In the northern Chinese city of Manzhouli, they say there is an elephant that simply sits and ignores the world. Manzhouli becomes an obsession for the protagonists of this film, a longed-for escape from the downward spiral in which they find themselves.
An astronomer becomes obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth which leads to a shocking discovery.
The life of the revered 18th-century Armenian poet and musician Sayat-Nova. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse. The production tells Sayat-Nova's dramatic story by using both his poems and largely still camerawork, creating a work hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene.
Jumalan armosta käsittelee otsikoihin yhä uudelleen nousevia katolisen kirkon piirissä tapahtuvia lasten hyväksikäyttötapauksia. Elokuva kertoo aikuisiksi kasvaneista pojista, jotka ovat eläneet salaisuuden taakkaa kantaen ja ihmisistä, jotka yhdistävät voimansa päästäkseen eroon tuosta taakasta, ”jotta kukaan vääryyksien uhriksi joutunut ei enää pelkäisi”.
Berliinin raunioiden keskellä sijoittuu miehitettyyn ja sodan aikana pommitettuun Berliiniin. Kongressiedustaja Phoebe Frost (Arthur) tulee muiden kongressiedustajien ja armeijan johdon kanssa Berliiniin tarkistamaan amerikkalaisten miehitysjoukkojen moraalia.
From the letter of a small admirer, to the desire to understand who is actually this fan who writes the same things, for twenty years, to more recipients.
Nelikymppisen lapsettoman pariskunnan, Richardin ja Rachelin, vaihtoehdot lapsen saamiseksi alkavat olla lopussa, mutta sukulaistytön vierailu antaa heille uutta toivoa.
Ever since she served on the jury during his trial, Nora has been convinced that Jacques Viguier is innocent, despite him being accused of murdering his wife. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor’s office, and fearing a miscarriage of justice, she convinces a leading lawyer to defend him during his second trial, on appeal. Together, they will put up a tenacious fight against injustice.
Aymé Pigrenet, a recently widowed farmer, is eager to find a new wife to help him run his farm. Desperate, he seeks the aid of a local matchmaker who suggest that he go to Romania to find a new wife. There he meets Elena.
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
Carlos is a young student, just 21. Nice or annoying as he likes, enjoys provoking and transgreding. In the night he goes out to meet his friends in the Kronen, a bar. Every situation can be taken a little farther. There are no limits, no accepted barriers. And more each time, each adventure is chained to the next, as if it were a continuous night. A long description of people: grandfather, parents, sister, girlfriend, friends. And, among that, the obscure will of living every minute as if it were the last one. But something which happens puts Carlos and his friend against a reality they have been trying to ignore.
Senaattori Gary Hart on ehdolla presidentiksi, mutta hänen kampanjansa ajautuu raiteilta, kun hän jää kiinni skandaalimaisesta rakkaussuhteesta.
An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern, longstanding comic crusaders against capitalism, again set out to surprise and shock the bourgeois audience.
Arriving on a deserted beach in the Mediterranean sea, in a time and a place unspecified, Kaspar Hauser is forced to confront the evil of a Grand Duchess who feels threatened by the power she exercises over the community.
Denying his duty and in order to escape a crucial process of becoming a shaman, Ihjãc runs away to the city. Far from his people and culture, he faces the reality of being an indigenous in contemporary Brazil.
Rokk í Reykjavík (Rock in Reykjavik) gives a thorough overview of the powerful and expanding rock scene in Iceland. Most of the film consists of performances by a wide variety of rock-groups in various clubs in Reykjavik in 1981-82. There are also interviews with members of the groups representing different views on such features of the rock scene as sex, drugs and politics. 19 groups appear in the film.
Victor and Ben, in their thirties, have plans to open their own hairdressing salon. Victor manages to convince Célia, whom he knew while still at the hairdressing school, to follow him on the adventure.
Eleonore Berthier, 34 years old, keeps living as a teenager, collecting odd jobs and one night stands. Following a burnout, her mother and sister decide to take action to help her make a fresh start.
Three children play games in the wild garden of a country house surrounded by woods. The elder sister says Mummy and Daddy will be home soon as she reads her younger brother and sister frightening fairy tales. But where are their mother and father? Why have such young children been left at home alone?