In Russia at the turn of the century, a wealthy Jewish merchant enjoys the best of relations with his Russian neighbours, while his respected home forms the obvious social centre of the entire community. However, the atmosphere grows more tense as the local authorities come under pressure to fall in line with the officially sanctioned anti-Semitic policies of the Tsarist Government. The village elder is one of our hero's best friends and together they seem to find a way to outwit these evil intentions but unfortunately they fail to understand what forces they are dealing with in a country where anti-Semitism is state policy.
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The tragic story of a young woman named Yulia, who fell in love with a married man and lost her only child.
The main character is an intellectual from Russia, who sees it as his duty to bring an idiot from an mental institution to his house. He can pick someone out, after bribing the boss of the institution, with two bottles of vodka. He chooses Vova, at first sight a silly man, and takes him home. His wife is at first not very happy with this choice. Vova says and does nothing at all. Then he becomes an aggressive man, who terrorises the house and bashes everything to pieces. After she is raped by Vova, the wife gets sexually dependant on the Idiot. Vova isn't interested anymore, when she gets pregnant and doesn't keep the baby. The idiot goes now to the intellectual for his sexual needs. The wife can't take this anymore and forces her man to take a choice: Vova out, or she will go.
A dying man hires professional actors to impersonate his real life family ,with chaotic results, in this quirky comedy drama.
We can see things differently when we see things from different angles.
Close friends Alex and Yan Bo, eighth graders, cram for a test in a prestigious prep school. Once they’re accused of cheating off of one another, their friendship is threatened.
When Thomas, a prominent doctor, hires a hitman to murder his wife, Elizabeth, the hitman decides to help Elizabeth after realizing she is not the person Thomas painted her to be. Together, they plot a way for Thomas to incriminate himself and get arrested.
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April is the beloved 8 year-old daughter of Pij and Ake. Unfortunately, she is kidnapped mysteriously, and Pij dedicates her life to finding her missing daughter.
Sai works as a hotel maid to earn extra money for baby formula, annoying her overbearing husband (Wichan Kanchanarung) who accuses her of neglecting both him and their children. She becomes friendly with a guest, with whom she bonds over the shared joy of motherhood. But Sai’s desperation leads her to petty theft.
Dan and Heather Winslow are faced with the biggest challenge in their marriage when life throws them a second curve ball. After Dan ask Heather for a divorce and she receives life changing news on the same day she knows she's in for the fight of her life to save her family. Dan has 30 days to decide what is most important in his life. He doesn't know it but his journey to a new life has just begun.
Luke has been veering between panic and numbness ever since losing his wife to Thyroid cancer. In a last-ditch effort to feel something, anything, he attends a bereavement counseling meeting at a nearby outreach center. There, he sparks a debate and a series of flashbacks that examine relationships, love, and anger.
The drama "Spring in January" is a story about families who started hiding in underground chambers during the Nazi occupation of Belgrade. With the help of adventurous profiteer Mark, they produce weapons for the resistance movement. This work continues even after the war, because their "benefactor" releases fictitious reports on German victories in order to maintain underground production and continue to get rich. Marko manages to convince his best friend Crni (Black) to stay hidden in the basement so that he can keep Natalia for himself, the woman they both love. After twenty years, Crni finds a way out into the "upper world". Although it is 1961, Crni believes that the Nazis are still in power because they managed to make a film showing the German occupation.
An adaptation of a children's poem called Chanson des escargots qui vont à l'enterrement by Jacques Prévert, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Filmed in Paris, France and Los Angeles, California.
Nan looks at her corpse lying on the hospital bed. What could she do in the last moment of her life? How could she face her death?
This is a city, an unhappy city. A clown and citizens here live in a routine. One day, a little boy chasing behind a big balloon runs into the city. The routine tempo has been changed.
In a moment of lost lucidity, an elderly woman with Alzheimer's has the last chance to reconcile with her daughter.
An emotionless workaholic opens her heart when she can hear the thoughts of a dog, that her ex-boyfriend left behind.
A pregnant young woman, Alexandra, who begins to notice clues, which indicate the existence of another woman in her marriage, finally finds the mysterious woman is her younger self when their love was still fresh and vivid.