A local activist and a budding young mayor clash over the best path forward for their impoverished suburb.
This film depicts the tragic events of the April 2019 fire at Notre-Dame de Paris, offering an insider's perspective on the devastating incident.
A family living in a trailer home in the woods is unexpectedly caught in a wildfire. Their immediate concern becomes their survival as they navigate the dangerous situation and attempt to overcome the challenges presented by the devastating fire.
When Pigs Have Wings is a hilarious comedy about a Palestinian fisherman who finds a pig washed ashore. With the help of an Israeli soldier, they embark on a mission to deliver the pig back to the Israelis in order to break the siege and values of both communities.
Hands over the City (1963) tells the story of a politician and real estate developer's mayoral campaign, filled with corruption and scandal. The film explores the themes of cronyism, deception, and the effects of unethical political practices on a city. Set in 1960s Italy, it exposes the realities of the construction business and the manipulation of public opinion for personal gain. As tensions rise, a cover-up involving a fake accident is revealed, exposing the greed and lies at the heart of the developer's plans. The plot revolves around the struggle between the working class and powerful businessmen, with the city council and government becoming entangled in the web of politics and power.
Simon lives with his aging father Joseph in the south of France. When a massive wildfire devastates their tree-covered coastal region and as the warning siren reaches their home, the two must leave everything behind to escape. But the wind intensifies and the air fills with smoke as they get caught in a massive traffic jam with other evacuees while the fire is getting closer and closer. With ash soon falling like snow, the temperature rising and a menacing fire approaching, Simon must quickly find a way out to save himself and his weakened father.
Two hurricane hunters track a huge, violent hurricane that is bearing down on a Gulf Coast town.
Evakko is a portrayal of Soviet-Finnish winter war of 1939/40 and the associated evacuations in different parts of the country. It tells the story of a Karelian family along with their whole village who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. The film has a surprisingly perky tone for the subject matter.
The construction of the Aswan dam as seen by those who took part in it: engineers, workers, Egyptians, and Soviets.
The heroine in L'Eau Vive is the unwilling heir to a fortune. Young Hortense (Pascale Audret) has always known that her family was greedy, but until she inherits her father's hidden millions she has no idea how loathsome her relatives could be. Surrounded on all sides by grubby, outstretched hands, Hortense takes some comfort in the fact that her legacy is still missing. When the money is finally recovered, our heroine does the "right thing" with her windfall, leaving her mercenary family empty-handed. Throughout the film, Hortense's dilemma is likened to a government dam project not far from her home; as the bridge grows in size, so too does Hortense's resolve to rise above the nastiness all around her.
In the crime-ridden slums of Buenos Aires, a social worker and a priest become entangled in the violence as they navigate the challenges of working with the impoverished community. They must confront their own faith and moral ambiguity as they try to bring hope and support to the residents, even as they face danger and corruption.
Docudrama about the Soviet occupation of a Finnish village in the fall before the Winter War.
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