Celluloid (2013)
Gênero : Drama, História
Runtime : 2H 9M
Director : Kamal
Sinopse
A biopic based on the life story of J.C. Daniel, the pioneer of Malayalam cinema. It is a detailed account on Daniel's life, making of his film Vigathakumaran and the tragic story of Vigathakumaran's heroine P. K. Rosie. The film is particularly based on the novel Nashta Naayika by Vinu Abraham (which details the story of Rosie) and the biography of J. C. Daniel by Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan.
Na década de 1920, o ator George Valentin é uma estrela do cinema mudo, mas sua carreira está ameaçada pela chegada do cinema sonoro. Enquanto ele luta para manter seus filmes, Peppy Miller, uma coadjuvante, alcança a fama.
Los Angeles, 1969. Rick Dalton é um ator de TV que, juntamente com seu dublê, está decidido a fazer o nome em Hollywood. Para tanto, ele conhece muitas pessoas influentes na indústria cinematográfica, o que os acaba levando aos assassinatos realizados por Charles Manson na época, entre eles o da atriz Sharon Tate, que na época estava grávida do diretor Roman Polanski.
Greg Sestero se aproxima do excêntrico Tommy Wiseau após uma aula de atuação e os dois desenvolvem uma intensa amizade ancorada no sonho em comum de fazer sucesso nas artes dramáticas. Juntos eles partem para Hollywood, onde Tommy, cansado de ser rejeitado em testes, decide produzir, financiar, dirigir, escrever e protagonizar – ao lado do melhor amigo – o longa que o catapultará ao estrelato "The Room".
A Hollywood da década de 1930 é vista pelo olhar crítico do roteirista Herman J. Mankiewicz, em meio aos seus esforços para terminar o roteiro de Cidadão Kane.
John F. Donovan é um jovem ator americano de talento, que pretende conquistar uma grande carreira na indústria. Mas os seus sonhos começam a se desfazer quando uma revista de fofoca descobre que ele se corresponde com um garotinho britânico de 11 anos de idade. As acusações maliciosas sobre a relação entre Donovan e a criança criam uma tormenta na vida do ator.
"Chaplin" é um filme biográfico baseado na autobiografia do artista e no livro "A Vida de Charles Chaplin", escrito por David Robinson, que traz a história da vida de Charles Chaplin, um dos maiores gênios do cinema, interpretado por Robert Downey Jr. Indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Ator, Melhor Direção de Arte e Melhor Canção Original em 1993. O filme dá a oportunidade aos admiradores do grande artista de refletir sobre a sua vida, desde a sua sofrida infância na Inglaterra, até o recebimento de um Oscar Especial.
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
The story of Tasmanian-born actor Errol Flynn whose short & flamboyant life, full of scandals, adventures, loves and excess was largely played out in front of the camera - either making movies or filling the newsreels and gossip magazines. Tragically he was dead from the effects of drugs and alcohol by the time he was only 50 & the myths live on. But there is another side of Flynn that is less well known - his ambitions to be a serious writer and newspaper correspondent, his documentary films and his interest in the Spanish Civil War and Castro's Cuba
A verdadeira história sobre o maior criminoso de guerra da Holanda durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, Andries Riphagen. Ele chantageava judeus escondidos e foi responsável por centenas de mortes.
A musa Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams) está em Londres pela primeira vez para filmar “O Príncipe Encantado” ao lado de Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh). A história adapta o livro homônimo de Colin Clark, que na época trabalhava como assistente nas filmagens. Durante uma semana, ele teve a oportunidade de ciceronear a diva - desesperada para escapar das pressões da rotina hollywoodiana - e mostrar-lhe o melhor da vida britânica.
Uma disputa de tênis entre o ex-campeão Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) e a líder da classificação mundial Billie Jean King (Emma Stone) se torna centro de um debate global sobre igualdade de gêneros. Presos sob a atenção da mídia e com ideologias diferentes, Riggs tenta reviver as glórias do passado, enquanto King questiona sua sexualidade e luta pelos direitos das mulheres.
Imagem da felicidade doméstica, a vida deste casal parece perfeita. Mas isso apenas até Ted ser preso e acusado de uma série de assassinatos particularmente tenebrosos. À medida que a sua preocupação se transforma em paranóia, Liz vê-se forçada a reavaliar o quão bem conhece o homem com quem partilha a sua vida e, com a acumulação das provas, decidir se Ted é de facto uma vitima inocente ou um verdadeiro culpado. Ele é “Extremamente Perverso, Escandalosamente Cruel e Vil”.
Cinebiografia do rapper americano Tupac Shakur, desde o início da carreira até a ascensão, o auge como revelação do hip-hop e o até hoje misterioso assassinato, em 1996.
Encarcerado em uma das prisões mais bárbaras e mortais do planeta, a Klong Prem, na Tailândia, Billy Moore (Joe Cole) está buscando meios para se manter vivo e passar por todos aqueles pesadelos. Sendo assim, para sobreviver, decide adentrar no mundo do Muay Thai, sem nem imaginar que iniciar esta arte marcial viria a transformar sua vida para sempre.
