힘든 시간을 보내고 10년 만에 음악계로 돌아온 첼로 천재 샬럿. 그동안 스타 자리를 차지한 첼리스트 리지. 둘 사이에 흐르는 묘한 연대감은 그 이면의 뒤틀린 감정과 복잡하게 뒤얽히고. 욕망과 집착이 크레셴도로 변주되며 예측불허의 전개가 펼쳐진다.
A group of German infantrymen of the First World War live out their lives in the trenches of France. They find brief entertainment and relief in a village behind the lines, but primarily terror fills their lives as the attacks on and from the French army ebb and flow. One of the men, Karl, goes home on leave only to discover the degradation forced on his family by wartime poverty. He returns to the lines in time to face an enormous attack by French tanks.
Deployed on mission in Helmand, Afghanistan, 25-year old Thomas steps on a landmine and loses both his legs. At the local rehabilitation center, he meets Sofie, an ascending ballerina from the Royal Danish Ballet, who is helping a relative to regain strength after a long term sickness. Thomas desperately wants back in the field and gets impatient as progress does not emerge as fast as he wants to. When Sofie offers to help him with a more intense rehabilitation plan, he accepts. Despite their differences, they develop a special bond and a mutual affection.
베트남 전쟁에 반대하는 자들의 입장과 관련 맥락을 뉴스 영상 등과 영화 그리고 실제 인물들의 인터뷰를 통해 알아본다. 어떻게 미국의 인종차별주의와 독선적인 군국주의의 기조가 이 끔찍한 사태를 야기하고 이끌었는지를 보여준다. 또한 베트남 사람들의 목소리로 전쟁이 그들에게 미친 영향과 왜 그들이 미국과 서양에 맞서 싸우는지에 대한 이야기도 들어본다.
Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
허슬러 화이트는 브루스 라 브루스와 릭 카스트로가 1996년 제작한 영화로, 캘리포니아 웨스트 헐리우드 산타모니카 주변에서 사는 게이 남창과 그 고객들에 대한 신랄한 풍자 블랙 코미디이다. 영화 선셋 대로를 연상시키는 은막의 옛 영화 배경지를 바탕으로 현대 남성의 매춘과 포르노 산업으로의 자조적 풍자로 이야기가 전환된다. 라 브루스의 작품이 성적으로 신랄하게 노골적인 것처럼 허슬러 화이트도 많은 부분의 장면들이 노출과 편집 과정이 필요한 영상들로 포함되어 있다. 공동 감독인 릭 카스트로는 진짜 '허슬러'인 토니 워드를 비롯해 많은 아마추어 지망생들을 배우로 기용했다. 영화 촬영 장소와 영화에 나오는 집들은 출연자들의 실제 집을 촬영지로 사용했다.
Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld.
Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep influence over her. Antônio gets jealous, and the three become characters of a drama saturated with desire and danger.
부부인 톰과 니콜라는 부러울 것이 없는 행복한 삶을 살고 있다. 어느 날 톰은 박테리아로 얼굴이 일그러지는 불치의 병에 걸리게 되고 행복했던 그들의 삶도 파괴되기 시작한다. 실제로 있었던 끔찍한 사건을 다룬 감동 스토리로 다시 한 번 가족의 소중함을 느끼게 해주는 작품. (2016년 21회 부산국제영화제)
A troubled group of children living on the same block are haunted by a talking dog named Labby who brings them on surreal hell-rides between different dimensions and time periods.
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.
Ivan is a 36-year old ex-rock singer and a disillusioned war veteran who lost both legs in the recent Croatian Homeland War. His father, Izidor, was a well-known political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia, and is now standing as an independent candidate for the Croatian Parliament. Then a face from the past re-appears: an impoverished Serbian refugee called Simo, who has recently returned to the town. As an ex-communist official, Simo imprisoned Izidor decades ago. He knows certain facts about Izidor that could destroy his reputation and wreck his political campaign. Simo demands money, in return for his silence and he also has a secret rendezvous with Ivan's mother, Ana. Soon a long-buried secret surfaces once more - with huge repercussions for Ivan. He starts to provoke hard-line Croatians by singing Serbian nationalistic songs, daring them to kill him.
To confront his past trauma, an amputee veteran acts in a hyperrealistic military simulation.
Blending sci-fi and lore, this enigmatic tale centres on the spirits that dwell in a far-flung part of the Australian wilderness, where they protect the land from those who wish to steal from it for personal gain. Director Rhys Day, who grew up in a rainforest town in Far North Queensland, brings a fresh perspective to an ancient tale, aided by stunning landscape cinematography and an eerie, provocative soundtrack.
Three teenagers appear to have a lot of fun on the children's oncology department on the fourth floor of a large hospital. Nick and Iwan both lost a leg as a result of bone cancer. For their friend Olivier, an amputation may be the next phase. The fourth of the bunch, Pepijn, is so ill and weak that he often stays in his room. Friendship and a deep desire to live keeps the guys mentally balanced. Their friendship changes when Gina arrives. Sickos is a humorous drama that deals with adolescence and chemotherapy.
Four young men who were friends in high school reunite several years later to discover that they all have failed professionally and their love lives haven't really gone anywhere. They go on a quest to find and reconnect with their school sweethearts and finally achieve happiness.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, in 1940, Lieutenant Kurokawa returns home as a honored and decorated soldier but deprived of his arms and legs lost in battle. All hopes, from the villagers and women to close family members, turn to Shigeko, the Lieutenant's wife. She must honor the Emperor and the country in setting an example for all by fulfilling her duty and taking care of the 'god soldier'. Kurokawa prior to leaving to fight in the war regularly beat and berated his wife for her barrenness and inability to bring him a son. When he returns home as an amputee with no hearing and no speech, his wife dutifully attends to him, even though he shows little appreciation for her dedicated care. His main concerns are getting fed and getting sex. Even in his own degraded condition, he manages to berate his wife. Eventually, though, his own memories infiltrate and he is haunted by his horrible, sadistic deeds, performed while in the duty of the Japanese military.
This story talks about the struggles of a congenital amputee who was once told that she could never become a model.
On 15 May, 2006, double amputee Mark Inglis reached the summit of Mt Everest. It was a remarkable achievement and Inglis was feted by press and public alike. But only a few days later he was plunged into a storm of controversy when it was learned that he had passed an incapacitated climber, Englishman David Sharp, leaving him to a lonely end high in the Death Zone.
In 1863, when a legless, shipwrecked man washes up on the Acadian coast, he's taken to the home of Jean the Corsican, a burly and bitter former soldier, and his childless young wife, Julitte. The man, who is young, handsome, and well-dressed, remains mute as Julitte nurses him back to health. Jean, meanwhile, who is inexplicably estranged from Julitte and an outsider to townspeople, continues his hunt for pirate treasure, rumored to be hidden in a cave by the sea. The treasure is his ticket out of Acadia. As loneliness and Eros draw Julitte and the mysterious Jérôme together, something's got to give.