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Henri Rochard is a French captain assigned to work with Lt. Catherine Gates. Through a wacky series of misadventures, they fall in love and marry. When the war ends, Rochard tries to return to America with the other female war brides. Zany gender-confusing antics follow.
Themes: | militaryweddingdrinkingmarriageloverevenge |
Mood: | wedding nightrainsatire |
Locations: | motorcycle accidenttaxi drivercatholic churchgermanytruckshipvillagetaxibusbathtubmotorcyclehoteltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | crying babyfrench soldiermilitary policemilitary officeramericangermanfrenchbabynursechildren |
Story: | frankfurt germanysidewalk cafesharing a bedreading a letterwoman in militarysleeping in a bathtubmilitary uniformmotorcycle helmetmotorcycle with a sidecarwedding cakewar bridewar ruinspermission to marryman wearing woman's clothingsliding down a hill β¦covered in paintsoldier's wifewater faucetdoor handlered tapesleeping in a chairbackacheback rubback painpushed from heightcompactyarncultural conflictroad signwolf whistlelinguistslip the undergarmentnegligeedizzinesshaystackchaplainmopnylon stockingsrailroad crossingfalling asleeplocked inexpectant fatherinnkeepergender rolescorporalrowingclimbing out a windownightgownbride and groomloudspeakergogglesorchestral music scorebattle of the sexesadmiralsleeplessnesssexual frustrationinnstatue of liberty new york cityroosteru.s. navyknocking on a doorpost world war twoblack marketreading aloudmajordragbureaucracylaundryfemale soldierhandshakedormitorypipe smokingpajamasferrypolice raidlieutenantrainstormlipstickhit on the headlostboston massachusettsrowboatu.s. armypassportbrooklyn new york citycolonelgossipsergeantfarceclaim in titlecaptaincross dressingwaterfallwigsuitcasemassageliarimmigrationcoffeefalse accusationmontagedisguiseriverjailcafebedtearslieletterfalling from heightarrestdrinkhorseunderwearcryingtelephone callpantiesknifesexkiss (See All) |
A woman who has an elaborate scheme to propose to her boyfriend on Leap Day, an Irish tradition which occurs every time the date February 29 rolls around, faces a major setback when bad weather threatens to derail her planned trip to Dublin. With the help of an innkeeper, however, her cross-country β¦odyssey just might result in her getting engaged. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | catholic churchvillagetaxibushotelrestaurant |
Story: | sharing a bedsliding down a hillslip the undergarmentinnkeeperbride and groommajorboston massachusettssuitcasecafebedtearsdrinkcryingtelephone callpanties β¦kiss (See All) |
The story concentrates on the social re-adjustment of three World War II servicemen, each from a different station of society. Al Stephenson returns to an influential banking position, but finds it hard to reconcile his loyalties to ex-servicemen with new commercial realities. Fred Derry is an ordin β¦ary working man who finds it difficult to hold down a job or pick up the threads of his marriage. Having had both hands burnt off during the war, Homer Parrish is unsure that his fiancee's feelings are still those of love and not those of pity. Each of the veterans faces a crisis upon his arrival, and each crisis is a microcosm of the experiences of many American warriors who found an alien world awaiting them when they came marching home. (Read More)
Themes: | militaryweddingdrinkingmarriagelove |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxirestaurant |
Characters: | military officergermanchildren |
Story: | compactnightgownbride and groomorchestral music scoresleeplessnessu.s. navyhandshakepipe smokingpajamaslipsticku.s. armysergeantcaptaincoffeecafe β¦bedtearsdrinkcryingtelephone callkiss (See All) |
Ellie Andrews has just tied the knot with society aviator King Westley when she is whisked away to her father's yacht and out of King's clutches. Ellie jumps ship and eventually winds up on a bus headed back to her husband. Reluctantly she must accept the help of out-of- work reporter Peter Warne. A β¦ctually, Warne doesn't give her any choice: either she sticks with him until he gets her back to her husband, or he'll blow the whistle on Ellie to her father. Either way, Peter gets what (he thinks!) he wants .... a really juicy newspaper story. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | shipbusmotorcycletrain |
Story: | slip the undergarmenthaystackrailroad crossingpipe smokingpajamasrainstormclaim in titlesuitcasecoffeemontagerivercafebedtearsletter β¦drinkcryingtelephone callkiss (See All) |
Lorelei and Dorothy are just "Two Little Girls from Little Rock", lounge singers on a transatlantic cruise, working their way to Paris, and enjoying the company of any eligible men they might meet along the way, even though "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend." Based on the Broadway musical based on β¦the novel. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagelove |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | taxi drivershiptaxihotel |
