Exotica follows the intertwining lives of several characters in a strip club, focusing on themes of unhappiness, grief, temptation, and adultery. The story revolves around a nightclub bouncer haunted by the death of his daughter and his interactions with a pregnant woman, a private dancer, and an accountant. Through voyeurism and seduction, their lives become entangled, leading to unexpected revelations.
Ethos is a TV show that delves into the complex dynamics of a dysfunctional family, highlighting the themes of repressed emotions, haunting pasts, and betrayal. Set in a city, the story follows the lives of various characters, including a Muslim woman with cerebral palsy, an actress struggling with her repressed desires, and a psychiatrist dealing with a mentally ill woman. As the plot unfolds, the characters' lives become increasingly intertwined, leading to confrontations and spiritual awakenings.
A doctor discovers a supernatural power in a patient who has been in a coma for years. As he delves deeper into the patient's past, he unravels a series of interconnected stories that will change the lives of everyone involved.
The lives of the tenants of a lower-class apartment building in the outskirts intersect on a backdrop of crime, drug dealing, confused feelings and tainted relationships, in a lucid portrait of contemporary Rome. Marcello, a bisexual former body builder married with Chiara, has an affair with the bourgeois professor Walter; the ambitious Mauro and cold-blooded dealer and his wife Simona get involved in the ambiguous business of the local boss Carmine to move up to the elegant and cruel circles of central Rome that profit from the public funds for the disadvantaged; Valeria and her son Attilio, Flaminia and her violent husband Bruno face the daily difficulties of their troubled lives. The corrupted powers of urban speculation invade a suspended corner of the suburbs, contaminating the lives of a group of lost souls,revealing the desperate world of the slum and the pitiless scene of the city center as the hidden face of the same coin.
The plot revolves around Bernard – a schoolfriend of Olivier's who is preparing for his bac – discovering he is a bastard and taking this as a welcome pretext for running away from home. He spends a night in Olivier's bed (where Olivier describes a recent visit to a prostitute and how he did not find the experience very enjoyable). After Bernard steals the suitcase belonging to Edouard, Olivier's uncle, and the ensuing complications, he is made Edouard's secretary. Olivier is jealous and ends up in the hands of the cynical and downright diabolical Comte de Passavant, who travels with him to the Mediterranean.
A kaleidoscope of several intertwined stories about people struggling to resist their vulnerabilities, in search of love, dignity, forgiveness and the great beauty of life in chaotic New York City.
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