Actiunea are loc in Koishikawa, un orasel din Japonia secolului 19. Tanarul doctor Noboru Yasumoto ravneste la statutul de doctor personal al Shogunului, pozitie deja ocupata de o persoana inrudita cu familia lui. Dorind sa calce pe urmele tatalui sau, un psihiatru cunoscut si apreciat de toti, Yasumoto crede ca urmand calea dreapta si sigura a scolii militare de medicina va reusi sa-si atinga telul. "Akahige" este o drama despre relatia dintre un medic si asistentul sau, avand la baza scurta povestire a lui Shuguro Yamamoto.
În acest documentar, artiști și ideologi transgender recunoscuți în industrie oferă perspective sincere și discută despre impactul Hollywoodului asupra comunității trans.
Jacek, an angry drifter, murders a taxi driver, brutally and without motive. His case is assigned to Piotr, an idealistic young lawyer who is morally opposed to the death penalty, and their interactions take on an emotional honesty that throws into stark relief for Piotr the injustice of killing of any kind.
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
After ordering enough typewriting paper for 40 years, just to get discount, Heinrich Lohse is forced to retire.
Karrer plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer. But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away...
In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.
Documentary of the making of the sequel to the popular Schwarzenegger film, The Terminator.
In a repressive boarding school with rigid rules of behavior, four boys decide to rebel against the director on a celebration day.
Gelsomina’s family works according to some special rules. First of all, Gelsomina, at twelve years of age, is head of the family and her three younger sisters must obey her: sleep when she tells them to and work under her watchful eye. But the world, the outside, mustn’t know anything about their rules, and must be kept away from them. They must learn to disguise themselves.
After the Cuban Revolution, Che is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world.
Vasyl, a member of the Komsomol, with the help of a local party organization, gets a tractor and plows private boundaries "on kulak fields". However, this enthusiasm will cost him dearly.
The travels in Italy of director Andrei Tarkovsky in preparation for the making of his film Nostalghia.
Lise (16 years old) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.
After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him. While she wonders if she made the right decision, many of the people in her life offer their opinions on the matter. They intend to let her know, whether she likes it or not, on what proves to be a life-changing evening.
A corrupt cop gets in over his head when he tries to assassinate a beautiful Russian hit-woman.
A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patients.
A memory-wiped and defective cyborg sex slave is tossed onto the streets and taken in by a homeless woman while his corporate creators hunt him down.
In an extraordinary discovery that made front page headlines around the world, scientists uncovered evidence of a race of "hobbit-sized" prehistoric species on a remote Indonesian island. A full-grown adult would have been as tall as an average four-year old child today. Researchers believe this ancient race lived at the same time as modern humans, sharing the earth for at least 80,000 years. National Geographic delivers the world's first in-depth documentary of this groundbreaking find.