Lajos Koltai

Cardiologista aposentado, Doutor S agora se sente perdido sem o seu trabalho. Ao voltar para sua aldeia natal, ele decide trabalhar como clínico geral para ajudar o povo. Mas de maneira inesperada ele é confrontado com a dura realidade de um vilarejo dominado por políticos despreocupados e falta de atendimento básico.

Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) decide revelar às suas filhas Constance (Natasha Richardson) e Nina (Toni Collette) um segredo há muito guardado: que amou um homem chamado Harris (Patrick Wilson) mais do que tudo em sua vida. Desnorteadas, as irmãs passam a analisar a vida da mãe e delas mesmas a fim de descobrir quem é Harris. Enquanto isso Ann relembra um final de semana ocorrido 50 anos antes, quando veio de Nova York para ser a madrinha de casamento de sua melhor amiga da escola, Lila (Mamie Gummer). Lá ela conhece Harris Arden, amigo íntimo da família de Lila, por quem Ann se apaixona.

Young honest public official is sworn in after his predecessor had to leave due to a corruption scandal. Soon, the young idealist discovers just how far-reaching the corruption is in his town and how easy it is to become corrupt yourself.

O húngaro Gyorgy, de 14 anos, terá de antecipar sua maturidade por força das circunstâncias. Sua realidade pacata muda por completo quando, com a explosão da Segunda Guerra, ele é enviado para um campo de concentração. Judeu, ele procura encontrar razões para sorrir mesmo em meio às atrocidades, sonhando em, um dia, retornar a sua Budapeste-natal. Baseado no romance do ganhador do Nobel, Imre Kertész, “Sem Destino”.

Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant career - but after years of shining in the spotlight she begins to suffer from a severe case of boredom and longs for something new and exciting to put the twinkle back in her eye. Julia finds exactly what she's looking for in a handsome young American fan, but it isn't long before the novelty fling adds a few more sparks than she was hoping for. Fortuately for her, this surprise twist in the plot will thrust her back into the greatest role of her life.

William Hundert (Kevin Kline) é um professor da St. Benedict's, uma escola preparatória para rapazes muito exclusiva que recebe como alunos a nata da sociedade americana. Lá Hundert dá lições de moral para serem aprendidas, através do estudo de filósofos gregos e romanos. Hundert está apaixonado por falar para os seus alunos que "o caráter de um homem é o seu destino" e se esforça para impressioná-los sobre a importância de uma atitude correta.

In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics

Intitulado "The Cello"(O Celo), esta é a segunda parte do projeto que reúne diretores de todas as partes do mundo para dar a sua visão do tempo. Aqui,oito cineastas falam sobre o nascimento,a morte,o amor,o drama de cada momento da vida e mitos passados. A primeira parte do projeto,"The The Trumpet" (O Trumpete) reúne sete cineastas.

One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute the man ruthlessly. Tough and hard-nosed, Major Steve Arnold sets out to investigate a world of which he knows nothing.

Em 1941, numa pequena vila localizada na Sicília, um grupo de garotos de 13 anos de idade nutre uma profunda paixão por Malena (Monica Bellucci), a viúva de um soldado local, despertando uma história de amor, perda e coragem.

O filme segue três gerações de uma família judia, os Sonnenschein, do antigo Império Austro-Húngaro no começo do Século XX até o período da Revolução de 1956. O protagonista central das três gerações é sempre o Ralph Fiennes, para mostrar, de certa forma, as semelhanças passadas de pai para filho.

Um garoto nasce em pleno alto-mar, ganhando o nome do ano em que nasceu: 1900. A criança cresce num mundo encantado de fortes ventos tempestuosos e cobertas balançando, conhecendo toda a existência disponível a seu toque nos confins do transatlântico em que nasceu. Já crescido, seu talento natural no piano chama a atenção da lenda do jazz Jelly Roll Morton, que sobe a bordo para desafiar 1900 para um duelo. Indiferente com sua súbita notoriedade, 1900 mantém uma fixação pelo mar, sendo sempre seduzido pelos sons do oceano.

