Young ambitious man gets trapped in loop of his own greed
Mystery Figure
Young ambitious man gets trapped in loop of his own greed
2022-11-08
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Welcome to game of illusions.
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Joseph is mentally deviated. He is a prisoner of his own flat and always in permanent war with his own mind.
A writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.
An injured Andrew ends up drawn into the complicated world of Rebecca, a solitary writer whose obsession with a divine mythological character has taken over her life.
In the late 1940s, a murderous couple known as the 'The Lonely Hearts Killers' kills close to a dozen people. Two detectives try to nab the duo who find their targets via the personals in the paper.
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.
Janet Flanders is a small-town, unsophisticated young woman who is seduced by the fantasy of romantic love; she believes that someday her prince will come to sweep her away. Then she meets handsome Brett Becker; she believes she's found the man of her dreams -- little suspecting he is engaged to marry a wealthy socialite. Deep into her illusion that Brett loves her, she moves to Chicago to be closer to him, deluge him with calls and love notes, tells her family about her boyfriend Brett, and buys an engagement ring. Her obsession with him leads her from intrigue and eventually to murder.
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.
The short film (conveyed in a parable-like story structure) follows a man devoted to himself and the blessings of his attributed god. He struggles to survive a primitive life and is forced to take action to ensure his own prosperity.
"Nihil" tells the story of Adam, a young man who seems to be ready and determined to start his professional life in the city. New to the city, to its busy and quick rhythm, Adam tries to keep pace and enthusiasm but, among thousands and thousands of other strangers, he is subconsciously afraid to disappear: “When nobody’s watching, do I exist?”. Adam suddenly wakes up in the middle of a lavender field, cold and lost. Asking for help, Adam seems to be ignored by all the odd people he encounters until he realises that he is not being ignored but unseen.
A social worker recounts the case of Ella Jackson, a girl who sees a man standing behind her in the mirror
Switching between their surreal perspectives, two high school students attempt to find their purpose as they battle their inner demons and a narcissistic society.
A Man's Cat observes and witnesses his descent into madness at the end of his seasonal depression during the last days of winter.
A chance encounter dangerously intertwines the lives of three people with differing perspectives on love.