Immortal? A Horizon Guide to Ageing (2012)
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Is there any way to slow or even prevent the ravages of time? Veteran presenter Johnny Ball looks back over the 45 years that Horizon, and he, have been on air to find out what science has learned about how and why we grow old. Charting developments from macabre early claims of rejuvenation to the latest cutting-edge breakthroughs, Johnny discovers the sense of a personal mission that drives many scientists and asks whether we are really any closer to achieving the dream of immortality.
Paris, 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappears as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset, decides to avenge Vidocq's death and takes the investigation on...
医学の研究に生涯を捧げ、その長年の功績を認められ名誉学位を受けることになった老教授イサク。その授与式は栄光に満ちた日になるはずだったが、前夜に自身の死を暗示する悪夢を見たためか、彼の心は晴れない。イサクは授与式当日に当初の予定を変更して、現在の住まいであるストックホルムから式の行われるルンドまで車で向かおうとする。そんな彼に、義理の娘であるマリアンヌも同行を願い出る。 半日程度の小旅行はイサクにとって、これまでの自分の人生を顧みるまたとない機会となった。青年時代に婚約者を弟に奪われたこと、妻がイサクの無関心に耐えられず不貞を働いたことなどを思い出し煩悶するイサク。そしてマリアンヌに、イサクの息子エヴァルドと彼女の間に子供が居ないのは、イサクを見て育ったエヴァルドが家庭というものに絶望しているからだと告げられる。研究者としての輝かしい名声とは裏腹に、イサクの人生は空虚なものだった。 また、イサクはルンドへ向かう途中様々な人物に出会う。奔放なヒッチハイカーの少女とその二人のボーイフレンド、不毛な夫婦喧嘩を繰り返す男女、引越していったイサクを今でも慕うガソリンスタンドの店主とその妻、そしてイサクの老いた母親。彼らとの出会いと過去への後悔が、徐々にイサクを変えていく。 無事に授与式を終えたイサクはその夜、エヴァルドと家族のことについて誠実に話し合う。寝室の外では昼間に出会ったヒッチハイカーたちが、イサクの栄誉を心から祝福していた。満ち足りた気持ちで眠りにつくイサク。彼が見る夢は前夜の悪夢と違い、不思議な充足感を伴うものだった。
The guests of the Station Hotel have assembled to play a game of cards. The loser will sleep in room 207, a room rumored to be haunted. It hasn't been slept in for 20 years. As their lives tangle in a paranoid deadlock, the only escape becomes murder.
『ゴッドファーザー』3部作などの巨匠フランシス・F・コッポラが、幻想文学の鬼才ミルチャ・エリアーデの原作を映画化。人生をやり直す機会が与えられた老齢の言語学者が、切なくもまか不思議な魂の旅を繰り広げる。主演は『神に選ばれし無敵の男』のティム・ロス。共演は『コントロール』などで注目を集めるアレクサンドラ・マリア・ラーラ。正式な新作発表は10年ぶりとなるコッポラの新境地ともいうべき作品世界が楽しめる。
When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, Kronos has dedicated his life to destroying the evil pestilence. Once a victim of its diabolical depravity, he knows the vampire's strengths and weaknesses as well as the extreme dangers attached to confronting the potent forces of darkness.
Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does 94-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne have all the answers, or does Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner? What about futurist Ray Kurzweil, a laughter yoga expert, or an elder porn star? Wexler explores the viewpoints of delightfully unusual characters alongside those of health, fitness and life-extension experts in this engaging new documentary, which challenges our notions of youth and aging with comic poignancy. Begun as a study in life-extension, How To Live Forever evolves into a thought-provoking examination of what truly gives life meaning.
A retired professor of American origin lives a solitary life in a luxurious palazzo in Rome. He is confronted by a vulgar Italian marchesa and her lover, her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend, and forced to rent to them an apartment on the upper floor of his palazzo. From this point on his quiet routine is turned into chaos by his tenants' machinations, and everybody's life takes an unexpected but inevitable turn.
