Seven Songs About Thunder (2010)
Género : Comedia, Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 20M
Director : Jennifer Reeder
Sinopsis
When a young woman with remarkable and hilarious coping skills finds the dead body of a teenage girl in the woods she is forced to reconcile her greatest fear--her fantastically failing life. This is a dark comedy about a mother, a daughter, a liar and her therapist.
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the aching in her heart.
Sophie de Réan, an unruly mischievous little girl grows up under the thumb of Mademoiselle, her strict governess. Following her mother's death, she is entrusted to Mme de Fleurville, her aunt, who at the same time hires Mademoiselle to further Sophie's education. A few years later, the little girl has blossomed into a lovely young lady. She is now in love with Paul, her cousin, who, unlike her, used to be a model child. Unfortunately Mademoiselle will not hear of a union between them. Instead she wants Sophie to marry Armand, the conceited son of Prefect Hugon. To make matters worse, Paul, the good boy, unexpectedly turns into a revolutionary, who defends the Republic on the barricades against Louis Napoléon's coup. Not being one of the victors, Paul is forced into exile. Will Sophie finally yield and accept the established order or will she react in her usual rebellious way and follow the one she loves ?
Crónica sobre lo que ocurría tras las cámaras durante la emisión del popular programa de televisión An American Family (1973), considerado el primer reality televisivo. Atrajo la atención de la audiencia por tratar asuntos de carácter familiar tan delicados como el divorcio y sus consecuencias o la identidad sexual, algo que en aquella época supuso una verdadera revolución.
In a rural French town, a 15-year-old closeted gay boy breaks free from his idolization of his older and ostensibly free-wheeling half-sister, learning to trust himself and become independent.
Es verano, en la playa de una pequeña ciudad de Bretaña, un hombre de unos 40 años está construyendo un castillo de arena. Unas cuantas personas lo observan. Se nos contará la historia de tres de ellos: un niño, Jumbo, de 9 años; François, de 30 años, y su hermana Zaza, de unos 40 años. Todos ellos tuvieron que lidiar con la muerte de alguien a quien apreciaban. ¿Cómo seguir viviendo después de esto?
La relación entre una mujer y su pareja, diez años menor que ella, funciona hasta que, con el paso del tiempo, desaparece el romanticismo y sólo queda lugar para las discusiones, que desembocarán en un desenlace trágico.
Lucy es una estudiante universitaria que se mete en el mundo de la prostitución para financiarse sus estudios. Se convierte así en una "belleza durmiente", a la que se droga diariamente hasta que pierde el conocimiento, y se le coloca en una habitación especial donde varios hombres hacen todo tipo de actos con ella que no puede recordar a la mañana siguiente. Como si esas horas nunca hubieran existido...
In the 100 miles between Baton Rouge and New Orleans there are over 150 petrochemical plants which are responsible for producing 25% of the nation's petrochemicals. This area reports the highest concentration of toxic emissions to the air, land and water in the country. The residents of this area, who are mainly African American and poor, suffer from astronomical rates of cancer, asthma and other medical ailments.
Película original animada del Universo DC que explora el mito de Linterna Verde a través de seis episodios entrelazados, con historias de los aclamados guionistas Geoff Johns, Alan Burnett y Dave Gibbsons entre otros.
Anthology film of six shorts by leading Korean directors. Park Chan-Wook, tackles racial prejudice and the economic exploitation of immigrant workers through the real-life story of a Nepalese woman in Korea. Jeong Jae-Eun, tackles the plight of a paedophile released into the community. Yeo Gyun-Dong, invites disabled actor Kim Moon-Joo to re-enact his most famous protest. Im Soon-Rye, goes for the engrained sexism of Korean men with superb wit and, Park Jin-Pyo, confronts the horror of children forced into oral surgery to improve their English-speaking ability.
