Pretty Devils (2000)

In 1985, four middle-aged Yugoslav emigres return to Belgrade for the funeral of Mariana, their beautiful compatriot. They called her Esther, for Esther Williams, she was the coxswain for their four-man rowing team, and they each loved her. They'd last seen her in 1953, when they rowed her across the Adriatic, pregnant, to join her exiled father in Italy. In flashbacks we learn the story of their youthful baptism into sex, smoking, rock and roll (Hey Ba-ba-re-bop), Hollywood and Swedish films, blue jeans on the black market, and their rivalry with Ristic, the Communist Party youth leader for whom they had instant antipathy.

The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge. This documentary by Lee Hirsch recounts a fascinating and little-known part of South Africa's political history through archival footage, interviews and, of course, several mesmerizing musical performances.

On August 13th, 1961 - the night that the Berlin Wall goes up - three people must make a decision that will change their lives forever.

How does artist Matthew Barney use 45,000 pounds of petroleum jelly, a factory whaling vessel and traditional Japanese rituals to create his latest art project? Barney plowed the waters off the coast of Nagasaki to film his massive endeavor, Drawing Restraint 9. The documentary Matthew Barney: No Restraint journeys to Japan with Barney and his collaborator Bjork, as the visual artist creates a "narrative sculpture" telling a fantastical love story of two characters that transform from land mammals into whales.

One year. Seven continents. More than 6,000 naked people--all willing to bare all for Spencer Tunick in the name of art. This globally scaled follow-up to the America Undercover documentary Naked States finds the celebrated and controversial artist at work on his most ambitious project: a one-year trek to all seven continents to shoot people in the nude--individually, in groups and against various man-made and natural backdrops.

A notable opera singer tries to commit suicide because of a emotional breakdown. While hospitalized in a psychiatric clinic, her daughter cautiously approaches the man she considers to be the blame for the state of her mother in order to gain her revenge.

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

Un matrimonio desgastado por el paso de los años, el desamor de un marido insensible y agresivo, la falta de hijos y una práctica irracional y enfermiza de la religión son los pilares que sostienen la atormentada vida de Gregoria, pese al intento de escapar de ella al amparo de una Providencia que parece indiferente a su dolor.

On Christmas Eve, Léa and Juliette, a couple, want to rob a supermarket that Juliette knows is empty of surveillance on this festive evening. But, as much for each of them as for Eric, the vigil who is there after all, nothing will happen as planned. Besides, shortly before leaving him alone, the store manager gave Eric a gun, just in case.

Documental sobre Evo Morales. Hijo de la guerra norteamericana contra las drogas, un indio aymara llamado Evo, acompañado por una tropa de cocaleros, atraviesa los Andes y el Amazonas en jeans y zapatillas encabezando una contienda histórica para convertirse en el primer presidente indígena de Bolivia.

Una mujer le roba a su novio traficante de drogas y huye. Ella se encuentra con una mujer simpática en el camino que la ayuda a escapar.

Ukrainian folk tale. The hero of the story, Kotigoroschko sets off on an arduous journey to find his sister Olenka, who has been kidnapped by an evil dragon. Dangers lurk everywhere. Everywhere the submissive servants of the dragon fight him, but again and again, good-hearted people help the brave young knight survive the adventurous journey: they give him a sword, life-giving water and a flying ship. Finally Kotigoroschko enters the realm of the dragon...

A beautiful, intelligent and flirtatious young girl, Yonta, is secretly in love with a friend of her parents, Vicente, a hero of the war of independence. Vicente is unaware of her passion as she is of the love of a young man who sends her anonymous love letters.

Un cirujano que ha perdido a su novia en el quirófano enloquece y decide asesinar a todos los estudiantes de medicina que pretenden especializarse en cirugía. No contento con ello, amputará igualmente las manos de sus víctimas, para que así no puedan dañar a su amada, a quien, en su delirio, cree con vida.

A loving couple struggle to fend for themselves in modern day Los Angeles, One a loner and down and out, the other a lonely but hardworking secretary. Eventually, as cracks form in their passionate relationship, they resort to robbing an aging actress for money.

Café de los Maestros es un documental de Miguel Kohan, producido por Lita Stantic, Gustavo Santaolalla y Walter Salles. Narra la historia de grandes tangueros de la vieja guardia quienes, convocados por un músico de rock, se proponen grabar un disco para demostrar su vigencia. Esta aventura, plena de remembranzas, humor y momentos conmovedores, culmina con una presentación de los Maestros en el Teatro Colón.

La relación entre Gina -una moderna y liberal ejecutiva- y Adrián -un periodista e historiador divorciado- tiene dos elementos comunes: Su mutua atracción sexual y su admiración hacia la figura de Pancho Villa. Gina descubre que su relación con Adrián y la de Pancho Villa con sus mujeres son muy similares, por lo que decide presionar a su amante para que asuma una responsabilidad. Adrián huye y regresa, pero Gina planea vengarse de tal manera que ni el mismo Pancho Villa podrá convencerla de lo contrario.

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

The story of the Dassau family, a family of artists: Frau Dassau is a composer, her husband is a writer, and their children are equally gifted as painters, poets and musicians. But unfortunately, no one wants to invest money in their art. The family is about to starve when Nicole comes up with a marvelous idea: She is going to write the "most scandalous book", the sex memoirs of a teenager. For this, she hides under the pseudonym of Eva. The book becomes an enormous success indeed, but Nicole's parents are decent people, and the public interest in their sluttish daughter begins to bother them. Things begin to get even more unpleasant when Nicole falls in love with an American publisher who'd prefer a virgin…