Bulles de Vian (2009)

On Valentines Day, 1931, Universal Pictures released the film Dracula - the first true horror movie. Its worldwide success catapulted the film's lead actor, Romanian-born Bela Lugosi, to overnight stardom. "Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire" traces the life and career of this mysterious man whose name became synonymous with the evil, yet magnetically compelling Count Dracula. Using archival still and film clips as well as interviews with film historians, actors and Lugosi himself, the special chronicles the meteoric rise and then precipitous decline of a talented yet tragic man who forever changed the face of horror films.

En la II Guerra Mundial, una mujer se dedicó a facilitar la huida a los oficiales británicos retenidos en la Francia ocupada. Esa señora fue Mary Lindell y este telefilme nos cuenta su historia, sus pesares y sus cuitas. Todo ello, con la corrección debida.

Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.

Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb is a documentary film reviewing the music and career of Pink Floyd - a complete case study of the work of Pink Floyd on record, film and in performance. Drawing on rare concert films and penetrating interviews with the critics this is the definitive exploration of the Pink Floyd phenomenon. This documentary film will fill in the missing piece for the serious music collectors and at the same time will delight casual music fans exploring Pink Floyd for the first time.

In 1939 Gracie Fields, the 'Queen of Hearts', is at the height of her success as a singer and actress and the whole nation seems to wish her a speedy recovery from cervical cancer. When World War Two breaks out, Gracie sings for the troops despite poor health, to the dismay of her fussy husband, film director Monty Banks, an Italian, born Mario Bianchi. With Italy's entry into the war Monty is in danger of being interned so Gracie consents to his moving to America whilst she tours Canada, fund-raising for the war effort. She is accused of deserting the country which made her famous and booed offstage, though she later tours battlefields as a singer. With the war over she regains popularity, performing 'Take Me To Your Heart Again' at the London Palladium. Banks dies in 1950 and, though still a successful singer, Gracie never regains her pre-war iconic status.

Francia, 1933. Serge Stavisky es un hombre encantador, seductor, jugador de cartas y traficante internacional. Conocido como El Bello Sacha ha construido un imperio a base de mentiras, empresas ficticias, fraudes, cambios de identidad y poder de convicción, implicando en sus estafas a altas personalidades políticas y financieras del país. Y ahora está a punto de provocar la quiebra del Estado por haber falsificado bonos del Crédito Municipal de Bayona.

Película realizada para la televisión que narra la biografía de la famosa actriz (interpretada por Jennifer Love Hewitt) y que nos revela entre otras cosas su infancia en Holanda durante la ocupación nazi y su ascendente carrera como estrella de Broadway cuando trabajó en Gigi, que ya entonces la convirtió en la gran sensación. Sus grandes amores como William Holden (Gabriel Macht), su conflictivo matrimonio con Mel Ferrer (Eric McCormack) o la búsqueda incesante de su padre (Keir Dullea), un colaborador durante la guerra. Protagonista de películas como "Desayuno con Diamantes", "Vacaciones en Roma" o "Sabrina", Audrey Hepburn no lo tuvo fácil para convertirse en la estrella más importante del mundo, ganar un Oscar a la mejor actriz y ser la musa para más de un diseñador. (FILMAFFINITY)

A dramatised documentary about the life of Rumi, a Persian mystical poet whose images of universal love and divine mystery continue to be celebrated more than 700 years after his death.

Cuenta la vida de Nikola Tesla, escritor del destino de la electricidad

His filmmaker son probes the professional and private lives of his remote but fascinating father: bandleader, composer, inventor, and electronic music pioneer Raymond Scott.

Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture. Written by

1967. Un joven rebelde es enviado por el Che Guevara en busca del único hombre que puede apoyar la revolución boliviana: Fidel Castro. Sin embargo, el dictador cubano rechaza la propuesta; desde su balcón Fidel observa La Habana y rememora su pasado: los camaradas y la lucha que hicieron posible el derrocamiento del régimen de Batista y lo llevaron al poder, convirtiéndolo en uno de los líderes más controvertidos del siglo XX; su infancia, marcada por la influencia del revolucionario José Martí; la calurosa noche de 1947, en que las tropas estadounidenses fueron expulsadas de las calles de La Habana... Todos esos recuerdos van completando el complicado rompecabezas que ha constituido su vida.

Una aguda crónica del improbable ascenso al poder de Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) y una disección del Tercer Reich (1933-1945), pero también un análisis de la psicología de masas y de cómo la multitud desesperada puede ser engañada y conducida al matadero.

Documental sobre Buck Brannaman, una leyenda en el mundo de los caballos, y en el que se inspiraron para la novela y la película "El hombre que susurraba a los caballos" (The Horse Whisperer, 1998).

The Mindscape of Alan Moore is a psychedelic journey into one of the world's most powerful minds; chronicling the life and work of Alan Moore, author of several acclaimed graphic novels, including "From Hell," "Watchmen" and "V for Vendetta." It is the only feature film production on which Alan Moore has collaborated, with permission to use his work. Alan Moore presents the story of his development as an artist, starting with his childhood and working through to his comics career and impact on that medium, and his emerging interest in magic.

The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.

Tras la guerra de los Balcanes, una agente de la policía de Nebraska que viaja a Bosnia como observadora de las Naciones Unidas denuncia ante la ONU a una multinacional por haber encubierto varios casos de tráfico sexual. El guión se basa en la historia de Kathryn Bolkovac, que fue a Bosnia en 1999 como miembro del comité de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz.

Fue una leyenda en su época... y en cualquier otra. Jeff Bridges interpreta a Wild Bill Hickok, más conocido como Búfalo Bill: un curtido pistolero que vivió al límite. Esta película narra, con un estilo visual impresionante y vertiginoso, la historia de uno de los héroes más fascinantes del Oeste. Wild Bill es una obra maestra repleta de acción. En el poblado de Deadwood, al sur de Dakota, Wild Bill debe enfrentarse a su peor enemigo. Un misterioso forastero (David Arquette) ha llegado anunciando que no se irá hasta que Hickok esté muerto. Mientras tanto, Wild Bill se consuela en los brazos de la guapa Calamity Jane (Ellen Barkin), atormentado por el recuerdo de la única mujer a la que ha amado, una obsesión que podría ser su perdición. La explosiva confrontación entre Hickok y su oponente promete un desenlace final impactante, insuperable y dramático.

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he's still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the country as an actor before he becomes the celebrated playwright Molière who impresses firstly the Duke of Orleans and then even King Louis XIV.

A compilation of performances recorded between 1967 and 1970 -- including the Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock -- this Janis Joplin tribute captures the blues singer at the height of her explosive powers as an artist and rock 'n' roll icon. Highlights include "Summertime" and "Ball and Chain" at the Monterey Pop Festival; "Work Me, Lord" at the Woodstock Festival; as well as performances of "Coming Home," "Piece of My Heart" and "Down on Me."