Humbert Humbert, un professor de quaranta anys, s'acaba d'instal·lar a Ramsdale, New Hampshire. Allà s?enamora perdudament d?una nena d?onze anys, tant que concep un pla mestre: es casarà amb la seva mare, Charlotte Haze, per poder estar sempre a prop de l?objecte dels seus afectes: l?alegre adolescent, la irresistible nínfula de nom encantador, líric i melodiós: Lolita.
A man and a woman are brought together by chance for several months. He is younger than she is, married, Russian, officially a diplomat stationed in Paris. She is a beautiful teacher and researcher, with her feet firmly on the ground. The film follows the evolution of their love, from the beginning to end.
Els Hoover són una família desestructurada: l'avi esnifa cocaïna i diu paraulotes, el pare fa cursos sobre l'èxit amb estrepitós fracàs, la mare no dóna l'abast, l'oncle es recupera d'un suïcidi frustrat en ser abandonat pel seu xicot, el fill adolescent llegeix Nietzche i es nega a parlar, i la filla petita, l'Olive, una nena amb ulleres i lleugerament grassoneta, vol participar en concursos de bellesa. Quan un cop de sort porta l'Olive a ser convidada a participar al molt competitiu concurs de 'Petita Miss Sunshine' a Califòrnia, tota la família Hoover es reuneix per anar amb ella. S'apilen en la seva oxidada furgoneta Volkwagen i es dirigeixen cap a l'oest en un tragicòmic periple de tres dies, ple de boges sorpreses que els porta al gran debut de l'Olive, el qual canviarà a aquesta família d'inadaptats d'una forma que mai haguessin imaginat.
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
Coleman Silk, un professor distingit d'una universitat de Nova Anglaterra, ha estat durant tota la seva vida un mestre de l'engany i la mistificació. Quan era un estudiant universitari prometedor, va destrossar la vida del seu primer amor a causa d'un secret. Anys més tard, ja que és un prestigiós professor, la seva carrera es veu amenaçada per falses acusacions. Alhora, manté una escandalosa relació amb Faunia, una misteriosa dona que suposa per a ell un despertar eròtic que el torna al passat.
Dexter Cornell arriba moribund a una comissaria per denunciar el seu propi assassinat. A la seva declaració recorda tot el que ha passat a partir del suïcidi d'un dels alumnes de la seva classe de literatura, i descriu tots els seus intents per esbrinar la veritat i trobar l'assassí.
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
Comèdia basada en un gran èxit del teatre londinenc. Rita (Julie Walters), una perruquera insatisfeta que porta una vida anodina, decideix apuntar-se a un curs de literatura a la universitat per intentar escapar-se de les frustracions. L'extraordinària transformació que experimenta afecta també el seu professor (Michael Caine), que se n'enamora.
Finding Joe is an exploration of the studies of mythologist Joseph Campbell, and of their continuing influence on our culture. Through interviews with visionaries from a variety of fields—interwoven with enactments of classic tales by a sweet and motley group of kids—the film navigates the stages of what Campbell dubbed "the hero’s journey": the challenges, the fears, the dragons, the battles, and the return home as a changed person.
Leni takes Rafi to meet her family in Madrid. Leni's family is Jewish - mother, father, older sister and daughter, brother, and grandfather. Rafi is Palestinian, in Spain since age 12. Before her father returns from work, Leni reveals Rafi's origins. He accidentally drops a block of frozen soup out the flat window, probably killing a passerby. Leni initiates a cover-up and Rafi figures out the body is probably Leni's father. The body disappears and without telling the rest of the family what they know, Leni and Rafi organize a search for dad. Mom is sure he's having an affair. Leni's belly-dancing sister kisses Rafi. Her brother grabs a rifle to shoot the Arab. Can anything be put right?
A mysterious, erotic and haunting love story between a writer/professor at Puerto Rico's leading University and an aspiring artist from the immigrant Chinese community.
David, a university professor, takes to social media to criticize his city’s administration. But instead of the mayor’s dodgy dealings being investigated, David is himself accused of embezzlement and placed under house arrest. Despite the overbearing surveillance, double-crossing acquaintances, and growing media interest, David remains defiant and will not apologise. With the court case drawing ever nearer, does David have any hope of winning this battle against Goliath?