Maia Morgenstern
Рождение : 1962-05-01, Bucharest, Romania
История
A Romanian film and stage actress, described by Florin Mitu of AMOS News as "a symbol of Romanian theater and film". In the English-speaking world, she is probably best known for the role of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. In Romania, she has been nationally known since her 1992 role as Nela in Balanţa, a film known in the United States as The Oak, set during the waning days of Communist Romania. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maia Morgenstern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sister Martina
Амбициозный сенатор и его жена путешествуют по Европе, пока их дочь находится в больнице после ДТП со своим парнем. Этот опыт заставляет их пересмотреть свои взгляды на брак и разобраться в отношениях.
Capra
Secluded from the world, in XIX century rural Romania, a widow and mother of three must defend what's left of her family, at all costs, from an old family friend turned foe. Based on one of the best-known Romanian folk tales (The Goat and Her Three Kids by Ion Creanga), this film aims to unveil the true nature of the famed bedtime story and to treat the audience to a different perspective, one that offers a glimpse of what the tragedy looks like beyond the happy songs and affable characters.
Mother Mary
Современное прочтение Евангелия от Матфея в условиях политических и театральных реалий.
Mother (segment "Isha")
On the cusp of adulthood, the world's longest running gay short film series is only getting started. Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait includes eleven complete films: Bassem Ben Brahim's animated "Chromophobia"… Jimi Vall Peterson's "Sleepover" starring Hjalmar Hardestam and Simon Eriksson… Mickey Jones's "Just Me" starring Philip Olivier and Carl Loughlin… Matthew Jacobs Morgan's "Mine" starring Joshua McGuire and John Macmillan… Dale John Allen's "Don't Blame Jack" starring Jordan Tweddle and Kane Surry… Timothy Ryan Hickernell's "Foreign Lovers" co-starring Lucio Nieto… Layke Anderson's "Mankind" starring Ricky Nixon and Alexis Gregory… Christopher Manning's "Isha" starring Horia Săvescu and Dario Coates… Jay Russell's "ruok" starring Peter Mark Kendall, Zachary Booth, and Sydney James Harcourt… Chintis Lundgren's animated "Manivald"… and Zoe McIntosh's "The World In Your Window" starring Joe Folau and David Lolofakangalo Rounds.
Fidan
Нурлан — машинист электропоезда. Он водит поезда по до боли знакомому маршруту. Один из перегонов особенно опасен. Буквально на рельсах здесь течёт размеренная жизнь: мужчины играют в нарды, дети в мяч, женщины сушат бельё на верёвках, растянутых аккурат поперёк рельсов. О приближении поезда свистком предупреждает мальчик, но времени у него мало, и поезд то и дело привозит в депо зацепившиеся за него в пути вещи жителей. Нурлан каждый раз добросовестно возвращает их владельцам. Однажды за выступ поезда на полной скорости цепляется лифчик. Нурлан верен себе: он хочет найти его обладательницу — вот только как это сделать, если каждая женщина, к которой он приходит в дом, желает оставить себе и лифчик, и Нурлана?
Mother
Rahmi, a Romanian immigrant living in England, creates a new life for himself while trying to keep up appearances with his Muslim family. This moving, evocative drama costars renowned Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern and Game of Thrones’ Lino Facioli alongside newcomer Hora Savescu as Rahmi.
Argenzia
An ancient dying land is brought back to life by the primal force of a young mute girl, who witnesses the fatal clash between two fathers.
Capra
Secluded from the world, a single mother of three has to defend that what's left of her family, at all cost, from a cold blooded killer. Based on one of the best known Romanian fairy tales (The Goat and Her Three Kids by Ion Creanga), this short film aims to unveil the true nature of the famed bed time story and to treat the audience to a different perspective, one that offers a glimpse at what the tragedy actually looks like beyond the happy songs and colorful characters.
Мелания, 15-летняя школьница, забеременела от одноклассника. Матери несовершеннолетних разделяют двух влюбленных и решают отдать ребенка на усыновление. Через чиновника они находят законный способ продать ребенка семье румын, проживающих в Испании. Всего через день после преждевременных родов Мелании в отделении интенсивной терапии, где лежит её ребенок, начинается пожар. Фильм основан на реальных событиях.
Donna
A young couple struggles to keep their marriage afloat in a foreign country.
Markova
Он — скрипач, который вынужден играть в переходах метро, чтобы заработать на жизнь. Она — балерина, которая учится в престижной школе искусств. Казалось бы, при чем тут хип-хоп? Но именно в этом стиле они найдут точки соприкосновения, которые изменят их жизнь навсегда.
Daniela
A couple of Italo-American journalists go missing during their work assignment in Romania.
Mrs. Morgenstern
Exodus to Shanghai tells the story of two lovers who have to escape from Vienna to China after Dr. Ho, the Chinese Consul in Vienna in 1938, issued Exit Visas to many Jews against the instruction of his superiors. Fannia, a New York Jewish Violin student, falls in love with the Consul's nephew Bruce. Together they must leave Vienna as the Gestapo is chasing them to get the Jews and Hitler's painting.