A história da ascenção do McDonald's. Após receber uma demanda sem precedentes e notar uma movimentação de consumidores fora do normal, o vendedor de Illinois Ray Kroc adquire uma participação nos negócios da lanchonete dos irmãos Richard e Maurice "Mac" McDonald no sul da Califórnia e, pouco a pouco eliminando os dois da rede, transforma a marca em um gigantesco império alimentício.
A história da ascensão de Steve Jobs, de rejeitado no colégio até tornar-se um dos mais reverenciados empresários do universo da tecnologia no século 20. A trama passa pela jornada de auto descobrimento da juventude, pelos demônios pessoais que obscureceram sua visão e, finalmente, pelos triunfos que transformaram sua vida adulta.
1981, Colômbia. Líder do Cartel de Medellín, Pablo Escobar (Javier Bardem) é um dos maiores traficantes de cocaína para os Estados Unidos, o que faz com que governo de Ronald Reagan insista na criação de um tratado entre os dois países que permita que ele seja julgado em solo americano. Decidido a combater tal ideia, Escobar se candidata e é eleito deputado federal. Paralelamente, ele se envolve com Virginia Vallejo (Penélope Cruz), uma popular apresentadora de TV que não se importa em como o amante consegue sua fortuna, apenas em como o dinheiro é empregado.
Cinebiografia baseada na história real e no diário de Rachel Joy Scott, uma adolescente religiosa com extrema compaixão, fator que incomodava a muitos. Ela foi a primeira estudante assassinada no Massacre ocorrido no Instituto Columbine em 20 de abril de 1999, no Condado de Jefferson, Colorado - Estados Unidos, onde os estudantes Eric Harris de 18 anos, e Dylan Klebold de 17 anos, atiraram em vários colegas estudantes e professores.
A história do romance entre o carismático poeta Percy Shelley e Mary Wollstonecraft, uma jovem de 17 anos que viria a se tornar a aclamada escritora Mary Shelley.
Cuba Gooding Jr. (vencedor do Oscar® de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante, Jerry Maguire, 1996) estrela este filme maravilhoso que conta a história verdadeira de um renomado neurocirurgião que superou obstáculos para mudar a história da Medicina para sempre. O jovem Ben Carson não tinha muita chance. Tendo crescido em um lar desfeito e em meio à pobreza e ao preconceito, suas notas eram baixas e seu temperamento inflamado. No entanto, sua mãe nunca perdeu a fé em seu filho. Ela insistiu para que ele seguisse as oportunidades que ela nunca teve, ajudou-o a expandir sua imaginação, sua inteligência e, acima de tudo, sua crença em si mesmo. Essa fé seria seu dom - a essência que o levaria a perseguir seu sonho de tornar-se um dos mais importantes neurocirurgiões do mundo.
Kochu Thresia, is a rich widow, who craves to 'live' life, but is alienated by her children who are caught in the rat race for making money. At this juncture, she meets the young, down-to-earth Reji (Jayaram) in whom she finds a companion. Reji eagerly fulfils all her wishes. From savouring the mouth-watering 'but forbidden' beef to riding on the elephant, they enjoy all the moments spent together. They even get arrested by the police for gambling. Meanwhile, in his efforts to control his alcoholic father Chacko (Innocent), from causing public nuisance, Reji takes over the fatherly role.
Balamani is the housemaid looking after Unni Amma. There are three more housemaids in the house but it is Balamani's duty to look after them too. Balamani is a devotee of Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor). But she could never visit the Guruvayoor temple, though her house is very near to the temple. Unni Amma's grandson Manu comes to spend a couple of weeks with Unni Amma before he goes to USA. Manu and Balamani fall in love but the whole family is against their union. Will Balamani's friend Guruvayoorappan (Lord Krishna of Guruvayoor) come to their help..?
Vinod/Vinu (played by Mohanlal) is mentally ill and is hospitalized in the institution run by Dr. Ravindran ( M G Soman). Story progresses as Vinod recovers with the help of Dr. Savithri, Dr. Ravindran's daughter (Karthika) and Dr. Unnikrishnan (Nedumudi Venu) who finds that Vinu fell ill after the accidental death of his fiancée Anitha (Lizy). Later Vinu and Savithri fall in love but Savithri is already engaged to be married to her cousin, Hari(Mukesh). Plot progresses as Dr. Ravindran opposes the romance between the doctor and the recovered patient.
The film is about a young teacher who arrives at a village school, who tries to make a definite change in student attitude.
Vidyalakshmi marries Shanavas against her family's wishes. After Shanavas gets killed in an accident, she finds herself all alone with her daughter. Facing severe financial crisis, fate brings her in touch with Preman.
Ravishankar and Dennis live on Dennis’s estate in the hills. When Colonel Menon arrives with his daughters, Ravishankar wonders which one of them has been sending him amorous letters. Meanwhile, Dennis is attracted to the enigmatic Abhirami, but what does Abhirami want?
