Set within the Kaga Domain in the Edo Period. Oharu is an excellent cook and recognized for her skills. Due to her cooking talents, she marries Yasunobu, who is an heir in the Funaki family. The Funaki family serves as the cook for the Kaga Domain. Nevertheless, Yasunobu himself is a terrible cook. With the help of Oharu's mother-in-law Mitsuru, she begins to teach Yasunobu how to cook.
A young British woman, tricked into believing she was used during a whirlwind romance, marries a gentle widowed Italian opera star, whose songs she and her first love shared.
Al suo primo film da regista, Carlo Verdone veste i panni di tre personaggi memorabili: Enzo, il coatto romano in viaggio per Cracovia, Leo, il ragazzo timido alle prese con una turista spagnola e Ruggero, l'hippie indifferente agli inviti del padre a ritornare a casa, sono ormai diventati parte non solo della storia del cinema ma anche del costume italiano.
A film adaptation of the Holy Emperor story arc, which primarily depicted the conflict between Kenshiro and Souther. New characters Reina, one of Raoh's army officers who falls in love with him, and her brother Soga, Raoh's advisor, play an important part with much of the plot involving Raoh's relationship with Reina as he conquers the land; most of this portion is new content exclusive to this film. The other side of the story is the retelling of Ken's attempt to save and protect the villagers from Souther's army with the help of Shū. There is also a small subplot of Bart returning to his home.
In una fredda sera di novembre, a casa di Marco arriva una ragazza spagnola, Teresa con un misterioso messaggio: il suo fidanzato Rudy, amico di vecchia data di Marco è in carcere in Marocco e per tirarlo fuori servono trenta milioni di lire. Allora Marco, nonostante siano passati tanti anni ricontatta gli altri amici del gruppo, Maurizio, Paolino e Cedro ed insieme a Teresa partono alla volta del Marocco per rivedere ed aiutare Rudy. Ma a Marrakech non c'è traccia di Rudy e Teresa sparisce con i trenta milioni...
A continuation of "Diary for My Children," the film picks up in 1950, when Juli, the diarist, is 18 and determined to become a movie director.
After a man gets out of prison, he decides to go straight and leave his life of crime behind him. However, when he gets home he finds that his brother is in danger and the family farm is in foreclosure. He plans to take revenge on those responsible, but finds that he may have taken on more than he can handle
One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircrafts, a F-100 with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly present, too. The CIA immediately sends out their best secret agent, Ken Tami, to salvage the system before it falls into enemy hands. To ensure his loyalty, they bring his two young sons to a nearby hotel on the island.
Battered, bruised and under arrest, Harvey Denton (Luke Treadaway) sits in a police interview room facing interrogation. Clutching a stack of eyewitness statements, Detective Inspector West (Timothy Spall) has no doubt in Harvey's part in a foiled robbery, and his subsequent attempted murder of local businessman Steven Roper. Denying everything, Harvey agrees to tell his version of events in full. We take in his release from prison a month earlier, and the malevolent, unjust act that put him in there. We see his emotional reunion with his sibling-like best friends, and the immovable loyalty they have for one another. We see the rekindling of a lost love, a second chance for two people meant for each other. We see the ingenious planning of the ill-fated robbery, the amazing twist, the shocking outcome and the real driving force behind it - retribution. What unfolds is an exhilerating, moving and hilarious story of loyalty, jealousy, friendship, revenge and the pursuit of happiness.
A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Cover-boy racconta lâamicizia fra Ioan (Eduard Gabia) e Michele (Luca Lionello) lâuno rumeno e lâaltro italiano. Due mondi che casualmente sâincontrano: lâesperienza di chi, figlio della rivoluzione post comunista, è fuggito dal proprio paese alla ricerca di un futuro migliore e lâesperienza di chi, precario, vive la crisi del lavoro occidentale.
In un paesino siciliano c'è una forte rivalità tra i due parroci del luogo. Don Franco, che ha simpatie progressiste, viene accusato di aver dato corda ai comunisti durante uno sciopero con successivo blocco stradale. Il suo sospetto è che a denunciarlo al vescovo sia stato proprio don Ciccio, il conservatore. Lo scontro finale avverrà su un campo di calcio e finirà a tarallucci e vino.
Uno su due è un film del 2006 con Fabio Volo, diretto da Eugenio Cappuccio. Presentato nella sezione Première della Festa del Cinema di Roma 2006, è uscito nelle sale italiane il 2 marzo 2007. Il film è tratto dal soggetto di Michele Pellegrini "Ci vediamo lassù", vincitore del Premio Solinas 2001.
Maschi contro Femmine è una commedia che ruota intorno al tema del conflitto tra uomini e donne. Le scene delle quattro trame principali si avvicendano di continuo, toccandosi in più punti e creando intersezioni serrate tra le storie. Walter (Fabio De Luigi) e Monica (Lucia Ocone) sono una giovane coppia alle prese con il primo figlio. Come molti nella loro situazione, hanno completamente sospeso le loro interazioni sessuali. Gli amici di Walter lo incoraggiano a sfogare gli istinti con unâavventura disimpegnata, ma Walter è un marito etico e ligio e dice di non volerne sapere. Purtroppo il suo lavoro non lo incoraggia alla fedeltà : è allenatore di una squadra di pallavolo femminile di serie A ed è quotidianamente messo alla prova da un tripudio di belle ragazze.
Questa e' la storia di una lite, anzi della lite. Quella lite, simile a tante altre che gia' erano state, ma che allontano' per sempre due fratelli, e le loro famiglie. Due fratelli che avevano sempre vissuto da fratelli, condividendo gioie e dolori, superando insieme le difficolta' della vita e dei loro caratteri, con amore. Lo stesso affetto che avevano trasferito ai loro figli, i due cugini, (Ficarra e Picone), cresciuti per tanti anni come fratelli. Cosi' diversi tra loro: prepotente e carnefice il primo (Ficarra), remissivo e vittima il secondo (Picone). Poi, d'improvviso, quella lite li allontano', rendendoli non più fratelli, se non nei loro ricordi di quel meraviglioso periodo della vita, che e' l'adolescenza. Oggi, al momento della nostra storia, i nostri eroi sono due trentenni che conducono due vite profondamente diverse.