近未来の半ば朽ちかけたような港町に子供の失踪事件が続発。実は町に横行する一つ目教団が、沖合に浮かぶ奇妙な実験室に住む天才クローン人間クランク（ダニエル・エミルフォルク）に夢を見させるため、誘拐していたのだ。サーカスの怪力男ワン（ロン・パールマン）の幼い弟ダンレー（ジョゼフ・ルシアン）も誘拐される。ワンは9歳のミエット（ジュディット・ビッテ）率いる孤児の泥棒団に出会う。彼女たちは孤児院を経営するシャム双生児の姉妹の命令下にあり、ワンも腕力を買われて一味に入らされる。ミエットはワンの弟探しに同情して、二人は一つ目教団の本拠に潜入するが捕まり、処刑されることに。
After so many years together, Joe faces life without Jana. Saying goodbye to yourself is never easy.
At Baycrest, an old-age home in Toronto, we follow a social worker as she talks to residents, particularly Max, Claire, Ida, and Rachel. The film opens on Claire's birthday, she's 89; Max, a tiny cheerful man, is her close friend. Rachel is lonesome, missing her son, complaining he rarely visits. Ida relies on memory for her solace. Helen has no memory and doesn't recognize her daughter; her moods swing. Murray keeps his cap on and likes women. Staff members bring medication, provide care, and offer small talk. Memory is fleeting: Claire re-experiences the death of a close companion several times, each time without remembering her previous grieving. Lives are circumscribed
パリ在住の80代の夫婦、ジョルジュとアンヌ。共に音楽教師で、娘はミュージシャンとして活躍と、充実した日々を送っていた。ある日、教え子が開くコンサートに出向いた2人だが、そこでアンヌが病で倒れてしまう。病院に緊急搬送され、かろうじて死だけは免れたものの、半身まひという重い後遺症が残ってしまう。家に帰りたいというアンヌの強い願いから、自宅で彼女の介護を始めるジョルジュ。しかし、少しずつアンヌの症状は悪化していき、ついに死を選びたいと考えるようになり……。
John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered he art of transferring souls from one body to another and thereby manages to perpetuate himself by jumping from one body to the next. Apparently the Doc is a kindred spirit since his blood is a highly-corrosive acid that can strip flesh from bone
クリント・イーストウッド4年ぶりの主演作は、愛弟子のロバート・ロレンツ監督作。家庭を顧みずメジャーリーグのスカウトマンとして生きてきた父と、彼との間にわだかまりを抱く一人娘を描いたハートウォーミング・ストーリー。
A retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu and his family live in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. He lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each of the daughters encounter new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes. Since the family has difficulty expressing their love for each other, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners is the surrogate for their familial feelings.
頑固な父と息子が旅を通して家族の絆を取り戻す様子を描くロードムービー。
100万ドルが当たったという通知を受け取ったウディ（ブルース・ダーン）。それはどう見てもインチキだったが、徒歩でもモンタナからネブラスカまで金を受け取ろうとするウディに息子のデイビッド（ウィル・フォーテ）が付き添うことに。こうして始まった父と息子の4州をまたぐ車での旅。途中、立ち寄った父の故郷で、デイビッドは父の意外な過去を知ることになる。
Prudence and Bélisaire Beresford have decided to take things easy. But when a rich Russian heiress disappears, Prudence can't resist and Bélisaire is forced onto the adventure. Their investigation will put them on the trail of a mysterious scientist who holds the secret to eternal youth...
A Faustian tale about an old woman who makes a pact with Mephisto to regain her youth, but in return she must stay away from love. After making the deal, she meets two brothers who fall in love with her.
When reporter Dan Geraldo (Alain Chabat) arrives in Palombia to hunt for a scoop, he never suspects that he is about to make an incredible discovery... With his resourceful local guide Pablito (Jamel Debbouze), D an has one surprise after another during a thrilling adventure that allows him to bring the world some spectacular news: the Marsupilami, a mythical and mischievous animal, really does exist! You too will believe in furry tails!
Brought back to life by his grandson, a diabolical scientist with an unquenchable thirst for blood goes on a rampage. A revision of the Mexican horror film LA MARCA DEL MUERTE, considerably edited and with 20 minutes of new American-made footage.
After being cryogenically frozen for more than 30 years, a woman wakes to find her husband an old man and her children older than she is. Her daughter has also developed a psychotic obsession with her and may be out to kill her.