Story: | sidewalk cafewedding cakebrooklyn new york cityfarceclaim in titlewigliarmontageliedrinkkiss |
Pearl Harbor is a classic tale of romance set during a war that complicates everything. It all starts when childhood friends Rafe and Danny become Army Air Corps pilots and meet Evelyn, a Navy nurse. Rafe falls head over heels and next thing you know Evelyn and Rafe are hooking up. Then Rafe volunte β¦ers to go fight in Britain and Evelyn and Danny get transferred to Pearl Harbor. While Rafe is off fighting everything gets completely whack and next thing you know everybody is in the middle of an air raid we now know as "Pearl Harbor." (Read More)
Themes: | militarydrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | shiptrain |
Characters: | military policemilitary officergermanfrenchnurse |
Story: | wolf whistleadmiralu.s. navylieutenantu.s. armycolonelcaptaintearsletterdrinkunderwearcryingkisssex |
East Germany, the year 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother watches the police arresting him and suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. Some months later, the GDR does not exist anymore and the mother awakes. Since she has to avoid every excitement, the son tries to set u β¦p the GDR again for her in their flat. But the world has changed a lot. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingmarriagelove |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | taxi drivergermanytaxibathtubmotorcycletrain |
Characters: | germanbabynurse |
Story: | farceliarmontagejailtearslieletterarrestdrinkcryingpanties |
After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1915, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.
Themes: | drinkingmarriage |
Locations: | hoteltrain |
Characters: | germannurse |
Story: | falling asleepadmiralsleeplessnessknocking on a doorreading aloudmajorhandshakelieutenantpassportsergeantsuitcaseliarcoffeetearslie β¦drinkhorseunderwearcrying (See All) |
Five desperate French soldiers during The Battle of the Somme shoot themselves, either by accident or with purpose, in order to be invalided back home. Having been "caught" a court-martial convenes and determines punishment to be banishment to No Man's Land with the objective of having the Germans f β¦inish them off. In the process of telling this tale each man's life is briefly explored along with their next of kin as Methilde, fiancee to one of the men, tries to determine the circumstances of her lover's death. This task is not made any easier for her due to a bout with polio as a child. Along the way she discovers the heights and depths of the human soul. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingmarriagerevenge |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | truckbusbathtubmotorcycletrainrestaurant |
Characters: | french soldiermilitary officergermanfrenchnurse |
Story: | corporalpajamaslieutenantsergeantcaptainmassagedisguisecafetearslieletterdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦sexkiss (See All) |
In 1937 China, during the second Sino-Japanese war, a mortician, John ('Christian Bale' (qv)) arrives at a Catholic church in Nanjing to prepare a priest for burial. Upon arrival he finds himself the lone adult among a group of convent girl students and prostitutes from a nearby brothel. When he fin β¦ds himself in the unwanted position of protector of both groups from the horrors of the invading Japanese army, he discovers the meaning of sacrifice and honor. (Read More)
Themes: | militarydrinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | truckvillage |
Characters: | american |
Story: | motorcycle with a sidecarmajordormitorylieutenanthit on the headcolonelcross dressingwigsuitcasedisguisetearsliefalling from heightdrinkhorse β¦cryingkiss (See All) |
Michael, Steven and Nick are young factory workers from Pennsylvania who enlist into the Army to fight in Vietnam. Before they go, Steven marries the pregnant Angela, and their wedding party also serves as the men's farewell party. After some time and many horrors, the three friends fall in the hand β¦s of the Vietcong and are brought to a prison camp in which they are forced to play Russian roulette against each other. Michael makes it possible for them to escape, but they soon get separated again. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriage |
Locations: | catholic churchtaximotorcycle |
Characters: | military policefrenchnurse |
Story: | wedding cakecorporalbride and groomroosteru.s. armysergeantwaterfallrivertearsfalling from heightdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callkiss |
Made of Honor revolves around Tom and Hannah, who have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets engaged. When she asks Tom to be her "maid" of β¦ honor, he reluctantly agrees just so he can attempt to stop the wedding and woo her. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxirestaurant |
Story: | wedding cakebride and groompajamasferryrowboatcafeliedrinkhorseunderweartelephone callpantieskisssex |
