Perdidos en la gran ciudad (1960)
CAUGHT...in the wild, frantic, furious...rat race!
Género : Comedia, Drama, Romance
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 46M
Director : Robert Mulligan
Escritor : Garson Kanin
Sinopsis
Pete es un saxofonista que llega a Nueva York para ganarse la vida. Allí conoce a una bailarina que necesita un sitio donde dormir. Él propone compartir un piso que dividen con una cortina.
Un grupo de jóvenes viven bajo el mismo techo mientras se preguntan sobre sí mismos, sobre la sociedad, sobre sus creencias políticas y el mundo cambiante que gira a su alrededor. Al mismo tiempo, son conscientes de la importancia que tiene para ellos estar juntos, mantenerse unidos, constituir, en suma, una familia. Tras el éxito de "Fucking Amal" el sueco Moodysson vuelve a conquistar a crítica y público con una entrañable, divertida y encantadora comedia universal.
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Javier, un estudiante francés de económicas, decide pasar un año en Barcelona para aprender español. Se instala en una casa donde convive con otros siete estudiantes europeos: un italiano, una inglesa, un danés, un belga, un alemán y una española. Todos los compañeros del piso se encuentran en la misma situación, todos ellos están estudiando en Barcelona gracias al programa de intercambio universitario europeo Erasmus.
18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut studies, literature and politics in his home town and have a relationship with another girl from his former school, now studying medicine at the same university but they break up after having an affair with her roommate. Helmut begins a lot of short affairs with different women but still searches for his first girl.
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A young girl begins to wonder if she really fits into the upper-class sorority she's trying to join.
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Sarah Vaughan features the "Divine One" in her prime, wrapping her sultry voice around jazz standards such as "Lover Man", "Misty" and "I Got Rhythm and soaring on popular showtunes such as "Over The Rainbow" and "Maria". One of the greatest voices of the 20th Century, her renditions of songs by Harold Arlen, Leonard Bernstein, Johnny Burke, the Gershwins and Stephen Sondheim are pure diva magic. These three performances demonstrate why Sarah Vaughan is invariably mentioned in the same breath as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday.
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