BASTARD OUT OF CAROLINA

DescriptionDescription Set in Greenville, S.C., not long after WWII, this story looks behind Tobacco Road cliches to evoke the complex weave of love, hardship and family bonds that conditioned the life of the poor whites in the days before New South prosperity kicked in. Pie opens with a narrator recalling that she was born after...

THE BRUCE

DescriptionDescription This extravagant production tells the story of Scotland's warrior-king, Robert The Bruce, following his epic adventures and exploring his complex relationship with England's King Edward I, known as the Hammer of the Scots. In tribute to The Bruce's tireless efforts against the powers that be, the film culminates in a re-enactment of the Battle...

ALL OF THEM WITCHES (SOBRE NATURAL)

DescriptionDescription Dolores, a young and attractive newlywed, lives a rather isolated existence in an old, downtown Mexico City apartment which she shares with her businessman husband. Her quiet existence is turned into a nightmare when her friend and neighbor from across the hall is mysteriously murdered. Drawn to solve the mystery for reasons she herself...

AN ALMOST PERFECT AFFAIR (EIN FAST PERFEKTER SEITENSPRUNG)

DescriptionDescription Henny (Elfi Eschke) backs out of a marriage to the strait-laced son of the arrogant top dog in a small town and flees to see the world. Because she can't pay the bills in the Vienna hotel she checks into she decides to seduce some rich guy. lns;ead, she meets and falls in love...

ANGRYMAN

DescriptionDescription This wild black comedy follows a guy who gets fed up with the world and transforms into an angry caped crusader who takes revenge on the world's iniustices.

BACKGROUND NOISE (R.D.F.: RUMORE DI FONDO)

DescriptionDescription Three working-class kids from the fringes of Rome murder a loan shark and then take a woman hostage. Corrupt cop Tiresia turns up on the scene, hoping for a swift and reputable conclusion, but all sides suffer together in this urban battle.

BREAKING THE WAVES

DescriptionDescription A robust Scandinavian oil-rigger and a pretty but naive Scottish village girl marry; they are blissfully happy; he becomes paralyzed after a work accident; their lives fall apart. This is the framework of Danish director Lars Von Trier's Breaking the Waves, but the outline doesn't really suggest the movie's titanic emotions and mysterious power....

ACROPOLE (AKROPOL)

DescriptionDescription This film re-creates the life and atmosphere of Athens' celebrated Acropole theater, which featured lavish, Hollywood-style musicals in the '50's and '60's. Performed by self-taught actors, the Acropole's bawdy political satire was an attraction not only for the well-to-do, but for the working citizens of the city. The film begins when Prince, the producer...

ADAM AND EVE (ADÃO E EVA)

DescriptionDescription Up-and-coming newscaster Maria de Medeiros decides the clock is ticking and picks her latest interviewee, unsuspecting Karro Elejalde, as the daddy-neglecting to tip off lover Ana Bustorff. But the predictable fireworks are just the beginning, as Elejalde refuses to take part in an anonymous one-night stand; Bustorff's bemused ex-husband Joaquim de Almeida starts suffering...

ALIX’S WHITE LIGHT

DescriptionDescription In an effort to prevent tragedy, Kimmy tells her younger sister Alix morality tales using samurai and geisha imagery. Will Alix understand before it's too late ... ?

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