Após perder dinheiro apostando em cavalos, jogador convence seu cunhado viúvo a embarcar em um cruzeiro para o Caribe. Charlie e Herb embarcam como instrutores de dança para não pagar passagem e se envolvem em muitas confusões a bordo.

Depois de dois casamentos fracassados, o escritor de ficção científica John Henderson (Albert Brooks) decide se aproximar mais da mãe. O motivo de sua ação, no entanto, não é nada nobre. Para John, se ele receber uma polpuda herança, poderá ser mais bem-sucedido nos relacionamentos. Determinado em reaproximar-se, ele se muda para a casa da mãe (Debbie Reynolds) e desencadeia uma série de situações hilárias.

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

Um conceituado professor de Harvard, que não advoga há 25 anos e é contra a pena de morte, é convencido, após uma relutância inicial, em tentar obter provas que provem a inocência de um jovem negro, que está no corredor da morte acusado de ter estuprado e assassinado de forma extremamente brutal uma jovem. À medida que ele investiga uma série de revelações surpreendentes vem à tona.

The Twenties: The German Fuhrmann family spend their holidays in Italy again. The country is full of mysteries in that time. The Fuhrmann's have to realize the upcoming and growing fascism and their children are fascinated by a magician visiting the town. Soon nothing is as usual. The times are changing ...

Alice Green é uma esposa e mãe que desenvolve um problema de alcoolismo. Enquanto seu marido Michael tem sido paciente em lidar com o problema, logo se torna claro que ele contribui para o seu alcoolismo. Quando o vício ameaça a segurança de suas filhas, Alice decide ir para uma clínica de reabilitação. Ao retornar, percebe que o seu novo estilo de vida provoca um inesperado problema com Michael, levando-os a tentar descobrir o que sentem um pelo outro.

Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park Frank is able to start a conversation after several attempts. They begin to spend time together and become friends. But because of their different characters they often quarrel with each other and finally seperate after Frank misbehaves to Walter's friend Elaine.

A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. Soon it becomes apparent to the reporter that she isn't so stupid after all, and things become more complicated as she begins questioning the papers her sugar daddy keeps getting her to sign, and the reporter begins falling in love with her.

The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous regime. They don't want to lose their place and become village girls again.

Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love.

O filme narra a história de quatro amigos (Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Bugsy Siegel e Frank Costello) de Nova Iorque, que entram no mundo do crime organizado, espalhando terror, tomando conta do lado leste da cidade. Enquanto o seu império do crime cresce, eles têm que lidar com suas diferentes opiniões em relação à maneira como os negócios tem de ser conduzidos.

Max Baron (James Spader) é um jovem yuppie que trabalha como executivo em uma agência de publicidade e que tem um grande trauma: a morte recente de sua esposa. Numa lanchonete ele discute com a balconista Nora Baker (Susan Sarandon), quarentona e desleixada, também marcada por uma morte recente em sua família. Na mesma noite Max reencontra Nora, agora em um bar, e ela acaba levando-o para casa. Surge então entre eles um relacionamento quente, que começa a se complicar quando Max decide apresentar Nora aos seus amigos.

Dois companheiros de viagem atravessam os Estados Unidos e tornam-se grande amigos. Ele é um retardado e ela uma sociopata. Eles se conhecem depois da morte do pai do rapaz. Ela tem um carro. Ele não sabe para onde ir. No caminho são assaltados e assaltam, dão caronas para tipos muito esquisitos e se divertem bastante.

A man's story parallels Hitler's rise. Austrian Klaus Schneider, wounded in World War I, recovers in the care of Dr. Emil Bettleheim. Bettleheim discovers that Schneider possesses powers of empathy and of clairvoyance, such that could aid suicidal patients. After the war, with one friend as his manager and another as his lover, Schneider changes his name to Eric Jan Hanussen and goes to Berlin, as a hypnotist and clairvoyant performing in halls and theaters. He always speaks the truth, which brings him to the attention of powerful Nazis. He predicts their rise (good propaganda for them) and their violence (not so good). He's in pain and at risk. What is Hanussen's future?

