The plot takes place on a mansion owned by the new widow Birgitta von Carping (Berit Carlberg). Sten Stensson Steen (Nils Poppe) has rented a room in the manor. He accidentally arrives a month early and the carousel is in full swing.
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The plot takes place on a mansion owned by the new widow Birgitta von Carping (Berit Carlberg). Sten Stensson Steen (Nils Poppe) has rented a room in the manor. He accidentally arrives a month early and the carousel is in full swing.
Televised production based on Charles Dickens' novella.
Liebesfilm is an ironic attack on one of the durables of the Hollywood clichés - the film kiss. A short take of mouths approaching each other is shown 522 times. But the kiss never takes place, merely the speed of the movement is continually increased. This excessive repetition of the theme destroys the "happy clarity" that inhabits "the film kiss" myth.
The essay by René Vautier, "Déjà le sang de Mai ensemençait Novembre", starts with the recapitulation of the representations of Algeria throughout the history of visual arts in France in an effort to explore the causes for the quest for independence.
When the Cultural Revolution comes to an end and reform sweeps over China, two drivers of the Fifth Iron and Steel Factory set up a pancake stall in the free market in front of the factory, annoying the secretary of the Party Committee.
Half a million wives work with their husbands in family-run businesses, but most have no legal title to any part of the operation. This documentary focuses on several farm wives who are seeking their fair share of the family farm. In frank and friendly discussions with their husbands and with financial advisers, the women learn about co-ownership. The importance of having a legal arrangement becomes clear when a former farm wife tells how she lost everything she thought she owned when she and her husband divorced. The film encourages women to recognize the economic value of their work and to seek the legal recognition of their status and of their right to an equitable financial share.
Stop motion animation short film based on the original story by Hans Christian Andersen
It is the mid-1980s. The economy has not improved. For 17 years Professor Frank Merrick has been ensconced in a research lab of a provincial university working on a cure for the common cold. He is very near success. Can he avoid becoming yet another victim of the eternal cutbacks?
Two mad doctors buy Tamtakos' sperm to conduct various experiments. They create an infant who, within minutes, becomes a normal man. He is the spitting image of Tamtakos, but he also has the madness of the two doctors. He manages to escape from the hospital and goes on various adventures, making countless blunders and causing turmoil to a host of people. In the end, they find him and bring him back to the hospital, where he meets his biological father.
Documentary about the beginning of Solidarnosc.
This Easter, Billy has plans to help PJ find his first Easter egg. Dolly helps but Jeffy wants to catch the Easter Bunny. When he does, the entire family is surprised, even Sam. In the end, PJ is happy and the day is another wonderful Family Circus Easter.
In the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea, French anthropologist Maurice Godelier invites five of his Baruya friends and informants to his house to discuss Baruya kinship and rules of marriage. As Godelier poses questions, the kinship rules that provide the cohesive fabric of Baruya culture are brought to life. Abstract terms are given practical meanings as Godelier investigates Baruya customs of stealing wives, exchanging sisters for wives, stealing names and exchanging 'food for blood.'
Legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea leads this incredible live performance, which reunites members of the Return to Forever lineup, including bassist Stanley Clarke, drummer Lenny White and Grammy-winning saxophonist Joe Henderson. A concert any jazz fan is sure to cherish, this set finds Corea and the band performing unforgettable renditions of tunes such as "L's Bop," "Why Wait," "500 Miles High" and "Guernica."
In the maternity ward, Céline awaits the arrival of her first child.
"In the year 3001, a robot rebellion erupts on the peaceful planet Psycon. The people are slaughtered by the robots, and the last survivor, an Esper, escapes to Earth. Finally, the cosmic outlaws invade Earth. In an instant, Earth's headquarters is reduced to rubble. Helplessly, Earth awaits a critical moment, preparing for a counterattack. The messengers of justice, one, two, and three! Join forces to stop the Master's conquest of Earth!" - Translated Korean DVD Synopsis
First-person perspective of a child as their mother brings home a strangler as her date.
Ten years after the Watergate scandal, this television special condensed two years of American history into a two-hour retrospective report.
A behind-the-scenes look at Roger Waters and Alan Parker’s 1982 film, “The Wall”
Juuso, Late, and Pyry return from military service to their small village in the Finnish countryside. Finding work is difficult there, so Juuso decides to take a job on a Norwegian oil drilling platform. Late could start working on his family's chicken farm but wants to break free from his father who has a new wife. Looking for work in Gothenburg, Sweden, he only runs into more problems and is deported back to Finland. Pyry would like to take over his late father's farm but family quarrels over the estate make him quit his agricultural studies and, together with drifter Late, take a job in a steel mill in southern Finland.
Rosamunde is a suburban girl and works as a model in Vienna. The men around her are not only fascinated by her beauty. It's also her lust for life and her unassuming, spontaneous manner which knocks them out. Dr. Zoller, a journalist, as well as Silberer and a young aristocrat are drawn to her. Because of her vain efforts not to hurt any of her admirers and to please all of them, Rosamunde breaks down under the pressure.
After Bayukusuma is falsely accused of committing adultery, his village is hit by a series of natural disasters. Bayukusuma is blamed and throw over a cliff. He survives and then they bury him in the sand. After awhile, he has no other option than to become the disciple of the evil Galunggung Genie. He's promptly possessed by the genie, who then goes to the village and gets revenge.
