In nineteenth-century Łódź, Poland, three friends want to make a lot of money by building and investing in a textile factory. An exceptional portrait of rapid industrial expansion is shown through the eyes of one Polish town.
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
Documentary film about the history of Oil prices and the future of alternative fuels. The film takes a wide, yet detailed examination of our dependence on foreign supplies of Oil. What are the causes that led to America turning from a leading exporter of oil to the world's largest importer?
Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.
Sammy is a 14 year old girl who makes YouTube videos. Robby just moved to New York City after college. Jerry is a single 34 year old network administrator living in the suburbs. Through their fragmented experiences, Consumers explores the dialectical problematics of the contemporary experience.
Injectable anti-inflammatories, anticoagulants, anti-infectives, anticancer drugs and even cotton wools are in short supply. Like many others in France, the pharmacy at Rennes hospital is constantly on the edge. Over the past two decades, shortages of medicines and health products have increased twentyfold in Europe. With almost all laboratories affected, practitioners and health establishments are forced to juggle with quotas to make up for shortages. Some even have to prioritise patients in terms of access to treatments, according to scales established by the laboratories. In the Netherlands, hospital pharmacies have resigned themselves to manufacturing the molecules they lack.
Quand le sommeil est d'or
560 AD. In the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the power of eunuchs was overwhelming. To improve the power of yin and yang, the Feng Shui Master decides to create a tiger arena in the center of the capital. But a strange virus infects animals and now hundreds of mutant tigers are breaking out into the streets and drowning the city in blood.
Average arcade, average summer, with average characters from the hood. A summer storm abruptly interrupts this idyll, bringing with it the threat of a completely alien being, which will forever change their lives.
After 20 years of absence, Captain Fred Carel returns to the small town of Provence where he grew up. With Sara, his former high school friend who became a lieutenant in the local Gendarmerie, he must investigate Antoine Bernier's death.
Girolamo, a teenager from a good family suffering from bone tuberculosis, is hospitalized in a sanatorium where he is forced to suffer the harassment of his rough roommate, sadistically backed by an Austrian nurse. To alleviate his suffering a little will be the tender friendship with Polly, a sweet English girl.
Dearest One: A Million Thanks to You
Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.
Maanikyan is a 2005 Malayalam film directed by K K Haridas. The film stars Kalabhavan Mani, Kausalya, Jagathy Sreekumar and Undapakru in lead roles.
Diwakaran, an honest politician, raises his voice against the atrocities of his party. His life is no more a pleasant journey as he earns the wrath of other members of the party.
Lokanathan IAS is about a backward class man from slums who drives an autorickshaw becoming a bureaucrat.
The marriage of a bored upper class couple gets in a crisis.
A romantic story about Jakub, a student in the summer camp, and his teacher Klara.