After the war, two friends are together again. Every year they buy one pair of new shoes.
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.
This story talks about the struggles of a congenital amputee who was once told that she could never become a model.
French soldiers injured in WWI are re-educated to learn new trades.
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.
To confront his past trauma, an amputee veteran acts in a hyperrealistic military simulation.
A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with a regularly-abled man.
A writer, researching a book on male prostitutes, finds a young man to serve as a guide on the streets of Los Angeles.
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.
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.
Romantiskt drama om soldaten Thomas, som under ett uppdrag i Afghanistan råkar trampa på en mina och förlorar båda sina ben. Väl hemma på ett sjukhus i Danmark blir Thomas alltmer frustrerad över att rehabiliteringen går så långsamt. När den tuffa balettdansaren Sofie erbjuder sig att hjälpa till med träningen så accepterar han till slut. Thomas och Sofies ansträngningar ger långsamt resultat, samtidigt som deras relation utvecklas på ett sätt ingen av dem hade kunnat föreställa sig.
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.
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.
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.
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.
En musiker som en gång var lovande återförenas med sina tidigare lärare, men upptäcker att de är upptagna med en ny talang.
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.
Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. While her husband was in coma, Nicola gave birth to their second child on the other side of the same hospital. Within a matter of days, sepsis would rob Tom of both his arms and legs, and left his face severely disfigured. As an ordinary man, Tom never put himself at risk — he just woke up two months later in a nightmare, a face-off quadruple amputee... This incredible story of survival shows what can be overcome when love is unconditional.
Västfronten 1918 handlar om fyra tyska infanterister och deras vedermödor i första världskrigets slutskede. Filmen, som är gjord i realistisk stil och har ett tydligt antikrigsbudskap, bygger på Ernst Johannsens roman "Westfront 1918: Vier von der Infanterie" från 1929.
Maffiabossen Blizzard fick sina ben amputerade i onödan och nu tänker han hämnas på läkaren som utförde amputationen.