Guerrino (Renato Pozzetto) si innamora di Chantal (Ornella Muti), una bellissima modella che fino ad alcuni anni prima era un uomo, un paracadutista dell'esercito tedesco che decise poi di cambiare sesso. Guerrino non ne è però al corrente e spera che dalla loro relazione possa un giorno nascere un bambino. Insospettito dai continui rifiuti di Chantal alle sue richieste di diventare padre, Guerrino inizia ad investigare sul passato e scopre la verità sul conto della fidanzata. Dopo un primo momento di sconcerto in cui la loro relazione rischia la rottura definitiva, i due decidono infine di stare insieme, a dispetto di tutti i loro amici che si prendevano gioco di loro. Il film si concluderà con una riconciliazione collettiva tra Guerrino, Chantal e gli amici.
Keiko who leads a lonely life as a fortune teller on the streets meets Goro, a leader of the con-artists. One day, Goro witnesses a group of men kidnapping a middle-aged man in the parking garage. Goro records the man on his cell phone without knowing he could be in big trouble.
Salvo e Valentino sono due amici che hanno una piccola società di servizi per il turismo. Il loro mezzo, un restaurato e coloratissimo autobus inglese di qualche anno fa, trasporta i turisti tra i monumenti di Torino. Valentino è abbastanza timido e riservato, mentre Salvo è parecchio intraprendente e sfacciato. Alle loro dipendenze c'è Natascha, una giovane e bella guida turistica, che non conosce però nessuna lingua straniera. à chiaro, quindi, qual è stato il criterio di selezione e, soprattutto, chi è stato il selezionatore! Valentino ha una relazione stabile con Gisella: la sua fidanzata storica, che ama di un amore morboso, totalizzante e oppressivo. Quando la storia arriva al capolinea, entra in gioco il fidato amico Salvo, con lâobiettivo di trovargli una donna che lo faccia tornare a vivere e a sorridere. Per contro, Valentino vuole mettere fine alla vita scanzonata e frivola di Salvo, e anche lui vuole trovare la compagna della vita allâamico e collega di lavoro...
Mamma Alba ha due figli maschi: Giorgio, il grande, professionista sul lavoro e con le donne, con una moglie a Roma e almeno un'amante a Milano, e Leonardino, il secondogenito, quello sensibile, depresso, che per una donna ha persino tentato il suicidio. L'arrivo di Sara rivoluziona la vita di Leonardo, portando in essa l'insperata felicità , ma anche quella di Giorgio, poiché Sara è una delle donne a cui lui ha mentito spudoratamente, fingendo persino l'esistenza di un figlio.
George Banks is an ordinary, middle-class man whose 21 year-old daughter Annie has decided to marry a man from an upper-class family, but George can't think of what life would be like without his daughter. He becomes slightly insane, but his wife tries to make him happy for Annie, but when the wedding takes place at their home and a foreign wedding planner takes over the ceremony.
Marcel and Francis are busy people. Marcel owns a café and spend all his nights running from meetings to meetings with members from the high society... at least, that's what he say to his barman! Francis leaves his home, loving wife and adorable daughter, frequently to attend meetings and demonstration with customers. His boss trusts him so much that his agenda is always full... at least, that's what he say to his wife! In fact, Marcel and Francis' incomes come from their night job: thieves! Here at least, they are professional. Troubles arise when, during one robbery, they encounter a young, high-pitched voice, candid girl who takes the decision to become their associate in crime... for the fun!
Paulino and Carmela are husband and wife, troubadours touring the countryside during the Spanish Civil War. They are Republicans, and with their mute assistant, Gustavete, they journey into rebel territory by mistake. They are arrested, fear a firing squad, and receive a reprieve from an Italian Fascist commander who loves the theatre. He arranges a performance for his troops, bargaining with Paulino to stage a burlesque of the republic in exchange for the actors' freedom. Will the fiery and patriotic Carmela consent?
When a nuclear missile is launched by presumably Soviet forces toward Turkey, the beginning of the ultimate war to end all wars WW 3 is started. Powers Boothe, his girlfriend and copilot Rebecca DeMornay and their flight crew take off in a B 52 on what they believe is just another drill only to find out that this is the real deal.
An architect and his wife moves into a house with a bloody past and a 100 year old ghost, who possesses the wife.
Belgrade, the summer of 1991. Yugoslavia is falling apart. Gavran can't get a driving licence because he is color blind. He is a rural Bosnian introvert obsessed with trucks. So, as soon as he is released from prison, he steals a truck to go on a joyride. Suzana, a city girl, discovers she is pregnant, but until she's due for an abortion, she decides to go to Dubrovnik. She hitchikes and Gavran almost runs her over. She is unhurt, but she blackmails him to take her to Dubrovnik. Two people from different worlds, equally removed from the real one. For him she is the first woman he can talk to; for her he is just another idiot to add to the long list of them that she has so far compiled. But the pressure of danger and the intimations of war force them together. The world about them has become so absurd that they seem to each other the only sober people left.
The story starts in a Siberia where world's biggest diamond was found. It is so valuable that it may not only pay off the enormous national debt, but also allow every Russian citizen to move to the Canary Islands. However, Mafia plans to steal the massive gem but a notorious thief, Vasia, ruins their plans. Mafia and militia begin chasing him, but soon Vasia learns that he has brothers as between the chase he runs into well known Jewish conductor and a gypsy baron who are triplet brothers.
When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
June 27, 1980, an Italian DC 9 flying from Bologna to Palermo falls in the sea close to the Ustica island. 81 people die. The official version is "structure failure" of the airplane, but a number of clues lead the journalist Rocco Ferrante toward a different truth. Thanks to his perseverance against the invisible wall erected by air force officers, politicians, judges, secret agents, we come to know that, with all probability, the DC 9 has been mistakenly shot by a missile during a sort of air fight among U.S., French and Libyan top guns.
Peppe, formerly a boxer, organizes the break-in of a pawnshop. Tiberio, an unemployed photographer, Mario, a receiver, the Sicilian Michele and Capannelle, an ex-jockey, are the other members of the gang. Though they are advised by Dante, a retired burglar, the task is not so easy...
A young television reporter (or "investigative journalist") is attacked in her home, leading to her boyfriend being murdered. Six months later she returns to work in a smaller town, and stumbles across a house full of ghosts trying to call out to her. What is the secret of this house and how is she connected to it?
