Na era das «Economic Air Lines», umas turistas americanas efectuam uma viagem organizada. O programa é composto pela visita de uma capital por dia. Quando chegam a Paris, apercebem-se que o aeroporto é exactamente igual àquele de onde partiram de Roma, que as ruas são como as de Hamburgo e que os candeeiros de rua se parecem estranhamente aos de Nova Iorque. Pouco a pouco encontram franceses, entre os quais, o Sr. Hulot.
On the south face of Annapurna, at 7,400 metres, Iñaki Ochoa de Olza is dying. His rope companion sounds the alarm. And, from the other side of the world, the biggest rescue attempt in the history of the Himalayas gets underway. For four days a dozen men including some of the best mountaineers in the world, from ten countries, set out to try to rescue their stricken comrade. Even beyond his peaks Iñaki is an exceptional man. As exceptional as the rescue attempt itself and the men who risked their lives to save him. Exceptional because their one driving rule is to live. To live in the only way possible: with pure intensity and honesty.
A static camera observes a room as it slowly fills with thirty-six characters from different stages of life, as they move in loops through an absurd dance of social disconnection.
Documentary featuring a jaw-dropping, behind-the-scenes look at the attempted comeback of Anthony Weiner in 2013 as he mounts a campaign for New York City mayor in the wake of his sexting scandal. Featuring unfettered access to the candidate and his campaign.
Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined, and finally embraced them, this is the untold history of black Americans in Hollywood through their connection to the horror genre.
This ground-breaking cinéma-vérité classic documents five weeks in the lives of twelve residents of a home for emotionally disturbed children. It is the first in the form that King later described as actuality drama. All the action is spontaneous and undirected, with neither interviews nor narration. The theme is the outrage of life. The children asked the filmmakers, Why is it that whenever pictures of us are put in the papers, our faces are blacked out. What is so awful about us that we cant be seen? They wanted to be filmed so that they could be seen.
Filmed in the Inner Mongolian portion of the Gobi Desert, this film follows a group of oil field workers as they go about their daily routine.
Akko tem sido fascinada por magia desde o momento em que viu o seu primeiro show de mágica. Agora, ela está na Escola de Magia Luna Nova, uma famosa escola de magia da Europa. Entretanto, ao contrário do que esperava, as lições de magia são sérias, conservadoras e nem um pouco excitantes. Akko as tem achado extremamente entediantes e exatamente o contrário do que esperava. Um dia, algo que pode destruir a escola acaba acontecendo, e caberá à Akko salvar o dia!
No século XVII, dois padres jesuítas vindos de Portugal - Sebastião Rodrigues e Francisco Garrpe - viajam até ao Japão, sob ordens da igreja, na esperança de encontrarem o seu mentor, o padre Cristóvão Ferreira, que alegadamente cometeu apostasia. Nas terras nipónicas sob o regime Xogunato Tokugawa, que baniu o catolicismo e quase todo o contacto com o estrangeiro, os dois jovens religiosos testemunham a perseguição dos japoneses cristãos pela mão do seu próprio governo. Eventualmente, o par separa-se com Rodrigues a viajar até ao campo, interrogando-se sobre o silêncio de Deus face ao sofrimento dos seus filhos.
Hong Kong, 1978. South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee is kidnapped by North Korean operatives following orders from dictator Kim Jong-il.
Christine Chubbuck, uma repórter de TV dos anos 70 lutando com a depressão e as frustrações profissionais enquanto ela tenta avançar sua carreira. Baseado em uma história verdadeira.
Documentary on the Shackleton Antartic expedition. A retelling of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica in and the crew of his vessel 'The Endurance', which was trapped in the ice floes and frigid open ocean of the Antarctic in 1914. Shackleton decided, with many of his crew injured and weak from exposure and starvation, to take a team of his fittest men and attempt to find help. Setting out in appalling conditions with hopelessly inadequate equipment, they endured all weather and terrain and finally reached safety. Persuading a local team of his confidence that the abandoned team would still be alive, he set out again to find them. After almost 2 years trapped on the ice, all members of the crew were finally rescued.
"Trouble the Water" takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. The film opens the day before the storm makes landfall--just blocks away from the French Quarter but far from the New Orleans that most tourists knew. Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist, is turning her new video camera on herself and her Ninth Ward neighbors trapped in the city. Weaving an insider's view of Katrina with a mix of verité and in-your-face filmmaking, it is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes--two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
A blood feud divides a small town in rural Newfoundland.
Aos 51 anos e depois de 20 meses no desemprego, Thierry começa um novo trabalho que, em breve, o levará a enfrentar um dilema moral. Que estará ele disposto a aceitar para manter o emprego?
Quinze anos após o trabalho como chefe da empresa Wernham Hogg, David Brent (Ricky Gervais) trabalha como representante de vendas de produtos de limpeza. No entanto, ele ainda sonha em se tornar um astro da música. Um dia, David decide financiar a sua própria turnê pelo Reino Unido, com uma câmera registando os seus passos na intenção de criar um documentário.
Wilson (Woody Harrelson) é um homem de meia-idade, introvertido, solitário, neurótico e hilariantemente honesto. Certo dia ele descobre que tem uma filha adolescente e, em sua maneira excepcionalmente ultrajante, vai ao encontro da ex-mulher (Laura Dern) e da herdeira que jamais conheceu para recuperar o tempo perdido.
A frog who hates water and jumping in wishes that he could be like the other animals in the Amazon rainforest.
After a car accident and stranded in the middle of nowhere, an ex-con and his daughter find themselves in an abandoned hotel, populated by sub-human cannibalistic creatures.
A man recounts the story of a local legend as he travels to the jungle to make peace with his life.