Inspired by true events, this is the story of how Rocco Siffredi escaped a humble life and emerged as the world's greatest porn star.
In 'Gumshoe,' Eddie Ginley is a bookshop owner by day and a struggling nightclub comedian by night. He becomes embroiled in a dangerous mystery when he answers a newspaper ad to become a private detective. As Eddie tries to solve the case, he finds himself facing off against a drug ring, British intelligence, and his own dark alter ego. Set in Northern England, this neo-noir comedy explores themes of colonialism, racism, and brotherly rivalry.
God's Little Acre is a comedy-drama movie set in a rural farm family. The story revolves around a group of characters who become obsessed with the search for gold on their property. Their pursuit of wealth leads to a series of misadventures, misunderstandings, and forbidden relationships. The film explores themes of poverty, infidelity, family dynamics, and the lure of material wealth. It is based on the novel of the same name and offers a satirical take on Southern literature and society in the 1950s.
After the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is hosting a Christmas celebration when her ex-brother-in-law shows up unannounced, bringing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.
The Shining Hour is a drama/romance movie set in Wisconsin. It tells the story of a farming family and the trials they face, including an arson fire and a female self-sacrifice. The movie explores themes of love, sacrifice, and family relationships. The plot follows a female protagonist who is a pianist and ballroom dancer. The story also involves a wedding ceremony, a float plane, a lakeside house, and a house under construction. The movie portrays the complicated dynamics of a husband-wife relationship and the conflicts that arise within an insular world. It features a rich snob, a ladies maid, and a trumpet player. The climax of the movie involves a house burning down and a rescue mission. The movie ends with a kiss between the main characters.
Official submission of Bolivia for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 68th Academy Awards in 1996. A schoolteacher in the small city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra has a passionate affair with his frigid wife's sister--despite the risk of having to confront not only his wife, but also his dubious father-in-law. Photographer Jonas (Dino García) and teenager Julia (María Renée Prudencio) live the romance loaded with erotic adventure in the dark and wet basement of the old house where he installs his laboratory of development. She is the sister of Talía (Claudia Lobo)- his wife and both are daughters of a coffin maker who dreams of pharaonic tombs. The film shows the rise of drug trafficking, illegal trade in which Julia's family is involved, the same that ends up marrying Grigotá (Milton Cortez) the son of a powerful narco.
Produced on a grand scale, the Mexican Talpa relates the simple story of two brothers. The older of the siblings, Tanilo (Victor Manuel Mendoza) is a well-to-do family man; the other, Estaban (Jamie Fernandez), is one step above a wastrel. When Tanilo is felled by illness, Estaban is forced to take over the family's blacksmith business. He also inaugurates a romance with Tanilo's attractive young wife Juana (Lilia Prado). Punishment is eventually doled out in a manner which suggests that God Himself is exacting retribution on the adulterous couple. Originally released at 87 minutes, Talpa was pared down to 73 minutes for American consumption.
DOLORES tells the story of a young woman of Scottish descent who returns to the Argentine pampas after her sister dies, to take care of her eight-year-old nephew- but drawn also by the juvenile love she still feels for her English brother-in-law, Jack. Her love story develops in the context of the onset of World War II: while the echoes of war get ever closer, the dispute between Germans and Anglos turns personal when Dolores is seduced by a neighbouring landowner of German descent, Octavio Brandt- he becomes an unexpected love, and from now on Dolores is torn between Octavio and Jack, as Argentina changes for ever. In a society dominated by men, Dolores must now also forge her unique destiny.
This story centers on the Jewish practice that requires an unmarried brother to marry the childless widow of his dead brother. In this story the younger brother is only 12 years old when his brother dies. The requirement is avoided by a legal fiction, but as time passes in the story, the situation changes.
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