Adeus, Dragon Inn (2003)
Gênero : Drama, Comédia
Runtime : 1H 22M
Director : Tsai Ming-liang
Sinopse
Na última noite antes de um velho cinema fechar uma jovem japonesa corre para o cinema, mesmo apesar da chuva. O cinema parece deserto, sem vida. Mas, no entanto, há algumas pessoas, algumas talvez não sejam pessoas...
Christine is a pasty-faced teen in a windbreaker and ill-fitting striped shirt who walks endlessly from one friend's house to another, delivering heroin while their parents are absent.
Natan tells the remarkable story of Bernard Natan, a Romanian immigrant who came to Paris in 1905 and was involved almost immediately with French cinema. He took control of the Pathe film group in the late 1920s and went on to produce epic films such as Les Miserables. But Natan has become largely written out of French film history for various different reasons. I will not go into details here as the story is an excellent one, suffice to say that his ethnicity and subsequent rumours plagued Natan almost from the start of his career. His ‘comeuppance’ for his alleged transgressions is at the heart of this devastating documentary.
After finishing his MA in Anthropology, Hugo spends his days giving his brain a rest from the endless reading of texts by unknown authors. His only company is Luisa, the cleaning lady, with whom he plays cat and mouse. To escape the sleep of reason – which creates monsters -, Hugo exercises his lyrical vein by writing, with his friend Manuel, songs about their neighbourhood. The quiet dilettantism of our protagonist is shaken by Catarina, a young and beautiful translator who’s starting her professional life as a freelancer. Hugo is hooked and wavers. High above, a kestrel falcon hovers. It’s not the only bird of prey that can do it.
Katja is a young retiree. At 24, she is living in a circle of solitude, spending her days walking her dog and looking out of the window.
Joe Ransom é um ex-presidiário que não consegue sair do passado. Afundado na bebida e amargurado com a vida, ele começa a trabalhar em uma madeireira, procurando uma distração. Lá ele encontra Gary, jovem de 15 anos abusado pelo pai que batalha para sustentar a família, e os dois tornam-se cúmplices.
What some filmmakers do when they are not making movies: they waste time; they eat and get drunk; they take a walk after watching a movie; they fall in love; they are alone or with friends, building future memories for a future movie.
Devido à demolição não anunciada de um passarela em Taipei, uma senhora não consegue atravessar a avenida com sua mala pesada. No mesmo local, Chen Shiang-chyi procura por um vendedor ambulante na multidão, sem perceber que ele está muito mais próximo do que imagina.
Na vila onde Frank Parker (Bill Sage) mora, todos o conhecem por sua discrição. Após a súbita morte da mãe, as adolescentes Iris (Ambyr Childers) e Rose (Julia Garner) ficam encarregadas de cuidar do irmão mais novo, Rory (Jack Gore). Com novas responsabilidades, elas são obrigadas a aceitar o forte temperamento do pai, que deseja manter os costumes familiares. Quando uma tempestade atinge a região, seus segredos são ameaçados pelas investigações das autoridades locais.
Durante o verão, homens se encontram na beira de um lago escondido. Franck (Pierre Deladonchamps) se apaixona por Michel (Christophe Paou), um homem bonito, poderoso e mortalmente perigoso. Franck sabe com quem está se envolvendo, mas ignora o perigo para poder viver essa paixão.
"Hua Yang Nian Hua De é uma montagem de imagens criadas a partir de velhos filmes de nitrato.
Todos esses rostos maravilhosos e imagens do passado nos devem levar de volta para a lembrança de uma época passada.
Esta curta-metragem é uma homenagem a todas as pessoas memoráveis no cinema chinês, que desapareceram na nossa memória." (Declaração de Wong Kar-Wai)
"Ni Muy Muy, Ni Tan Tan, Simplemente, Tin Tan. Tin Tan was one of the greatest comdedian-actors in the history of Mexican Cinema. He began his film career during the early years of what became the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Throughout the majority of his movies he plays the character of a pachuco; the Chicano/Mexicano in zoot suit, throwing out the tirili phrases and words, and jammin the jitty-bug. With the style and the slang down to a tee, he was picked up in Cd. Juarez Chihuahua by an acting troupe. Touring extensively through-out Mexico with the troupe landed him in Mexico City with film contracts. It was in those films that Tin Tan exposed the image of the pachuco, which Mexican Youth adopted. From the desert border-towns of Juarez y El Paso the style took off in various parts of the country, most notably in Mexico City
In 1967, Cuban documentary filmmaker Octavio Cortazar followed a projectionist whose mission was to show moving pictures to rural communities for the first time. Cortazar’s short film documents one audience’s response to its first film: Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times.
Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected by her star status.
In this animated short featuring the Bear Family, Papa Bear attempts to fix a leaky roof.
An older woman gets involved with her young neighbor.
Two men bond as one recovers from an attack and the other deals with the impending death of his grandmother.
Hong Kong cinemas had a wide range of glamorous female stars during the golden age of the 60's and 70's. The series will take the audience on a sentimental journey to the good old days and once again look at the expansive epic costume dramas and huangmei operas in which actresses played both the male and female roles. Rare interviews with Sir Run Run Shaw, stars Ivy Ling Po, Shaw Yin Yin, Tanny Tie Ni and Cheng Pei Pei are also featured.
Raimund Gregorius, um professor suíço, que abandona suas palestras e sua vida conservadora para embarcar em uma emocionante aventura que o levará em uma jornada ao seu próprio coração.
A collection of short films made by the Lumiere brothers, a team of pioneering filmmakers in turn-of-the-century France, narrated by Bertrand Tavernier.
Can a burned out, has been- never was 80's rocker still rock today in the modern music world?
Em um resort decadente, Sophie, de 11 anos, aproveita o raro tempo com seu pai amoroso e idealista, Calum. Vinte anos depois, as lembranças de Sophie de suas últimas férias se tornam um retrato poderoso e doloroso do relacionamento deles.
Na China de 1930, o mestre Gong Yutian é derrotado por Ip Man, que no futuro seria mentor de Bruce Lee. Para vingar a honra do pai, a filha de Yutian desafia Ip Man para uma luta.
Pietro is a boy from the city. Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the years Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, while Pietro is the one who comes and goes. Their encounters introduce them to love and loss, reminding them of their origins, letting their destinies unfold, as Pietro and Bruno discover what it means to be true friends for life.