The Locket (2002)
Two love stories connected by the mystery of one simple locket.
Género : Drama, Romance
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 40M
Director : Karen Arthur
Escritor : Ron Raley
Sinopsis
A bereaved man takes a job at a health care center, where he befriends an elderly and embittered woman - and as time passes, he becomes obsessed with reuniting her with her long-lost true love.
October 2004. Uruguay. After three years away Mariana returns to her country to be reunited with her family and also to vote. After the economic crisis that plunged the country into a terrible depression, Uruguay is on the brink of a real change. We are shown day to day life in Melo, a small provincial city, we are given an intimate insight into a family of militant leftists, and we accompany a Latin American people in the month leading up to a historic political event: the first ever election victory in Uruguay of a party from the political left, the Frente Amplio.
Inez secuestra a Terry, de seis años, del sistema de servicios sociales. Madre e hijo se propusieron recuperar su hogar, así como su identidad y estabilidad, en la ciudad de Nueva York.
Sophie Hagan, a retired nurse, turned her home into a Transitions Shelter. The lives of a terminally ill woman, an alcoholic magician, a PTSD veteran, a young drug addict and a grieving mother are explored in the 'Cottonwood' residence.
En un parque en una tarde lluviosa, un estudiante universitario de 19 años, Fumi, ofrece un paraguas a una niña de 10 años empapada, Sarasa. Al darse cuenta de su renuencia a irse a casa, Fumi la deja quedarse en su casa, donde pasa los próximos dos meses en paz. Se toman de la mano y parecen haber encontrado finalmente su lugar en el mundo hasta que arrestan a Fumi por secuestro. Quince años después, los dos solitarios se reencuentran, ambos aún sufriendo el estigma de ser víctimas y perpetradores de "un caso de pedofilia". ¿Le dará la sociedad un lugar al vínculo inquebrantable que han formado?
Five houses, one bus stop, cows and nothing but fields. 24-year-old Christin lives on the farm of her long-term boyfriend Jan. The exciting post-reunification years that defined her childhood are long gone. Her relationship is loveless. She keeps the cherry liqueur close at hand. In the shimmering heat of summer, time seems to stand still – until 46-year-old wind energy engineer, Klaus, arrives.
The hunt for imperial gold continues. A priceless scepter, a treasure that could secure a worry-free life in sunny Rio de Janeiro for Ibrahim Bender and his young apprentice Ostap, has slipped from under their noses and ended up in possession of Nestor Makhno, an anarchist army commander. Makhno is convinced that the scepter is one of many imperial relics hidden in the area. With mafia, partisans, and officers of the Red and White armies all determined to get their hands on the fabled gold cache, Ostap and his mentor Ibrahim must surpass their own brilliance to outmaneuver their rivals and snatch the prize. And with Ostap’s beloved fair maiden losing her trust in him, he must do everything in his power to win her back and stop her from marrying another man.
Abandoned by his parents, a boy takes care of his younger brother Mattie as they fend for themselves in a council house in Sheffield. When the authorities come to take Mattie away, a desperation to retain control forces the boy to take Mattie and go on the run.
A capture of colliding thoughts and feelings of a group of people, thrown together by circumstance, and unknowingly united by their desperate fight against a system designed to keep them down.
Un joven tiene grandes sueños de actuar en Broadway (Musicales), solo hay un problema: ni siquiera puede conseguir un papel en una obra de la escuela, pero cuando sus padres se van de la ciudad, Nate y su mejor amiga se escapan a Nueva York para tener una oportunidad única en la vida de demostrar que todos están equivocados.
The film’s story is based on Swedish author Alex Schulman’s successful novel of the same name, and is inspired by true events. It revolves around Karin Stolpe’s complex relationship with her husband Sven Stolpe and her passionate love affair with Olof Lagercrantz which starts in the 1930s. The film shows the impact of passion, jealousy and anger across 70 years, involving different generations.
Dos buenos amigos homosexuales hacen un viaje a Pines, una aldea en Fire Island de Nueva York, que es un punto de acceso para la cultura queer. En el transcurso de sus vacaciones, conocen y festejan con un grupo ecléctico de amigos.
Película sobre el físico J. Robert Oppenheimer y su papel como desarrollador de la bomba atómica. Basada en el libro 'American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer' de Kai Bird y Martin J. Sherwin.
The 1937 trial of communist journalists, working for the same student magazine in Vilnius, is shown through the tragic life of the paper's young collaborator Julek Szulc.
Jeanet, an insecure middle-aged woman, discovers one day that rabbit ears are growing out of her head. Shocked and confused, she rushes to the doctor to get rid of her ailment. But the doctor turns out to be a poor listener. Jeanets relatives seem to have attention for her. Jeanet thinks she is on her own until she knocks on her husband's door.
The body is used to create the alphabet.
El inspector Manuel Bianquetti es trasladado a Cádiz, un destino tranquilo al que está obligado a aceptar. Un día, el asesinato de una joven de 18 años rompe esa calma y embarca al inspector en uno de los casos más impactantes de su carrera. Desoyendo las órdenes de sus superiores, Bianquetti comienza a seguir pistas que quizá no sean reales y sigue la investigación por su cuenta.
THE VISIT is an intimate stop-motion short film about a young girl’s growing-up years and her relationship with her incarcerated father.