How to Pull Out a Whale's Tooth (1977)
Gênero : Comédia, Família
Runtime : 1H 20M
Director : Marie Poledňáková
Escritor : Marie Poledňáková
Sinopse
Vasek, 8 years old boy is desperate to find a new "father" for his mother.
The story revolves around former food writer, Jane Stern, and how she conquered clinical depression after becoming a paramedic.
Sarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what's being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends up being a terrorizing baby shower, Sarah keeps her rental van and hits the road in search of the source of her anxiety: her estranged mother, now living off the grid. Small, Beautifully Moving Parts takes a comical, yet poignant look at one woman's coming-of-parenthood in the age of technology.
DJ é o encarregado de um centro de detenção para jovens criminosas. Determinado a reintegrá-las na sociedade, encoraja uma nova prisioneira, Caroline, a se envolver em um programa de formação de bombeiros. Uma história de força de vontade e redenção por parte de um grupo de mulheres que, ao arriscarem as vidas para salvar outras, acabaram por se salvar a si próprias.
A documentary look at the fate of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States.
A secret and deep passion marks the life of a young doctor, and threatens the existence of those around him.
The New York film set mascot who overcame homelessness and alcoholism to become a fixture of the New York film industry, with over 100 small parts to his name.
In a juvenile lockup, a new ward answers questions: she's Rosie, 13, no parents, a sister Irene, a brother Michel. In flashbacks we find out what happened. She lives with Irene, who's 27, whom Rosie knows is in fact her mother, but that's their secret. Irene's brother Michel, unemployed, a compulsive gambler, comes to stay with them. Around then, Irene meets Bernard; they come to care for each other. This leaves Rosie without attention, so she puts all her adolescent hopes and romantic fantasies into a relationship with Jimi, a good looking kid she sees on a bus. Is it adventures with Jimi that land her in juvie? Once she's there, why doesn't he answer her letters?
A female veterinarian moves to the country side to start her own practice. She encounters a lot a skeptical villagers.
Three black teenagers are becoming frustrated while waiting for their friend. A young white lad walks past wearing super tight jeans. The boys look on until one of them asks the pivotal question, "How can a man wear jeans that tight?" This sparks a hilarious debate about race and culture.
A woman suffers a subdued psychological breakdown in the wake of a devastating breakup.
Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses custody of his son Oliver to his now ex-wife Hannah and her new partner Frank. It is not long, however, until Oliver appears at the house of Martin and his new lover Tom claiming to have been beaten up by boys in the park. After another incident, Martin puts two and two together and comes to the conclusion that Frank has been beating Oliver without Hannah's knowledge. Martin then begins a long courtroom custody battle to win back his son.
Grace is a Chinese American who longs to be a part of New York's high society. At a socialite event, she is mistaken for a Hong Kong heiress and meets her Prince Charming. Nothing is as it seems absorbing drama. What will happen to this Cinderella when the clock strikes midnight?
A história de vida íntima e não contada de um dos maiores fotógrafos americanos de todos os tempos, Bert Stern. Depois de trabalhar com Stanley Kubrick na Look Magazine, Stern se tornou um 'louco' original da Madison Avenue, suas imagens ajudando a criar publicidade moderna. Fotos inovadoras de Elizabeth Taylor e Richard Burton, Marilyn Monroe e Twiggy, juntamente com seu surpreendente sucesso na publicidade, cunharam Stern como uma celebridade por si só.
Em Las Vegas, Penny Slot (Rena Riffel), viaja com o desejo de se tornar uma estrela de dança num programa de TV. Penny parte em busca do seu tão ambicionado sonho mas ao invés de encontrar um mundo de sonho e de magia vai encontrar uma série de perigos numa cidade mais perversa que Sin City. No entanto, Penny vai viver um romance que a vai fazer sentir-se mais perto de alcançar o seu sonho de estrelato, fama e sucesso. Mas o perigo espreita em cada canto e em cada esquina. E tudo se complica quando Penny se vê envolvida num perigoso triângulo amoroso cheio de tentação e sedução. James “Jimmy” Smith (Glenn Plummer), noivo de Penny aconselha-a que se ela quer ser uma verdadeira bailarina tem de ter formação na área da dança. Penny aceita o seu conselho e começa a ter aulas de ballet. Mas ela vai ter de pagar um preço para ter sucesso, vai ter de fazer uma série de sacrificios inimagináveis e tudo se vai resumir a: O que estará disposta a fazer para ter fama e sucesso?
A nice guy turns murderous after undergoing a penis transplant.
FIGHTVILLE is about the art and sport of fighting: a microcosm of life, a physical manifestation of that other brutal contest called the American Dream...
Based on the change a rapidly growing town faces when southern developers take over.
Maya Deren’s shortest, two-minute A Study in Choreography for Camera seems like an exercise piece to capture a dancer’s movement on celluloid, which later on developed into her masterpieces such as Ritual in Transfigured Time and Meditation on Violence.
Six animated shorts eschew traditional animation by featuring supernatural elements and darker themes, such as alien snatchings, life among mannequins and a spiritual rebirth. Among the films are "Ape," which features a couple fighting over a cooked monkey every night; "The Story of the Cat and the Moon," which is a tale of unrequited love; and "Gentle Spirit," which is based on a Fyodor Dostoyevsky story.
In 1968, Shirley Chisholm becomes the first black woman elected to Congress. In 1972, she becomes the first black woman to run for president. Shunned by the political establishment, she's supported by a motley crew of blacks, feminists, and young voters. Their campaign-trail adventures are frenzied, fierce and fundamentally right on!
