Zoo (1988)
Género : Comedia, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 27M
Director : Cristina Comencini
Escritor : Cristina Comencini, Francesca Melandri
Sinopsis
Martina lives in the Rome's zoo, because her father is the guardian. She becomes friend with a young Slavic escaped from a gypsy camp. When the police arrives searching for the kid, they run away riding an elephant!
Josie (Halle Berry) es una ambiciosa mujer que está atravesando una mal momento en su matrimonio con el millonario Tony Potenza (Christopher McDonald). Sabe que su marido tiene una amante, y actúa de la misma manera manteniendo una relación con un amigo de su marido. Para solucionar su crisis matrimonial, la pareja decide irse a una preciosa cabaña. Una noche Tony se ausenta y Josie sale. En un bar conoce a un joven y le confiesa el odio que procesa a su marido e incluso llega a decir que desearía verle muerto. Poco después, Tony aparece asesinado y todas las sospechas caen sobre Josie.
Una mujer joven, que tiene tres hijos, siente nostalgia de los tiempos en que salía a ligar, iba a las discotecas y vivía libre de toda responsabilidad. Pero, por fin, consigue una cita después de varios años. Celebrado cortometraje ganador de más de 23 premios internacionales, incluyendo el Oscar.
Cheryl es una joven, negra y lesbiana, que trabaja en Filadelfia con su mejor amiga Tamara consumida por un proyecto de película: hacer un video sobre la búsqueda de una actriz negra de Filadelfia que apareció en películas en los años 30 y fue conocida como Watermelon Woman. Después de varios pistas, Cheryl descubre el nombre real de la actriz y conjeturas de que tuvo un largo romance con Martha Page, una mujer blanca y una de las pocas directoras de Hollywood. A medida que va descubriendo estos detalles, Cheryl se enamora de Diana, que también es blanca.
At thirty-seven, Miri is a twice-widowed, El Al flight attendant. Her well-regulated existence is suddenly turned upside down by an abandoned Chinese boy whose migrant-worker mother has been summarily deported from Israel. The film is a touching comic-drama in which two human beings -- as different from each other as Tel Aviv is from Beijing -- accompany each other on a remarkable journey, one that takes them both back to a meaningful life.
For the second time the two curious boys named Pelle and Proffen get mixed up in dangerous business.
Natha decides to commit suicide to get the farmers' compensation. However, the media and politicians learn about his intentions and descend on their village to capture the rare event.
Comedia romántica sobre la inseminación artificial y el amor. Serafín vive con su padre y trabaja en un centro de reproducción asistida en el que conoce a Ariadna, una chica de alma libre que es cliente de la clínica de inseminación artificial. Serafín se enamora de ella desde el primer momento y, de manera accidental, acaba inseminando a Ariadna con su propio semen.
Romina y Flor son dos amigas inseparables que atraviesan todo juntas, desde el primer amor hasta el primer divorcio. Pero a medida que pasa el tiempo, los desencuentros se acentúan y los problemas crecen.
Set in the breathtaking landscapes of the Apuan Alps in Tuscany, near the Gothic Line where German forces massacred hundreds of civilians before their retreat at the end of WWII. Pacifico Pieruccioni, a shepherd born just following the war, is now one of its last freedom fighters. He is being forced to abandon this life, as his very existence, suspended between the phantoms of a bloody past and the harbingers of an obscure future, must bow to the gestation of the new Europe to come (VIFF synopsis).
Whilst most young women in her home town of Zambia were busy planning weddings, Esther Phiri had other ideas: to stay single, be a professional boxer and complete the high school education that she abandoned when her family fell on hard times. Her quick and meteoric rise to an undefeated world champion took not only the boxing world by surprise, but sent emotions fever pitch. But whilst the global press rushed to portray her as a strong and confident woman tagged »Zambia’s Million Dollar Baby», in private Esther slowly crumbled under the weight of her success. Adulation and celebrity had increased, but so had criticism, envy and expectations from her family and fans. In the pursuit of independence from a husband, her global success had made her a symbol of hope and empowerment, and a provider for her family and friends whose demands increased as Esther’s fortune grew.
A father with a dangerous secret searching for his daughter.
Letty Mayer, young and beautiful, has a cherished job as a teacher, a successful attorney boyfriend, and a tight knit family that is excited about her sister's impending wedding. But inside Letty there¹s an anxiety that¹s building. Suddenly the pressure of Letty's world overwhelms her and she suffers a devastating nervous breakdown. Institutionalized, she meets Michael, a schizophrenic who has been in and out of hospitals his entire life. Although major obstacles exist, Letty and Michael throw caution to the wind to pursue an intense new love as Letty finds herself torn between a safe past and a daring future...
1's is Mariah Carey's sixth DVD/video release. It contains 14 of Mariah' s #1 hits such as Heartbreaker, My All, Honey, Always Be My Baby, One Sweet Day and much more.
Executive Producer Sean Penn presents "Witch Hunt," a gripping indictment of the American justice system told through the lens of one small town. Voters in Bakersfield, California elected a tough on crime district attorney into office for more than 25 years. During his tenure he convicted dozens of innocent working class moms and dads. They went to prison, some for decades, before being exonerated. He remains in office today. This story on a micro level mirrors what the US has experienced over the last eight years. When power is allowed to exist without oversight civil rights are in jeopardy.
When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply felt conviction that somewhere, shrouded in the din of talk shows and tabloid headlines, they'd discover the real America, alive and well in all of its regions and demographics.
Año 1969. En un estricto colegio de mujeres la carismática Abbie y la problemática Lydia son grandes amigas. Después de una tragedia ocurrida en el lugar, una misteriosa epidemia de desmayos estallará amenazando la estabilidad de todos los residentes.
The film traces the life and times of Esther Eng, a San Francisco native known as Hong Kong’s first “directress.” She directed 10 Cantonese talkies.
Romantic drama about a young woman discovering herself through the art of acting.
Did you ever realise some people that would not sit next to them in a bus, or talk them. We eve hesitate to have a loot at this people but stare secretly. Sometimes those people against whom we have a lot of prejudices, are a part of our society, we just don't realise that, until we face some circumstances and really look into those people...
Amy Berg -que estuvo nominada al Oscar al mejor filme documental por "Líbranos del mal" (2006)- dirige "Un secreto a voces", una investigación sobre el abuso sexual de menores en la industria del entretenimiento de Hollywood. Esta película documental incluye el testimonio de varios exniños actores, así como imágenes de los anuncios y los programas de televisión en los que aparecieron.