Extraordinary Visitor (1998)
Género : Comedia
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 27M
Director : John W. Doyle
Sinopsis
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In a near future Korea, where an "oblivion virus" which causes memory loss has become the centre of a tourist industry aimed at those who wish to forget the past, Anna Kim, a German woman of Korean descent, seeks the virus in order to erase painful memories and, along the way, develops a close bond with her driver and her teenage guide.
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Un hombre maduro, situado entre las coordenadas que trazan su padre y su mujer, se encuentra con que todo lo que parecía garantizar su propia identidad presenta síntomas de fragilidad. Frágil el cuerpo, los afectos, la conciencia. Este hombre tomará distancia respecto de lo que hasta entonces parecía constituir su día a día. Un habitual viaje de negocios de medio día al interior del país se trasforma en otro viaje. Al llegar a destino, Juan Desouza, descubre que el hombre que viajaba a su lado no se despierta. Secretamente, casi como un juego, decide tomar la identidad de este hombre, inventarse una profesión, conseguir un lugar donde dormir: la posibilidad de no regresar. La posibilidad de ser otro, de ser muchos. En sus nuevos días libres, el hombre realizará, sin saberlo, una suerte de travesía hacia la naturaleza y al reencuentro de sus gustos, de sus instintos básicos, intentando abrazarse a la idea de que la vida que le tocó y que eligió vivir, no es la única posible.
Follows a gang of small time crooks in an English town. Malc is in danger of losing his girlfriend Kate if he doesn't spend more time at home and the gang leader Jumbo looks like he is about to lose control.
In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii with tuberculosis leaves his northern home and family to go recuperate at a sanatorium in Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, he becomes despondent. When he refuses to eat and expresses a wish to die, his nurse, Carole, comes to the realization that Tivii's illness is not the most serious threat to his well-being. She arranges to have a young orphan, Kaki, transferred to the institution. The boy is also sick, but has experience with both worlds and speaks both languages. By sharing his culture with Kaki and opening it up to others, Tivii rediscovers his pride and energy. Ultimately he also rediscovers hope through a plan to adopt Kaki, bring him home and make him part of his family
An unexpected heroine is plunged into a world of forged identities, corporate intrigue and organized crime.
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Un editor cuarentón, un joven e inexperto colaborador y una atractiva fotógrafa que conmueve a ambos hombres son los vértices de este triángulo amoroso.
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