Può succedere che un complessato venditore di pubblicazioni a dispense a domicilio venga scambiato per un consumato uomo di mondo da una collega di lavoro? Si, se lei si chiama Eleonora Giorgi e lui Carlo Verdone... Un film che è diventato un classico del cinema comico italiano.
Checco (Checco Zalone) è un giovane pugliese che aspira a diventare cantante di successo. Dal momento che intende sistemarsi e non lo considera un buon partito, la sua ragazza lo molla. Checco allora decide di cambiar aria e si trasferisce a Milano per cercare migliore fortuna.Nel capolouogo meneghino, Checco trova ospitalità presso il cugino Alfredo (Dino Abbrescia) e si innamora della bella Marika (Giulia Michelini).Il suo nuovo idillio è però minacciato dall'ostilità del padre di lei, leghista doc e pieno di pregiudizi nei confronti della gente del sud.Intanto Checco lavora in un ristorante e si dà da fare con i provini discografici, finché, un bel giorno, il suo talento non viene riconosciuto e il discografico che inizialmente l'aveva rifiutato non torna strisciando ai suoi piedi...
Massimo Castaldi (Montagnani) is a social climber married to Violante (Marisa Mell) who comes from a rich family. His relationship with his mistress Laura (Cinzia De Ponti) is jeopardised when the family moves to their summer house on the Pugliese coast. Nevertheless, Massimo seems to find a solution. His raunchy daughter Sonia (Sabrina Siani) failed in Italian and he plans to present Laura as a nun who will give Sonia private lessons for her compensation exam. On the other hand, there are two dim-witted criminals, Terenzio (Alvaro Vitali) and Fulgenzio (Gianni Ciardo), who are planning to abduct a Castaldi family member for good ransom money.
Franco (Dean Stratford) decides to kill his girlfriendâs pimp, and from there things go bad and he gets beaten up by the henchmen of Gordon Mitchell, who also kidnaps and murders his girlfriend. So Franco buys two Magnum .38âs from a guy called âThe Gypsyâ and . . . itâs time for revenge.
A sweet comic film about an Italian man who comes out of the closet and the affect it has on his life and his crazy family. A family movie about the stereotypes of homosexuals and Italians â called by critics "the gay" My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
A behind-the-scenes look at the fans who gather by the thousands each year in San Diego, California to attend Comic-Con, the world's largest comic book convention.
Called to perform at the Scala, a young baritone begins a transatlantic romance with a famous pianist. The singer, having been skewered by a critic after his last performance in Milan, attempts to find a way to win over the audience and the critics, while wooing his love interest.
An unexpected pregnancy takes a terrifying turn for newlyweds Zach and Samantha McCall.
Hard core environmentalist tries a pill that reduces his mental skills to 2%
Three friends have become masters of the "Go-Con": Japanese group dating. But after playing the game so long, they begin to wonder if their love lives are going nowhere.
n Scénario du film Passion, Godard constructs a lyrical study of the cinematic and creative process by deconstructing the story of his 1982 film Passion. âI didnât want to write the script,â he states, âI wanted to see it.â Positioning himself in a video editing suite in front of a white film screen that evokes for him the âfamous blank page of Mallarmé,â Godard uses video as a sketchbook with which to reconceive the film. The result is a philosophical, often humorous rumination on the desire and labor that inform the conceptual and image making process of the cinema. âeai.org
Cencio, a roman pilferer, periodically is in prison. He meets Cesira that soon become his partner in crime. With Cesira's help Cencio try the big hit to a jewelery. But the lucky break is over.
Peter Highman must scramble across the US in five days to be present for the birth of his first child. He gets off to a bad start when his wallet and luggage are stolen, and put on the "no-fly" list. Peter embarks on a terrifying journey when he accepts a ride from actor Ethan Tremblay.
When the government puts all its rotten criminal eggs in one airborne basket, it's asking for trouble. Before you can say, "Pass the barf bag," the crooks control the plane, led by creepy Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Watching his every move is the just-released Cameron Poe, who'd rather reunite with his family. The action climaxes with an incredible crash sequence in Las Vegas.
An upstarting film production is abruptly cancelled by the financiers. But the director tries anyway to realize his movie.
The UNTOLD intimate story of his most PASSIONATE years, his most GLORIOUS songs, his most EXCITING escapades!
Frankie is brought up in a strict middle class family, but like any other adolescent, he is curious about sex during puberty, so he turns to his "sex mentor" - porn magazines and his mate Jing. With the help of Jing, Frankie has the opportunity of camping with his crush Zoey, and spending time alone with her, during which he loses his virginity to her... not quite! He turns out to be doing the well-known ugly she-boy from school! The episode devastates Frankie, and he decides to leave Hong Kong for the U.K. to continue his study, where he acquaints with lecherous senior James. Frankie is in a stable relationship with Zeta after graduating. Their only problem is their sex life: Zeta is sexually anxious and sets certain restrictions. Not only does that prevent Frankie from being sexually satisfied, it also indirectly leads to their breakup. Frankie then begins his journey back to the mainland with Jing to pick up chicks in clubs.
A lonely gas station attendent in Mississippi falls in love with a con woman who wants to get her hands on an inheritance he doesn't know about.
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled, "Farewell My Concubine," that brings them fame and fortune. When Shitou marries Juxian, Doutzi becomes jealous, the beginnings of the acting duo's explosive breakup and tragic fall take root.
The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan, a slave who went on to conquer half the world in the 11th century. Released in the US and the UK as "Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan"
As a child, Bobby Mak was known as Mcdull. Although Mcdull wasnât the sharpest tool in the shed, his mother was a different story. Her astounding intelligence and resourcefulness enabled her to, for example, simultaneously run more than six businesses from a space of less than 100 square feet. Mcdull and his mother lived together happily during Mcdullâs childhood, but things began to change as Mcdull got older. A distance that never existed before began to grow between him and his motherâ¦
Under the neon lights in a gay-friendly neighborhood of New York City, four young African-American lesbians are violently and sexually threatened by a man on the street. They defend themselves against him and are charged and convicted in the courts and in the media as a 'Gang of Killer Lesbians'.
Buffalo Girls tells the story of two 8-year-old-girls, Stam and Pet, both professional Muay Thai prizefighters. Set in small villages throughout rural Thailand, the film chronicles these young girls' emotional and sometimes heartbreaking journey as they fight in small underground arenas to win prize-money to help provide for their families. After many months of rigorous training and a long schedule of fights, Stam and Pet fight each other for the 20 Kilo championship belt of Thailand and a cash prize that will change the winner's life forever.
