Theo, a convicted sex criminal, is released after 12 years in a psychiatric prison and finds that normal life isn't all that easy. Soon however he finds a friend in the estranged Nettie and the two eventually fall in love but Nettie is still unaware of Theo's dark past until one night when he decides it's time to come clean. Awarded at Berlin Film Festival.
1953, Youri Glinksi, a Red Army General and top brain surgeon in a Moscow hospital, is forced on the run when a KGB plot leads to his arrest. He is soon caught and sent to gulag where he's tortured, but when Stalin lies on his deathbed, Glinski is released by the head of KGB who calls for his immense medical knowledge.
Alec is a successful businessman who loves his wife but can't stay away from his seductive co-worker Katherine. He soon breaks the affair off but when Katherine suddenly turns up on a family ski trip, Alec decides to leave with her.
Ali is a Pakistani in America looking for his lost wife. He picks up a Japanese hitch-hiker called Tappei but after a while the car breaks down. Tappei goes off to find petrol and encounters the beautiful Sarah who helps them fix the car. She brings them back to her trailer park home and they all agree to continue the search for Ali's wife together.
This film portrays the evolution of punk music. From its anarchic origin as a social movement to its use as a corporate marketing tool and from its breakthrough in the mainstream popular to its reinvention in present day's underground scene. Med The Ramones, My Chemical Romance, Simple Plan.
1953, Youri Glinksi, a Red Army General and top brain surgeon in a Moscow hospital, is forced on the run when a KGB plot leads to his arrest. He is soon caught and sent to gulag where he's tortured, but when Stalin lies on his deathbed, Glinski is released by the head of KGB who calls for his immense medical knowledge.
Five stories set in a single day at the Chelsea Hotel NYC involving a number of troubled characters. They include alcoholic Bud dealing with his wife and his lover, the sad poet Audrey who's trying to win the love of Val and the wanna-be rock stars Ross and Terry.
Charlie, Eric, Tony, and Wynn hardly know each other, but are in the most ridiculous, volatile and tenuous of unions: a band called Circus Monkey. These four young men find themselves hurtling through an exhilarating, sometimes painful adventure that puts them on a collision course for either self discovery, or self destruction.
Amelie is a young, beautiful woman who decides to intervene in the lives of the people around her. She's hoping to bring them a bit of happiness and excitement. Amelie won the award for Best Film and Best Director at the European Film Awards 2001.
Irinia, an Ukrainan ex prostitute, starts cleaning the stairs in a fancy building in Italy. Soon she befriends a couple living in the house and becomes a trusted confidante to their four year old daughter but as Irinas' relationship with the family deepens. Her true motives become disturbingly clear. Winner of the Audience Award at the European Film Awards.
