The Professor and the Story of the Origami Girl (2005)
Género : Drama
Tiempo de ejecución : 48M
Director : Dag Johan Haugerud
Sinopsis
A director feels he is about to lose himself to the market forces and thinks that the only way he can protest is by making a political film. He contacts Thomas Hylland Eriksen, who will become his mouthpiece and articulate what is wrong. But along the way the director becomes distracted by another person, a young, fumbling girl reminiscent of himself.
Masha Drokova is a rising star in Russia's popular nationalistic youth movement, Nashi. A smart, ambitious teenager who – literally – embraced Vladimir Putin and his promise of a greater Russia, her dedication as an organizer is rewarded with a university scholarship, an apartment, and a job as a spokesperson. But her bright political future falters when she befriends a group of liberal journalists who are critical of the government, including blogger Oleg Kashin, who calls Nashi a "group of hooligans," and she's forced to confront the group's dirty – even violent – tactics.
What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most exhaustively filmed and studied tribe on the planet? Despite their "do no harm" creed and scientific aims, the small army of anthropologists that has studied the Yanomami since the 1960s has wreaked havoc among the tribe - and sparked a war within the anthropology community itself.
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey in 1960. Primary is the first documentary to use light equipment in order to follow their subjects in a more intimate filmmaking style. This unconventional way of filming created a new look for documentary films where the camera’s lens was right in the middle of what ever drama was occuring.
Stanislas Prévine, un joven profesor de sociología, prepara una tesis sobre la criminalidad femenina. Una de las mujeres elegidas para su estudio es Camille Bliss, acusada, entre otras cosas, del asesinato de Arthur, un técnico en desratización. El profesor, armado con su grabadora y sus personales teorías que aún no ha podido confirmar, acude a la prisión. Se entrevista con la muchacha y la somete a un largo interrogatorio, en el que sale a relucir su pintoresco pasado. Conforme avanzan las conversaciones, Stanislas está cada vez más convencido de la inocencia de Camille y llega a la conclusión de que Arthur se suicidó.
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Directed by Djafar Damardji.
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En la ciudad, un extraño hace preguntas que nadie ha hecho antes. Conocido sólo por sus iniciales, PK, sus preguntas inocentes y su curiosidad infantil lo llevarán a un viaje de amor y alegría.
In the Swedish general elections of 2014, the Sweden Democrats (far-right) became the Riksdag's third largest party. By tradition - and through a formal vote - the chamber honors the largest parties by awarding them the Speaker and three Deputy Speaker posts. Filmed in the Swedish parliament, “Second Deputy Speaker” gives a critical study of politics and symbols of resistance in parliamentary procedures.
Un adolescente que viajaba con su madre a un centro de tratamiento para su agorafobia tiene que luchar por su vida contra un hombre armado que los ataca.
Movilizados por el activista adolescente Joshua Wong, los jóvenes hongkoneses toman las calles en un intento por preservar su autonomía histórica de China.
A teenager is induced by his elderly grandfather to make origami figures to relax. As soon as he makes a dragon, a magic origamied world opens up to him.
THE MAZE dissects the terror-attacks since Paris Bataclan in November 2015 and looks for common patterns. Why was intelligence failing? And why keep our governments pushing for more of the same? A road movie into surveillance reforms, power, money and cover-ups. A search for a way out of this maze - with a glimpse of hope on the horizon.
Dogs of Democracy is an essay-style documentary about the stray dogs of Athens and the people who take care of them. Author and first-time filmmaker Mary Zournazi explores life on the streets through the eyes of the dogs and peoples' experience. Shot in location in Athens, the birthplace of democracy, the documentary is about how Greece has become the 'stray dogs of Europe', and how the dogs have become a symbol of hope for the people and for the anti- austerity movement. A universal story about love and loyalty and what we might learn from animals and peoples' timeless quest for democracy.
A lonely young suburban housewife participates in a radio interview survey while simultaneously engaging in an extramarital affair.
Ruy Mauro Marini was a brazilian sociologist who developed the Marxist Dependancy Theory, to explain the development of latin american nations due their place in the global capitalism. This film, through multiple interviews, gives a short overview of his life and work.
NFL veteran Don McPherson examines how definitions of masculinity adversely affect women and create "blind spots" that hinder the healthy development of men. Using examples from his own life, and generously illustrated with clips from motion pictures, McPherson leads us beyond the blind spots of traditional masculinity and toward solutions that engage men in dialogue.
Érase una vez, el pueblo venezolano de Congo Mirador era próspero, lleno de pescadores y poetas. Ahora está decayendo y desintegrándose, un pequeño pero profético reflejo de la propia Venezuela.
Una anciana que padece el síndrome de Diógenes acumula en su casa cajas de cartón llenas de recuerdos. Su nieta la visita todas las semanas y la abuela inventa, con estos tesoros acumulados, historias maravillosas. Pero mientras la niña va creciendo, el espacio libre en la casa va menguando.