Titta di Girolamo has been living in a small hotel in Lugano for ten years, he leads a dull and rigid live and has apparently lost his capability to feel human emotion. This all changes when he decides to talk to Sofia, the Barmaid.
Filmmaker Ning Ying returns to her favorite theme â the gradual decay of traditional Chinese values and culture at the dawn of the 21st century â in this low-key drama. Desi (Yu Lei) is a cab driver who has recently broken up with his wife. Lonely, Desi is searching for a new love, and as he drifts through Beijing in search of fares and a girlfriend, he sees a city that is increasingly bending to the influence of the West, with traditional pastimes and customs forced to make way for the onslaught of the free-market economy. Xia Ri Nuan Yangyang has been screened on the international film festival circuit in two different versions; the cut shown at the 2001 Rotterdam Film Festival ran 99 minutes, while the film was only 79 minutes when it appeared at the Berlin Film Festival that same year.
Raimunda (Penélope Cruz) works and lives Madrid with her husband Paco and daughter Paula. Her sister Sole (Lola Dueñas) lives nearby and they both miss their mother Irene (Carmen Maura), who died several years ago in a house fire along with their father. A former neighbor from their hometown reports that she has seen the ghost of Irene and both daughters do not believe her. After a murder and a family tragedy, Irene's spirit materializes around her daughters to help comfort them.
An architect and his wife moves into a house with a bloody past and a 100 year old ghost, who possesses the wife.
Five inmates break out of a womenâs prison. Four of them are hardened convicts, but one is a girl who was convicted for a crime she didnât commit. As the authorities chase them down, the cons terrorize or kill anyone who gets in their way.
David and Philip are distinctive in the work's couriers World Express. Every day, roam the world completing tasks assigned to them by the mysterious head of Anson. Do not give up any adversity and provide dangerous consignment on time. Their current mission is to deliver to Mexico a ransom for the kidnapped girl. In the meantime, it appears that the girl's mother, Corrina, was once associated with David. Just before the start of the task Philip is murdered, and the ransom stolen. To save the girl, David needs to work with Corrina. It begins a dangerous journey through the dense jungle to the mysterious Mayan city.
This is an exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history, told through dramatised conversations between the main participants, Cosimo de Medici and Brunelleschi.
Country girl Yu Hong leaves her village, her family and her lover to study in Beijing. At university, she discovers an intense world of sexual freedom and forbidden pleasure. Enraptured, compulsive, she falls madly in love with fellow student Zhou Wei. Driven by obsessive passions they can neither understand nor control, their relationship becomes one of dangerous games - betrayals, recriminations, provocations - as all around them, their fellow students begin to demonstrate, demanding democracy and freedom. Was the only Asian film selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in 2006. In September of 2006, director Lou Ye was barred from making movies for five years because the film incorporated footage of the Tiananmen Square demonstrations and wasn't screened for Chinese officials. The Chinese government also demanded that all copies of the film be confiscated
Paris, in the early 1960s. Jean-Louis Joubert is a serious but uptight stockbroker, married to Suzanne, a starchy class-conscious woman and father of two arrogant teenage boys, currently in a boarding school. The affluent man lives a steady yet boring life. At least until, due to fortuitous circumstances, Maria, the charming new maid at the service of Jean-Louis' family, makes him discover the servants' quarter on the sixth floor of the luxury building he owns and lives in. There live a crowd of lively Spanish maids who will help Jean-Louis to open to a new civilization and a new approach of life. In their company - and more precisely in the company of beautiful Maria - Jean-Louis will gradually become another man, a better man.
Prepare yourself for an extraordinary film, featuring the most compelling performances of the year. With a cast of young actors baring their souls on screen for the first time, THE FINISHED PEOPLE is a landmark Australian film that will stay with you long after the credits have rolled away. Tommy sets off on a journey to overcome the addictions which have haunted him his entire life. Van, sleeping in a carpark at night and stealing clothes by day, strikes up the most unlikely friendship with Carla. Des, tired of living on the streets, struggles to provide for his pregnant girlfriend. From the heart of south-western Sydney comes this unexpected film that you'll never forget.
Femme fatal/con artist Bridget Gregory travels to Barcelona and targets another businessman to scam him of his money while a relentless private investigator tries to track her down.
Victoria and Markus are a couple who are spending a holiday in a cottage. One evening they decide to host as a guest a 17 year old girl who was hitchhiking in the vicinity of the house. But the girl soon will begin a game of seduction with Markus ...
In the Kerepesi Street cemetery, three grave diggers contemplate the fate of the world, then they step out of this role and in a sequence of episodes they play the typical figures of contemporary Hungarian reality, the fat cat, the swashbuckler, the victim, underworld chieftains, and present little absurd dramas of love, marriage, friendship, public order and legal safety. The author and the film director walk among them all the time, contemplating, laughing at their plays. The stories starting from the graveyard and returning there warn of the inevitability of death. The author and the director (Gyula Hernádi and Miklós Jancsó) wisely make friends with death.
Based on an Eileen Chang novel, a story of romance and fate set in the Shanghai of the 1930s. Manjing (Wu Chien-lien), a young woman from a once-well-off family, works in a Shanghai factory, where she meets Shujun (Leon Lai), the son of wealthy Nanjing merchants. Despite Shujun's reservations about Manjing's family (her sister, Manlu (Anita Mui) works as a nightclub "hostess"), they manage, in stages, to fall in love. The expected progress through engagement to marriage is interrupted, first by Manjing's ambivalence about taking this step, then by Shujun's rejection of her family, and finally by that family's baroquely conceived abuse and enslavement of Shujun. After a long period of seperation, Shujun and Manjing meet, but realize that their happiness remains only in memory, in a nostalgic re-imagining of opportunities missed, understandings never arrived at.
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
After 15 years of living together, Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce. Marie had bought the house in which they live with their two daughters, but it was Boris who had completely renovated it. Since he cannot afford to find another place to live, they must continue to share it.
When all is said and done, neither of the two is willing to give up.