The parents of Kabala (Lucky Charm) and Facsiga (Wooden Top) are divorced. Kabala, an adolescent girl was awarded to the father, while Facsiga, the younger brother was awarded to the mother, but they do not really belong to anyone. The two children want to live together at all costs.
Naima escapes from her stepfather's house, and works in Sherazade's nightclub who gives her the artistic name 'Layal' and she becomes a famous dancer. She falls in love with journalist Galal and hopes to marry him.
Biography of famed record producer Phil Spector, noted for discovering and producing the records of such rock icons as The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes and The Crystals, and who worked with such stars as Ike and Tina Turner and even The Beatles. Included is footage of him rehearsing The Blossoms in a recording studio, and interviews with two of his recording engineers who explain how his famous "Wall of Sound" was created.
A pretty woman, divorced mother of a child works as a secretary at a research institute. She is taking an external degree. It all looks quite normal. In fact, she experiences serious difficulties: she has a problem with her ex-husband, her child is going through difficult age, a sycophant at the institute is exerting pressure on her, and the jealous wife of her boss makes malicious reports against her. She is forced to fight for each breath and to violate even her own principles in order to survive.
Secret of Tai Chi is about a young martial-arts aficionado who duels with a nasty Chinese military man.
Alix Cléo Roubaud, a photographer, describes her images to Eustache’s son Boris. An “essay in the shape of a hoax”, Eustache’s last film wittily questions the relationship between showing and telling as it gradually shifts Alix’s narration out of sync with what we see.
This is the true-to-life story of Benjamin Bie,Jr.
One of the early short films of Italian filmmaker Fabio Salerno.
Poseidon is a peaceful man who cares about nothing more than his job at the factory and his violin at home. One day, he discovers that his brother, Michalis, whom he considered a conscientious medical student, has become involved with a gang of pickpockets. To save him and bring him back into line, he transforms himself into a kamikaze pickpocket...
A cocker and his driver were attacked by strangers, but leave unharmed. Jesús denounces the fact to his friend Mario, mayor of San Miguel el Alto.
In Savamala, the most notorious part of Belgrade, lives an eighteen-year-old young man. In this turbulent atmosphere, different passions collide, and there are hints that the bloody strikes are a prelude to a major battle. The young man tries to escape from the slums and live in a better society. He falls in love and draws comics, while Savamala offers him the misery of everyday life, the world of criminals, gamblers, anarchists, singers and failed poets.
The accidental shooting of a young boy's mother weaves a plot of drugs, prostitution, and murder. Spurned by his father and jailed for hiding his mother's shame, the boy emerges from the smoke and flame to avenge his mother's death with a RAGING VENDETTA.
Three women run a women's self-help group and think themselves superior to their respective husbands. As a result, the men join hands with an unemployed youth to teach their wives a lesson.
A documentary produced in super-8 with a mixture of fiction. It caused a stir wherever it was shown, having to be subjected to the censorship in force at the time of the military regime. It poetically addresses the various prejudices and conflicts that involve the field of sexuality. Two men star in love scenes. Testimonials by Lauro Nascimentos, Eleonora Menicucci, João Silvério Trevisan, Henrique Magalhães and popular people about conflicts involving affection between people of the same sex.
Dokrak is a tractor rider. He’s persuaded by the old man to rob illegal stuff from gang boss. After he’s injured from the mission, he comes to his old man’s house and meet his daughter, Nampeung. They just fall in love.
After the leader of Qingdao CPC was trapped by enemy, a new leader comes. He makes efforts to save the predecessor and find out the traitor.
Secondary Currents is a film about the relationships between the mind and language. Delivered by an improbable narrator who speaks an extended assortment of nonsense, it is an 'imageless' film in which the shifting relationships between voice-over commentary and subtitled narration constitute a peculiar duet for voice, thought, speech, and sound. A kind of comic opera, the film is a dark metaphor for the order and entropy of language and has been the subject of a number of articles on the use of language in the arts.
A story of the Hardships of family life set against the backdrop of Mission Hill, Boston. The mother is a waitress, the oldest son a small time criminal. His younger brother is figuring life out, while their sister dreams of becoming a singer.
Nobody's perfect. We've all got our strengths and weaknesses. Kristi knew her weakness and discovered Brad's -- dyslexia, a learning disability. She learned what a learning disability is, and about handicaps -- those you see and those you don't.
Madina is a young married woman who is mentally strong despite the problems she encounters.She has no children and her relationship with her husband is bad, although he loves her.She makes carpets which is a way for her to express her feelings. One day, she meets a man working in a circus. She gets to know him better and becomes transformed by him as he helps her improve her husband and the carpets she creates.
Highlights from Pick of Billy Connolly concerts.
Kaattile paattu is an Indian malayalam language film directed by KP Kumaran.
David Rendall, John Tomlinson, Janet Baker, Peter Butler, Rosalind Plowright, Angela Bostock, Glenn McKeown, Giuseppe Bardari, Tom Hammond, Alan Opie, Leigh Maurice
A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.
A staging of Marivaux's play "The Double Inconstancy" by Jean-Luc Boutté.
The ex-lover of a middle class woman appears on her birthday after 20 years. Both the mother and the daughter are romantically attracted to him.