În prima parte a filmului Kobayashi arată drama tânărului Kaji (Tatsuza Nakadai), un tânăr ambițios care lucrează ca supervizor într-o închisoare din Manchuria și lupta sa cu societatea japoneză, aflată la acele vremuri sub influența nefastă a fascismului. Dacă în prima parte Kaji este învins de sistem, ideologii, preconcepții și este trimis pe front, în partea a doua regizorul urmărește drama acestuia pe timpului serviciului militar și în războiul la care ia parte direct. Kaji, cu aceeași determinare, încearcă să îndrepte din interior concepțiile și practicile inumane din armata niponă. Cu mari sacrificii personale reușește să reporteze mici victorii în lupta cu autismul armatei japoneze.
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
Crucișătorul Potemkin atinge un țel la care poate ajunge numai o operă de artă desăvârșită și care e inaccesibilă unei descrieri narative sau științifice. - Lion Feuchtwanger -1989
A seven-hour epic adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo' in hopes of raising her spirits, where she watches dashing archaeologist Tom Baxter time and again.
Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his mother.
Lin McAdam rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown, only to find himself in a shooting competition against him. McAdam wins the prize, a one-in-a-thousand Winchester rifle, but Dutch steals it and leaves town. McAdam follows, intent on settling his old quarrel, while the rifle keeps changing hands and touching a number of lives.
A portrait of the man behind the greatest fraud in sporting history. Lance Armstrong enriched himself by cheating his fans, his sport and the truth. But the former friends whose lives and careers he destroyed would finally bring him down.
Mr. Hulot is the head designer of the Altra Automotive Co. His latest invention is a newfangled camper car loaded with outrageous extra features. Along with the company's manager and publicity model, Hulot sets out from Paris with the intention of debuting the car at the annual auto show in Amsterdam. The going isn't easy, however, and the group encounters an increasingly bizarre series of hurdles and setbacks en route.
Life for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the answer, which isn't as simple as he had hoped.
Ageing, wealthy, rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.
Andre Polonski si Marie-Claire Muller se casatoresc la Lausanne, dupa o convietuire de cativa ani. La randul ei, Jeanne locuieste la Lausanne si se pregateste sa devina pianista. Afland intamplator ca e fiica lui Andre dintr-o casnicie anterioara si ca fusese schimbata la nastere cu Guillaume Polonski, fata cauta un mod de a-si recastiga locul cuvenit in familie.
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down.
Divorced and demoralised, Amy Minsky’s prospects look bleak when she is condemned to move back in with her parents at the age of 35. Everyone wants to help but, as her patience level with advice is plummeting, a bold teenage boy enters her life, igniting her last bit of self-esteem.
Philo takes part in a bare knuckle fight - as he does - to make some more money than he can earn from his car repair business. He decides to retire from fighting, but when the Mafia come along and arrange another fight, he is pushed into it. A motorcycle gang and an orangutan called Clyde all add to the 'fun'.
Americanca de succes Alice trăiește fericită la Londra cu iubitul ei Jake. Dar această viață liniștită este zguduită atunci când întâlnește un bărbat misterios și atrăgător în mijlocul Londrei. Ei fac dragoste în curând, mai extaziați decât a cunoscut-o Alice vreodată. Nu este posibil ca ea să uite această întâlnire cu străinul Adam și renunță la viața anterioară pentru a fi alături de el, despre al cărui trecut nu știe nimic. Fericirea pare perfectă, iar sora lui Adam o primește și ea cu brațele deschise. Dar apoi Alice primește scrisori anonime prin care o avertizează despre soțul ei. Treptat, își dă seama că nu știe absolut nimic despre Adam, care arată și o latură din ce în ce mai sadică. Alice începe să sape în trecutul soțului ei și în curând viața ei este în pericol...