical charm.
In a traditional tribal society in the South Pacific, a young girl, Wawa, falls in love with her chief’s grandson, Dain. When an inter-tribal war escalates, Wawa is unknowingly betrothed as part of a peace deal. The young lovers run away, refusing her arranged fate. They must choose between their hearts and the future of the tribe, while the villagers must wrestle with preserving their traditional culture and adapting it to the increasing outside demands for individual freedom.
The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.
Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.
Vidutinio amžiaus knygų apžvalgininkės Wendy (Patricia Clarkson) santuoka netikėtai išyra ir dėl to jos gyvenimas apvirsta aukštyn kojomis. Kadangi vyras ją visur nuveždavo, Wendy nusprendžia išmokti vairuoti, kad galėtų aplankyti savo dukterį. Jos vairavimo instruktorius indas Darwan (Ben Kingsley) svarsto galimybę vesti moterį, kurios gyvenime nėra nė karto sutikęs. Per šias pamokas Wendy ir Darwan gyvenimai susipina ir pasikeičia taip, kaip jie net neįsivaizdavo.
Willy, a boorish 50 something, finally moves out of his parents’ to start a new life
A father and son must team up to save Christmas when they discover Santa Claus sleeping in their garage, having crashed his sleigh and found himself on the run from the police.
Pier Ulmann lives from hand-to-mouth in Paris, between construction work and petty theft that he commits on behalf of Rachid, his only “family”. But life catches up with him the day his father is found dead in the street after a long decline. The black sheep of a rich Antwerp family who deals in diamonds, he has left his son nothing, apart from the story of his banishment from the Ulmann family and a thirst for revenge.
Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom takes out an advert offering 30000 dollars in reward money to the first person who can show him evidence of an angel, a demon, or prove that ghosts exist - anything to prove to him that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates - a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his protective mother, he embarks on an adventure through Los Angeles that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.