Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho, which are then re-enacted by actresses, blurring the barriers between truth, fiction and interpretation.
Ingmar Bergmans hudflettende blotlægning af forholdet mellem en følelseskold mor og hendes kærlighedshungrende datter holdes oppe af et fremragende spil mellem Liv Ullmann (datteren) og, ikke mindst, Ingrid Bergman (moderen) i sin sidste store rolle. Sidstnævnte spiller en berømt pianist, der kommer på et af sine sjældne besøg hos datteren, som i virkeligheden bærer på mange års opsparede bebrejdelser. Under en natlig samtale kommer de store følelser på bordet.
Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a new business.
Clara er en 65-årig pensioneret musikkritiker og enke. Hun er også den sidste lejlighedsindehaver i Aquarius, et lejlighedskompleks fra 1940-tallet i overklassens smukke strandresidenser i Recife. Resten af naboerne er lokket til at flytte af nye bygherrer, der har store planer om byfornyelse. Men Clara lader sig ikke snøre. Hun har boet der i en menneskealder, opfostret sine børn dér og nægter at flytte, så hun lægger sig ud med både de nye entreprenører og sine voksne børn, der ikke kan forstå hendes beslutning. Clara er stædig og tager kampen op imod det korrupte byggeselskab. Det giver hende ekstra kulør på hverdagen og får hende til at tænke tilbage på sit liv, sin kærlighed og musikken.
In vivid images, the documentary-like story of a drover and his family in the northern badlands of Brazil during the drought. A family in the search of new hope and destiny.
Eldorado, a fictitious country in America, is sparkling with the internal struggle for political power. In the eye of this social convulsion, the jaded journalist Paulo Martins opposes two equally corrupt political candidates: a pseudopopulist and a conservative. In this context, Paulo is torn between the madness of the elite and the blind submission of the masses. But, in this complex tropical reality, nothing really is what it seems to be.
Brazilian badlands, April 1910. Tonho is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his older brother. The young man knows that if he commits this crime, his life will be divided in two: the twenty years he has already lived and the few days he has left to live, before the other family avenges their son's death. He is torn between fulfilling his ancestral duty and rebelling against it, urged by his younger brother Pacu. That's when a tiny travelling circus passes through the vast badlands where Tonho's family lives.
After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde.
On a scorching summer day in Rio de Janeiro, five impoverished black boys venture out of their favela to peddle peanuts throughout the bustling city. As they navigate the various districts of Rio, they bear witness to a series of unfortunate events and encounters, unfolding a vivid tapestry of urban life in Rio de Janeiro during that period. These true misadventures shed light on the gritty reality of the city, unveiling its vibrant urban tapestry.
In a comedy special directed by Spike Jonze, Aziz Ansari shares deep personal insights and hilarious takes on wokeness, family and the social climate.
Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.
Eleven disparate adolescents, gathered for a skiing camp at an isolated winter resort, find themselves preyed upon and set against one another by their three mysterious instructors.
Unge Alec Ramsey overlever med nød og næppe et frygteligt skibbrud og det lykkes ham at redde sig i land på en øde ø; men han er ikke helt alene. Med ham er en forrygende flot, kulsort araberhingst, der også har overlevet elementernes rasen; dens navn er Sorte. De to bliver bedste venner og hjælpes ad med at overleve den håbløse situation.
Skuespillerinden Nikki har fået en rolle i et remake af en gammel polsk film og overhører sin kvindelige nabos advarsler mod at indspille filmen. Det skulle hun nok ikke have gjort, for efterhånden bliver det sværere og sværere for Nikki at skelne mellem sig selv og sin filmkarakter. Og det viser sig at den polske udgave af filmen faktisk aldrig blev færdigspillet, da filmens kvindelige stjerne blev brutalt myrdet.
In Bahia, an educated black man returns to his home fishing village to try and free people from mysticism, in particular the Candomblé religion, which he considers a factor of political and social oppression, with tragic outcome.
A new incarnation of Cangaceiro bandits, led by Coirana, has risen in the badlands. A blind landowner hires Antônio to wipe out his old nemesis. Yet after besting Coirana and accompanying the dying man to his mountain hideout, Antônio is moved by the plight of the Cangaceiro’s followers. The troubled hitman turns revolutionary, his gun and machete aimed towards his former masters.
After being orphaned, a boy is raised by his grandfather and uncles, rich rural landowners, on a sugarcane plantation where he grows up, studies, learns about politics, love and disillusionment.
After starting a family of his very own in the United States, a gay filmmaker documents his loving, traditional Chinese family's process of acceptance.
A Japanese melodrama about three sisters, rival fashion companies, and attempted murder by overheated bathroom.
Assumpta Serna stars as the brilliant and beautiful poet Sister Juana Inés de la Cruz in this magnificent portrayal of 17th Century Mexico. In order to pursue her love of writing, Juana enters the convent and gains international renown. When the Inquisition comes, the local Vicereine becomes Juana's protectress and erotic muse, and soon begins a thrilling romance of startling passion and intensity.