A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.
When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.
Dangal is an extraordinary true story based on the life of Mahavir Singh and his two daughters, Geeta and Babita Phogat. The film traces the inspirational journey of a father who trains his daughters to become world class wrestlers.
Fabienne ist eine französische Schauspielerin und hat ihre Memoiren geschrieben und veröffentlicht. Ihre Tochter Lumir ist darüber gar nicht froh. Besonders als sie feststellen muss, dass die Geschichte, die ihre Mutter verkaufen will, so nicht stimmt. Sie stellt sich als liebende Mutter dar. Doch Lumir erinnert sich an eine Frau, die um jeden Preis im Scheinwerferlicht stehen wollte. Lumir kehrt mit ihrem Mann und ihrem Kind aus New York zurück nach Paris und will ihre Mutter zur Rede stellen.
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Der schottische Offizier Eric Lomax gerät während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in japanische Gefangenschaft und wird in ein Kriegsgefangenenlager nach Thailand verfrachtet. Dort werden die Gefangenen bei schlechter Versorgung gezwungen, den Bau einer Eisenbahnstrecke voranzutreiben. Wegen der vielen Todesopfer, die die Arbeit fordert, wird die Strecke auch Todeseisenbahn genannt. Nachdem Lomax sich zunächst weigert zu arbeiten, wird er von dem jungen japanischen Soldaten Nagase so lange gefoltert, bis er schließlich nachgibt. Er überlebt die Tortur, doch ist nie in der Lage die Pein zu vergessen, die ihm zugefügt wurde. Seine Frau Patricia leidet mit ihm und findet nach einem mentalen Zusammenbruch Erics schließlich heraus, dass Nagase noch am Leben ist. Als sie Eric davon berichtet, beschließt dieser Nagase aufzusuchen, um endlich mit seiner Vergangenheit abzuschließen.
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.
An adaptation of celebrity chef Nigel Slater's bestselling memoir, 'Toast' is the ultimate nostalgic trip through everything edible in 1960's Britain. Nigel's mother was always a poor cook, but her chronic asthma and addiction to all things canned does not help.
An Englishman who grew up in London during World War II joins the military to fight in the Korean War.
Based on the journey of the legendary Telugu actor, filmmaker and ex-Chief Minister Late Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri.
An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.
Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father for the first time and seems unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming national elections.
Joaquín Góñez, a novelist in his sixties recalls his emotions, his wild years in Buenos Aires, the memories of old friends, the meaning of loyalty and the intimate relationship with his mother, Roma.
Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts.
After 40 years, Tom Cruise continues to push the envelope in film. Exposing one's heart to the world through their work is not only risky business, as far as Cruise is concerned, it is the only way to achieve an end that feels complete.
Sequel to "Summer of '42" reunites Hermie, Oscy and Benjie as they graduate from high school. Benjie departs shortly to war while Hermie and Oscy go on to college and experience fraternity hazings, cheating on exams, sex scandals and other unsavory college activities. Hermie grows apart from his childhood friend Oscy and begins a relationship with Julie that allows him to settle down into maturity.
Diese Dokumentation beschreibt den Aufstieg von Olympiasiegerin und UFC-Champion Ronda Rousay zur Ikone im Bereich Mixed Martial Arts.
In an audacious reworking of the biopic, this ensemble drama sees jazz pianist Minami Hiroshi’s memoir cleverly reinterpreted into a surreal and playful story about chasing dreams, disillusionment and the inner lives of professional artists. Closer to playing two sides of the same coin than tackling a dual role, Ikematsu Sosuke embodies two versions of Minami – the naïve upstart and the jaded pro – who magically cross paths as they become entangled with a cast of colourful characters in the seedy alleyways and jazz clubs of Ginza over a single night.