Au milieu d'une élection municipale houleuse, à la veille du tricentenaire d'une ville pittoresque de Nouvelle-Angleterre, des meurtres se multiplient...
Simón, a Venezuelan freedom fighter exiled in Miami, copes not only with trauma, but also deep guilt over a choice he must make: stay in Miami and start a new life, or return home to the losing fight against a tyrannical regime.
Dans une lutte impitoyable pour le pouvoir, plusieurs clans yakuza se disputent la bienveillance du Parrain. Les caïds montent dans l'organisation à coups de complots et de fausses allégeances. Otomo, yakuza de longue date, a vu évoluer ses pairs : des tatouages élaborés et des phalanges sectionnées, ils sont passés à la haute finance. Leur combat pour arriver au sommet, ou du moins pour survivre, est sans fin dans un monde corrompu où règnent trahison et vengeance. Un monde où les héros n'existent pas...
Dans le film, Adam Curtis avance que depuis les années 1970, les gouvernements, la finance et les utopistes technologiques ont abandonné la complexité du "monde réel" et ont construit un simple "monde factice" qui est géré par les entreprises et maintenu stable par les politiciens.
Madame Tang collabore et sert de médiatrice entre le gouvernement et les entreprises privées pour le bénéfice de sa famille exclusivement féminine. Mais les choses dérapent quand toute une famille proche de Madame Tang est victime d'un meurtre horrible. L'ambition, le désir et la luxure finissent par changer pour toujours les relations de Tang avec sa propre famille.
TV reporter Shivajirao gets a chance to be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a day, after being challenged by incumbent Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan. After his successful one-day stint, he attempts to get back to his normal life, but it is not as easy as he thought it to be, with the lives of his near and dear ones now in danger on account of his honesty.
Head Bush revolves around Jayaraj, his friends, foes, police officers, and the politicians who changed the course of the political scenario of Bengaluru in the 1970s. The film focuses on the rise and rise of Jayaraj - from a teenager to a rowdy to a mass hero.
Betty Jara reassembles the Yaguareté Commandos to exchange an imprisoned criminal for one of her own agents. A risky operation becomes even more so when she realizes they are not just fighting a drug ring but the highest spheres of power.
Ayna is an actor and the prison is his stage. He slips into the characters of the powerful convicted in exchange of money and take their place in prison. This strange profession is borne out of a society that doesn't give him a chance to follow his passion of acting, but forces him to act in the real life. Falling in love with the girl next door changes his life equation and he decides to end this career with one last performance. But this one takes him too deep in the rabbit hole. The story unfolds on how an underdog survives in a society that is merciless and struggles his way out from the clutch of crime game which he is a part too.
A group of young politicians campaigning against an authoritarian constitution speak up, spark hope and ignite a once-in-a-generation movement in this energetic exploration of the recent elections in Thailand.
À l’heure où impuissance et résignation l’emportent, le travail de Noam Chomsky est un antidote radical pour tous ceux qui veulent en finir avec la fabrique de l’impuissance et ses chiens de garde intello-médiatiques. De Boston à Bruxelles, nous rencontrons chercheurs, journalistes, activistes tels que Jean Bricmont, ou encore Normand Baillargeon, auteur du « Petit cours d’autodéfense intellectuelle », ce qui pourrait être le sous-titre de ce film engagé contre le cynisme conformiste et la pensée molle des faux rebelles. Mais avant tout ce film milite pour l’ascension du Pic du Canigou.
The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises important questions about gender, power, and social change, prompting us to reflect on how historical patterns of discrimination and oppression might be either repeated or overcome in a reversed gendered world. It challenges the viewer to confront their own assumptions and biases, and to consider the possibilities of a more equitable society.
Left-wing firebrand leader Pannyannoor Mukundhan forged in the crucible of left-wing politics of Malabar, always facing threats of violence and even murder. Ayyapa Das recently joined in the police and is assigned as his gunman. Das's father was a civil police officer, who passed away while still in service. Impending financial disaster for the family forces Das to take up this responsibility and go for a police job. Higuita is a tale of contradicting individuals working close to each other and the inherent conflict of the situation.
What started as a drama about a Russian police plot to steal a billion dollars from a US financier and to murder his faithful tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, has become a real life investigation of contradicting versions of the crime.
Two students plot an escape from the campus besieged by police of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in during the student-led anti-extradition movement in 2019.
In a photograph among journalists, writers, academics and artists was a controversial president of Mexico and the unusual guest who owes the name of this story.
Documentary about Field Marshal P. Phibunsongkram (Plaek Khittasangka), a story about dreams that influence the lives of Thai people in many aspects. Until the peak of power with things you may not have known before!
Sometimes, the truth is overridden by self-interest.
Wind from the East (or 2021) is a film about the movement at Bogazici University, considered by many to be the best university in the country, and its relation to the growing tyranny in Turkey. Highlighting the plight of women and LGBTQ citizens who are experiencing not only the rapid loss of their freedoms but what amounts to a fatwa when and if they dare to speak out against their government, the documentary aims to share the stories of Turkish citizens operating on the front lines in the battle for human rights, while expressing the need for art as a first line of defense against the totalitarianism that is quickly creeping westward.