A Lansquenet, un poble francès molt tradicional, on res no ha canviat en els últims cent anys, el Vent del Nord comporta dues forasteres: Vianne Rocher i la seva filla Anouk. Vianne inaugura una xocolateria plena de dolços capaços de despertar les ocultes apetits dels habitants del poble. Té, a més, un do especial que li permet percebre els desitjos dels altres i satisfer-los amb el dolç exacte.
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.
Will Kane és el xèrif d'un petit poble de l'Oest americà. El dia del seu casament arriben al poble una banda de pistolers encapçalats per un bandit a qui Will va enviar a la presó anys enrere. Will haurà d'enfrontar-se als delinqüents, que busquen venjança, però ho haurà de fer sol, ja que la gent del poble li gira l'esquena.
Bible expert Bill Gallatin explores biblical prophecies from the Book of Revelation that have transpired, with a discussion of whether these events signify that we are now living in the End Times preceding the return of Jesus Christ. Gallatin touches on events such as the increasingly acute difficulties in the Middle East, numerous environmental catastrophes, earthquakes and more, explaining how they connect to scriptural writings.
In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two minutes, one of them must die…executed by a strange device in the center of the room.
Alfred Kinsey va ser un home que, l'any 1948, va canviar radicalment la cultura dels Estats Units publicant un llibre sobre la conducta sexual. Kinsey i els seus col·laboradors van entrevistar milers de persones i els van fer un qüestionari sobre els seus aspectes més íntims. Aquest treball va provocar un debat intens i va sacsejar la societat nord-americana, tradicional i puritana.
És l'any 1967, Larry Gopnik és professor de física i veu com la seva vida s'ensorra. És un bon home, un marit fidel i afectuós, un bon pare i un professor seriós, però, de cop i volta la vida li comença a anar malament. La dona l'abandona sense explicacions, l'amant d'ella el convenç perquè deixi casa seva i vagi a viure a un motel pel bé dels nens. A més a més, la seva carrera professional es veu amenaçada quan comença a rebre una sèrie anònims amb acusacions contra seu.
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks football player Paul Metzler to run for president as well.
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on snuffing out cigarettes, Nick's powers of "filtering the truth" will be put to the test.
The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
Tells the story of a woman who gets involved in politics with no previous contact with world events.
Jean-Louis, un enginyer catòlic de trenta anys, descobreix un dia a la sortida de missa Françoise, una dona rossa, i pressenteix que algun dia es casarà amb ella, però la perd entre la multitud. D'altra banda, el seu vell amic Vidal, marxista convençut, el porta a casa de la Maud, una bella divorciada.
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
Set in 1920, Inge travels from Germany to rural Minnesota in order to meet the man destined to be her husband.
A group of very different people set sail on an old warship. The passengers include a senator with his son, a newly-wed couple, a mysterious old man, a group of sex workers and a gang of violent criminals. At first the aggressive behaviour of the thugs and their leader is directed at the first class passengers, but then more and more indiscriminately against the rest of those on board. Rape is followed by murder and it’s not long before the first of numerous and increasingly brutal mutinies takes place.
Baal explores the cult of the genius, an anti-heroic figure who chooses to be a social outcast and live on the fringe of bourgeois morality.
Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing to talk about in public: he asks children if they know where do babies come from; asks old and young women if they support gender equality; asks both sexes if a woman's virginity still matters, what do they think of homosexuality, if divorce should be legal, or if they support the recent abolition of brothels. He interviews blue-collar workers, intellectuals, college students, rural farmers, the bourgeoisie, and every other kind of people, painting a vivid portrait of a rapidly-industrializing Italy, hanging between modernity and tradition — toward both of which Pasolini shows equal distrust.
The year is 1890 and Bible professor Russell Carlisle has written a new manuscript entitled "The Changing Times". His colleague, Dr. Norris Anderson, believes that what Carlisle has written could greatly affect the future of coming generations and, using his secret time machine, Anderson sends Carlisle over 100 years into the future, offering him a glimpse of where his beliefs will lead.