Isabel Serner
2021-04-19
6.5
A group of friends in their early twenties re-consider their boring lives in a sleepy fishing village in the Netherlands.
The 40-year-old Omrane is in charge to find maid placements in Tunis for the girls from his village. But the most rebel of the girls has escaped and he has to look for her to get her back in the right path. The girl refuses to lose the freedom she just obtained. For her part, the young Fedlah who was enthusiastic by going to town quickly discovers a world where childhood doesn't belong to.
In order to save her home publishing company from being sold, ghostwriter Becca must go all the way to Arcania with famed action star Lee to secure movie rights to the popular “Lover’s Quest“ series written by acclaimed writing duo, Roger and Lilly Atwood. But their trip becomes an adventure when they find themselves on the trail of the legendary last Atwood novel and perhaps even the trail of…love.
A metropolitan nightmare unfurls as a nervous cellist (Eleanore Pienta) cracks under pressure at an audition—and again, and again, and ... (courtesy of Film Society of Lincoln Center).
Korean martial arts movie starring Won Jin "The Scorpion King". Later this movie was cut together with ninja scenes shot in Hong Kong and released under the title Thunder Ninja Kids In The Golden Adventure. Synopsis: When the mysterious stone Buddha located in Cheonghak-dong became known to the world by newspaper reporter Su-Hee, the treasure was stolen by a vicious trafficker. As a result, three boys, Yong, Ho and Chwi, who were being trained in martial arts by Do-In in Mt. Jirisan, secretly exited Cheonghak-dong and come up to Seoul. Su-hee, who is chasing the bad guys after receiving a tip, is kidnapped by the gang, but saves the crisis with the boys' performance. The treasure is recovered after twists and turns, but the villains again kidnap Su-Hee and threaten the boys. They use their mysterious martial arts skills to dramatically defeat the villains and rescue Su-hee. Thanks to this, the boys are applauded for their bravery and receive a commendation from the mayor of Seoul.
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to China (where he will fight a cholera epidemic) or face the scandal of a public divorce. She persuades him to reconsider and he proposes an alternative. If Paul's wife will agree to a divorce and he marries Carol within one week Walter will obtain a quiet divorce. Carol presents Walter's 'deal' to Paul, who regretfully declines, citing respect for his wife.Carol sees as her only choice to accompany Walter to the village, where she meets booze-soaked Tim. He soon introduces her to nuns at the local hospital-convent and Carol begins to re-evaluate her self-absorbed life and character. Working at the convent, Carol learns she is pregnant. She tells Walter she's unsure who is the father and he regrets her honesty. Shortly after, Walter contracts cholera and dies. Carol returns to Hong Kong and an uncertain future.
During the Ming dynasty, Japan invaded China with an army equipped with guns. The union chief of the martial arts clans revealed in his deathbed that there is a rare book containing secrets that will make a person immune to gunfire. His last words sparked the clans to contend with each other to find it. Also in search of the book were the Japanese who dispatched a team of ninjas to go after the book. The imperial court also secretly intervened in this dispute. The emperor secretly dispatched a Kung fu Master and ordered him to find the book within seven days.
A group of educators led by Fernand Deligny are working to create contact with autistic children in a hamlet of the Cevennes.
The story of an abused young man who decides to take matters into his own hands, but...
In 1916, a group of prisoners plot their escape from the notorious fortress located in French Guiana.
An overview of John F. Kennedy's political career. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., in 2014.
Secondary school students, Amir and Mastura, vow to get married to each other after their university years. However, things are not as easy as they envisaged. Their relationship faces a string of problems when Mastura doesn't turn up for her SPM examination and her parents plan to get her engaged to her rich schoolmate, Fandi.
Inspired by the idea that the greatest gift one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, 'Wisdom' seeks to create a record of a group of people over the age of 65 who have all made their mark on the world.
Manchuria 1941: Caught sleeping with his Japanese major's mistress, Manchurian collaborator Tung Fei (Jackson Liu Hsiu-hsien) fatally shoots the man and flees for his life. Overcome by fatigue after hours of travel on horseback, Tung eventually awakens to find himself under the care of hunter Suen (Dick Wei) and his daughter, Ironic (Hsu).