In this film, servicemen are strongly urged to forgo illicit and casual sex because it is degrading and contrary to divine will. The joys of marriage and family are stressed. Long-term happiness should be the goal, not immediate gratification. A medical officer discusses sexual abstinence, saying that it will not adversely affect a man's virility. A commanding officer points out that sexual promiscuity among troops is not just the concern of the medical officer and the chaplain. He says that self-control should be practiced by everyone. Marriage and family should be the goal of every man. A chaplain speaks of abstinence and self-control as obedience to divine law. Shots include: sailors with their families; a wedding; sailors picking up girls and visiting prostitutes. There is some animation.
A cadet at West Point is subjected to "internal exile," which means that other students refuse to talk to him or acknowledge his existence, after he is accused of violating the school's code of honor.
The video is a montage of elements, still images and found footage, which, in the resulting combination, revolve around the theme discipline/form, as related to organisms in general and the human organism specifically.
I am not free. There is a structure in my mind that imprisons me. This structure is the world. I obey certain laws. I could be punished. I cannot act upon my sexual desires. I cannot find the resources I need to create my art. I cannot stop war. I cannot live without money.
When Paige Hopkins begins working at a halfway house for degenerate teenage girls, she believes that her syrupy sweet disposition is just what the girls need to find their path to redemption. But these hardened street girls show Paige that she couldn't be more out of place. So Paige quickly adapts to their ways - which includes beatings, torture and even murder - all delivered with a smile. Gradually, it becomes clear that she may be more troubled than any of her charges. Written by Brain Damage Films
Coring, a gay beautician, is left with a baby by his former ward, Dennis. The baby grows up thinking that Coring is his real father. Everything seems to be smooth until the kid's mother suddenly shows up to claim her son.
Young outgoing Lucia is so desperate to explore the outside world, that she feels so depressed under her brother's watch cause she was being forced to become an introvert she wasn't. As soon as she got her admission into the high institution, it became a perfect time for her to explore the world.
A young girl sent to an orphanage run by nuns gets confronted with the cruel and outdated methods used by the staff.
Den britiske kaptajn Nolan er en engageret officer, der væmmes ved sin øverstbefalende, Lord Cardigan. Lord Raglan er en tåbelig officer med afsporede strategier og en svigtende hukommelse. Sammen sendes de til Tyrkiet for at standse en russisk invasion, og arrogante og uduelige som de er, sender de flere hundrede kavalerister mod en sikker død i en afslutning, som er både rystende og storslået.
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.
Evan Evans, the director of a ballet troupe, is rehearsing his next show in Monaco, in preparation for a worldwide tour. When one member of his troupe leaves to get married, Evans imposes a regime of strict discipline on his remaining dancers. The latter get their revenge by presenting Evans’ nephew Philippe, the only male member of the group, with a baby and a note claiming he is the father…
Skipper Christopher Sheldon styrer skoleskibet "Albatros" med hård, men retfærdig hånd, og han får sin sag for, da han står til søs på en otte måneder lang sørejse sammen med 13 drenge, der skal lære at sejle og undervejs gå fra at være drenge til at blive mænd. Turen udvikler sig til en fantastisk oplevelse, hvor drengenes grænser bliver prøvet af - ikke mindst da skibet bliver ramt af en frygtelig storm, der på få minutter spreder død og ødelæggelse og dermed sætter de overlevendes mod, fjendskab og sammenhold på den ultimative prøve.
Sixteen-year-old Michael Dunn arrives at St. Basil's Catholic Boys School in Brooklyn circa 1965. There, he befriends all of the misfits in his class as they collide with the repressive faculty and discover the opposite sex as they come of age.
The Disciple is set in the summer of 1939, when 13-year-old Karl arrives in the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea to work as lighthouse master Hasselbond’s assistant. Hasselbond, however, turns him down because of his young age. Karl struggles desperately to stay on and makes friends with Hasselbond’s oppressed son, Gustaf, but their friendship changes to rivalry and hate when Hasselbond starts to favor Karl over his own son.
Split Cherry Tree is a 1982 short film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. A father learns the importance of education and gains an understanding of his son and an insight into his dreams and ambitions. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
Filmen foregår i et depressions-ramt London 20 år efter klassikeren Mary Poppins. Barnepigen kommer på besøg igen hos familien Banks, og nu er børnene Jane og Michael blevet voksne.
An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work details for the course of a single day, submitting in the course of it to extremely harsh and shocking physical and mental degradation and abuse.
An aimless, jobless, irresponsible grown man joins the army and matures into a battlefield hero.
A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the walls of a religious institution where rigid discipline backfires natural feelings are deemed unnatural acts and human lives are controlled in the names of good intentions.