大卫·卢里(约翰·马尔科维奇 John Malkovich 饰)在开普敦一所大学持教,然而年过五旬的他却因诱骗并与女学生发生关系而被学校惩处。在学校组织的听证会上,大卫对校方的指控供认不讳,却没有半丝悔改之意。被迫辞职的大卫来到山区小镇女儿露西(杰西卡·海恩斯 Jessica Haines 饰)的农场,却意外遭遇入室抢劫以及三个歹徒对女儿实施强奸,大卫因自己的无能为力感到十分自责,可是女儿对这件事情的冷处理态度则让大卫大动肝火,加之女儿对黑人邻居的一再让步则让他更为不解。大卫感觉到羞耻,他感觉自己就像狗一样活着…… 该片改编自同名诺贝尔文学奖获奖小说,并于2008年获得中东电影节最佳影片奖以及多伦多电影节的国际影评人联盟奖。
故事发生在1990年夏天前东德图林根州附近的乡村。即将年满19岁的玛丽亚和男友约翰内斯住在约翰内斯父母的农场里,她宁愿沉浸在书本中,也不愿专注于毕业。随着德国的统一,人们有一种新时代来临的感觉。 当玛丽亚遇到住在隔壁的农民亨纳时,玛丽亚与这个比她年龄大一倍、任性、有魅力的男人燃起强烈的激情。在充满未知的气氛中,爱情诞生了:一种充满渴望和欲望的秘密激情,吞噬了前进道路上的一切。
Far from Tel Aviv and big city crimes, Daphna, 40, a promising police officer with a big mouth, finds herself in the small town of Afula dealing with petty crimes, seeking shade from the scorching heat, taking care of her aggressive cat, but more importantly, dodging the nagging question:" When are you going to get married, and have children?". The disappearance of Orly Elimeleh, a beautiful and wild 36 year-old army widow and former beauty queen, soon raises another troubling question for Daphna - why isn't anybody looking for her? This indifference towards Orly's uncertain fate shakes Daphna to the core as she begins to identify with her and to suspect the worst. Her concern gradually consumes her life, blurs her reality and causes her to question whether she is just imagining things, or is she on the contrary, the only one seeing things clearly. Matan, the younger 34 year-old son and "black sheep" of the powerful Oheyon's, Orly's late husband's family, seems to be the only one who ...
Ningrum has had to face negative views from local residents since childhood because her mother, Handini, was always accused of having sex with many men. The death of one of Handini's close friends further plunges her family into local gossip. Ningrum's life becomes increasingly uneasy when the man she secretly loves, named Jalu, is trapped as Handini's new sacrifice. Ningrum has to face various supernatural terrors. Finally, Ningrum got a clue and asked for help from a Kyai who gave him a powerful spear to destroy black magic on earth.
Tells the story of Hassan - a security guard living an impoverished life with his mother who dreams of traveling and living abroad. One day he stumbles on the sport of blind soccer and cunningly decides to pose as a visually impaired man to join a team right before the World Cup tournament in Europe.
A boy is haunted by terrifying nightmares where a monster lurks inside the closet. To his relief, his father appears in the middle of the night helping him to face his fears. But the boy will begin to question the true nature of these apparitions, having to face the truth about his father's destiny and the evil force that threatens to consume him.
The film comprises six interconnected stories, one of them co-written with actress-screenwriter Iulia Lumânare. Interestingly, the feature recycles (and completes) The Christmas Gift and another, unreleased short film, New Year’s Eve. One of the protagonists is Ştefan Silvestru, the director of the national television station, who has to deal with a career-ending issue: an actress who appeared in a sketch to be broadcast on New Year’s Eve has defected the country. Silvestru’s son, Laurenţiu, who plans to defect by swimming across the Danube to Yugoslavia, is the protagonist of another story, all six of them exploring the atmosphere in Bucharest before the “end of the world”, or the fall of the regime.
With a sense of duty and iron toughness, the Burgundian weapon master Hagen von Tronje holds the crisis-ridden kingdom together. In doing so, he suppresses his secret love for the king's daughter Kriemhild and represses his own dark past. When the legendary dragon slayer Siegfried of Xanten appears in Worms and threatens the old structures with his unpredictable nature, Hagen progressively turns into a tragic figure. The fantasy film is a new interpretation of the Nibelung saga and captivates with its fantastic scenery and brilliantly choreographed combat scenes.