Filha de refugiados europeus no México nascida com paralisia cerebral que afetou o corpo, mas não a mente, Gaby é encorajada pelos pais e pela babá a jamais desanimar com a deficiência. Ela vai à universidade e se torna uma aclamada escritora.

Ambientado durante a glória do império austro-húngaro, o filme conta a ascensão e queda de Alfred Redl (Brandauer), um jovem e ambicioso oficial que sobe a escada para se tornar chefe da Polícia Secreta e se enredar em problemas políticos. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

When hunting, Zrínyi Miklós finds an Angel with a broken wing. He takes him for a heavenly message and carries him to his castle for cure. Lords and priests come to Zrínyi's court, one after the other, to see Angel. The occasion is appropriate for the ban to win them over to his plan: they should unite their forces to fight for the country's independence.

Downbeat, documentary-style examination of a teenager facing a succession of disappointments.

A Budapest high school in the beginning of the 1960s. Dini suffers the torments of adolescence. His father had to leave Hungary after the uprise in 1956, and since then Dini's mother has had to take care of her two sons on her own. A friend of Dini’s father, Bodor, is released from prison and moves in with them. Dini and his brother are far from happy about this intrusion on their family life.

Alemanha, 1930. Hendrik Höfgen (Klaus Maria Brandauer), é um ambicioso ator que não se interessa por política, se dedicando somente à sua carreira. Porém, quando os nazistas começam a tomar o poder, ele aproveita a oportunidade para interpretar peças de propaganda nazista para o Reich, e logo acaba se transformando no mais popular ator da Alemanha. Consumido pela fama, Handrik agora precisa sobreviver em um mundo onde a ideologia do mal é seu pior pesadelo e o verdadeiro preço da alma de um homem, se transforma na medida mais desprezível de todas. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

The story played by civilian players is laid in a Transdanubian village, where on the initiative of the municipality doctor the local inhabitants wish to build a social welfare home as volunteers, with the support of the local co-operative and the state farm. Having first consented to the plan, the leadership of the county starts opposing the project because of the plan to build a social welfare home called the City of the Happy Aged to be established by the county. Both parties take the field for their ideas and the battle starts.

Janos and Kata are thrown together during the Second World War and forced to pose as husband and wife to hide from the Nazis. The intensity and suffocating intimacy of their new relationship and the circumstances in which they find themselves, forces them to confront past prejudices and assumptions and challenge what they truly believe.

Irén and Attila, a not-so-young couple, are in love. All they want is a flat of their own where they could live together. Unfortunately, Hungary in the 70s is no place for dreams.

Angi Vera, as a promising young woman, gets invited to a Communist training center to undergo the next level of indoctrination into Party life. She begins to realize how people get ahead in the Party: by saying things they don't mean but think are politically correct; by becoming friends with Party dignitaries, even if you don't like them; by being seen as a dedicated worker (as opposed to actually being a dedicated worker).

On his return from America, András simply cannot find his place: he has lost his wife, friends and job, and he cannot even find his way back to his former great love. Eventually, as a surrogate father, he takes in a wild young girl (Zsuzsa Czinkóczi) and a particularly strong bond is formed between these two rootless people. Márta Mészáros’s remarkable movie starring Jan Nowicki and Anna Karina is about displacement, loneliness and attachment.

The documentary-feature film, featuring amateur players and showing the life of three sisters in its simple dull flow of events, has grown to be the symbol of the Budapest School. The Kertész-girls live in a little apartment in a block of flats in Budapest with their parents. At the beginning of the film, each talks about her dream-future. They would like to have glass-walled rooms, well-to-do husbands, apartments in the greens, dogs, travelling, smiling children, social life.

The satiric film is a dramatic-ironic picture of the Hungarian intellectuals in the seventies. Ebes, whose art has been awarded for its merits conglomerating folk features with modernity, can hardly believe that from his parents, old friends, and the sons of the people he did not even receive a telegram of congratulation.

