The film follows five senior athletes along their biggest challenge - maturity. As all of them are between 80 and 100 years old it is a race against time and personal degeneration. Nevertheless they are united in one common goal - to take part in the track and field World Masters Championships. Life will end soon - so what?
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Documents the true story of the final weeks of rehearsal for the Young at Heart Chorus in Northampton, MA and many of whom must overcome health adversities to participate. Their music going against the stereotype of their age group. Although they have toured Europe and sang for royalty, this account focuses on preparing new songs for a concert in their home town.
A young East German woman leaves her husband and business partner and relocates to a West German city to start anew as an accountant, but he soon catches up with her.
September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.
The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.
After finding out that her husband, Rudi, has a fatal illness, Trudi Angermeier arranges a trip to Berlin so they can see their children. Of course, the kids don't know the real reason they're visiting -- and the catch is, neither does Rudi...
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.
The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, Puy-de-Dôme, France, the population of which is just over 200. The school has one small class of mixed ages (from four to twelve years), with a dedicated teacher, Georges Lopez, who shows patience and respect for the children as we follow their story through a single school year.
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, loneliness and personal trauma. A copyist is urgently needed to help the composer. A fictional character is introduced in the form of a young conservatory student and aspiring composer named Anna Holtz. The mercurial Beethoven is skeptical that a woman might become involved in his masterpiece but slowly comes to trust in Anna's assistance and in the end becomes quite fond of her. By the time the piece is performed, her presence in his life is an absolute necessity. Her deep understanding of his work is such that she even corrects mistakes he has made, while her passionate personality opens a door into his private world.
In this black comedy set in small-town Bavaria, 11-year-old Sebastian thinks you can never be too young to be a murderer. He's convinced that he killed his mother on the day he was born and is certain he's already been condemned to purgatory. Deciding he might be able to knock off a few years of his sentence by doing good deeds, Sebastian sets out to find a wife for his father Lorenz. When Lorenz and Sebastian's schoolteacher Veronika fall madly in love with each other, it seems the heavens must be smiling. There's just one hitch: Veronika is married.
A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.
ニュージーランドの海と大地。少女パイケアが起こす奇跡とは……。天才少女の呼び声も高いケイシャ・キャッスル=ヒューズ主演作品。マオリ族の伝説の勇者の魂を受け継いだ少女を演じる。
夫のサムが見知らぬ女性から受け取った人形にはヘロインが隠されていた。ヘロインを奪い返そうとする組織のリーダー、ロートは、マイクとカルリーノの二人と共にサムのアパートで人形を探すが見つからない。そこで、妻のスージーが盲目である事を知った3人は、人形の行方を突き止めるために一芝居打つ事になった。
D.ホフマンとR.デニーロという2人の個性派俳優が挑んだ政治風刺喜劇。執務室で少女にイタズラをした過去が暴かれ次の選挙での再任が危うくなった大統領がとった手段とは……。
昏睡(こんすい)状態から目覚めたものの、左目のまぶた以外を動かすことができないエル誌編集長ジャン=ドミニク・ボビー(マチュー・アマルリック)。意識ははっきりしているにもかかわらず言葉を発することができない彼に、言語療法士のアンリエット(マリ=ジョゼ・クローズ)はまばたきでコミュニケーションを取る方法を教える。
奇才テリー・ギリアムが描く、ファンタスティック・コメディ。過激なトークで時代の寵児として君臨したスーパーDJのジャック・ルーカスは、放送中に発した不用意な言動がもとで忌まわしい事件を誘発し、奈落の底へ転落する。また、教授だったというヘンリーは、3年前のある悲劇的事件に見舞われてから人が変わり、過去を捨ててホームレスとなった。共に精神に深い痛手を負った男達は、ニューヨークの底辺で出会い、奇妙な友情で結ばれる……。
タチアナ・ド・ロネ原作を映画化した感動作。アウシュヴィッツに送られ、弟のために脱走した少女サラと、サラを追う女性記者ジュリア。それぞれの人生を交錯させつつ描く。主演はクリスティン・スコット・トーマス。
1952年のイギリス、ロンドン。法曹界の重鎮としてその名を知られる老弁護士ウィルフリッド卿は、生死を彷徨う重病の床から、口うるさい付き添い看護婦ミス・プリムソル随行で退院を果たした。ウィルフリッドは事務所に落ち着く間もなく、事務弁護士メイヒューに連れられた未亡人殺しの容疑者レナード・ヴォールの弁護依頼を受ける。アリバイの証明者は夫人しかおらず、状況は極めて不利。まもなく彼らの元を警察が訪れ、レナードは殺人容疑で逮捕されてしまう。
劇中の時間進行と映画の進行時間をシンクロさせたリアリズム重視の西部劇。『ジャッカルの日』のフレッド・ジンネマン監督作。ゲイリー・クーパー&グレイス・ケリーのゴールデン・コンビにも注目だ。