During 1st WW, two French officers are captured. Captain De Boeldieu is an aristocrat while Lieutenant Marechal was a mechanic in civilian life. They meet other prisoners from various backgrounds, as Rosenthal, son of wealthy Jewish bankers. They are separated from Rosenthal before managing to escap β¦e. A few months later, they meet again in a fortress commanded by the aristocrat Van Rauffenstein. De Boeldieu strikes up a friendship with him but Marechal and Rosenthal still want to escape... (Read More)
Themes: | militarydrinkinglove |
Locations: | germanyvillagetrain |
Characters: | french soldiermilitary officergermannurse |
Story: | military uniformpipe smokinglieutenantcaptaincross dressingwigcoffeedisguisetearsletterdrinkhorsetelephone callkiss |
In 'Gegen die Wand' Cahit, a 40-something male from Mersin in Turkey has removed everything Turkish from his life. He has become an alcoholic drug addict and at the start of the movie wants to end it all. Sibel a 20-something female from Hamburg wishes to please her Turkish parents yet yearns for fr β¦eedom. She has had her nose broken by her brother for being seen holding hands with a boy and yet she can not break her mother's heart and run away. She too attempts suicide and she first approaches Cahit there at the Hospital. Sibel asks Cahit to marry her, as she believes this to be the way out of her parent's house. She promises Cahit that their relationship will be like roommates, not like a married couple. The film follows Sibel and Cahit as they get married, become closer and eventually fall in love. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagelove |
Locations: | taxi drivergermanytaxibushotelrestaurant |
Characters: | german |
Story: | frankfurt germanysidewalk cafeliarimmigrationmontagejailcafetearslieletterdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callknife β¦sexkiss (See All) |
Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action drama focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an imp β¦ossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys - seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 - possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind's greatest achievements. (Read More)
Themes: | military |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | germanytruckvillagerestaurant |
Characters: | military officergerman |
Story: | military uniformpost world war twomajorlieutenantu.s. armycolonelsergeantcaptainfalse accusationmontagedisguisecafeletterarresthorse β¦knife (See All) |
When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They sh β¦ow up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Locations: | busbathtubhoteltrain |
Story: | compactslip the undergarmentnegligeenightgownpajamaspolice raidlipstickfarceclaim in titlecross dressingwigsuitcaseliardisguiselie β¦drinkunderweartelephone callpantiessexkiss (See All) |
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamental β¦ists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own. With Marji dangerously refusing to remain silent at this injustice, her parents send her abroad to Vienna to study for a better life. However, this change proves an equally difficult trial with the young woman finding herself in a different culture loaded with abrasive characters and profound disappointments that deeply trouble her. Even when she returns home, Marji finds that both she and homeland have changed too much and the young woman and her loving family must decide where she truly belongs. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxibathtubmotorcyclerestaurant |
Characters: | children |
Story: | war ruinsloudspeakerblack marketpipe smokingpajamaspolice raidpassportsuitcaseliarfalse accusationjailcafebedtearslie β¦falling from heightarrestdrinkcryingtelephone callkiss (See All) |
Due to his knowledge of the native Bedouin tribes, British Lieutenant 'T.E. Lawrence' (qv) is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali, Lawrence rebels against the orders of his s β¦uperior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Locations: | motorcycle accidenttruckmotorcycletrain |
Characters: | military officernurse |
Story: | military uniformfalling asleepcorporalgogglesorchestral music scoremajorhandshakelieutenantcolonelsergeanttearsarrestdrinkhorsecrying β¦knife (See All) |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an β¦d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxihotelrestaurant |
Story: | wedding cakebride and groomlaundrylipstickliarcafetearsliearrestdrinkcryingtelephone callsexkiss |
This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases, and the convenient marriage that she finds herself committed to. It is in this web of intrigue that they head for China, only after Walter discovers Kitty's i β¦nfidelity with one dashing and witty diplomat Charlie Townsend. So much as to hide her from herself and to help thwart a cholera outbreak, this is a marriage more than on the rocks. This is a cold, indifferent and loveless partnership in a vast unknown and deadly environment that will test both these flightless lovebirds and with the hardships and tolerances more than any had ever anticipated. A visual delight amid the pain and suffering of a dying people and failing marriage. Will a cure be found for both, before it's too late? (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingmarriagelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | shipvillagebathtubrestaurant |
