The Leading Role (2016)
Жанр : документальный
Время выполнения : 1Ч 3М
Директор : Sergey Bukovsky
Краткое содержание
The film is about the director’s mother, the movie actress Nina Antonova. Now she is 80. She has had hundreds of roles – big and small. It is a personal story about an honest and sad life, about self-sacrifice and freedom. Real fame as an actress came to her only once in her life. It was the leading role in the first Soviet colour TV series Varka’s Land. That was 45 years ago…
Знаменитый голливудский режиссер готовится снимать биографический фильм про свою покойную жену, бывшую суперзвезду Лайлу Клэр. Во время съемок он безумно влюбляется в девушку, которая исполняет главную роль – и почти начинает верить, что прошлое можно вернуть...
A young woman in L.A. is having a bad day: she's evicted, an audition ends with a producer furious she won't trade sex for the part, and a policeman nabs her for something she didn't do, demanding fellatio to release her. She snaps, grabs his gun, takes his uniform, and leaves him cuffed to a tree where he's soon having a defenseless chat with a homeless man. She takes off on the cop's motorcycle and, for an afternoon, experiences a cop's life. She talks a young man out of suicide and then is plunged into violence after a friendly encounter with two "vatos." She is torn between self-protection and others' expectations. Is there any resolution for her torrent of feelings?
On a rare evening out, two feisty single moms discover that it's not so easy to hook up with a total stranger anymore.
"Mother Died" is a chilling tale of fear, family and a young woman's survival.
Сеоки приезжает в военную часть навестить своего любимого Мин-Су, вот только простому свиданию суждено обратиться в неожиданное "знакомство с родителями".
A drama about two families, each with a gay son. Jonathan is splitting from Miki because the more experienced Miki is playing around. Then Jonathan sees Thomas, the son and grandson of his neighbors, who is back in Israel after failing to make it as a musician in New York: Thomas is ill, detached, in search of hard drugs. Jonathan tries to connect with him. Meanwhile, Thomas's grandmother, facing old age, has become bitter, particularly toward her hard-working daughter. They worry about Thomas. A few blocks away, Jonathan's mother, brother and sister maintain their sometimes bickering relationships, watching Jonathan brave adulthood.
After years of living in her selfish parents' (Melvyn Douglas and Lynn Bari) egotistical shadows, desperate teenager Jill Bradley (Joan Evans) makes a last-ditch play for attention by attempting suicide. Jill's guilt-ridden father tries at last to help her and to cheer her up but new problems
Габриэль - впечатлительный и находящийся под сильным влиянием матери мальчик. В свою очередь, его мать София - неуравновешенная и явно нездоровая психически особа. Они живут в бывшем монастыре, который Грегорио, отец мальчика, прибрал к рукам в результате не совсем законных махинаций. Но Грегорио практически нет дела до семьи - он занят обустройством монастыря и решением проблем с собственностью на него. Неожиданно София погибает, сорвавшись с балкона в звоннице монастыря. Эта смерть, больше смахивающая на самоубийство, сильно влияет на Габриэля. Ему кажется, что мать приходит к нему, разговаривает с ним. В один из таких приходов София сообщает ему, что Бог даст ей новую жизнь, если Габриэль будет "хорошо вести себя и делать добрые дела". Но воспаленный ум подростка толкает его на неожиданные и непредсказуемые поступки...
The suffering and rebellion of 12-year-old François Lepic, nicknamed "Poil de Carotte" by his mother, who hates him. Occupied with the council elections, his father appears unaware that the young boy is increasingly tempted by suicide.
A little girl leaves home with her pet dog and rabbit to escape abuse and find the ocean in the hopes of feeling closer to her father who has passed away.
Judy at the Palace. Sinatra at Carnegie Hall. Streisand at the Garden. Stritch on Broadway. Legendary performances come along so rarely. Elaine Stritch At Liberty is an autobiographical one-woman show written by Elaine Stritch and John Lahr. The show consists of spoken monologues from Stritch following her life and career, interspersed with showtunes and pop standards which compliment her stories. Many of these songs had been originated by Stritch in major Broadway productions, such as "The Ladies Who Lunch" from Company and "Civilization" from Angel In The Wings. Her experiences and relationship with show business are focal points, but she also explores more intimate, personal themes like her alcoholism and romantic relationships.
Алан Эврар, водитель грузовика, который только что закончил отбывать тюремный срок, вынужден временно поселиться в доме своей матери. Это вынужденное сожительство обостряет их и без того сложные отношения. Однажды Алан случайно обнаруживает, что у Иветт, его матери, опухоль головного мозга...
Место действия - два голливудских дома. В одном живет стареющая актриса, которая надеется сыграть роль собственной давно погибшей матери - легенды черно-белого кино. Другой особняк - резиденция сверхуспешного психотерапевта, его жены и их сына - 13-летнего миллионера, наркомана и звезды. В оба дома проникает девушка из Флориды, которая подружилась в твиттере с Кэрри Фишер и надеется с ее помощью покорить Лос-Анджелес.
A Sicilian widow earns her living as a clairvoyant, in Milan, but she hasn't got any power at all. Her son instead holds supernatural powers and with the help of his mother he becomes a strong sorcerer. But he fails perhaps to understand the real strength he possesses inside and unbinds uncontrolled forces that lead people that surround him to go mad.
A Hollywood tour bus driver poses as a screenwriter to romance an up-and-coming young actress.
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.
Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson, hope to one day own their own diner. Although Orme loves Jennie, he also has a weakness for stage stars -- so when a riverboat theatrical crew comes to their town, he is smitten by lead actress Lillian Lyons. Desperate to keep Orme, Jennie insists on going onstage to best Lillian, but is soon out of her depth.
Marguerite Sydney is a celebrated Hollywood star attempting a comeback after a stay in a mental hospital, as well as trying to re-establish a relationship with her teenage son, and risking a romance with a mysterious stranger.
German Laura follows her husband and moves to Finland with their baby girl. Her days at home are lonely as her husband is constantly working.
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.