Libbie is assigned to her paper's sexual advice column, "Dear Collete". She is taking over the job of Harry a crusty old journalist who shows her the pro's and cons of the job while running on a tight deadline to get the column finished for the morning's paper. During the course of the evening they reply to a wide variety of sexual experiences submitted by the readers, some these include, sex in a threesome at a drive-in theatre, sex in a gymnasium, and sex in a library where the "Silence Please" sign gives the male librarian an advantage over the female readers.
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Small-timer Fei (Louis Koo), his harried buddy Sam (Simon Yam), and antique store owner Mok (Sun Hong Lei) are all in desperate need of money. Fei wants his friend to drive a robbery getaway car but Sam backs out, throwing Fei in trouble with the triads. As the three are arguing, a mysterious man leaves them a map, leading them to an unlikely treasure under the Legislative Council building. All their financial woes seem to be solved after a late-night heist, but they are being tracked by shady cop Wen (Lam Ka-Tung), who is carrying on an affair with Sam's emotionally unstable wife, Ling (Kelly Lin), and has connections with Fei. When the twisted relationship tangles come to light, the brotherhood dangerously breaks down and the treasure ends up in the wrong hands.
Maxi thinks is life is perfect. He is a famous cook who own a top hype restaurant in Chueca. He is living is homosexual life without complex. But when is sons appears and come an new neighbor wich is an attractive ex famous argentinian soccer player, they will punch his regular life and change his valors.
Vittorio is looking for a woman who matches his ideal. Through a classified ad he meets Sonia, a sweet, pleasant, intelligent girl. However, she weighs 125 pounds -- which according to Vittorio is way too much. A goldsmith by trade, Vittorio is obsessed with the desire to shape Sonia's body and mind as does a fire with gold. Almost imperceptibly Sonia becomes a passive participant and the relationship grows into a reciprocal masochistic game. When the two lovers isolate themselves in a country house in the Veneto hills, they dangerously lose touch with reality and the rest of the world.
Jurgen Noetafreud is a professor of the psyche of human sexuality, who introduces 10 short segments from his case studies of the most common female sexual fantasies.
A documentary on the impact of gay and lesbian people in Australia.
Documentary produced by RAI, Italian television, which deals extensively with Clift's homosexuality and the interesting homophobic reactions of his alleged best friends (from: The Celluloid Closet). Part of the The Rebels series.
Gianni, 50 ans et des poussières, vit avec sa maman dans un grand appartement au coeur de Rome, où il s'occupe de tout : cuisine, ménage et courses. Acculés par les dettes, l'ensemble de la copropriété menace de les expulser car ils n'ont pas payé leurs charges depuis plusieurs années.Le syndic d'immeuble, Alfonso, propose alors à Gianni un marché insolite : garder sa mère pendant le week-end du 15 août, contre l'effacement de cette dette. Le jour dit, Gianni voit arriver non seulement la mère d'Alfonso, mais aussi sa tante...Victime d'un malaise, Gianni appelle son ami médecin, qui lui demande à son tour un service...
Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.
Julio, an only child belonging to a wealthy family, murders a prostitute who tries to seduce him. He, in childhood, suffered severe trauma and this causes serious problems with women. Because of this, runs away and stays in a boarding house in Madrid, where he meets Monica, the daughter of the owner, who maintains relationships that seek to build on for help in their desperate situation. As his obsession for killing is increasing.
Luc Merenda gives the performance of his career as a highly regarded police detective who is taking syndicate money in exchange for departmental favors. His father, a simple man, also works for the department but on a lower rung; he isn't jealous of his son, but rather proud of him, little knowing that he's a crooked cop. A series of events leads the young detective to ask his father for a favor (he wants a certain police report that is desired by the syndicate) and it doesn't take long for the detective's father to realize his son is on the take... which leads to numerous complications.
A great "swordfighter" learns humility after he is defeated by a master martial arts monk. But his reputation always precedes him, leading to danger, destruction, challenges, cruelty, kidnapping, and killing.
Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.
Adele is suffering from a terrifying recurring dream; a dream that often borders on reality, and even enters it in the form of horrible visions which climax during an evening stroll in the center of Rome. The medical findings don't reveal anything noteworthy and her brother, who was with her that evening, is diagnosed with a simple seizure. Faced with a general skepticism, Adele has no other choice but to turn to the unconventional, so she decides to seek out Dylan Dog - a paranormal investigator
Three strangers, two men and a woman, end up sharing a compartment on a train leaving Beijing for Shanghai -- the lone woman is quiet while one of the young men is gregarious and funny, and the other is more reserved, but compassionate. Eventually, the men cannot help but note the woman's silence -- it turns out she is running away from her employers who felt she was pretty much a derelict, and from some friends who were of questionable ethics, though she is not about to say anything to the two men. When she gets off the train in Nanjing, one of the young men from the train -- somewhat worried about his silent travel partner -- decides to follow her to make sure she will be okay. And it is a good thing he did so because she is menacingly approached by some obvious thugs and the young man gets her out of the potentially hazardous encounter.
A story about love which can defeat even the Devil itself.
A man is arrested and condemned to five years in jail for robbery. After serving his term, he is out for revenge on the gang members he considers were to blame for his arrest. The prize for this deadly fight is a large cache of diamonds.
Dr. Ho decides to move to a backward island off the coast of Taiwan to look for his missing father. He meets nurse Ya Lan (Cheng Pei-Pei) who falls in love with him. But dastardly doings are afoot as Dr. Ho's enemies plot against him.
Six characters narrate their complex existence through his slides from one to another body, to form a network of shared memories and experiences. The need to explain this strange condition connects them via objects, messages and memories.
For Pablo Escobar (Benicio Del Toro), family is everything. When young surfer Nick (Josh Hutcherson) falls for Escobar's niece, he finds his life on the line when he's pulled into the dangerous world of the family business.
Northeastern China is infested with bandits. Hsiao Kai (Paul Chang Chung), a wandering knight, captures a white horse from thieves. His skilful handling of the horse earns his admiration of fellow traveler Chu Ching Hsu (Wong Chung Shun). They arrive at Lo Lung Kow, where the villagers hunt for a living and are constantly terrorized by bandits. Grocer Ting Tze Pao (Ngai Ping Ngo) returns from his negotiations with the bandits with bad news. They intend to collect furs from the villagers at a fixed price. Village leader Mu (Yuen Sam and his daughter Tsui Ying (Pat ting Hung) run a tavern. She wonders how the white horse belonging to a Sinkiang youth named Sha Yi Ti (Man Ling) is now in the possession of Hsiao Kai.