Mrs. Moscu
The film is an adaptation of the well known short story "Miss Christina" by Mircea Eliade. Moscu arrived at the mansion with his girlfriend, Sanda, the young artist Egor Paşchievici notes that her entire family worships Miss Christina, her aunt murdered in unclear circumstances when she was just 20 years old, during the riots of 1907. Egor is inexplicably drawn into a portrait of Miss Christina and begins to dream. Soon, however, the boundary between dream and reality is blurred and Miss Christina, love Egor, is brought back to life through occult rituals even by her family. When realized, however, that life is in danger Egor Sanda decides to fight the ghost.
Dr. Janos
In a small village close to the mountains, Mariana and Puiu are a young family with two children: Carmen and Mircea. One morning, the mother and the ten year-old daughter leave for Bucharest, having a hospital as their destination. One doctor alone, Sitaru, believes that Carmen, who can no longer smile, stands any chances at survival. He believes he can perform a miracle and save Carmen's life. Struggling for her daughter, abandoned by almost everybody she trusted, Mariana discovers she is pregnant. After dr. Sitaru operates on the little girl, in a risky manner, Carmen begins to feel increasingly worse. Without any hope, Mariana leaves the hospital and rushes to take Carmen home: while one life ends, another one begins to flicker.
Anne
Centers on the Klein family, who live in a remote house in the mountains. Considered the black sheep, youngest son Jean is thrown out. Angry and threatening, he arrives at Nils and Ida's chalet for a hunting expedition. The next day, he learns how to kill. The following night, his mother's car is set on fire and he is blamed. He disappears into the mountains with a gun. On the third day, it pours down with rain and, in the evening, a storm brews. Shut up in their house, the Klein family await with dread the return of Jean, who will challenge them, weapon in hand.
Maria
Ева встретила Тюдора в свой 16-й день рождения и полюбила его на всю жизнь. Но на их отношения влияли постоянные загадочные исчезновения молодого человека. Во время одного из таких исчезновений Ева выходит замуж за барона Освальда Фон Зееле. Но когда Тюдор вновь возвращается, чувства между ним и Евой вспыхивают с новой силой. Они проводят вместе незабывамое лето. Ева забеременела, ее брак разрушен. Тюдор снова исчезает, а в Европе начинается война…
Simona
Группа мечтающей о счастье молодежи отправляется в поездку, во время которой героев ждет много неожиданностей.
Madalina
It depicts the relationship between an elderly woman and her caregiver.
Bogdana
Mrs. Mansfeld
At 15 he and his family became victims of state terror. At 16 he became a freedom fighter to participate in the 1956 Revolution against Soviet oppression. At 17 he is betrayed and arrested by the dreaded Secret Police (AVH). Now he has to spend the remainder of his life in a political prison, called Hell's Hallway, to reach the legal age of 18 before his death penalty can be carried out. Peter Mansfeld was 18 when he was unjustly executed by the totalitarian regime of Hungary. Today he is remembered as one of the national heroes of Hungary.
Being forced into prostitution by her father, she finds solace in her friends and her journal.
Irene
Фильм о румынской революции 1989 года. В картине два пласта времени. Уроженка Румынии, а ныне французская журналистка Ирен в декабре 2004-го — через 15 лет после свержения режима Чаушеску — едет на родину писать статью о том, как живет новая Румыния. Самообогащение властных структур и коррупция — так характеризуют новую реальность окружающие, с которыми беседует Ирен. Журналистка хочет проследить судьбу ребенка, о котором 15 лет назад писали газеты: мальчик родился прямо в соборе Тимишоары в дни уличных столкновений, а его мать и отец погибли. Действие второго временного пласта разворачивается в Тимишоаре в декабре 1989 года — именно тогда произошло восстание против режима Чаушеску, и в этой истории до сих пор слишком много белых пятен.
Bonne de Bois de Rose
An antiques dealer misses out on some of life's pleasures because of his obsession with doing everything fast.
Amalia Frunzetti
At an old age, prince Andrei Morudzi retreats to his castle in Romania, during the two world wars, after having lead an eventful youth. There he is seen upon as a rare bird by the local folk, due to his strange attitude towards life and his exquisit manners, which don't fit in the way of life of the villagers. But, in the end, despite trying to distance himself from the local people, he can't but influence their humble existences.
Alexandra
Nothing seems to threaten the quiet and happy life of Alexandra and Mircea, a couple who's both admired and envied: love, successful careers, and wealth. And nothing seems to ever threaten the very special relation between a renowned university teacher and one her most gifted student, Alexandra and Corina: two women, two friends who, against the age gap, share the same goals, the same interests. Even the same love interests. Until one day, when the sensibility is stronger than the reason. And all of a sudden, everything that seemed certain, such as friendship, loyalty, love and devotion, turns into a terrible hate.
Self
Although it was shot on the set of director Mel Gibson's controversial epic The Passion of the Christ, this thought-provoking documentary is not about the making of the movie. Rather, filmmakers Francesco Cabras and Alberto Molinari delve into the nature of divinity and spiritual beliefs through revealing interviews with Gibson and members of his cast and crew -- including stars Jim Caviezel and Monica Bellucci.
