The Other Side of the Street (2004)

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Hillbilly has one single dream in life: eat beef. He finds a little maid who's anxious to marry, and promises him: in their wedding party, her father would kill an ox.

Alice, married for the last 20 years to a taxi driver, works in a beauty parlour, has three children, the eldest of whom is doing his military service, and a mother who works as a maid in her house. None of the three siblings pay much attention to their mother, and they treat their grandmother with lack of respect. Alice's life in the female working world contrasts strongly with the powerful masculine presence in her home. Although she's a good girl, the chance to betray uncovers other betrayals she didn't know existed.

In this film, you meet the woman who wakes up every day and proclaims her love for everyone and everything in her path, the woman who popularized “affirmations,” the woman who shakes hands with presidents, dignitaries, celebrities, and who always has an affectionate hug for fans who run up to her at a public appearance or Hay House event to thank her for “saving my life.” And when she embraces them, she’ll insist, “It wasn’t me. It was you.”

Clumsy old lady Dina Rocha lives with her son Marcelo. After a series of incidents at home, she moves to her house in Santa Teresa. She meets her friend Nonô and she pays a visit to her old friend. Her sons do not know where she is and they go to the hospitals and morgues. Coincidently there is the body of an old lady smashed by a truck and they believe that she is their mother. Meanwhile two smalltime thieves break in Nonô's house and keep the two old ladies locked in the bathroom. During the funeral of Dina Rocha, the dysfunctional families have a quarrel disputing their heritage.

The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks, the erotic Salomé dances, and the mute Swallow performs feats of strength. A young accordion player is completely enamored of Salomé, and he begs to come along. The Gypsy Lord shrugs, and the accordionist and his pregnant wife, Dasdô, join the troupe.

In São Paulo, Brazil, the lonely 40-something guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment. She is addicted to her only companions: cigarettes. Baby has a constant conflict with her two sisters, over a couch she inherited from their deceased aunt. When Max, a restaurant musician, moves to the next door apartment, Baby has a crush on him and sees a chance to have a life again. Soon they start having a love affair, and Baby decides to quit smoking. However, her abstinence will be tough to deal with, when she notices Max still misses his ex-wife.

Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner dynamics of a family facing a great challenge with the courage to pursue dreams.

A true story that comically depicts the relationship between an ordinary woman and her three husbands, who live in the same house in a poor and arid small village of the Brazilian northeast.

Celal, lives an unhappy family life with his wife Sevilay and his child in a small town. Celal and his brother Cemal, running an electrician shop which doesn't go well. They are in debt. The only fun they have is going to the night clubs in Samsun. Celal's love for Sibel Ceylan who works in the night club, will cause him trouble. Celal's wife, Sevilay, saves her money, sent by her father who lives in Germany. She is unaware of the fact that Celal knows her secret.

In a poor neighborhood in Recife, the lives of exotic and bizarre characters entwine in a bar and in a very low-budget hotel. The queer Dunga works in the hotel and has a crush on the butcher Wellington that is married with the religious Kika and has an affair with his mistress Dayse. The sick necrophiliac Isaac owns a yellow Mercedes Benz and wants to have sex with Lígia that owns of Bar Avenida.

Eliseo is ugly, lame and single. He hasn't met the woman of his life and has never known love. Nati is ugly, missing a breast and separated. She found the man of her life but, even so, has never experienced true love. Eliseo thinks that the worst of his life is still to come. Nati thinks that the best of her life is still to come. The death of Eliseo's mother reunites them twenty years on in a last chance to find happiness and love. But what happens when the woman of your life is married to your brother

