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Vanessa and Maria are twins, although not so identical...Maria is a nun while Vanessa is a go go dancer. Leading very different lives they don't interact much, however they are forced to switch lives when Vanessa is chased by Gromek, a powerful drug dealer. The girls must stop Gromek and also save the monastery Maria lives in from being sold.
Three Los Angeles friends stumble out of their 20's, searching for love, purpose, and what it really means to be an American in 2007.
Yuriko (Yuki Shibamoto) is tired of her relationship with a married man. She leaves Tokyo and goes back to her hometown of Yugafu, which is located on small island in Okinawa. The married man though follows Yuriko to the small island. In addition, the married man's wife also arrives on the island. They married couple causes all kinds of disturbances...
A comic story of three corporate drones trapped unaware in a decrepit and crumbling third world factory that's filled with corruption and deceit.
After one of their group is caught for speeding a group of trouble-making teenagers decide to prank the local police officer. It starts with simple speeding pranks but gradually moves to more elaborate and bizarre pranks.
Giorgio's Lobster Farm has been a tradition in Brooklyn for over 65 years. Manned by an eccentric crew and serving the best seafood in the state
Baker Katharina Achternhagen and pastry chef Alberto Puccini have been neighbors for almost 20 years. As their ideas about baked goods could not be more different, they have nothing but derision for each other. While Puccini offers real sugar bombs, Achternhagen is only interested in wholemeal products. Both have successful businesses with regular customers for years. The quality of their baked goods also speaks for itself. Puccini wins awards from the bakers' guild year after year and Achternhagen's Kraftmeier bread has also won several awards. Only this year, Achternhagen also won the cake competition with its diet cake. This is mainly due to the fact that the new chairman of the bakers' guild, Günter Zichorius, has secretly fallen in love with Achternhagen.
A maddeningly oblivious, tyrannical and emotionally stunted young woman tries her best to negotiate two toxic friendships.
Bumbling high school geek Virgil Heitmeyer has yet to lose his virginity. A golden opportunity for finally getting deflowered arises after Virgil manages to get closer to the beautiful and popular Kellie Guthrie. Will Virgil's date with Kellie go smoothly? Or is Virgil going to blow his big chance to score with the girl of his dreams?
Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a full-time vocation. Controversies swirling within modern monastic Buddhism are examined, from celibacy and the role of women to racism and concerns about the environment.
Mariusz, thrown out of his videotape rental business - the only legitimate job he ever held - decided to... make a movie and finally earn big money. He knows that this film will never be seen by anyone anyway, so he doesn't worry too much about the script. Using the experience he's gained over the years on the job, he decides to make a one-of-a-kind film that will incorporate all known film genres in its form and content.
The lawyer Dr. Wagner is a real disgust - neither for his employees nor for the residents of his apartment building does he have a friendly word. But when a violent pipe break in Wagner's penthouse flooded the apartments underneath on Christmas, the neighbors who had become "homeless" made a radical decision: Since Wagner refused to help his tenants, they settled under the leadership of the resolute Rita and her adult daughter Sophia without further ado with the stubborn loner - for a few happy, if not exactly quiet, Christmas holidays.
A deep pool of family secrets overruns its banks as two young lovers decide to tie the knot. But, sorting truth from deception leaves everyone gasping for breath.
Young Karel buys his first mobile phone, with digital camera, and discovers unexpected possibilities to make his sexual fantasies come true. A slightly absurdistic comedy.
7 Friends go out to cabin for a weekend of relaxing and find a game that should not be opened!
The Three Wise Men – Balthazar, Melchior and Gaspard – are on their way to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus when they are suddenly, an inexplicably, transported two thousand years into the future. They find themselves walking the streets of Paris, where they encounter a young woman called Macha who, they are convinced, will lead them to the newborn Messiah.
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When the kids are getting more rebellious in the heat of 1983, all parents come to agreement that the only way to put an end to this chaos is to send them off to a temple. Going into the monk-hood during summer is the children's new round of exciting imagination. After the parents set them up to complete the process of becoming a monk, the kids's adventure together finally begins.
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Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of the bright lights in the big city, and to do so, has to fight customs and tradition that girls are meant to be bethroned away early at a young age to someone they loathe, and schools for them are an unnecessary part of life. In order to fulfill her dream, she has to go against the wishes of her dad, as well as irk her brother as she out-scores him in a local examination to clinch a scholarship. Also, their village is under threat of an unscrupulous landlord trying to bulldoze his way into profits by driving everyone out of his land.
Putri is determined to win back her sports-mad ex-boyfriend, Eddy by turning into a futsal heroine herself. Facing prejudice and ridicule, and discovering, through her motley futsal team, the many difficulties faced by women in sports, Putri gradually finds within herself the strength and values of a true winner, on and off the pitch.
An undocumented immigrant arrives in Cyprus, thinking he is in Italy. A story evolves around him, involving people who live in the margins society, and a veil of hypocrisy is created.
