Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
A formal dinner party starts out normally enough, but after the bourgeois group retire to the host’s music room, they inexplicably find themselves unable to leave.
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs.
En kameramand vandrer rundt med et kamera hængende over skulderen og dokumenterer bylivet med blændende opfindsomhed.
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
Ming er en koldblodig morder, der er begyndt at bekymre sig om de risici, jobbet medfører, og vil gerne holde op. Hans agent, hende som både booker hans opgaver og som bliver forelsket i ham, overtaler ham til et udføre en sidste opgave.
Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.
Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander - a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt - travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters, learning to communicate across their differences.
A husband acts as a caregiver to his quadriplegic wife.
Just out of jail, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.
Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Chile, early 20th century. José Menéndez, a wealthy landowner, hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.
Da tech-milliardæren Slater King møder cocktailservitrice Frida til hans fundraising-galla, inviterer han hende til at slutte sig til ham og hans venner på en drømmeferie på hans private ø. Men på trods af de episke rammer, smukke mennesker, evigt flydende champagne og dansefester om aftenen, kan Frida fornemme, at der gemmer sig noget uhyggeligt under øens frodige facade.
A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
In 1980s Hong Kong, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun, a mainland refugee, struggles to survive in the Kowloon Walled City by joining underground fights. Betrayed by crime boss Mr. Big while trying to buy a fake ID, he steals drugs from him and seeks refuge in the Walled City, where he encounters Cyclone, a compassionate yet authoritative crime lord.
I en gammel herskabsvilla, der er beliggende ved en øde bugt, myrdes grevinde Federica på brutal vis af sin ægtemand Filippo Donati. Grevinden er lam i underkroppen og bundet til sin rullestol, så da hun får et reb om halsen og sparkes ud af stolen, kan Filippo smilende se til, mens hun udånder. Nu er arven efter hende hans. Men ikke så snart har grevinden trukket sit sidste åndedrag, før den griske Filippo overfaldes og slagtes af en mørkklædt morder.
The partners are back and are in a tight spot! Francois is going through a moral crisis, and Rene is experiencing the same. But, honesty is not always the best policy. After being suspended for their actions, they return to face their far more crooked replacements.
A young woman embarks on a series of sexual adventures with a series of men and women against the backdrop of expatriate life in Hong Kong.