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Kate (Donna Mills) is an alcoholic--and, as is often the case, she is in full denial regarding her illness. Only when she is threatened with mass desertion by her husband, children and best friend does the sullen Kate agree to seek out treatment.
A woman lives a normal life with her second husband and her two sons of the first marriage. One day she is caught by her past and the film reveales in flashbacks her stations of life until the day the police found her in her new life: First marriage, alcohol addiction, robberies, prison, escape from prison, search for work, second marriage, fight for the children,... In the end she has not only to fight for her freedom but also for the respect and love of her betrayed children and husband.
John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.
It is 1989, the year of the demise of socialism in eastern Europe. Nevertheless, the one theme of Junk Movie does not refer to this historical moment of high ideals, quite the contrary, the wild, burlesque of a motif-mozaic seems merely to stick it’s tongue out at the arrogant players of politics who have their heads stuck in the clouds. The film rudely points out the mystery and unapproachability surrounding the every-day existence of politics. The scene is a greasy, falling-down block of a pub called the Gólya and its immediate surroundings.
Veera raises Raja, his foster sibling, after their parents are killed by Mangal. While Veera seeks to avenge his parents' murder, Raja's estranged uncle Kaalia arrives to instigate Raja against him.
Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Masai in Kenya. Poaching gangs are slaughtering protected species, then raiding Masai villages and forcing them to help carry their ill-gotten gains across the border. Roy flies to Kenya to convince her to leave and becomes a suspect for murder when the village is raided and he tries to help a UN doctor shot by the raiders. The only witness is a young Masai boy, who is reluctant to come forward because of possible retribution against his tribe.
This powerful adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel spins a story of passion and destruction set in the nineteenth century. The proud, flighty and bewitching Bathsheba Everdene finds herself entangled into the passions of three men and her impulsive nature pushes her into a web of deceit and destruction.
An elderly owner of a tomato farm and sauce factory, after his wife's death, falls in love with one of the workers of the factory endangering his relationship with his daughters and in-laws. While everybody in the big family persuades the old man to abandon the relationship with the poor girl, the old man makes his final choice of love.
Tony and Enny start up a car repair shop and develop a sibling-like bond. After winning a race with Ronggur, Tony gets Ronggur's girlfriend Lidya as prize.
When Draper Doyle’s father drops dead two days after his birthday, Draper realises that he his memories of visiting his father two days previously have vanished. With the help of Uncle Reg, he attempts to piece his memory back together.
Barky, 25, lost soul, left home two years ago to escape his abusive father leaving behind everything in the world that was important to him; now that his father's dead, he thinks it's safe to come home.
TV Movie based on the life of Antonio José de Sucre, the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho
Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who wants to pimp her out and a sadistic mother (Ellen Burstyn) who plots to take away Arlene's baby -- have other plans. This made-for-TV drama is based on Marsha Norman's off-Broadway play.
The story of a friendship between Pablo and Daniele. Pablo is a paraplegic who works at a rehabilitation center with more seriously injured patients. Daniele is sent there to do community service because he is a conscientious objector.
A breakdown occurs in a factory on the banks of the Danube and a ministerial team begins an investigation. Alexandru Nedelcu is the inspector who came to investigate and has the complicated mission of finding the truth.
Spunky girl-next-door Tung Tung, who's hot for rich guy, Chi Wing, but she can’t say two words to him thanks to one of those afflictions that occurs only in movies. It seems she has this annoying problem of hyperventilating whenever a guy she likes looks at her.
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
Ceará, 1889. Father Cícero Romão Batista ministers to the faithful in the parish of Juazeiro do Norte. Among them is Maria de Araújo, a simple and religious woman who, on receiving communion from the hands of father Cícero, transforms it into blood.
A young cop, haunted by the murder of his entire family years earlier, is recruited by a shadowy organization to hunt down criminals who are beyond the reach of the law.
Kollura Sri Mookambika (Kannada: ಕೊಲ್ಲೂರ ಶ್ರೀ ಮೂಕಾಂಬಿಕಾ) is a 1993 Indian Kannada mythological - devotional film, directed and produced by Renuka Sharma.[1] Chi. Udaya Shankar has written the story and screenplay and Pughalendi Mahadevan has scored the music. The film stars Sridhar, Bhavya and Vajramuni in the lead roles. The film is centered on the Goddess Mookambika.
A mother takes the law into her own hands after her daughter's murderer is acquitted on a technicality.
Two beautiful young women on vacation looking for fun. Two dirty cops looking for easy prey. One human auction where the rich, dominant and powerful bid for slaves to satisfy all sexual desires including lesbian submission. They have been located, framed and convinced to confess to a crime they did not commit or face a lifetime in a prison of women...now their innocence will be sold to the highest bidder.