Having partaken in Eden not only of the tree of knowledge, but of the tree of life eternal as well, Adam and Eve became immortal and now find themselves wandering throughout the world in a journey of extreme sexuality and boredom.
Clara, the sexually frustrated wife of a businessman goes on vacation with her husband, daughter and best friend. While there, she finally learns that sex can be passionate and wonderful, something she was never able to discover with the help of her husband. Unfortunately, she learns this with a handsome lifeguard, who finally makes her succumb to his psycho-sexual games.
A drug smuggling ring is suspected of operating out of a posh Hong Kong nightclub called The Black Widow, where the sultry songbird Chiang Feng is the star attraction.
Victor, a 37 year old hairstylist at Mexico has a really standard routine: he works, plays domino, watches soccer and cleans his house. He also likes romantic music and old classic mexican movies. But suddenly, he has to break this routine and go to Rio the Janeiro.
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.
In an attempt to seize the famous Tai Hsuan Book of Swords the outlaws Wang, Ku, Lu and Pai Feng attack the Hsia Tien Tsai Mansion and slaughter all righteous opponents. Only Hsiaâs baby daughter survives and the dying mother leaves a message in blood to urge her to take revenge once she is grown up. Trained by a hermit she sets out and kills Pai. But his son, unaware of his fatherâs evil deeds challenges her. She promised to let him kill her once she has finished her mission of vengeance. Soon the swordsman and a mysterious couple become her allies as she terminates foe after foe. Then the final stand-off dawns.
When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find him, but the real thieves want to get rid of him before the New York killers get to him to eliminate any chance of them finding out he's the wrong man. When the pimp's wife and daughter are murdered in the course of the "manhunt", he swears revenge on everyone who had anything to do with it.
A romantic Shaw Brothers musical.
A woman goes behind bars in order to save her father's life.
After being defeated by humans centuries ago, the Winged Tribe has lost their ability to fly. Seeking vengeance, a royal descendant of the tribe has begun searching for the magical Naga Pearls, which he plans to use to destroy the humans. When the legendary pearls fall into - and out of - the hands of Heiyu, a wily human street punk, he must join a team of unlikely heroes as they race to prevent the destruction of their people in this magical fantasy adventure.
Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundred thousand swiss francs and uses them to carry out the second part of his plan.
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.
Al suo primo film da regista, Carlo Verdone veste i panni di tre personaggi memorabili: Enzo, il coatto romano in viaggio per Cracovia, Leo, il ragazzo timido alle prese con una turista spagnola e Ruggero, l'hippie indifferente agli inviti del padre a ritornare a casa, sono ormai diventati parte non solo della storia del cinema ma anche del costume italiano.
Cover-boy racconta lâamicizia fra Ioan (Eduard Gabia) e Michele (Luca Lionello) lâuno rumeno e lâaltro italiano. Due mondi che casualmente sâincontrano: lâesperienza di chi, figlio della rivoluzione post comunista, è fuggito dal proprio paese alla ricerca di un futuro migliore e lâesperienza di chi, precario, vive la crisi del lavoro occidentale.
In un paesino siciliano c'è una forte rivalità tra i due parroci del luogo. Don Franco, che ha simpatie progressiste, viene accusato di aver dato corda ai comunisti durante uno sciopero con successivo blocco stradale. Il suo sospetto è che a denunciarlo al vescovo sia stato proprio don Ciccio, il conservatore. Lo scontro finale avverrà su un campo di calcio e finirà a tarallucci e vino.
Questa e' la storia di una lite, anzi della lite. Quella lite, simile a tante altre che gia' erano state, ma che allontano' per sempre due fratelli, e le loro famiglie. Due fratelli che avevano sempre vissuto da fratelli, condividendo gioie e dolori, superando insieme le difficolta' della vita e dei loro caratteri, con amore. Lo stesso affetto che avevano trasferito ai loro figli, i due cugini, (Ficarra e Picone), cresciuti per tanti anni come fratelli. Cosi' diversi tra loro: prepotente e carnefice il primo (Ficarra), remissivo e vittima il secondo (Picone). Poi, d'improvviso, quella lite li allontano', rendendoli non più fratelli, se non nei loro ricordi di quel meraviglioso periodo della vita, che e' l'adolescenza. Oggi, al momento della nostra storia, i nostri eroi sono due trentenni che conducono due vite profondamente diverse.
Guerrino (Renato Pozzetto) si innamora di Chantal (Ornella Muti), una bellissima modella che fino ad alcuni anni prima era un uomo, un paracadutista dell'esercito tedesco che decise poi di cambiare sesso. Guerrino non ne è però al corrente e spera che dalla loro relazione possa un giorno nascere un bambino. Insospettito dai continui rifiuti di Chantal alle sue richieste di diventare padre, Guerrino inizia ad investigare sul passato e scopre la verità sul conto della fidanzata. Dopo un primo momento di sconcerto in cui la loro relazione rischia la rottura definitiva, i due decidono infine di stare insieme, a dispetto di tutti i loro amici che si prendevano gioco di loro. Il film si concluderà con una riconciliazione collettiva tra Guerrino, Chantal e gli amici.
Salvo e Valentino sono due amici che hanno una piccola società di servizi per il turismo. Il loro mezzo, un restaurato e coloratissimo autobus inglese di qualche anno fa, trasporta i turisti tra i monumenti di Torino. Valentino è abbastanza timido e riservato, mentre Salvo è parecchio intraprendente e sfacciato. Alle loro dipendenze c'è Natascha, una giovane e bella guida turistica, che non conosce però nessuna lingua straniera. à chiaro, quindi, qual è stato il criterio di selezione e, soprattutto, chi è stato il selezionatore! Valentino ha una relazione stabile con Gisella: la sua fidanzata storica, che ama di un amore morboso, totalizzante e oppressivo. Quando la storia arriva al capolinea, entra in gioco il fidato amico Salvo, con lâobiettivo di trovargli una donna che lo faccia tornare a vivere e a sorridere. Per contro, Valentino vuole mettere fine alla vita scanzonata e frivola di Salvo, e anche lui vuole trovare la compagna della vita allâamico e collega di lavoro...