Mark A. Lewis's tragic-comic adventure ILL FATED plunges the viewer into the boxed-in world of Jimmy, a small-town teen who seeks a better life but who sees dead-end signs at every turn out of town. His vague plan to leave and "look into college" is complicated by a revolving door of small-town complications - the demands of his lumpen best friends, his troubled girlfriend, his promiscuous stepmother and cuckolded stepfather. But the biggest complication of all is the return of his womanizing biological dad Earl, who'd fled in Jimmy's infancy after impregnating the wife of a violent convict (also his best friend). Earl's return is a catalyst to disaster, and a palette for director Lewis to paint a hyper-realist picture of small-town dystopia.
In his guise as the pub landlord Al Murray follows the standard format of answering questions from a celebrity studio audience.
After graduating college, things didn't quite work out the way Russ planned. Now he's back home, with some miserable jobs, no girl, and little chance of the future he always dreamed of.
Blake and Justin have always shared the same dream, making movies. Their mentor is Robert Rodriquez and their film school is his book "Rebel Without A Crew". They worship the film making philosophies of Robert Rodriquez, one of them being, "you have to make 30 bad films before you make a good one". On their 29th film they manage to lock an extra in the trunk and forget about him for five days.
An inspector heads to 36 China Town to investigate a murder, where every suspect is hiding a secret.
Yau is on the lookout for love in modern day Hong Kong in spite of her family curse.
Combining real and fictional events, this movie centers around the historic 1986 World Series, and a day in the life of a playwright who skips opening night to watch the momentous game.
Leopold Wallisch, nick-named "Lemming", was fired from the homicide department due to intrigues by his colleague Krotznig. Now he works for a small Viennese private detective agency and spies on potential adulterers. When the Latin teacher Grinzinger is murdered while under Lemming's observation, he gives himself a shove and decides to solve the case himself. "Lemming's First Case", an adaptation of the best-seller by the Austrian author Stefan Slupetzky, promises pure crime comedy.
Charlie's in trouble. He's woken up to discover there's something horribly wrong with him. We follow his race to find a cure, get to the meeting and patch up things with his girlfriend - all whilst trying to hide his bizarre affliction. A surreal, modern fable about love, lies and the perils of false advertising.
For Sara (Isabella Santodomingo), a frazzled young emergency room doctor working in Bogota, Colombia, finding out that she's pregnant is not good news. But her decision to end the pregnancy draws cries of protest from everyone in her family -- including the unborn child in her belly. This compelling comedy-drama explores the deep-seated beliefs about reproductive rights in Colombia, a country in which abortion is illegal in all circumstances.
Jerry's spiritual mentor appears and gives Jerry a gong to ring that summons a "Karate Guard" named Momo-sumo (played by Spike) to aid him whenever he needs help.
Mickey and the gang are preparing for an Easter party; however, Pete says the password incorrectly, blowing the clubhouse away, and Mickey must travel far and wide to get it together again.
McDull is not the brightest kid on the block, but he continuously tries to do his best to please his mother. Still it seems he may not be destined for great things like she wishes, but McDull strives to try anyway.
A terminally ill man in the hospital has a series of awkward and tense meetings with loved ones who wish to say goodbye, made worse after his mother invites a priest to visit.
Plub just graduated from university and searching for a job. One day he goes in to a Japanese restaurant and meets Yumi, she works as a waitress there. He falls in live with her right away.
While escaping being forced to present himself for sacrifice to redeem his family, Katkout is discovered by a National Security Agency who find he bears a strong resemblance to Yousef Khoury, the international terrorist. He is then persuaded him to enter a training mission that will allow him to impersonate Yousef Khoury.
After ten years, Sheldon returns from New York City to Paris, Georgia. His mother Evelyn, a laundress who is stubborn, ornery, opinionated, mean-spirited, insulting, and inflexible, has sent a ten-year-old boy who says he's Sheldon's son up to see Sheldon. Sheldon comes home to straighten things out. Old arguments flare up - between mother and son and between brothers. Sheldon wants no part of fatherhood or family. Then, someone else from New York shows up at Evelyn's door, bringing a new set of challenges. Will this family ever stop airing its dirty laundry? And what of Sheldon: where is his pride? Can he, in the words of James Baldwin, go where his blood beats and live the life he has?
When two down-on-their luck thieves are tricked into protecting a 3000 year old magic Chinese artifact, they think they've hit the jackpot. But there is an army of martial arts killers who will stop at nothing, anything to get the artifact back and harness it's power. Now these bad guys have to become good in order to save the world.
Cheerfully clueless and unexpectedly charming Ethan attempts to win the heart of high school hottie Madison Sweet, only to find himself in competition with his own brother.
Dark-skinned Stella was adopted as a baby, but before she gets married, she wants to meet her birth mother. However, the first meeting is a shock: her mother Beate is a white redneck who sits at the supermarket checkout and secretly drinks Piccolo from a bottle. Apart from that, she doesn't really feel the need to get to know her daughter. But Stella is not put off by her brusque manner.
