A young IT worker is in search of meaning in his life as he struggles to fulfill his dreams.
In this tale of second chances, two ex-lovers run into each other in a restaurant. Both are with new partners. Both are unhappy. Both are still in love with the other. Dormant feelings rush to the surface and the opportunity to rekindle the past presents itself. Will the outcome be different?
When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was overwhelmed with his upbringing and thereupon shipped him off to one of the toughest youth welfare institutions in Freistatt. This was followed by a career as a bouncer in the city's most notorious music club and an attempt to start a family. Today, the 77-year-old from Bielefeld lives with his dog Lucky in a lonely house in the country. Despite adverse living conditions, he has survived in his own unique and inimitable way.
Olga's decision to live with her daughter Meli, who works as a doctor assistant, in a remote village turns into situations full of vicissitudes. After an entire trade fair of correspondence to find a groom from the city, Olga presents Koçi to Mili, who pretends to be a true artist. But Meli has fallen in love with Bujar, and doesn't seem to want move away from the village.
A young journalist pays a visit backstage to interview an opera diva, but the conversation unexpectedly turns into an intricate, sensual game.
Alfred Kralik er en nydelig ung mand der arbejder i den lille gavebutik rundt om hjørnet. Han er forelsket i en kvinde han aldrig har mødt eller set eller talt med. De har i stedet gennem en periode skrevet romantiske breve til hinanden. En dag bliver Klara Novak ansat i butikken og de to kan fra starten ikke fordrage hinanden. Ikke overraskende viser Klara sig netop at være Alfreds drømmekvinde fra korrespondancen men hvad nu?
A comedy about life during the 1970's. A father refuses to accept his son marrying a girl from a different religion, thus leading to several comical situations.
Den tyske journalist Philip Winter møder i USA kort en kvinde, der overlader ham sin lille datter Alice i lufthavnen på vej til Europa. Da moderen ikke dukker op som aftalt, leder Philip og Alice efter bedstemoderen og knytter et venskab.
Teaterdirektøren Caden Cotard samler et hold for at gennemføre et nyt teaterstykke i en lagerbygning i New York. Imidlertid bliver skuespillere og ikke mindst instruktøren opslugt af livet på scenen, og som årene går, bliver stykket mere og mere en del af virkeligheden, alt imens livet udenfor de skrå brædder ufortrødent går videre.
Filmen 'Verdens værste menneske' handler om den snart 30-årige Julie, der endnu ikke har fundet ud af, hvad hun vil, eller hvem hun vil være. Julie er helt sikker på, at hun er endt på den rigtige uddannelse - lige ind til at hun får en ny genial idé, der bare passer meget bedre til hende. Derfor skifter hun retning igen. Og igen. Snart er hun også nået den alder, hvor de fleste er klar til at stifte familie, og det samme gælder hendes ældre kæreste Aksel. Julie er dog både rastløs og ubeslutsom omkring sin fremtid, så da hun møder den charmerende Eivind til en fest, som hun slet ikke var inviteret til, står hun overfor endnu en beslutning.
Alex, an experienced surgeon, makes a mistake in the diagnosis of his seven-year-old godson. The boy dies on the operating table. Stunned, the man tenders his resignation. One autumn morning he is sitting on the riverbank in a favourite place where he used to fish with his godson. Suddenly he notices the figure of a shapely semi-naked girl emerging from the fog. She is shivering with cold. Alex spontaneously offers his help, and thus becomes part of an incredible adventure story.
A successful, attractive, intelligent and brilliant advertising executive is longing to finally find emotional stability in his life, and decides to propose to his girlfriend. After she refuses his proposal, his life takes a turn when a new young lady enters his life.
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.
Flodbådskaptajnen Charlie Allnut ankommer til en lille missionsstation i Afrika for at advare missionærerne om, at 1. verdenskrig er brudt ud. Rose og hendes bror har ikke meget fidus til den upolerede kaptajn, men Charlie overtaler alligevel Rose til at flygte med hans lille flodbåd, og på deres farefulde tur ad floden får de rig lejlighed til at lære hinanden bedre at kende.
Efter en barsk og kærlighedsløs barndom bliver den unge Jane Eyre guvernante for pigen Adèle på godset Thornfield Hall. Hun tiltrækkes af godsets gådefulde, bryske ejer, mr. Rochester, men Rochester er en mand med en frygtelig hemmelighed.
Would you fall in love with a person whose voice you haven't heard for months, whose face you haven't touched, you can't smell, you don't even have the chance to pass by the same street, you can't even be in the same photo, who is miles away from you, even by seas, islands and cities?
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
After failing the medical entrance exam, Léopold enters midwifery school by default, hiding the truth from those around him. While he is unconvinced of his commitment to this exclusively female environment, his meeting with Nathalie, an experienced midwife with a passionate character, will change his view of this fascinating world and upset his certainties.
In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman (Jessica Lundberg) remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.
Magda and Arek create a harmonious marriage with 25 years of experience, caring for their sick grandfather. They live with their son, Tomek, who is in a long-term relationship with his girlfriend Asia. Seemingly everything is fine - typical family. And yet - Magda, a teacher in a Catholic high school, hides the fact that she prefers women, Arek has not been able to find a job for a long time, and Tomek - a popular YouTuber, is mainly driven by his interests. The embarrassment begins when Magda, tired of living in hiding, decides to follow her heart, setting off an avalanche of new events. Asia breaks up with Tomek, grandpa disappears, and Arek has a problem with re-gluing reality. When crises, conflicts and desires, which have been suppressed for years, finally explode, everyone begins to live on their own. Or at least he thinks so - Will each of the heroes find their own way to be happy?