A financially stable family moves into a nice, new apartment, only to see the father leave them. The mother soon brings home a new 'father', Feri. The change causes her son Laci to lose his way. On the other hand, the daughter, Éva is motivated by the change in the family atmosphere to become active and successful in school...

The corpulent and ageing Ivicz, once an excellent baker, works as a deliverer now. He lives alone. At the weekends following the toilsome weekdays he is the boss. He regularly travels to the country, to work as the incorruptible referee of third class national soccer games.

Operária fabril solteira, Kata, 43, quer ter uma criança com o seu amante secreto de há muito tempo, um homem casado chamado Joska. Ele não gosta da ideia. Kata faz amizade com a adolescente Anna, abandonada por seus pais aos seis anos de idade. Anna foge da casa de acolhimento e muda-se para casa de Kata para que ela possa continuara estar com o namorado Sanyi. Kata vai ver os pais de Anna e persuade-os a dar aos jovens amantes permissão para casar. Através de Anna, Kata torna-se interessada em crianças negligenciadas e decide adotar um bebê da casa de acolhimento.

The film evokes the era of the 1831 cholera epidemic and the peasant uprising which followed it. The way of Doctor Balás, cholera commissioner, and district administrator Hunyor leads through the mountains of Zemplén and is lined by unburied corpses, peasants dying of the illness and of overdoses of bismuth, by the miserably starving population, the healthy digging mass-graves and by uncultivated lands.

Dery is a grande dame actress of the Sarah Bernhardt school of big-gesture theater. Her beauty and popularity is fading, and a new school of acting which involves the use of one's own emotions (a-la Eleanora Duse) is emerging in the person of her younger Viennese rival. She thinks of retiring from the stage, and reunites briefly with her estranged husband in a newly-built manor in the country. Finding that life there is boring, she returns to town, the theater, and her old friends.

The film is a documentary-feature film based on real stories and made with amateur actors. The district pioneer secretary is assigned to find a pioneer who can play a musical instrument, has a working-class background, and studies well at school and appoint him for a one-month-long premium holiday in Britain. He finds a guitarist, Balogh Tibi, in a village school.

This film shows us around a factory in the seventies in Hungary. In the outskirts factory of Kőbánya workers celebrate the foundation members and want to present the oldest member, Uncle Benda, now a pensioner, with a golden ring. His grandson, Karcsi Merkovics, an industrial apprentice, is in love with the foreman's daughter.

Jutka, a young woman who works in a factory, falls in love with Andras, a university student. She pretends to be a student, to him and to his parents, and begins to live a lie. Finally she rebels against Andras and his demands and the social conventions that forced her to live a lie.

The head of the nunnery is dying, and the members are divided in two groups as the election of the new head approaches. Led by Virginia, the younger nuns stand up for changing the strict religious dogmas and would like a modern school with genuine science, a bathroom to be built, and a freer spirit. Their candidate is sister Magdolna, who went to secular universities, too. The seminarists, led by Király Erzsi, also rebel against the older nuns' strict discipline and the depressed atmosphere of the institution. However, Magdolna does not want to stay involved in the fight because she is deterred by Virginia's sinful attraction towards her and the tools Virginia is using to gain victory at any price.

After the World War I, enthusiastic young people found the intellectual group of Hungarian Communist Party. Their aim is to propagate the communist ideology to the people and get the workers on their side. They have fierce discussions on the new ideas, though their movement is not very successful. They clash with their opposition, attempt to lead people to the Red Army, but without success.

A twenty-year-old young man believes that sport and philosophical books help him to be strong enough to meet life, but his determination and will give way to depressing memories.

Documentary about the Italian men that visit Hungary to meet girls and the Hungarian women that fall in love with them.

János Pilinszky explains his thoughts on the mechanism of thinking, seemingly banal things, faith, Simone Weil, and the scandal of the twentieth century.