Francis Ford Coppolan eeppisessä mestariteoksessa Marlon Brando sai Oscarin roolistaan Corleone perheen johtohahmona. Brandon esittämä Don Corleone ei ole elokuvaversiossa niin selkeä päähenkilö kuin Mario Puzon romaanissa. Sen sijaan huomio keskittyy varsin pian Don Corleonen poikaan Michaeliin, jonka varassa saaga etenee loppuunsa. Ohjaaja Coppola maalaa hyytävän muotokuvan sisilialaisen mafiaperheen vallan noususta ja laskusta Amerikassa. Elokuva on erinomainen kuvaus niin italialaisen Corleonen perheen elämästä kuin heidän harjoittamasta likaisesta rikollisesta toiminnasta. Mario Puzon best-selleriin perustuvan tarinan antia ovat myös Al Pacinon, James Caanin ja Robert Duvallin vakuuttavat roolit. Vuonna 1972 Kummisetä sai kymmenen Oscar-ehdokkuutta, joista se palkittiin kolmella Oscarilla mm. parhaana elokuvavana. Kummisedän ohjaajaksi kaavailtiin alun perin Sergio Leonea.
Kreikkalainen naimakauppa on todellinen hyväntuulen komedia kreikkalaissyntyisestä sinkkutytöstä Toulasta, joka on luopunut toivosta Sen Oikean suhteen. Mutta sitten Toula pihkaantuu päätäpahkaa Ianiin. Ainoa ongelma: mies on amerikkalainen! Perhepainajainen voi alkaa.
Kiinteistökaupoilla rikastuneen perheen poika David menee naimisiin vaatimattomista oloista lähtöisin olevan Katien kanssa. Pariskunta muuttaa New Yorkista Vermontiin maaseudun rauhaan. Davidin isä onnistuu houkuttelemaan poikansa takaisin perhebisnekseen, mutta kun Katie päättää jäädä Vermontiin opiskelemaan, pariskunnan avioliitto alkaa rakoilla.
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
Valasratsastaja (Whale Rider) on vuonna 2002 valmistunut uusiseelantilainen elokuva, jonka on ohjannut ja käsikirjoittanut Niki Caro vuonna 1987 ilmestyneen, Witi Ihimaeran The Whale Rider -romaanin pohjalta. Elokuva esitettiin ensimmäisen kerran Toronton elokuvajuhlilla 9. syyskuuta 2002.Keisha Castle-Hughes oli vuonna 2003 ehdolla parhaan naispääosan Oscar-palkinnon saajaksi, ollessaan 13-vuotias, mikä tekee hänestä kaikkien aikojen nuorimman tässä kategoriassa ehdokkuuden saaneen.
When the family patriarch is murdered, seven women find themselves trapped together in his mansion to solve the mystery.
Gallo Morales is the proud patriach returning home after a seven-year stint for manslaughter. Seeking to re-establish his legendary status as a champion breeder, he comes back for the rooster bred by his father. But it is Hector, his son who inherits the prize-winning bird and neither are about to give in. The fall-out from their conflict has consequences for the whole family, especially for Angela, the sensitive 14-year-old daughter unable to cope with the brutal world that surrounds her and her own emerging womanhood, despite the best efforts of Juana, her strong but long-suffering mother.
A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore...
Long before Phil Robertson was a reality-TV star, he fell in love and started a family, but his demons threatened to tear their lives apart. This is the true story that started a dynasty.
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.
A drama about a boy who's inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and challenges repressive school authority in 1969 Denmark.
First part of two of the saga of the troubled Buddenbrook family and their business in mid 19th century Germany.
Elaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?
Antonio is married to a very wealthy woman but the sole heir of the family fortune is his daughter. He induce his dying wife to swear in the daughter of remaining "chaste and pure" ( so that she cannot marry ) until his own death.
Wealthy, aging patriarch Thordur assembles his scattered heirs in his remote Icelandic fishing village to discuss the future of the family fishery. But bringing everyone together unleashes a storm of long-repressed dark family secrets.
The death of a Burkinabé family’s patriarch and the division of his estate unearths conflict between his heirs and larger questions about inheritance, belonging and the communal customs of West Africa versus Westernized courts.
A Japan-set battle-royale comedy over a vial of sperm is centered around three women on the verge of a nervous breakdown from hearing their biological clock ticking away: a doctor and manager of a sperm bank, Sana Kobayashi, a single mother, Maron Kuribayashi, and an alluring receptionist, Mayumi Kujō. Unknowingly, the three shared a beloved partner and a sperm donor, Makoto, but lost him in a sudden accident. The night of Makoto's funeral they are shocked to discover each other in his room. In a rage of screaming, thrashing, and boasting about their own sexual prowess with Makoto, more fierce emotions erupt once Sana's plan to self-inseminate is exposed, but this leads to unexpected consequences. They affirm their real love for Makoto and reveal his true wishes.
Successful architect Robert has a one-night stand with a mysterious lady in red. The next day they meet again, but Carolin is now a corporate lawyer working on a major contract for Robert ...