The Stray White and the Speckled (1986)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 40M
Director : Sergey Solovyov
Sinopse
In a poor provincial town, the ragamuffin boys are frenziedly drilled for combat, and at nights the local elite, gathered in a pool room, boasts of fictitious biographies, while bands of boys amuse themselves with bloody fights on trashy vacant plots… One of the most vivid staples of the postwar childhood were pigeons. They could be bought, sold or stolen. One day a beautiful white dove appeared over the town. Risking his life, Ivan caught the White. And immediately became the target of the "pigeon" mafia…
Terry Malloy sonha com as glórias do boxe, mas foi convencido pelo corrupto mafioso Johnny Friendly, para quem trabalha, a perder uma luta. Quando Terry presencia um assassinato cometido pelos capangas do chefe, ele se sente responsável pelo crime.
Lance Sterling é o melhor espião do mundo. Elegante, atraente e sofisticado, ele é convencido pelo inventor Walter Beccket a tomar uma poção que o deixará "invisível" aos inimigos. Porém, ele acaba sendo transformado em um pombo. Diante do evento inesperado, ele precisará se unir com o rapaz, esperto, porém com poucas habilidades sociais, para salvar o dia.
Georges e Anne são octogenários, pessoas cultas, professores de música reformados. A filha, igualmente música, vive no estrangeiro com a família. Um dia, Anne é vítima de um acidente. O amor que une este casal vai ser posto à prova…
Um assassino profissional de Nova York segue as regras dos samurais orientais e respeita apenas o seu próprio código de ética. Mas quando o seu chefe mafioso não cumpre com o acordo mantido entre eles, o matador deve lutar para salvar a sua vida.
Voando para Casa, Colin (Jamie Dornan) é um jovem americano workaholic. Um Sheik árabe (Ali Suliman) pode vir a ser o seu maior e mais lucrativo cliente. O Sheik é um apreciado de pombos e faz um trato com Colin: se o jovem conseguir a ave campeã, que é de Jos Pawels, assinará o contrato. Colin vai até Pawels, um idoso tradicional, que não liga muito para dinheiro. O americano se apaixona pela neta de Jos Pauwels e uma questão vem a tona: o que é realmente importante na vida?
After the death of her father, Little Voice or LV becomes a virtual recluse, never going out and hardly ever saying a word. She just sits in her bedroom listening to her father's collection of old records of Shirley Bassey, Marilyn Monroe and various other famous female singers. But at night time, LV sings, imitating these great singers with surprising accuracy. One night she is overheard by one of her mother's boyfriends, who happens to be a talent agent. He manages to convince her that her talent is special and arranges for her to perform at the local night club, but several problems arise.
A starving gendarme, wasting away from hunger, is reduced to grabbing castoff snacks from fat American tourists. When he sees as old woman feeding pigeons, in desperation he hits on the bizarre idea of dressing up as one...
In an effort to end family feuding, a young gypsy travels back in time to kill mammoths to ensure Hungary becomes rich by killing mammoths in order to create a massive oil reservoir. Things don't go entirely according to plan...
BAND-MAID concert held at Shinkiba STUDIO COAST on November 23, 2017. Track Listing: Choose Me, Don't You Tell Me, Moratoriamu, Puzzle, Cross, Matchless Gum, YOLO, Alone, Real Existence, TakeE Me Higher!!, Play / BAND-MAID, Secret My Lips, The Non-Fiction Days Saiki Atsumi – lead vocals Miku Kobato – backing vocals, lead vocals, rhythm guitar Kanami Tōno – lead guitar Misa – bass Akane Hirose – drums
The story of Parava revolves around pigeon race, a game, which is prominent in Mattancherry, Kochi, Kerala.
Masao mora com a mãe doente e a irmã pequena na periferia de Tóquio. A mãe é engraxate e não quer que Masao trabalhe para se concentrar nos estudos, única forma de sairem dali e terem uma vida digna. Mas a família passa momentos de penúria e ajudado por uma garota rica e por sua professora, Masao tenta emprego na indústria de televisores. No Japão, porém, a integridade moral da pessoa é pré-requisito e Masao dará margens a que todos duvidem dele. Primeiro filme de Nagisa Oshima.
Tito é um menino tímido de 10 anos que vive com sua mãe. De repente, uma estranha epidemia começa a se espalhar, fazendo com que pessoas fiquem doentes quando se assustam. Tito rapidamente descobre que a cura está relacionada à pesquisa feita por seu pai ausente sobre o canto dos pássaros. Ele embarca numa jornada com seus amigos para salvar o mundo da epidemia. A busca de Tito pelo antídoto se torna uma jornada para encontrar seu pai ausente e sua própria identidade.
In a poor provincial town, the ragamuffin boys are frenziedly drilled for combat, and at nights the local elite, gathered in a pool room, boasts of fictitious biographies, while bands of boys amuse themselves with bloody fights on trashy vacant plots… One of the most vivid staples of the postwar childhood were pigeons. They could be bought, sold or stolen. One day a beautiful white dove appeared over the town. Risking his life, Ivan caught the White. And immediately became the target of the "pigeon" mafia…
Fox's life takes place on the pages of a book. As the narrator reads, the Fox obediently does as he's told - until Pigeon comes along hoping for a taste of Fox's ice cream cone. Fox and Pigeon are forced into an argument, and end up fighting for their lives--until they are pushed to the limit and learn to take control of their own destiny, and write their own story.
Um adolescente com dificuldades sociais se refugia no porão para cuidar de seus pombos de estimação. Resguardado em uma redoma enquanto o mundo exterior parece cada vez mais hostil, o garoto lida as peculiaridades de seu processo de amadurecimento enquanto a vida adulta se aproxima inexoravelmente.
A woman feeds pigeons on the Piazza San Marco in Venice.
A group of children build a loft in an abandoned yard, but instead of pigeons, a man and his two sons move into it. At first, boys try to get rid of the unwanted intruders, but eventually they befriend with them. However, the municipality sends their men to tear down the illegal housing, but the children decide to stop them at all costs.
Willis Newcomb and Bart Carroll head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back into the United States from Mexico. Operating from Sharperville, an oil town on the American side of the border, they transport their human cargo in oil drums loaded on trucks. Border Patrolman Tom Sharper intercepts one of the trucks but is overpowered and left for dead. Carroll, having already been paid for the job and not wanting any evidence to walk around, get caught and lead back to him, backs the human-cargo trucks to the edge of a cliff and sends the drums crashing to the boulder far below. Judge Cookie Bullfincher and Border Patrolman Roy Rogers conduct a search for the missing Tom, but the crooks have gone back for him and find him in a state of amnesia. They rob the bank and pin it on Tom. It is now up to Roy to clear his friend and also put an end to Carroll's human-smuggling racket.
Father and son are sitting on a bench. Suddenly a sparrow lands across them...
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place -- a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before.