Achuvinte Amma is a movie that tells the deep rooted relation between a mother, Vanaja and a daughter Achu. Vanaja is a street smart LIC agent who has made it on her own. She lives with her only daughter Aswathy alias Achu who holds a diploma in Civil Engineering. Mother and daughter share a special relationship and are like friends. There is nothing that Achu hides from her mother. But the only thing taboo in their life is the talk about her father. Vanaja never speaks about Achu's father and Achu never asks her as she doesn't want to hurt her beloved mother. Their life moves smoothly until Immanuel John alias Ijo enters their life. They meet Ijo accidentally when they go to Trivandrum for attending an interview. After the first meeting, Achu and Ijo run into each other now and then, and a friendship develops between them.
Chanthupottu is a 2005 Malayalam film directed by Lal Jose, written by Benny P. Nayarambalam, and produced by Lal. The story is about a man named Radhakrishnan who was brought up like a girl by his grandmother.
Against his wishes, 'Cuba' Mukundan goes to Dubai to make good his father's alleged misappropriation of funds from the local cooperative bank. It is there that he learns the true meaning of the term 'working class' and realizes the irrelevance of the Communist movement back home.
Padmanabhan master and his wife are waiting for Unni, their only son who is missing for many years. 10 year old Unni got lost in the crowd during a temple festival where he was along with his neighbour Panikkar, popularly known as Poorappanikkar. Panikkar too did not return since he decided to return only after finding Unni. Ammu is Panikkar's daughter who also believes, like master and his wife, that her father will return one day with Unni. The master finds Unni and brings him back to the Village. The villagers realize that Unni is abnormal and is mentally challenged. He behaves like a small boy and creates all sorts of trouble for the villagers and his parents.
Kunjoonju, Deepu and Ashtamurthy are studying hotel management at Pondichery. Kunjoonju is a 'Kanjirappally Achayan' who is always after girls. But his 'thrill' for a girl will end the moment he finds that she is interested in him. Abbas ,the trio's friend, arranges the top floor of a house for them to stay. The house is owned by Sophy and she she stays there with her two daughters Kamala and Padma. All three guys fall for Kamala, but Kunjunju and Deepu joins together and push Ashtamurthy out of the race by making him the 'Rakhi Brother' of Kamala. Kamala knows that Kunjunju is a flirt and so she tries to keep away from him. Deepu never tells about his love to Kamala or to Kunjunju, but Ashtamurthy knows about it. Kunjunju and Deepu falls apart after a fight and Ashtamurthy brings them together. The story takes a turn, when Sophy dies and the sisters are left alone
It is the story of a good natured but irresponsible young man, Vinod who comes to a hilly village live with his elder sister Vimala and brother in law, Shaji. Shaji is an engineer and Vinod wants to learn life from him, but end up creating problems for Shaji.
Midhunam movie is all about Sethumadhavan (Mohanlal) who has plans to start a biscuit factory near his house. But the bureaucracy and the corruption of the officials are the hurdles in front of him. Along with that he has to solve the problems in his family, which his brother (Innocent) and brother-in-law (Jagathy Sreekumar) creates. he marries his long-term fiancée Sulochana (Urvashi) who always cribs that he doesn't have love towards her, which he had shown before their marriage. How sethumadhavan succeeds in his life beating all the odds against him forms the rest of the story.
Madhavankutty is the Valliettan (Big Brother) of the Arackal family. The long lasting rivalry between the Arackal Madhavanunni and Patteri Sivaraman forms the main thread of the story. Madhavanunni along with his four brothers he rules the village. But Sivaraman with the help of Bava develops their plan to trap Madhavanunni.
Kallan Pavithran is in negotiation with God to save his great grandchild, who is the latest victim of the curse the Maker had imposed on Pavithran's successors for a theft he committed. Switch to Earth, two suspended cops Pappan and Joy are tangled in love and war. How the duo and Pappan's girlfriend Malu come out of the troubles make the movie.
Akash and Shibu are two jail birds who escape from a train while they are being transported to a jail. They end up in a village at the Kerala – Tamil Nadu border, where they are mistaken for a pair of priests expected at the local monastery. The duo masquerade as priests, and reopen a church which has been closed for years, thereby winning over the villagers. A series of events that take place after their arrival bring about a change in their outlook towards life and society.
An unemployed man saves a rich woman and takes her to the hospital where her relatives mistake him as her husband. He plays along as he needs money to repay a loan.
The story revolves around a bunch of college students living in a boy's hostel. The story unfolds over a period of four days in the hostel. Problems begin when a young woman enters the hostel.
Joy a young man who leads a carefree life. Joy acquaintance Babu Joseph, an English professor, and they reminiscence some seemingly forgotten memories.
Petty thief Gopi steals a chain, and in order to escape a police inspector, drops it in Veena's bag. Later, he tries to take it from her, but the chain is no longer there. He becomes a part of her plan to stop her boyfriend from marrying a rich tycoon’s daughter