A childless woman is told that her longed for unborn baby is incompatible with life. Alone, with her conscience and unable to openly discuss her situation because of society’s stigma surrounding termination and the self- silencing of women concerning reproduction, she painfully decides the best way forward.
Historia de un circo ambulante dirigido por el doctor Parnassus, en el que los trabajadores dan a la audiencia mucho más de lo que podrían esperarse. Con una extraordinaria habilidad para guiar la imaginación de los demás, el Doctor Parnassus oculta un oscuro secreto. Siglos atrás hizo un trato con el Diablo para ganar inmortalidad, a cambio de entregarle a cualquier hijo que tuviese al cumplir los 16 años. Ahora, deambulando con su humilde teatro ambulante y con una hija a punto de llegar a esa edad, Parnassus está decidido a cambiar el trato.
Tras el fallecimiento de Heath Ledger (1979 - 22 enero 2008) durante el rodaje, tres actores finalizaron su trabajo, representando el mismo personaje a través de diferentes realidades: Johnny Depp, Jude Law y Colin Farrell.
James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Tommy is a vacuum cleaner salesman gripped by the fever of closing the deal. He lives on puffa rice stored in his glove compartment, listens to motivation tapes of his own voice shouting 'Sell, sell, fucking sell' and his punters are up to their eyes in debt. Even Tommy admits his 'soul's in holes'. He's sure the Golden Vac (the holy grail of vacuum salesmanship) can be his - if only he hadn't been saddled with Pete, a meek sales trainee trying to help his girlfriend quit stripping.
