Elät vain kerran, joten mikset lähtisi tyylillä? Näin päättelevät kaksi sairaalan syöpäosaston huonekaveria, kiivasluonteinen miljardööri ja oppinut mekaanikko, kun he vastaanottavat huonot uutiset. He laativat "tyhjänpotkaisulistan" asioista, joita he haluavat tehdä, ennen kuin potkaisevat tyhjää - ja suunnistavat elämänsä suurimpaan seikkailuun maailman ympäri. Laskuvarjohypyt? Tehty. Shelby Mustangilla kilparadan ajaminen? Tehty. Kheopsin pyramidin tuijottelu? Tehty. Ilon löytäminen elämästä, ennen kuin on liian myöhäistä? Tehty!
Sama kaipuu, samat pelot ja sama kirja yhdistävät kolmea eri aikoina elävää naista. Yksi naisista on Virginia Woolf, joka kirjoittaa kirjaansa Clarissa Dallowaysta vuoden 1923 Englannissa. Kotiäiti Laura Brown elää 1950-luvun Amerikassa eikä voi laskea kirjaa käsistään ja kolmas nainen, Clarissa Vaughn, on rouva Dallowayn moderni versio.
Byrokraatti Watanabe, käy sairaalassa vatsavaivojen takia. Lääkäri ottaa röntgenkuvat ja havaitsee, että Watanabella on syöpä ja vain kuusi kuukautta elinaikaa. Tiedon järkyttämä Watanabe päättää elää loppuelämänsä täysillä.
Ritari palaa ristiretkeltä Ruotsiin ja kohtaa kurjuutta, fanaattista uskonnollisuutta sekä Kuoleman.Ingmar Bergmanin mestariteos valmistui vuonna 1957.Kuoleman kanssa shakkia pelaavana ritarina nähdään Max von Sydow. Kuolemaa näyttelee Bengt Ekerot.
A retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu and his family live in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. He lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each of the daughters encounter new men in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes. Since the family has difficulty expressing their love for each other, the intricate preparation of banquet quality dishes for their Sunday dinners is the surrogate for their familial feelings.
Monty Python nyt ottaa käsittelyyn ihmisen seitsemän ikäkautta – syntymästä kuolemaan. Episodit ja niiden pilkka kohdistuu kaikenlaisiin elämän herroihin, bisnesmaailmaan, uskontoon, kouluun, armeijaan, valtioon… Elämän tarkoituksessa on jokaiselle jotakin, ja lukuun ottamatta puhuvia kaloja, suurin osa elokuvasta on tähdätty loukkaamaan jotakuta sillä samalla hetkellä kun joku toinen putoaa naurusta lattialle.
A woman moves into a young man's home and starts to run his life -- a process that makes him fall hopelessly in love with her.
A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
It all starts with a bang. The car breaks through the crash barrier and falls off the bridge. The lights go out. After that, he is not able to see anymore. His optic nerve is severed, from now on the young stage-director Jakob is blind. His life will change and nothing will ever be the same. Jakob cannot handle the idea of never being able to see again and screams at the only woman who is able and willing to help him, Lily. A rehabilitation teacher, she helps the blind deal with the darkness. Lily has been living with it since birth, she too is blind.
Unable to meet all the demands of his job and family anymore, Mathieu feels he's in a mid-life crisis and hurriedly leaves for the forest. His relatives are left by themselves, faced with his sudden departure and their choices.
'Alan Smithee' is a film about a boy growing up. It delves into the darker side of what 'growing up' sometimes means: growing into your flaws, inevitably being met with the errors of your parents, and the necessity to make room for the pain. While Alan is surrounded by what is thought to be the American ideal, all the material comforts that should equate happiness, he learns that sometimes all we are is lost in the woods.
Five young Europeans (German, English, and Irish) try to find answers to life's questions in India and Thailand.
Nina is a 20 years old girl from Valladolid who lives with her divorced father, an autoritarian and conservative man. Trini is of the same age and has lost her mother. For both Valladolid and their families have nothing to offer and therefore they go on a risky voyage to the Costa del Sol at the south of Spain.
Office worker, Adam, quits work to return to his childhood home and settles into the comforts of his parent's backyard. A chance meeting with a friend from his past leads to them making a "Things to Do" list so they can fulfill some of their childhood dreams.
Annual Charitable Christmas Evening “Action!”
The world is a wonderful stage, but its characters are disgraceful.
A poetic tale directed by Elena Petkevich for children on a small grasshopper, which is trying to learn the secret of life.
One day in the life of the girl Lena, looking for reasons (not) to get acquainted with men, (not) to have a family and children, (not) to love.
In this short documentary, filmmaker Aidan Porier asks his friends what it means to be human. Here's what they said...