Floating Life (1996)
Moving East to West has turned their lives...upside down
Жанр : комедия, драма
Время выполнения : 1Ч 36М
Директор : Clara Law
Писатель : Eddie Fong, Clara Law
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An aging Hong Kong couple move to Australia with their two youngest sons. They stay with a daughter who has already begun a successful career. Meanwhile their eldest daughter lives in Germany and their eldest son remains in Hong Kong. The film explores the different ways the family members cope with isolation and alienation.
The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.
Bianka and Paulina are two teenage girls watching a video on the sexuality of people and animals. They are surprised by Bianka's farther and change to another channel. They suddenly find themselves in the same house in the 1920's. The girls are totally immersed in problems associated with puberty and reaching adulthood. The atmosphere of the house is imbued with eroticism. Bianka is sensitive with a poetic nature, shocked at the role that tradition has mapped out for her, terrified by the marriage which is being planned for her. Paulina is an extrovert, well adapted to face every situation, who accepts the amorous advances made at her. Based on the 1975 Tadeusz Różewicz play called Białe małżeństwo.
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A widow upholds feudal virtue by suppressing her love for a cavalry captain in favor of her daughter.
Grace Chang delivers an eye-opening performance as a lusty nightclub singer climbing the social ladder in seedy Wanchai. Borrowing story and song elements from Georges Bizet’s CARMEN, this Wong Tin-Lam directed musical has flair and polish to rival Hollywood, and a superstar leading lady that would any film industry would have a tough time matching! A key film from the celebrated Cathay Film Studios.
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Documentary about four urban teenage girls, and their opinions about religion, music and sex.
In 1961 Mississippi was a virtual South African enclave within the United States. Everything is segregated. There are virtually no black voters. Bob Moses, enters the state and the Voter Registration Project begins. The first black farmer who attempts to register is fatally shot by a Mississippi State Representative. But four years later, the registration is open. By 1990, Mississippi has more elected black officials than any other state in the union.
A filmmaker reunites with the daughter she gave up for adoption twenty years later.
Expose on the exploitation of workers in the Florida sugar cane industry.
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Метеоролог и нефтяник сражаются со стихией, пытаясь остановить угрозу, которую несет супермощный циклон.
A mother deals with the violent murder of her daughter.
Оставшись после смерти матери сиротами, сводные брат и сестра отправляются на поиски своих отцов в большой город. На пути они встречают множество самых разных людей: добрых и злых, бедных и богатых, умных и идиотов — но никому до них нет ровно никакого дела, ведь каждый погружен в свои заботы. Тем более накануне Рождества. Холодная волшебная рождественская ночь завершается отнюдь не сказочным финалом.
1938 год. Известный бродвейский режиссёр Лэрри "Кэш" Картер, уйдя из "большого спорта", после смерти жены от рук маньяка, уезжает в маленький городок Стэмфорд, в Коннектикуте, и возглавляет местный театр. Забот у него полон рот... Скоро премьера спектакля, единственная дочь уезжает учиться бог знает куда, а тут ещё нужно идти клянчить денег на театр у местного богатея, хозяина "градообразующего предприятия", самодовольного деспота и расиста... а любимая женщина - стюардесса, в постоянных разъездах... Мама-дорогая... И тут, как гром среди ясного неба, городок облетает ужасная новость! Этот самый местный набоб, у которого Кэш так и не получил денег, убит выстрелом в упор в собственном автомобиле! Убийство начинает расследовать местный детектив, лейтенант Тони Россини, лучший друг Кэша. Дело запутанное, и Тони, уже не в первый раз, просит помочь в расследовании "знатока человеческих душ" Кэша Картера.
A young married woman's life takes a radical turn when, what she thinks is a passing sexual encounter with her beautiful college roommate, turns into a life altering love affair. Friends with privileges? Best friends and intimates? Delphine, French, sexy, capricious and married, is still in love with her best friend from college, Belle, a beautiful and successful interior designer in New York City. Conducting a clandestine relationship for years, Belle ends it, but meets great resistance from Delphine who is used to "having it all." Sexy, passionate and heartfelt, the two lovers meet one last time for a last rendezvous. One last reunion turns into a three way of broken hearts. Delphine's husband realizes he is up against a serious competitor for his young wife's heart, and Delphine must make a grown up decision.
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Активные и любознательные черные муравьишки обнаруживают брошенную после пикника коробку с сахаром. Дружный отряд муравьишек вместе с Божьей коровкой решают переправить лакомство в муравейник. Но сладкая коробка уже успела нарушить спокойствие во всей долине, и свои планы на лакомство появились у других обитателей леса, в частности — у злобных красных муравьев-захватчиков. А, стало быть, на пути к заветной цели черным муравьишкам предстоит преодолеть массу опасностей и приключений.
A self-conscience co-ed anguishes over whether to get out of her comfort zone by stripping naked and joining other students in a run across campus.