Physician Jerri Nielsen finds herself stranded at the Amundsen-South Pole Research Station along with a tiny staff of researchers and technicians. Though there is at first little love lost between the somewhat aloof Nielsen and her more down-to-earth colleagues, a strong bond develops among them as the extreme winter progresses.
Successful lawyer Michael Pierson is gay, but he has always hidden this part of his life from his mother, Katherine, father, Nick, and grandmother Beatrice. But when Michael discovers he has AIDS and is dying of complications from the disease, he must open up to his parents and the rest of his family. Though fearful of their reactions, he introduces them to his longtime lover, Peter, and looks to them for support.
The story of three sisters at the beginning of the 20th century who choose different paths to happiness after the death of their parents. While Ilona tries to keep the family business together and help her sisters, Jolánka and Anna see in men and marriage a way out. Three different female destinies, three archetypes and three excellent young actresses appear in Imre Mihályfi's film.
Tess Delaney gets the surprising news by estate executor Damhnaic McAuley that she has inherited half of an apple orchard from the father she never knew and has a half-sister she didn’t know about. When she visits the orchard and connects with her new-found family, she learns that the orchard is deep in debt. Using her knowledge as an antiques expert, Tess and her half-sister work to unravel the mystery of their grandmother’s “treasure” that could hold the key to saving the orchard. And, in the process, Tess ultimately finds a new understanding of herself.
A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.
Fred Bonnemaison, a driven and self-centered Parisian food writer has to return to his home town, Lyon, when his mother, a lively octogenarian, runs away to join a community of free-thinking widows.
An abused battered wife has had enough of husband beating up on her. Everywhere she turns for help, there's not much anyone will do. After he rapes her one night, she sets the bed on fire with him in it asleep.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his heir, Sir Henry, begs Holmes to save him from the terrifying supernatural hound that has brought fear and death to his household.
Recently widowed Mary Bassett and her three children have hit difficult times on their farm. Suddenly, Mary’s wealthy and estranged mother Isabella comes to visit upon receiving a devious letter from the eldest daughter. Mary resents her mother’s attempts to help them out of their financial difficulties. In the end, more than money will be needed to heal deep wounds and rampant scarlet fever.
Tezuka Osamu crafts a love story in the time when humans are expanding into space at the end of the 21st century, employing an omnibus form similar to Bradbury's "Martian Chronicle." Leaving the earth after marriage, a woman is left behind in space when her husband suddenly dies of a cosmic disease. Her friends on the Earth head for space to save the woman who was once everyone's ideal lady. Tezuka Osamu emphasizes his concepts that "love can save the earth" and "only love can save humans."
When his father dies, Terry (Gary Sinese) returns to the house where he grew up, planning to stay only long enough to clean and settle the estate. Yet something indescribable keeps him there longer than expected. Soon, he is reunited with memories and people from his past and his life is changed forever.
Young but already experienced filmmaker Robert Sedláček (author of the documentary trilogy about modern Czech history Tenkrát or the feature debut Pravidla lži), meets in the film the retired prime minister Miloš Zeman, who, with his own ambivalent attitude, sees this film as his "obituary". In the documentary, he talks about the personal and socio-political contexts of his life and confesses in it his admiring relationship with Vysočina, which is for him an "anchor in his soul". The viewer learns what the former prime minister thinks about and how he reflects on the recent past, and in this way he can actually learn something about himself, because Miloš Zeman is one of the most powerful men in our modern history and therefore also, in a certain sense, the embodiment of Czech society.
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.
Perfect lover Bruno has no idea that 'air hostess' Michelle postpones moving in because she's a Munich waitress leading bigamy-like multiple lives while lacking a proper self-image. Bumping into study roommate, stick-tied-up boring hairdresser Doro(thea), Michelle poses as manager of her son Jacob's favorite pop band and accepts an invitation to the Wolfratshausen home. Doro's cop husband Matthias isn't amused to be spied upon by the eagle-eye he never could stand, as if he senses that the gay porn which Doro finds in the garage isn't about to 'compromise their son's future' as she rages but the result of her failure to provide marital satisfaction, unlike Mattias's hot newbie colleague Winnie. Truth time becomes inevitable for most of them, lots of courage is required to deal with it all
A murder case rocks a small town when Julien Monnier is found dead, stabbed near the cave dwellings known as "Les grottes du Régulus." An old book is found beside him. Grace, a police captain, is put in charge of the investigation and discovers similarities with a ten-year-old case: a 17-year-old girl, Sarah, had been found dead, also stabbed, in the same caves. Grâce calls on Alex, her childhood friend who has become an expert in old books. He had investigated Sarah's death when he was a police officer. Alex reluctantly revisits the past and agrees to help, partly to reconnect with Grâce, his lost love. Their reunion rekindles old feelings and painful memories linked to their separation. As the investigation progresses, the memories of the protagonists and suspects become intertwined. Grace and Alex relive their past, but are confronted with conflicting memories and unspoken words.
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