Zinga, a gypsy woman, is sentenced to death by guillotine for her crimes, claiming to be innocent. She's given a choice, to lose her head by the blade or to be given over to the wealthy, incarcerated Marquis de la Croix. Zynga chooses the Marquis. Now the Marquis has the girl's life in his hands and can do with her whatever he pleases. But what pleases him will make Zinga wish she had chosen the quick death of the guillotine.
This is a documentary produced for Al Jazeera Documentary by May Shigenobu. May revisits the Japanese leftist activism in the 60s and the 70s, to understand why some Japanese students decided to dedicate their lives to the Palestinian cause by talking to the then leaders and visiting iconic locations of the time. It includes exclusive interviews with some leaders in the students' movements in Japan, Adachi Masao, as well as PFLP leaders such as Layla Khaled and Abu Ahmed Fouad. The documentary also talks about the Japanese Red Army members and their families living underground.
A postman lets us into his dark world in quiet suburbia.
A collaborator since 2002 (Notre Musique), Fabrice Aragno did not want to make a documentary ‘on’ but ‘with’ Jean-Luc Godard. The latter decided on a mathematical approach. The TV station asked for 26 minutes, and so Godard suggested they make 26 one-minute sequences, and have 4 shots in each sequence, all recycled from his work.
A contemporary love story taking place in the heart of Europe, of two passionate young persons, whose sense of reality is too frequently mediated by a failure to 'live in the moment' and by computer screens.
A multi-plot story that tackles the pressing issues surrounding the modern-day family – drug addiction, infidelity, promiscuity and even abortion.
Life-long treasure hunter, Weston Giroux is attempting to find an ancient and mysterious relic for the second time. Things don't quite go as planned when his past catches up with him and his new "side-kick" along the way.
The bonds that unite a father and his daughter cannot be broken even by death.
This is a documentary film chronicling the brutal Honour Killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman in London, killed by her own family for choosing a life for herself.
Crying children, changing diapers, baby food - everything around Jan seems to revolve around having children. Not only is his best friend Theo a new father, but his sister-in-law Marion's children also keep the successful engineer on his toes. So it's all the better that Jan's marriage to Hanna is a child-free zone. Until now - because Hanna's family plans are becoming more and more concrete... When she brings up her desire to have children one evening, a heated argument develops that ends in a compromise: To test whether the couple is even ready to take responsibility for a child, they first want to look after a dog for a few weeks. If that goes well, they can start thinking about having a baby. A short time later, bulldog Lucky moves in with them and causes a huge stir in the couple's lives...
A documentary on reformed ex-con Rick Maylender and his attempts to help troubled youths by taking them out of their environment and showing them how to find and repair abandoned classic vehicles.
The 7th installment of the omnibus horror series that visualizes the horror thread that has become a hot topic on 2ch. Includes 5 episodes: "Lullaby", "Hasshaku-sama", "I killed my mother", "Please look for this person", and "My sister has returned to her parents' house after a long absence".
The Restaurant & Bar Utage is filled with customers because of the manager Haru's cuisine and service. One evening, a regular customer, Kayo, visits the restaurant, excitedly sharing that she was hired by the famous patisserie Makoto Ono. While other regulars celebrate her accomplishment, Haru's face clouds for some reason.
Masterfully filmed, atmospheric moment. The period of mourning comes to an end at a temple-like funeral chapel. The final visitors are not mourners, but want to buy off their guilt. The mother wants to see a real confession. And money. The intense emotionality the death of a child evokes is, as it were, sculpted in space while the tension between the mother and the visitors is captured more subliminally by a roving camera.
Lanny Poffo as he welcomes you inside the Poffo family through all the ups and downs, twists and turns, triumph and torment of pro wrestling. Lanny addresses his divorce, road life, interests, and all the chips on his shoulder. Lanny also dissects brother Randy Savage's difficult life, his sagely advice, and reclusive nature. Sean and Lanny cover Liz, Angelo, Stephanie, Kiyosaki, showtunes, bidets, and everything you can imagine.
Siti Mariam is a wife who takes care of her husband perfectly and full of religious education. Mariam is often harassed by Tok Imam's son of a village called Sufi since her husband left for Kuala Lumpur to earn a living. One day Mariam desperately wants to go to KL to find her husband who has no news. There she met Ilham who wanted to lure him to Mama Bee instead of Dija who escaped from prostitution. Mariam went through 7 days as if in hell for being cheated and prostituted.
Documentary from 2010. Sheldon Adelson is the man who builds the world's largest casinos. Once, he was a poor boy from Boston but today the third richest man in the United States. Join a world that does not look at the problems of gambling, but the most exclusive of the world's casinos.
Life is like a movie. Whether it's short or long, it begins somewhere and ends unexpectedly somewhere else. We ought to watch it all involuntarily.
Madama Butterfly is, with Bohème, the most loved and staged of Puccini’s works. This Blu-ray production was staged at the 2007 Puccini Festival in Italy’s Torre del Lago, Puccini’s home town. Starring as Cio Cio San is the Russian soprano Elmira Veda. This version is only available as Blu-ray.