Mamma Alba ha due figli maschi: Giorgio, il grande, professionista sul lavoro e con le donne, con una moglie a Roma e almeno un'amante a Milano, e Leonardino, il secondogenito, quello sensibile, depresso, che per una donna ha persino tentato il suicidio. L'arrivo di Sara rivoluziona la vita di Leonardo, portando in essa l'insperata felicità , ma anche quella di Giorgio, poiché Sara è una delle donne a cui lui ha mentito spudoratamente, fingendo persino l'esistenza di un figlio.
Uno su due è un film del 2006 con Fabio Volo, diretto da Eugenio Cappuccio. Presentato nella sezione Première della Festa del Cinema di Roma 2006, è uscito nelle sale italiane il 2 marzo 2007. Il film è tratto dal soggetto di Michele Pellegrini "Ci vediamo lassù", vincitore del Premio Solinas 2001.
Maschi contro Femmine è una commedia che ruota intorno al tema del conflitto tra uomini e donne. Le scene delle quattro trame principali si avvicendano di continuo, toccandosi in più punti e creando intersezioni serrate tra le storie. Walter (Fabio De Luigi) e Monica (Lucia Ocone) sono una giovane coppia alle prese con il primo figlio. Come molti nella loro situazione, hanno completamente sospeso le loro interazioni sessuali. Gli amici di Walter lo incoraggiano a sfogare gli istinti con unâavventura disimpegnata, ma Walter è un marito etico e ligio e dice di non volerne sapere. Purtroppo il suo lavoro non lo incoraggia alla fedeltà : è allenatore di una squadra di pallavolo femminile di serie A ed è quotidianamente messo alla prova da un tripudio di belle ragazze.
Può succedere che un complessato venditore di pubblicazioni a dispense a domicilio venga scambiato per un consumato uomo di mondo da una collega di lavoro? Si, se lei si chiama Eleonora Giorgi e lui Carlo Verdone... Un film che è diventato un classico del cinema comico italiano.
Checco (Checco Zalone) è un giovane pugliese che aspira a diventare cantante di successo. Dal momento che intende sistemarsi e non lo considera un buon partito, la sua ragazza lo molla. Checco allora decide di cambiar aria e si trasferisce a Milano per cercare migliore fortuna.Nel capolouogo meneghino, Checco trova ospitalità presso il cugino Alfredo (Dino Abbrescia) e si innamora della bella Marika (Giulia Michelini).Il suo nuovo idillio è però minacciato dall'ostilità del padre di lei, leghista doc e pieno di pregiudizi nei confronti della gente del sud.Intanto Checco lavora in un ristorante e si dà da fare con i provini discografici, finché, un bel giorno, il suo talento non viene riconosciuto e il discografico che inizialmente l'aveva rifiutato non torna strisciando ai suoi piedi...
The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust and intrigue. Now they've decided to take on one last job - showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world.
Ambientato in Val di Susa e tratto da un fatto di cronaca realmente accaduto, il film narra le vicende di due onesti lavoratori che, assillati dai debiti e dall'ansia per il futuro, decidono di provare il colpo della vita. I due organizzano dunque un rapimento, ma non avendo il coraggio di rapire una persona viva, decidono di rapire un morto, ma uno importante, per poter chiedere il riscatto. Ed è così che un operaio, soprannominato Pes (Enzo Iacchetti) e un piccolo imprenditore, soprannominato Crodino (Ricky Tognazzi) si trovano a trafugare la salma di Enrico Cuccia, noto finanziere. Pur nella loro ingenuità e totale inesperienza, i due riescono, senza neanche rendersene conto, a tenere in scacco per giorni le forze dell'ordine e a scomodare perfino i servizi segreti.
The story spans from 1965 to the early 1970s. Heavily pregnant Zhao Di, the unwanted second wife of an older man, was chased out by her husband's family and forced to return to her own family. She gave birth to a pair of twins, Shun Fatt and Su-mei. As Su-mei had two moles on her face, which was said to be bad luck, she decided to give her up due to the pressure of wanting to build a better life for the rest of her family. Her father, under the advice of a match-maker, married her off to a coffee shop owner Xiao Qie, but after his unfortunate death, she was chased out the door with five young children to look after. With Zhao Di's indomitable spirit, and with the help of her family, they went through adversities, witnessed the changes through the years, and accompanied every step of the nation`s growth in its early years.
In una fredda sera di novembre, a casa di Marco arriva una ragazza spagnola, Teresa con un misterioso messaggio: il suo fidanzato Rudy, amico di vecchia data di Marco è in carcere in Marocco e per tirarlo fuori servono trenta milioni di lire. Allora Marco, nonostante siano passati tanti anni ricontatta gli altri amici del gruppo, Maurizio, Paolino e Cedro ed insieme a Teresa partono alla volta del Marocco per rivedere ed aiutare Rudy. Ma a Marrakech non c'è traccia di Rudy e Teresa sparisce con i trenta milioni...
Gaetano, giovane napoletano, decide di lasciare casa, lavoro ed amici, per cercare altri momenti di vita e conoscere altre persone. Arriva a Firenze, a casa della zia. In un ambulatorio, dove capita per caso, conosce Marta e se ne innammora. Dopo una serie di divertenti situazioni (un vecchio amico dalla parlantina inarrestabile arriva da Napoli; la matura zia ed il suo attempato amante; un giovane prete Americano che vuole coinvolgerlo per forza nelle sue visite evangeliche; l'incontro con Riccardino, un giovane frustrato da una madre oppressiva; il padre che aspetta il miracolo della ricrescita di una mano amputata; etc.) Gaetano decide di restare a Firenze e di fare da padre al figlio che Marta aspetta, anche se la ragazza non vuole rivelare con esattezza il nome del padre.
Nella Firenze 'magnifica' di Lorenzo De' Medici, cinque amici praticano con disinvoltura l'ozio e la bischerata. Irresponsabili e impenitenti, si ritrovano periodicamente per esorcizzare un domani di cui non v'è certezza, perché la peste è alle porte e il Savonarola è in città a predicare l'Apocalisse e a infliggere castighi. Duccio, consigliere svogliato, Cecco, oste sfaticato, Jacopo medico col vizietto, Manfredo, nullafacente con esagerata prole, e Filippo, nobile signore becco e infedele, dopo aver turbato le sorelle del convento con un nano âinfante' e superdotato e aver tirato scemo il legnaiolo Alderighi, sottraendogli la focosa consorte e scambiandogli la vita, decidono per troppa noia di prendersi gioco di uno di loro, condannandolo loro malgrado âa capitolare'.
