Un estranger acudeix a una estranya ciutat a la recerca de la seva dona, que l'havia abandonat temps enrere. Per sorpresa seva, troba la seva dona en un local on les dones "presten els seus serveis" a homes. Estant allà, coneix una ciutat i un xèrif temorosos de tot, fins i tot de la seva ombra. Per aquesta raó, un dels importants terratinents del lloc, se n'aprofita i els governa al seu gust. El xèrif us oferirà una important suma si els lliura de tan molest individu i torna la tranquil·litat al seu poble.
A Atlanta (Geòrgia) durant la guerra de Secessió (1861-1865), un nen es queda mut després de presenciar com els soldats de la Unió assassinen la seva mare i incendien la casa. Acabada la guerra, el seu pare, que va lluitar en el bàndol confederat, decideix emprendre amb el seu fill un llarg viatge per trobar cura al seu mal, però el camí estarà ple de dificultats.
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.
Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young woman turns for help to her brother and confidant Amir.
Landing on a small island not far from Havana, Cuba, Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves joins a Navy scientific project engaged in finding an effective shark repellent to help save the lives of WWII military personnel stranded in shark-infested waters. His zeal for completing the project as fast as possible is explained by his having lost a large percentage of his crew to sharks when his ship was sunk by the Japanese. Against the advice of the others on the project, Staves demands that the new repellent be tested on a live subject surrounded by hungry sharks and will allow no one but himself to be the test subject!
Harlem's African-American population is being ripped off by the Rev. Deke O'Malley, who dishonestly claims that small donations will secure parcels of land in Africa. When New York City police officers Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson look into O'Malley's scam, they learn that the cash is being smuggled inside a bale of cotton. However, the police, O'Malley, and lots of others find themselves scrambling when the money goes missing.
Riva is a small time operator who has just returned to his hometown of Kinshasa, Congo after a decade away with a major score: a fortune in hijacked gasoline. Wads of cash in hand and out for a good time, Riva is soon entranced by beautiful night club denizen Nora, the kept woman of a local gangster.
José is a football agent who goes to Ivory Coast to spot young talents in football. He is a braggart , who willingly sleeps with Gigi , a beautiful African woman who loves the luxury he offers her... One day, José spots Yaya, a street boy with the potential of a champion, and brings him to Belgium. Will Yaya be José's reward? Between the poor neighborhoods of Abidjan and Sporting Club of Charleroi, the cultural "gap" is brutal... and reserves surprises.
Prominent politician Louis Durieux is accused of having murdered his wife, found dead in their hotel room. The case blows up into an intense media storm. Is he guilty or innocent? Nobody knows. Perhaps not even him...
On a bridge, one night, a stabbing. There is Pouga. And there is Julien. The film shows the parallel destiny of these two young men who look alike without knowing each other.
Sequel to Cotton Comes to Harlem. Another bad influence is hitting Harlem and Gravedigger and Coffin Ed are the two cops who will stop it. Charleston Blue was a prohibition era black gangster, dead 4 decades. When he seems to have reappeared, once again slitting throats with his Blue straight edge razors, the two cops begin a complicated search for some answers.
The story of a young Belgian actor of Moroccan origin who agrees to play the role of Saint-François-d'Assise to put an end to the roles of nice Arabs that are stuck on his forehead in often mediocre films. Getting into the historical figure will represent a real challenge for him; when his father, settled in Morocco, suddenly returns to Brussels with a new wife, and the beginnings of Alzheimer's, he finds himself having to juggle between the expectations of his colleagues and his family.
Adel is a young aircraft co-pilot. Following a assault he may lose is eye.
Mady leads a double life as a student by day and a locksmith by night. One evening, he helps out Claire, an enigmatic young girl who calls him to the door of an apartment that is not hers. The bag she wants at all costs to recover is not hers either, but that of Yannick, a man to whom Mady must be accountable. Caught in a hellish chase, Mady has only one night to prove his innocence and save his skin.