A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern for chronological order.
The Catholic Jean-Louis runs into an old friend, the Marxist Vidal, in Clermont-Ferrand around Christmas. Vidal introduces Jean-Louis to the modestly libertine, recently divorced Maud and the three engage in conversation on religion, atheism, love, morality and Blaise Pascal's life and writings on philosophy, faith and mathematics. Jean-Louis ends up spending a night at Maud's. Jean-Louis' Catholic views on marriage, fidelity and obligation make his situation a dilemma, as he has already, at the very beginning of the film, proclaimed his love for a young woman whom, however, he has never yet spoken to.
Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly live in Germany.
A recovering alcoholic rekindles a relationship with the ex-girlfriend of the man that he and his brother killed in a drunk driving accident half a decade ago.
Efter sønnen i en familie dør, bliver forholdet mellem den bitre mor, den godmodige far og den skyldsplagede søn sat på en alvorlig prøve.
Longing for a baby, a stripper pursues another man in order to make her boyfriend jealous.
Den pensionerede professor Norman Thayer og hans kone Ethel tilbringer som altid sommeren i deres hus ved søen. De har ikke set deres datter Chelsea i årevis, da hun dukker op med sin forlovede og dennes søn. Norman må forlige sig med alderdommen og sin egen datter, mens hans samtaler med Ethel sprudler af begavet vid og en humor, som gemmer sine egne sorgfulde dybder.
Sundar, a waiter, is in love with Radha but does not have the courage to tell her. When he becomes a successful comedian, he confesses his feelings to her, only to find that she loves someone else.
Two dramatic stories. In an undetermined past, a young cannibal (who killed his own father) is condemned to be torn to pieces by some wild beasts. In the second story, Julian, the young son of a post-war German industrialist, is on the way to lie down with his farm's pigs, because he doesn't like human relationships.
De to erfarne karriereofficerer, uden så meget gang i karrieren, Buddusky (Nicholson) og Mulhall (Otis Young), får til opgave at føre en ung sømand, Meadows (Randy Quaid), fra flådebasen i Virginia til et fængsel i New Hampshire, hvor han skal tilbringe otte år for en mindre forseelse. Buddusky og Mulhall begynder at synes helt godt om Meadows og beslutter sig for at give ham nogle uforglemmelige oplevelser på deres rejse mod nord. Deres udskejelser begynder i Washington, hvor de lige nøjagtig undgår et enormt barslagsmål, hvorefter de drikker deres hjerner ud på hotellet. I New York kommer de i klammeri med nogle soldater, og i Boston tager Buddusky Meadows med på et bordel, så han kan blive en rigtig mand. Til sidst skal Buddusky og Mulhall, meget mod deres vilje, aflevere Meadows, og da indser de, at de er ligeså meget fanger i deres verden, som Meadows er i sin.
From an inauspicious beginning performing comedy routines in the back of a burger joint in New York, unorthodox stand-up star Zach Galifianakis has made a splash on the scene with his inimitable brand of humor. In this live show filmed at San Francisco's Purple Onion nightclub, the versatile funnyman serves up a healthy dose of his signature wit.
When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by jealousy, insecurity and resentment, Renata, a successful writer; Joey, a woman crippled by indecision; and Flyn, a budding actress; struggle to communicate for the sake of their shattered mother. But when their father unexpectedly falls for another woman, his decision to remarry sets in motion a terrible twist of fate…
Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.
This film finds Angélique in a North African Muslim kingdom where she is now part of the Sultan's harem. The first part of the film consist of her angrily refusing to be bedded as well as their trying to literally beat some sense into her. It all seems to go on too long and I was surprised that the Sultan simply didn't have her killed. Late in the film, she finally decides to escape with the help of two Christian prisoners.
This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.
A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future.
"Maine-Ocean" is the name of a train that rides from Paris to Saint-Nazaire (near the ocean). In that train, Dejanira, a Brazilian, has a brush with the two ticket inspectors. Mimi, another traveler and also a lawyer, helps her. The four of them will meet together later and live a few shifted adventures with a strange-speaking sailor (Mimi's client).
It's the end of the century at a corner of the city in a building riddled with crime - Everyone in the building has turned into zombies. After Jenny's boyfriend is killed in a zombie attack, she faces the challenge of surviving in the face of adversity. In order to stay alive, she struggles with Andy to flee danger.
A small New Mexican village discovers a severed hand that is considered a miracle of God, when it actually belongs to a murdered spouse with a husband in search of it.