Psicoanalista psicolabile, Caruso si dispera e si dà all'alcol quando la moglie Giulia, da lungo tempo amata, lo lascia e frequenta un suo paziente dalla latente omosessualità . Per riconquistarla accetta a sue spese di guarire il presunto rivale. La coppia si ricompone. Nasce un figlio. Futuro incerto. Staccato dalla protettiva regia di M. Ponzi, F. Nuti impernia i suoi film sulla precarietà della coppia e sul mistero della donna, pianeta da esplorare. Punta sulla gag visiva, mescola i toni con la furia di un nevrotico narcisismo attoriale. Ma ha il fiato corto. Scritto da Nuti con G. Veronesi e D. Greco.
Come ogni 14enne Carolina, detta Caro,è impegnata a districarsi tra la scuola, gli amici e il rapporto spesso conflittuale con i genitori, si trova improvvisamente alle prese con i turbamenti legati al primo amore che ha il nome e il volto di Massimiliano. Ad aiutarla nel suo cammino verso la scoperta delle gioie e dei dolori sentimentali ci saranno le sue amiche del cuore e la sua famiglia
Just out of prison, ex-con Ugo Piazza meets his former employer, a psychopathic gangster Rocco who enjoys sick violence and torture. Both the gangsters and the police believe Ugo has hidden $300,000 that should have gone to an American drug syndicate boss.
La storia di Diego Armando Maradona, gli inizi in Argentina con le sue prime squadre ed il Mondiale Under 17 che iniziano a regalargli la notorietà che lo farà sbarcare prima a Barcellona e poi a Napoli, dove diventerà un mito. La sua vita é costellata di successi, trionfi, ma ha anche aspetti molto dolorosi, la droga, i rapporti con personaggi che si fingono amici ma che in realtà lo porteranno al declino...
Massimo Castaldi (Montagnani) is a social climber married to Violante (Marisa Mell) who comes from a rich family. His relationship with his mistress Laura (Cinzia De Ponti) is jeopardised when the family moves to their summer house on the Pugliese coast. Nevertheless, Massimo seems to find a solution. His raunchy daughter Sonia (Sabrina Siani) failed in Italian and he plans to present Laura as a nun who will give Sonia private lessons for her compensation exam. On the other hand, there are two dim-witted criminals, Terenzio (Alvaro Vitali) and Fulgenzio (Gianni Ciardo), who are planning to abduct a Castaldi family member for good ransom money.
Tony, a mob loan collector, is dissatisfied with his station in life. Though he dreams of one day being rich, he is stuck with the dead-end job of beating up borrowers who fall behind in their payments. After meeting up with Napoli, another mob enforcer who's just been fired from his job, the two hatch a plan. Together, they will con mob boss Manzari out of a fortune, after which they can retire and live in luxury. Manzari, however, is not about to let them go so easily.
Pasquale Baudaffi, amnistiato, esce dal carcere ed inizia a cercare un lavoro aiutato dal cugino Gaetano. Prima però va in una casa compiacente. Durante i giorni del carcere la casa non è più sede di appuntamenti ma è stata rilevata e affittata come studio dentistico. Pasquale si trova al centro di equivoci a non finire. Prova a fare il guardiacaccia ma non va bene lo stesso, prova a fare il cameriere di un bar: sbaglia subito le ordinazioni e viene licenziato. Negativa la sua prova da guardiano di un garage. L'ultimissima esperienza è in una società di Elettronica ma il suo inserimento nel meccanismo avveniristico scatena le più pazze complicazioni. L'incontro con un cagnolino smarrito gli permette di conoscere la padrona e scoprire così la donna della sua vita.
La madre-manager di una giovanissima modella americana cerca un precettore per la figlia che deve lavorare per tre mesi a Roma. Le viene suggerito il nome di padre Spinetti, un sacerdote che insegna in un istituto femminile, ma la telefonata per l'incarico la intercetta Rolando, bidello laureato in cerca di fortuna. Rolando si presenta alla donna vestito da prete e viene assunto, la ragazza però non tarda a rendersi conto che l'impacciato professore non è un vero sacerdote e se ne innamora. Una commedia comico-sentimentale con un irresistibile Carlo Verdone.
The Graham Vicks production of FALSTAFF opened the new Covent Garden Royal Opera House, and was not to everybody's taste; the garish primary colours of the costumes. The staging is effective--the complicated counterpoint of the ensembles is reflected in unobtrusive blocking that keeps the vocal lines clear and separate, especially in the final fugue. Bryn Terfel's Falstaff is a memorable creation, self-mocking and self-aggrandising at the same time--so much so, in fact, that he almost does not need the vast prosthetic body he has to wear for the part. Desiree Rancatore is an admirably sweet-toned Nanetta; Bernadette Manca di Nissa an appropriately sardonic Mistress Quickly; Roberto Frontali as Ford, in his Act 2 scena, perfectly distils and parodies every jealousy aria ever written, including Verdi's own. Haitink's conducting is exemplary in the lyrical passages, gets almost everything out of the fast and furious comic sections.
Dante è un pony express, squinternato quanto i suoi amici. Nina è spagnola, cresciuta tra le nuvole e hostess di professione. Dante in debito con i malavitosi del quartiere parte per non tornare. Nina, bloccata per uno sciopero, finisce per occupare la casa di Dante. Il ritorno di Dante dal viaggio decisamente diverso dalle aspettative li fa incontrare...
Brancaleone è di nuovo in viaggio con la sua banda di straccioni. Questa volta è diretto in Terra Santa, alla conquista del Santo Sepolcro. Improvvisamente Brancaleone e i suoi, fedeli al papa Gregorio, vengono attaccati dai soldati seguaci dell'antipapa Clemente: si salvano solo quattro persone e lui, il quale, disonorato per non essere morto in battaglia, invoca la Morte che gli si palesa (impersonata da Gigi Proietti)...
Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundred thousand swiss francs and uses them to carry out the second part of his plan.
Il film racconta le vicende di Stram (Marco Rulli), chiara presa in giro del personaggio di Step portato al successo da Riccardo Scamarcio, e della sua storia d'amore con Bambi (Carlotta Tesconi).
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