The Land (1969)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 2H 9M
Director : Youssef Chahine
Sinopsis
Set in 1933, the mayor informs the peasants that the share of irrigation of their land will be split equally between them and feudal lord Mahmoud Bey. The peasants send Muhammad Effendi to submit a petition to the government. Then Mahmoud Bey proposes a project that would require taking part of the peasants' lands.
Las criaturas subterráneas que aterrorizaron a un pueblecito se abren ahora camino a través de los campos mexicanos. De nuevo, la población vuelve a estar a la expectativa, deseando que esta situación acabe pronto.
A través de cuatro historias se describe la lenta evolución de Cuba, del régimen de Batista a la revolución de Fidel Castro. Son cuatro narraciones que refuerzan el ideal comunista frente al capitalismo. A lo largo de estos episodios, Cuba se libera de sus dependencias políticas para reafirmar su identidad, singular e independiente, con sus contradicciones y esperanzas.
Dos ganaderos se alían para proteger sus tierras de los explotadores de petróleo. Los dos se sienten unidos en la lucha contra el poderoso terrateniente, las inclemencias del tiempo, la difícil tarea de recuperar el ganado desperdigado por la montaña y el peligro de una sociedad petrolífera.
Meghan Doherty is a young, talented executive who neglects her mother and close friends to focus on one goal MAKING MONEY. After closing a multi-million dollar deal Meghan is asked by Mr. Randolph Whitaker (her boss/CEO) to close a deal of a lifetime. She's taking her talent to the Mojave Desert in hopes of getting a Christian land owner to turn over his land before auction. With a $100 million dollar potential deal looming, there is nothing that will stand in the way of her getting what she needs to further her career. Not even GOD? The foreclosed land in question, called God's Country, is owned by Eden Graham, a minister who runs a youth camp there, along with his wife and son, Jake. Upon arrival at the camp in her Ferrari and designer clothes, Meghan is clearly not a good fit, but Eden persuades her to stay; he promises to sign over the property to her if, during her weeklong sojourn there at the camp, she is not convinced of the value of what they are doing.
In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.
En un pequeño pueblo mexicano una noticia conmociona a los vecinos, Ricardo Alfaro, el adinerado ranchero local ha desaparecido sin dejar rastro. Aprovechando la circunstancia, Aurora Campos, una mujer de armas tomar y de una belleza abrumadora, convence a las autoridades para que le vendan la propiedad a cambio de doce mil pesos. Poco después, cuando Ricardo reaparece de repente, una auténtica batalla está a punto de desencadenarse. (FILMAFFINITY)
Family tensions in the Kentucky hills are inflamed by an outsider's dishonest scheme to exploit the area for its coal.
Un joven de 14 años (Smit-Mcphee) esta obligado a usar su ingenio para sobrevivir en un mundo post-apocalíptico donde el agua se ha convertido en el recurso más preciado, provocando violentas guerras por su posesión.
Cowboys side with an Indian doctor against crooks and bad water.
A turf war has been raging in Oldtown for generations. On one side, The Syndicate - an evil gang of crank-head misfits, who has been set on muscling the San Diego family out of the parcel of land they own in the center of town. On the other side, the San Diego family: Tony and Johnny - twin brothers, and their sister Salsa are the last of a bloodline that stretches back for generations. Their mother, father and brothers were all brutally murdered in a violent clash with The Syndicate years earlier. With their neighborhood becoming increasingly fearful, The Syndicate puts into action another evil advance on their family's fading legacy by kidnapping Salsa - all hell breaks loose. The twins and their best friend Chuck Hank must decide whether to hand over the deed to their families land in order to save their sister or fight, the final fight!
Five college friends spend a weekend at Broken Oaks, a remote family farm, where they become the targets of a sinister plot.
Una familia estadounidense celebra el embarazo de su hija de 28 años. La celebración se interrumpe cuando un líder de un culto satánico, Henrik Brandr, visita inesperadamente su rancho. Henrik ofrece pagar a la familia una gran suma por la propiedad de su tierra. Jacob Richardson, el padre, rechaza la oferta debido al invaluable valor sentimental del rancho. Henrik, disgustado, comienza a lanzar devastadoras maldiciones sobre los Richardson, tratando de expulsarlos de su tierra, incluso si eso significa asesinarlos. Después de sufrir tragedias inexplicables, los Richardson buscan la ayuda de Marybeth, una sacerdotisa bruja blanca. Pronto descubren un terrible secreto sobre su casa, revelando por qué su tierra es tan valiosa para el culto. Se dan cuenta de que deben proteger su casa del culto a toda costa, y se produce una violenta batalla entre el bien y el mal.
Thirty years ago, a rubber company enslaved a group of Asháninka people, manipulating them into tapping the trees in the lush borderland between Peru and Brazil. The company was expelled by a coalition of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, led by one mixed race couple. Now the adult children of this marriage combat political corruption and ongoing environmental disaster.