Mary
Попытка детально воссоздать последние двенадцать часов из жизни Иисуса Христа. Действие начинается в Гефсиманском саду, куда Иисус пришел помолиться после тайной вечери. Иисус сопротивляется искушениям, которым подвергает его сатана. Преданный Иудой Искариотом, Иисус арестован.
Olga
Autumn 1944. Yellow star, ghettos, Arrow Cross terror. The inhabitants of Hungary's capital, Budapest, await the tragic fulfilment of their fate with helpless resignation. However, above one of the city's villas, once a week in the evening the stars of hope sparkle, if only for a few minutes. This short time gives fresh heart to those hiding here and kindles hope in their tortured souls to live for another day. This mysterious power is none other than a beautiful song that can be heard at such times from the villa's tower room.
Doamna T
The poet and journalist Ladima commits suicide and his friend, Fred Vasilescu, tries to find out the reasons of those actions. In his search he discovers a mysterious Miss T.
Woman at Fountain
В 1431 году в Трансильвании появился на свет легендарный Влад Цепеш, благородный потомок древнего княжеского рода, прославившийся не только своей боевой доблестью, но и безумной жестокостью, ужасавшей даже его соратников. Освобождая Румынию от гнета чужеземцев и беспощадно мстя им, князь Дракула обезглавливал своих недругов, сажал их на кол и устраивал трапезы, обмакивая хлеб в их дымящуюся кровь. Народ, ставший свидетелем этих событий, нарек своего гордого властителя «Колосажателем», описав в преданиях и хрониках правду о кошмарных деяниях могущественного румынского господаря, известного нам, как первый в истории вампир - Дракула.
Regina Maria
The Romanian army faces the German army in the epic battles of Marasti, Marasesti and Oituz, marking a turning point in World War 1.
Mrs. Witman
Туманное и опасное сознание мальчишек Витман, приводит ребят к взрослым, осознанным и неосознанным, жестоким и холодным поступкам.
Edith Stein
An expressionist biography of Edith Stein, who converted from the Jewish faith to the Catholic one and became a Carmelite sister. She would die in a German concentration camp.
Ulysses' Wives
После 35 лет отсутствия на родину в Грецию возвращается знаменитый кинорежиссер. Но по завершении шумной премьеры своего последнего творения он неожиданно отправляется в путешествие по Балканам с целью отыскать три киноролика режиссера Янакиса, которые предположительно могут являться первыми греческими фильмами
Helen
«Моему сыну Цезарю Нострадамусу с пожеланием долгой жизни и счастья. Твое запоздалое появление, сын мой, заставило меня записать все, что я накопил за многие бессонные ночи». «После того, как мое тело покинет этот мир, пусть все то, что открылось мне в божественном воплощении, станет твоим наследством и послужит на благо человечеству. Я собирался хранить молчание, но поскольку грядущие события коснутся всех людей, я решил раскрыть эти события, представив их в закодированной, обманывающей ум форме…» — Мишель Нострадамус.
Maia Morgenstern
After the war, in Bucharest, a young Romanian poet arrested for having written an article denouncing Stalinist crimes, will save his life by accepting to become a hostage of the regime.
Matilda
The life-story confession of a prisoner waiting for his trial. Victor Petrini, a promising intellectual in the 1950s and a lecturer in Philosophy is arrested by the repressive secret police, wrongly accused of espionage, and sentenced to prison and forced labor.
Nela
A description of Romania before Ceausescu's downfall, through the story of Nela. Daughter of a former colonel of the Securitate, the romanian political police. She refused to become as her sister, an agent of this Securitate, and lives with her father. After he died, she leaves Bucharest, and ends up in a little town, where she meets Mitica, a surgeon, another herself, laughing of everything.
Vica
Căpălău, a peasant in a village near Brăila, tries to keep up with the turns of life. Based on "Ningea în Bărăgan” novel by Fănuș Neagu.
The survivor of a cursed family seeks revenge on the lover who jilted her.
An uncompromising journalist obsessed with the idea of absolute justice ends up committing suicide after reading his father's biography. Based on three novels by Camil Petrescu.
Maria
The wife of a sea captain has a tough time being alone without her husband which is in a long trip.
The action of the movie take place in a factory and presents the conflicts between one engineer and some young workers.
Dorina
At a party, the class valedictorian gravely injures a passer by with some saucers thrown through the window. Characters are tested by what follows.
Floraea
Inspired by true events, "Dreptate în lanturi" is a rough and poetic film, whose action is placed at the beginning of the last century. The movie sheds light on a Romanian peasant who fights against social injustice.
Coca
Victor, an incisive journalist, discovers a series of irregularities in a State farming enterprise. His investigations will unmask the fraud committed by the person in charge of the wine section, called Bachus. Although aided by an impressive number of cronies, Bachus will not be able to hide forever infamous secret.
Mary
A sequel to The Passion of the Christ (2004) focuses on the events that occurred 3 days between the crucifixion and resurrection when Jesus Christ descended to Abraham's Bosom to preach and resurrect Old Testament saints.