"Goal, goal, goal!" That's too much for Father Finkbeiner. The joy of the German team's victory at the '54 World Cup throws the old man onto his sickbed. He quickly summons his sons to him. "The legacy must be settled." The solution is simple: whoever can produce a wife and child first will inherit the coffin fittings company. Well, out of three sons, only two come into question. Fritz, the eldest, has "something on his head". But while Erwin and Kurt are still fighting bitterly to lose their innocence and win the woman for life, problem child Fritz gives himself over to the consecration of physical love. Even accountant Petra is interested in the dreamer...
Chili the Sheep, Briegel the Bush and Bernd the Bread are Robin Hood's 3 faithful helpers. One day he is captured by the Sheriff of Nottingham, Prince John's loyal subordinate, and is threatened with death by hanging! Of course, Chili, Briegel and Bernd cannot accept this and try to save Robin by any means necessary! But do a sheep, a bush and an eternally depressed loaf of bread even stand a chance?
Loner freshman Jake Taylor is forced to join the wildest fraternity on campus when the frat brothers refuse to accept his geeky cousin/roommate unless Jake agrees to pledge with him. As the semester progresses, Jake struggles to maintain his grades as well as his affair with Paige, a beautiful sophomore who hates all fraternities. Through naked scavenger hunts, sorority ass-signings and all night
Moon is a young misfit who has the ability to talk to bugs. Moon has always been perceived as a "misfit" because she spoke baby talk too long. She has a crush on a boy named Hyland who works in a store across the street from her house. Unknown to Moon, Hyland has a serious problem with body contact with other people. Moon also meets Coochie, an endearing ladybug who speaks to her and becomes part of her daily life, advising her. Moon meets a band of kids who also has abilities, including telekinetic twins, a high jumping teen, a fortune teller, a boy with x-ray vision that is a semi-pervert. Leading these misfits is a woman named Auntie who looks early to mid 20s but her actual age is 70. Auntie wants both Moon and Hyland to join her band of misfits because of Moon's abilities and Hyland's ability to dodge other people's attacks.
A trio of eager and intrepid college student filmmakers venture into the woods to make a documentary about the legendary Blair Thumb. Naturally, they get hopelessly lost and find themselves in considerable jeopardy.
Thomas sees a girl in a traffic jam. He is convinced that it is fate and wants to find her, but it may not be the easiest thing to do.
Mateus is a video store clerk that deals with several weird clients everyday while he dreams to be a filmmaker like Tarantino.
On the last day of college, graduating seniors Jake and Evan don't want to give up their party life just yet. They have one last day to figure out how to stay on campus for a fifth year. With help from 8th year senior and fraternity legend Greg "Fossil" Karanowski they find themselves getting into more and more trouble.
Thirty-year-old Keith Kavanagh (Joel Thomas Hynes) ekes his way through life in a small town. A hard-drinking hooligan, he keeps his ragged collection of poetry a closely guarded secret... as secret as his regret for the shattered relationship with his father. When Keith meets the darkly exotic Natasha (Mylène Savoie), his life is changed forever.
In a restaurant a lonely man battles with a salt shaker.
This is the story of Nat Banks, an 8th generation Virginian gentleman farmer living in the past, who loses his family farm, Greenwood, to a pair of land speculators from Washington, D.C. When the predatory couple manipulates a "legal" real estate transaction that turns into a hostile possession of the manor house, he temporarily loses his mind, leaving his family but not the farm. Instead he hides out in a cave on Goose Creek, waging guerilla warfare against expansionism and the destruction of historic property with the help of his family, friends, and neighbors...
International terrorist Deşifre manages the finances of terrorist groups around the world. One day, Deşifre steals a virus from the Pentagon and completes the chemical weapon he has been working on. He carries out his plan at the NATO summit in Turkey by injecting the virus into water bottles. The virus causes people to mutate, with some delegates turning into women, others into trees, and so on. The agents tasked with uncovering the truth are K9, who is as clumsy as he is successful, and his beautiful and sexy partner, Agent Ayşe Kosovalı. This adventure, filled with clumsiness and absurdity, is a first for Turkey and even unique in European cinema.
The film starts with a man named Cho Hyuk-rae who has perched dangerously on top of the Han River Bridge. It is a sad picture of a man who has been caught unwittingly on a security camera. The camera continues to reveal the downward spiral of Cho and those of us who surround him. The 'real' images shown through the camera keep on becoming more 'corrupted' as the time goes by.
Amidst the plains of the Kazakhstan steppes lives a mother and Eldon, the youngest of her five grown-up children. Whilst his four siblings have all married and left home, he and his mother live a simple, traditional existence. However when Eldon announces he has met the love of his life, his mother embarks on a tour of her four other children's homes in search of money for the wedding. As we follow the lovable but demanding mum through the four very different lives, we get a heartwarming family comedy that brilliantly contrasts modern-day and traditional life in Kazakhstan with humor and insight.
Hugh Hefner, Stan Lee, Mark Hamill and Kevin Smith journey into the world of comic book fandom! Documentary filmmaker Donald Swan heads to the world's largest comic book convention where he encounters a culture of craziness that he's totally unprepared for.