A group of Roman misfits spend the fall minding a vintage shop called Twinkled, a business that is failing in every way but in spirit. The owner strives to keep the store afloat, even as his wife insists that he sell the place and get a real job. One day a beautiful young woman named Camilla takes a job cleaning the store, and her presence has a profound effect on the lives of everyone, including Stefano, the well-meaning but unorganized shopkeeper, and Gigio, Camilla's loving younger brother who has Down's syndrome.
Cassie es una joven vitalista, con un miserable trabajo de camarera, que se siente sola y deprimida. Su novio Billy la ha dejado cuando ella le dice que está embarazada. Después de un intento de suicidio, Cassie ha tenido que dar a su hijo en adopción, pero sigue recordando a su anterior pareja. Cuando una pequeña compañía de teatro de Los Ángeles llega a la pequeña localidad de Buckeye, conoce a Riley, su técnico de escena. Discretamente él empieza a flirtear con ella, que se siente muy halagada, pero también se da cuenta de que aún sigue sintiendo algo por su antiguo novio Billy.
Italia, años 30. Un desconocido llega a un burdel romano. Salomé, prostituta y anarquista, lo presenta como su primo Antonio Soffiantini, comúnmente llamado Tunin. En realidad, es un campesino que ha llegado a Roma para matar a Benito Mussolini, pero su actitud política nunca es definida claramente. Además, no parece identificarse con esas opiniones revolucionarias feroces con las que Salomé se presenta. En la atmósfera libre del burdel, Tunin espera el día del asesinato...
The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with six suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient catastrophe, all signs point towards the impending darkness of the very first Nightfall. Panic erupts as the suns slowly disappear one by one. Science struggles against superstition as the people race to comprehend the approaching Nightfall... the end of the world as they know it. Based on Isaac Asimov's classic story "Nightfall," voted "The Greatest Science-Fiction Story OF All Time."
Sigue a Simone, quien de pronto se encuentra de nuevo en Quebec tras la muerte de su abuela. No tiene idea de que su existencia como estudiante está a punto de sucumbir… por el descubrimiento de la vida misma. Misteriosamente se enciende un interruptor y decide iniciar un viaje para ayudar a quienes están por morir. Tal vez para llenar el vacío que la sigue a donde vaya, desde su departamento hasta las viejas calles nevadas e incluso con su amante.
Gypsy Creek's # 1 cop, Charles Gravytrain believes in three things: Truth, Justice, and slapping the no good crook Jimmy Fish Eye's in the slammer for life! And with the help of his foxy new partner, big city cop Miss Uma Booma, he may do just that. But in a town that has more stinky secrets and slippery surprises than a tin of rotten sardines the only question remains...Where's the Fish?!
Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their responsibilities, Stevie tries to make a good impression in town, spreading stories of grandeur and claiming to be the daughter of a diplomat. She makes progress. Yet the good weather doesn’t last and before long, she discovers that her parents have once more resorted to illegal means, as a way of supporting their leisurely lifestyle. As friends and hangers-on of her parents fill their new home, the chaos continually mounts. It is in this atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction, that Stevie must now start to define herself and perhaps even break free.
Irma y Roy Unserwood (Lange y Wilkinson) son un matrimonio trabajador y muy religioso que acaba de celebrar sus bodas de plata. Durante todo ese tiempo Roy le ha ocultado a Irma un secreto muy íntimo: que él, en realidad, es una mujer atrapada en el cuerpo de un hombre y que sólo podrá alcanzar la serenidad si cambia de sexo. Así que Roy no tendrá más remedio que reconocer la situación ante sus amigos, sus compañeros de trabajo y sus propios hijos.
Christmas approaches and the Lévesque family has once again gathered for their traditional celebration. But this time there is a mixture of emotions running through each person. The patriarch of the family suffers from a combination of Parkinson’s Disease and heart failure. His life reduced in every way, the end approaches and there are unhappy memories of his once violent and authoritarian past. But his wife, ten children and many grandchildren try to maintain a semblance of the Christmas season.
Documental sobre el enigmático y genial maestro del ajedrez Bobby Fischer.