A middle aged man taunted by his young office colleagues about his bachelorhood turns to violence.
An intense court case involving divorce proceedings is adjourned for lunch. Husband and wife then discover they are both going to be eating in the same cafeteria.
A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.
The Ladies: Joan
A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.
Visiting unemployed brothers Clack and Ged, social security inspector Mr. Hicks finds few reasons for sympathy. However, the tables are turned on the investigator: Clack defends Ged as 'a paying member of the welfare state' rather than a case for charity, and events take a sinister turn.
The Ladies: Doreen
A multi-part documentary about Alan Clarke, featuring interviews with various actors, writers and producers.
A group of West German men on a stag party find themselves stranded in a Montenegrin village inhabited only by vengeful women since all their men were shot during the war.
Anna is independent and principled, she uses a wheelchair, but does not stop in the face of difficulties, inspires others and always relies only on herself. While working as a psychologist in a rehabilitation center, she meets young Maksim, who has just gotten a job at a social center. Maksim was raised by his grandmother. Young, frivolous and irresponsible. This acquaintance will forever change both the fate of the heroes and their worldview.
University student Arima Yasuhiro becomes acquainted with Ishihama, the president of a pharmaceutical company with a dark past, slowly but surely getting more embroiled in his dirty dealings.
In the year 2029, on the verge of an amazing breakthrough in whale communication, a married marine biologist and aquatic engineer are caught in a catastrophic global disaster that separates them from each other and their spectacular underwater city.
Dark green, impenetrable forests cover a landscape with secluded valleys and rugged mountain ridges. 2.000 rivers and streams dig deep into the underground and transport their water into reservoirs or "Germany's Wild Amazon", the Wupper. These forests and rivers, together with heath-lands and moors, are home to a diverse fauna. Martens, badgers, wild boars, hares, roe deer, red deer and wild boars, even black grouse and hazel deer find shelter in these parts. Wolves have also have a dominant presence, not to mention those who live underground, such as lizards, bats, and snakes. Accompany us on a journey where we explore every corner of this rugged land. Climb underground into the Bergisches Land, through the vast hidden cave systems that sprawl far beneath the forests. There is also much to be discovered in the water, dive with us in crystal clear streams and rivers with their diverse flora and fauna.
Two estranged brothers reunite after a long period of time when the elder sibling prepares to get married. The younger brother begins to look for love during the proceedings.
A musical film that depicts the life of the Egyptian people under the rule of the English colonizer through the revolutionary of the beggars, represented by Shakal who falls in love with the revolutionist Hassanin and helps him combat the colonizer.
After his wife's death, Mokhtar decides to stay celibate and take care of his children. But he changes his mind when he falls for Nihad and marries her. Their happy marriage is disturbed when Nihad gets pregnant which brings up painful memories for Mokhtar whose first wife died in childbirth.
When a newly-constructed school building collapses, engineer Adel is sent to examine it; he learns that the contractor tampered with the materials and his friend, engineer Hamdy, is involved. Will he divulge the findings to sue the perpetrators? or keep them to save his friend?
Two girls open a beauty parlor in a small town, gaining initial support from the townspeople. However, an incident triggers a perilous cat-and-mouse game, forcing them to embark on a journey to escape the trap.
After the death of his wife, the head of a family lives in emptiness and boredom after his children became busy with their lives. He meets a lady whose circumstances are similar to his and the two decide to get married without telling their children, which creates a lot of problems.