アリアーヌは、探偵である父の調査書を盗み見て、フラナガンというハンサムな男性に憧れを抱く。彼女は、素性を隠してフラナガンに接近。彼が愛人の夫に殺されそうになるところを助け、そのことをきっかけに憧れが本気の恋に発展。フラナガンもチャーミングなアリアーヌを忘れられなくなる。 パリを舞台にしたオードリー・ヘップバーンとゲーリー・クーパー共演作。好奇心旺盛なアリアーヌを演じるオードリーは可憐な魅力を振りまき、その魅力を惜しみなく発揮している。憧れの人と恋に落ちても、自分の正体を知られたくないアリアーヌと彼女のことを知りたいフラナガンの恋の駆け引きもスリリングで見応え十分。テンポよくイキな演出はビリー・ワイルダー。1957年のモノクロ映画だが、いつ観ても色あせないスイートなラブストーリーだ。

Based upon the true story of Olga Benário, the German-born wife of Brazilian communist leader Luís Carlos Prestes. During the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945) she was arrested and sent to Nazi Germany, where she was put to death in a concentration camp. After World War II began, Vargas decided to uphold the Allies.

かつて教師をしていたドーラは、今はリオデジャネイロの中央駅で代筆業を営んでいる。字の書けない人のために手紙を書くのが彼女の仕事だが、次第に何の感情も持たないようになり、その手紙を実際に出すことはほとんどなくなっていた。

ベロニカは、ヘザースという名の女子三人組の取り巻きとしてこき使われ、チアリーダーやフットボール部員が威張り散らすハイスクール生活に心底うんざりしていた。そんなとき、転校生JDがやってくる。フットボール部員たちにも不敵な態度をとるJDに、ベロニカは「ヘザースなんか殺してやりたい！」とこぼす。JDはそれに対して「じゃあ殺しちゃえば？」と冗談とも本気ともつかぬ発言をする。ある時、パーティでフットボール部員2人に輪姦されたと吹聴されたベロニカはJDと結託、おもちゃの銃で報復を実行したが、JDの銃は男たちに火を噴いた。ハイスクールの権力者2人をいとも簡単に殺したJDは、慌てまくるベロニカを巻き込んで、とんでもない事態をハイスクールに引き起こしていく。＜学校内の上下関係を描いたシニカルな青春ブラック・コメディ。1988年10月のミラノ国際映画見本市で初上映された。＞

高層ビルで男が墜落死し、現場に急行した刑事ボーデンは、ロザリオを握りしめた死体に違和感を感じつつも、状況から自殺と判断する。ちょうどそのころ、同じビルのエレベーターが突然停止し、閉じ込められた5人の男女が、照明が消えるごとに1人ずつ無残な死を遂げるという奇怪な事態が起きていた。

ジャスミンは夫ハルとニューヨークでぜいたくな生活を送っていたが、全てを失い、サンフランシスコに暮らす妹ジンジャーのアパートに身を寄せる。過去のセレブ生活にとらわれ、神経をすり減らしていたジャスミンだったが、ある日お金持ちの男性ドワイトと出会い、自分の身の上について嘘をついてしまう。 ＜＜ウディ・アレン監督がケイト・ブランシェットをヒロインに迎え、サンフランシスコを舞台に転落人生の中でもがき、精神を病んでいく姿を描くドラマ。ニューヨークでセレブ生活を送っていたものの夫も財産も失ったヒロインが妹を頼りにサンフランシスコに引っ越し、再生しようとする過程で、彼女の過去や心の闇を浮き彫りにしていく。実業家である夫をアレック・ボールドウィンが演じるほか、サリー・ホーキンスやピーター・サースガードが共演。＞＞

Picucha may seem old-fashioned, but she has modern ideas and a great sense of humor. As the matriarch of a big family, she is involved in the daily lives of her children, grandchildren and other relatives. Undeterred by the typical problems of old age, she uses her many years of experience to solve problems in the best way possible.

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be that blonde. In poor health, Zulmira makes all the preparations for the day of her death and asks her unemployed husband to deal with the costs of the coffin and funeral with a man named João Guimarães Pimentel. What Tom doesn't know is that Zulmira and this man hide some secrets that he could never imagine.