På sin 11-års fødselsdag bliver Harry Potter, som lever en kummerlig tilværelse hos sin tante og onkel, kontaktet af kæmpen Hagrid, som afslører at hans afdøde forældre var magtfulde magikere. Harry bliver derfor tilbudt en plads på den fornemme skole for trolddom, Hogwarts. Her får Harry nye venner, den charmerende og autoritetstro Hermione samt den klodsede, men trofaste Ron. Desuden møder han den vise rektor Dumbledore. Langsomt går det op for Harry, at han er noget særligt, hvilket hænger sammen med hans forældres død, som slet ikke var et uheld men derimod et mysterium, hvor den ondskabsfulde troldmand Voldemort spiller en vigtig rolle.
Colonia fortæller historien om Lena og Daniel, et ungt par, der bliver fanget i det chilenske militærkup i 1973. Daniel bliver kidnappet af Pinochets hemmelige politi, og Lena sporer ham til et aflukket område i det sydlige Chile ved navn Colonia Dignidad. Colonia fremstår som en velgørende mission ledet af lægprædikanten Paul Shafer, men er faktisk et sted, ingen nogensinde er flygtet fra. Lena beslutter at slutte sig til denne dystre og mystiske sekt for at finde Daniel.
During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, young Chinese copra trader named Fong-Huan marries Elisa, a young and pretty Filipina. The couples children, Daniel and Linda, were raised in a mixture of Chinese and Filipino-Hispanic tradition. These richly cultured people are the ancestors of a dysfunctional third-generation family whose daughters tell their own stories of joy, struggle, and the complex realities in the life of Filipino Chinese families.
A recently widowed, now single father struggles to raise his sixth-grade son with autism. The pressure of his job and coping with the loss of his wife proves to push him nearly to the breaking point.
November 14, 1951, the left bank of the Po river a few hundred meters from the Padua-Bologna railway bridge breaks. The tide invades the Polesine's lands in a few minutes, one of the poorest regions in Italy at the time. Thousands people, men, women and children flee while the water remains stagnant for months between the houses and the countryside. Today, 70 years later, the children of that time remember those months immortalized by the films perfectly preserved in the Istituto Luce's archives.
Not for the faint of heart, this voyeuristic documentary takes you straight to the streets of Compton and Watts, revealing the inner workings of the infamous Bloods street gang. Here, gangbanging is a way of life, and the film pulls no punches, exposing pushers and dealers, brutal fights and rampant drug use, as well as interviewing gang members who reveal why they joined the Bloods.
Christian Slater is a stranger who comes to a small town. The local citizens think he's up to no good. After bothering him for a while, he blurts out in frustration, that he is there to kill himself.
Seven stories from the hood that connects to the seven deadly sins.
Lad os se det i øjnene, rotter er ikke de mest elskede skabninger på jorden. Men måske denne lille fortælling om historien om menneskers og rotters interaktion vil ændre verdens holdning. I det mindste er det håbet om Remy, stjernen i Ratatouille, og hans tilbageholdende bror Emile da de lfører os gennem verdenshistorien fra en rottes perspektiv. Hvorfor kan vi alle ikke bare enes?
Claudio Scanna is a private in the Italian army: during his first night in a new military base he gets in a fight with senior recruits. Lieutenant Fili, Claudio's commanding officer, is denied a promotion because his superiors discover he was absent without justification during the night of the fight. Fili blames Claudio and vows to make his remaining months in the service a living hell...
Darkon is an award-winning feature-length documentary film that follows the real-life adventures of the Darkon Wargaming Club in Baltimore, Maryland, a group of fantasy live-action role-playing (LARP) gamers.
I en idyllisk landsby uden for Madrid samles familiemedlemmer fra nær og fjern til stor fest. Laura ankommer fra Buenos Aires til sin hjemby for at fejre søsterens bryllup. Med sig har hun sin søn og teenagedatter. Under festen forsvinder Lauras datter på mystisk vis. Det bliver starten på en febrilsk jagt for at finde hende, samtidig med at familiens største hemmelighed kommer frem i lyset.
The story of a loving man and father who falls under the influence of an extremely orthodox Protestant sect. He sacrifices everything and everyone to this faith, including his business and the respect of his younger son. However, he never loses the love of his wife.
Las Vegas’ største casinoejer Donald Sinclair arrangerer den største udfordring, der endnu er set i spillelidenskabens hjemby. Seks hold har hver især mulighed for at vinde 2 millioner dollar. Pengene findes i en garderobeboks flere hundrede kilometer væk, og så gælder det ellers bare om at komme først. Da deltagerne finder ud af, at Sinclair og hans rige venner laver væddemål om løbets udfald, så begynder de at jage et nyt mål.
Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets a “true education.” In 1978, he and his friends Slim and Mario embark on a 15-year criminal career, a successful and ruthless spiral of robberies, kidnappings, murders and heroin smuggling.
A drama about a psychological duel between a police detective and career criminal.
Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He needs to make new friends and get used to a new life which is immensely different from what this city boy was used to.
Manay Po tells the story of Luz, a small time jeweler who dreams of making it big so as to provide a better life for her family. Her life revolves around her brood of three, namely, Oscar, Orson and Orwell and her live-in boyfriend Gerry. With the help of her good friend and maid Maritess, Luz was able to raise her children normally despite the absence of a husband. In spite of her children's questionable sexualities, their family paints a picture of a happy family - a home filled with laughter and unconditional love.
Funny events of the clients who spend their summer holidays at the Hotel Internazionale in San Benedetto del Tronto.