Ways of Being Home ~ Between Northfield & Maltrata (2020)
Gênero : Documentário
Runtime : 1H 12M
Director : Cecilia Cornejo
Sinopse
Ways of Being Home explores the immigrant experience from the perspective of the Mexican community living in Northfield, a college town in southern Minnesota. Most members of this immigrant community, about 70% or more, trace their roots back to Maltrata, a small agricultural municipality nestled in the mountains of the state of Veracruz.
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Three sisters leave Cuba in search of a better life in Madrid. While there, they encounter, among other things, other Cuban expatriates.
Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to look for a new job. He is engaged as secretary to a millionaire named Ferchaux who is in a hurry to flee the country when he discovers he has been implicated in a high-profile fraud.
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
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Nobleman Jean-Francois de la Plaine is exiled to serve as governor of a West African colony.
In 1980s Paris, a series of murders captures public attention. Meanwhile, the gorgeous Daiga moves from Lithuania to Paris, immigrant musician Théo struggles to raise his young son, and Théo's brother, a gay transvestite named Camille, sings and dances in a cabaret for a living. All three grapple with isolation and the problems of modern living, but one of them could be so desperately alienated that they have a hand in the serial murders.
Min-Seo, a 17-year old rebellious high school Korean girl, lives in a small apartment with her mother and her mother’s penniless lover. She hates her mother’s lover and doesn’t understand both of them. Karim, a 29-year old Muslim migrant worker from Bangladesh has to leave Korea in a month. Before departing, he is desperately searching for his ex-boss to get his unpaid salary. One day, as Min-Seo’s summer vacation begins, Karim encounters Min-Seo on a bus, and together they set out on an emotional journey.
The stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.
Após a derrota em Waterloo, Napoleão Bonaparte (Ian Holm) é exilado na ilha de Santa Helena. Ali, os seus correligionários descobrem a existência de Eugene (Ian Holm), um sósia perfeito de Napoleão. Numa conspiração para reconquistar o poder, Eugene toma o lugar de Napoleão, enquanto o verdadeiro imperador regressa a Paris para recuperar o trono.
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Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.
Um velho comunista retorna à Grécia depois de 32 anos na União Soviética. No entanto, as coisas não correm bem como ele estava à espera.
A New England household is upset by the arrival of two cousins from Europe.
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Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound (Vivaldi, Bach, Wagner), and is an interpretation of the particular aria.