Former Miss Spanish Basque Country, Pilar Orive, stars as American Janet Cooper who is drugged and shipped to a remote women's prison managed by a sleazy warden and a Nazi-type lesbian guard. 90 minute of graphic sexual abuse ensue
A gigolo makes the mistake of getting involved with the local triad leader's girlfriend. She makes the mistake of falling in love.
Gorgeously shot in the wide-open Siberian wilderness this outdoor adventure chronicles the dramatic escape of a big-city bred violinist from a Siberian labor camp. Underlying the action is the tale of a man who learns to become one with his environment rather than trying to dominate it. The story begins as enigmatic, Asian tribesman Toli comforts the starved violinist Dimitri that they will be escaping soon. They get their chance when a beautiful herd of Yakut horses begin grazing placidly near where the two are toiling. Sneaking away from the others, they grab tow hand steeds and race off. Unfortunately, Toli is mortally wounded. Just before he dies, he tells Dimitri that he is a powerful shaman and then hands the fiddler a protective amulet. In this way, Toli becomes Dimitri's guardian spirit. The city youth will need all the help he can get as he and his horse must traverse the unforgiving wilds and keep away from guards, alone.
The story follows a trio of Japanese youths of Chinese descent who escape their semi-rural upbringing and relocate to Shinjuku, Tokyo, where they befriend a troubled Shanghai prostitute and fall foul of a local crime syndicate. Like many of Miike's works, the film examines the underbelly of respectable Japanese society and the problems of assimilation faced by non-ethnically Japanese people in Japan.
A criminal-political pamphlet deals with a coup d'état. A young man with a rifle equipped with an optical sight is driving around Moscow in a car, and next to him are two call girls.
This is the story of Shankur, a kind generous man who's path in life is to help those who are less fortunate and need food. His own mother died after giving blood to get food for them and ...
Mohammad joyfully returns to his tiny village on summer vacation from the Institute for the Blind, unaware of his widowed father's intentions to disown him in order to win the hand—and dowry—of a local woman. With the wedding swiftly approaching, Mohammad's future hangs precariously in the balance as his father struggles against his destiny, unable to see the wonder of life and love that's so clear to his son.
The tale follows the intentional non-adventures of quiet Tachibana (Takeshi Ito), a Tokyo drifter who has worked in a suburban sausage shop for several years without forging any real friendships.
An old woman, her grandson, cabbage soup... A man arrives, bearing meat, setting in motion a situation which escalates beyond the point of barter.
An eleven year old girl living in rural Pennsylvania turns to her older brother to escape the clutches of their abusive father.
A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control and free him. He demands $20 million in bonds upon landing. And a sick passenger, bad weather or mechanical problems won't stop him.
Tom Cameron's death after an ailing illness decides his daughter and heir, college librarian Isobel, to leave job and home in search of peaceful Cornish country pleasure. Stumbling upon the house where the Camerons once enjoyed a family holiday, she settles their and concentrates on its marvelous garden and hothouse.
Focuses on the lives of six young people whose paths intersect on the opening night of La Nave, where the extravagant Countess Pavlova is a transvestite who claims to be Lenin's granddaughter.
The film takes place in a small cafe on the forecourt. When Gerard, one of the regular visitors, appears in the cafe to inform him that he is leaving, the usual course of the cafe's life suddenly breaks.
Femme fatale causing death to anyone she ever crossed paths with.
Romance novelist Kathleen Connell meets the suave Jack at one of her book signings. He asks for a date, and she agrees. Through various mishaps, their date is postponed twice, and we are shown the erotic wanderings of Kathleen's mind as her next book is written in her head...
Dr. Santos wants to sell the ruined family farm to start a new life with his girlfriend in Europe. Instead, he succumbs to the country's fascination and tries to rebuild the ranch with his ancestors. He meets two fascinating women: The beautiful Doña Bárbara, who is said to bewitch every man, and her wildly grown and equally beautiful daughter.
A young female student develops feelings for a rebel soldier whose younger brother is in love with her.
Juan Benatti, a tango singer in a typical quartet, is left in charge of five-year-old Ignacio, the son of the group's director, Horacio, and Marisa, when his parents are forced into exile for political reasons. Ignacio calls Juan "grandfather" and becomes a father to him. Horacio dies abroad; his mother remarries and demands the boy. But since he doesn't get along with his mother's new partner, custody finally falls to Juan, who raises the boy until he graduates from high school. He then turns down university to become a musician in a rock group, where he will be the voice and host.
A contract killer accepts a final assignment: to act as a bodyguard for a Chinese girl wanted by a criminal organization...
