An abandoned tumbledown theater in the outback of Paraíba state is the initial setting of a film about cinema, which explores the testimonials of the novelist and playwright Ariano Suassuna and other filmmakers such as Ruy Guerra, Julio Bressane, Ken Loach, Andrzej Wajda, Karim Ainouz, José Padilha, Hector Babenco, Vilmos Zsigmond, Béla Tarr, Gus Van Sant and Jia Zhangke. They all respond to two basic questions: why do they make movies and why do they serve the seventh art. The filmmakers share their thoughts about time, narrative, rhythm, light, movement, the meaning of tragedy, the audience‘s desires and the boundaries with other forms of art.
Teenagepigen Chen Nian er vidne til, at en af kammeraterne springer i døden fra en skolebygning. Årsagen til selvmordet skal findes i lang tids mobning, men dødsfaldet ændrer ikke på mobbernes adfærd. I stedet bliver Chen det nye offer, og hun udsættes for utallige grove overgreb. I desperation søger Chen støtte hos den ungdomskriminelle Xiao, der giver hende et løfte: Han vil være hendes beskytter.
Mi-so, a 12 years old girl who transferred from Seoul to Jeju island, meets Ha-eun. They promise never to seperate. At the age of 18, Ha-eun's boyfriend, Jin-woo breaks two girls's friendship. Few years later, they come apart as their lives go seperate ways. Now they are 27, and they finally meet again. They've missed each other. After 15 years, will they truly understand each other?
A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a rivalry with the more popular Western orchestra club.
A gay couple from Hong Kong takes a trip to Argentina in search of a new beginning but instead begins drifting even further apart.
After failing his university entrance exam, Yuki Hirano sets his eyes on the role of a forestry trainee. Setting off for training he doubts his decision many times, but eventually after passing the training course, he is sent to Kamusari Village for a year of work experience - where he becomes assimilated with the beauty of nature and the warm-hearted people of the village.
Collegestuderende Danielle skal dække sine spor, når hun uventet løber ind i sin Sugar daddy ved en shiva - med sine forældre, ekskæreste og familievenner også til stede.
Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
Shanghai gangsters grapple with lust and loyalty on the eve of war with Japan as they try to navigate an alliance with the enemy's army.
A visit to the photographer's returns the physical looks of a 70-year-old grandmother back to her 20s. Things get even stranger when his grandson asks her to join his band, and his best friend begins to fall for her.
Mory, a cowherd, and Anta, a university student, try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
After his mother's death, Chan Kai-yuk feels so alone that he leaves Guangzhou for Hong Kong to look up the father who abandoned him and his mom. But Yuk's hopes are dashed on finding his dad has a new family and considers him a burden. Alone and homeless, Yuk is taken in by Auntie Fen, a middle-aged recluse who leads a solitary existence. At first, their different habits and personalities lead to numerous squabbles, intensified by Yuk's self-centeredness and Fen's odd temperament. As time goes on, Yuk learns Fen is in the early stages of Alzheimer's. The discovery unexpectedly serves as a catalyst for the young man's growth as a caring friend. For the first time in her life, Fen feels truly blessed. But it is a situation rife with irony due to the nature of her disease and the accelerating elusiveness of feelings and memories.
What is it that makes a man fall in love with a woman at first sight? Appearance? Aura? Wealth? NO, when campus prince and gaming expert, student Xiao Nai first saw Bei Wei Wei, what made him fall in love was not her extraordinary beauty, but her slim and slender fingers that were flying across the keyboard and her calm and composed manner!!! Embarrassing, no? At the same time, gaming expert Bei Wei Wei, at this time and place is on the computer, methodically commanding a guild war, and won a perfect and glorious victory despite being at a disadvantage, and was completely unaware that cupid is nearby. Soon after basketball player, swimmer, all-around excellent student, and game company president, Xiao Nai, uses both tactics on and off-line to take this beauty’s heart. Therefore this romance slowly bloomed. ~~ Movie adapted from the novel by Gu Man.
Teacher in the most prestigious highschool in the country, François enjoys the life he’s always known, in the intellectual and bourgeois society of Paris. Trapped in a situation where he’s forced to accept a job in a school of a tough underprivileged suburb, he finds himself confronted to his own limits and to the upheaval of his values and certainties.
Maria, der er blevet dronning af Frankrig som 16-årig og enke som 18-årig, modstår presset for at gifte sig igen og vender tilbage til sit fødeland, Skotland, for at gøre krav på tronen. Fra sin fødsel har hun også krav på den trone, som Elizabeth I sidder på – dronning af England. De to dronninger kæmper om magt og kærlighed og træffer vidt forskellige valg. Forræderi, oprør og sammensværgelser splitter de to kvinder, der begge oplever magtens bagside.
Den unge Eun-yi hyres som hushjælp af den velhavende forretningsmand Hoon, der bor i et luksuriøst hus sammen med sin højgravide kone og sin lille datter. Hoon er vant til at få alt, han peger på, og snart udnytter han sin status til at gøre Eun-yi til sin elskerinde. Det er en affære, der får dramatiske følger.
Lucía, a club dancer on the run, takes refuge in a sinister building on the outskirts of Madrid where her sister Rocío lives with her daughter Alba.
Under en bitter vinter i Massachusetts i 1964 bliver den unge sekretær Eileen fortryllet af Rebecca Saint John, den glamourøse nye rådgiver i det fængsel, hvor hun arbejder. Deres spirende venskab tager en snoet drejning, da Rebecca afslører en mørk hemmelighed - og kaster Eileen ud på en uhyggelig sti.
Tom Brand er den velkendte selvoptagede forretningsmand, der ikke har tid til sin familie og lægger vægt på de forkerte værdier i livet. Lad os få banket ham på plads! Det gør vi ved at sende ham til en mystisk dyrehandler for at købe en gave til sin forsømte datter. Hun skal naturligvis have en kat! Men så sker der noget forfærdeligt: Tom bliver fanget inde i Mr. Fuzzypants (kattens navn!), og pludselig får han et helt nyt perspektiv på sin tilværelse, og muligvis lærer han noget vigtigt om livet.
Wu Renyao, who is good at motorcycle stunts, meets his father Wu Renteng, whom he has not seen for many years, and embarks on a road trip to the big city along with a girl named Huan Song and her brother's motorcade.