Over lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel, an acquaintance tells the protagonist about his troubles.
In late-1950s Athens, a big sister and her twin brothers sneak in their grandfather's distillery to perform a strange rite. But, how important is the last drop of the rare "Dead Liqueur" to the experimenting adolescents' budding sexuality?
While J.B.'s main occupation is running a trendy clothes store, he has also taken a group of street kids under his wing. When he meets a beautiful fashion designer, however, he abandons the kids and succumbs to his lusty desires.
A woman confides in her best friend about her deep suspicions that her husband is cheating on her. The friend is into voodoo and spirits and gives her candles and charms to have around the house when the man of the house comes home. Suddenly he changes behavior and is asking her out to dinner, bathing in the tub together and generally getting back close again. So the voodoo seemed to have worked. So much in fact that the affair he was having becomes less important, much to the surprise of the "other" woman who turns out to have been fooling herself with her plan to keep him.
Mastura, who returns from her studies abroad, feels the loss of her good pal, E.J. who has chosen to follow the path of the religious extremist group led by Brother Musa. She decides to pick up voluntary work as her mission to promote good will for society. Halim, who has had experiences working abroad serving the Middle East, supports Mastura’s good intention and encourages her to join ‘Rescaid’, a volunteer organization. In her line of duty in helping the children refugees from Palestine, Mastura falls in love with Kamal, a divorcee who shares the cause she is pursuing. The success of a nation-wide charity concert promoted by Mastura and the team from ‘Rescaid’ becomes the pride of the locals, until one day, tragedy strikes unexpectedly. However, it does not kill Mastura’s determination to protect the fate of the unfortunate.
Diane McGowin was employed as an administrative assistant for a group of attorneys in private practice. She found herself forgetting things, especially losing short term memory. She suspected that something was wrong and went to the doctor. After many tests, the diagnosis was Alzheimer's. Diana did not want to tell her husband, Jack McGowin because she thought her husband, Jack, would be worried about money since she made more money than he did.
A comedy on a typical children summer camp from the socialist time, telling the truth about it: combination of strange cynical leaders, absent-minded young assistants with complexes, teenage girls desperately in love with them etc. What a pioneer camp pretended to be and what it really was about. All this produces many embarrassing situations.
A man and a woman sharing a psychic link meet and fall in love, but the woman's influential and powerful husband stands in their way.
On May 18 of a certain year in the future, a nuclear power plant in a certain country will be sabotaged by terrorists, causing a serious nuclear leak, and millions of people around the world will face death threats. Zhang Yu, a Chinese anti-nuclear pollution expert, developed the wartime emergency drug WF003 at this time, and prepared to take the drug to the incident site. However, Zhang Yu was suddenly hijacked by a group of thugs and became a hostage used by the bandit leader "Wolf" in exchange for his arrested accomplices. In order to maintain world peace and fulfill its internationalist obligations, China dispatched a quick response commando led by "Black Lion" and "Snake" to rescue Zhang Yu.
Gaurav lives a wealthy lifestyle, gets everything he wants except the love of his parents and family. Even though he lives with his parents, they love his elder brother Narendra more. After an unfortunate incident, Gaurav joins the army to prove himself to his father, where he discovers a terrorist plot that could put his family and his country at risk.
Green Dragon and White Tiger are two villages that have been fighting for generations. A brutal battle during the Qing Dynasty culminated with the death of White Tiger's Lord and the capture of his pregnant wife that now, according to Green Dragon regulations, must be removed of the fetus which is to be plunged in wine in order to extinguish the bloodline. These plans are interrupted when a monk rescues the wife and takes the child with him to the temple to raise it.
When her practical joker boyfriend dies, a young woman recalls all the pranks he pulled as she tries to figure out who murdered him.
Four orphan boys running from the law in New York stumble upon a baby in a carriage. They decide to head west and take the baby which they name Mary Rose with them. Eventually they set up a ranch which they name Rose Hill. Mary Rose grows up to be a beautiful woman and gets involved with a man who kills one of her brothers. Her brothers then explain to her that they found her in New York and she returns to find her real family. During this time Rose Hill is falling apart since her oldest brother has fallen ill and her other two brothers have gone their separate ways.
Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets Paris' wife Hannah. A former schoolteacher, she made the mistake of her life when she married Paris, who brutalizes her. Soon Paris goes beyond the overgenerous bounds of what a man in his position can get away with even in the segregated South, leading to a spiral of perverse insanity.
Angel Falls is a mountain ski resort where a nearby volcano is about to erupt. Volcanic scientist Peter Slater must convince his boss and the local population of the danger and begin the town evacuation before it’s too late.