Characters: | frenchbabynursechildren |
Story: | rowboatcolonelgossipsuitcaserivercafetearsletterdrinkhorsecryingtelephone callkiss |
In late 1951, Eilis Lacey, a young Irish girl, emigrates to Brooklyn. Sponsored by Father Flood, a priest from her native town Enniscorthy, she is assured to find a full-time job there. But the early days are tough, seasickness being soon replaced by loneliness and homesickness, two feelings all the β¦ more acutely felt by Eilis for having had to leave behind her widowed mother and her dear sister Rose. She nevertheless little by little manages to find her footing by adapting to her job as a salesgirl, by studying bookkeeping at Brooklyn College as well as with a little help from both Father Flood and Mrs. Kehoe, the owner of the boarding school she now lives in. And not only does graduation follow but love shows its face in Tony, an Italian-American plumber, full of adoration and respect for her. They end up marrying, although keeping the thing secret. It is at that point that tragedy strikes inciting Eilis to return to Enniscorthy to support her mother morally. And there a strange thing happens : she gradually gets lured by the charms of her native place, going far as to let herself be wooed by Jim Farrell, a young local. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagelove |
Locations: | catholic churchshiptaxitrainrestaurant |
Story: | reading a letterwolf whistlebride and groomsleeplessnesspipe smokingbrooklyn new york citygossipsuitcaseimmigrationriverbedtearsletterdrinkcrying β¦telephone callkiss (See All) |
The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command o β¦f the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination. (Read More)
Themes: | militarydrinkingmarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | ship |
Characters: | military policemilitary officerchildren |
Story: | military uniformexpectant fatheradmiralu.s. navylieutenantu.s. armycolonelcaptainletterfalling from heightdrinkhorseknife |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkinglove |
Locations: | busrestaurant |
Characters: | americanfrenchbabynurse |
Story: | sidewalk cafeclimbing out a windowhandshakepolice raidpassportfalse accusationjailcafetearsliearrestdrinkhorseunderwearcrying β¦telephone call (See All) |
In the middle of World War II, in turbulent 1942, a plane flies over Morocco and drops a Royal Canadian Air Force paratrooper who comes in to land on a drop zone, somewhere in the desert dunes outside Casablanca. Just in time before anyone notices him, the fearless Wing Commander Max Vatan gets in a β¦ car and heads to the town with orders to meet Parisian Marianne Beausejour, a skillful member of the French Resistance. On a mission to assassinate the German Ambassador in Casablanca, the two operatives must convince every one of their true feelings as a married couple, while in the background, they need to make the necessary preparations for the critical soiree. Without delay, after the success of this suicide mission, Max and Marianne flee together to England with plans on marrying and making a family, regardless of the war. Instead, heavy clouds of distrust and suspicion threaten their relationship, when Max receives a call from the Secret Service Division to inform him that his beloved wife is actually an impostor. In disbelief, with a terrible task in his hands and crushed under a devastating dilemma, Max must find the courage to seek for answers in the perilous streets of bombarded London, regardless of the outcome. In the end, amid duty and love, who shall live and who shall die? (Read More)
Themes: | militaryweddingmarriagelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxihotelrestaurant |
Characters: | military policemilitary officergermanfrenchbabynurse |
Story: | female soldiercolonelsuitcasejailcafebedlieletterhorsetelephone callkiss |
Neil Jordan's depiction of the controversial life and death of 'Michael Collins (XIV)' (qv), the "Lion of Ireland", who led the IRA against the UK and helped found the Irish Free State in 1922.
Themes: | weddingdrinkingrevengelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | catholic churchmotorcycletrainrestaurant |
Characters: | children |
Story: | military uniformmotorcycle with a sidecarriverjailcafearrestdrinkhorse |
Uxbal, single father of two children, finds his life in chaos as he is forced to deal with his life in order to escape the heat of crime in underground Barcelona, to break with the love for the divorced, manic depressive, abusive mother of his children and to regain spiritual insight in his life as β¦he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingmarriagelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | crying babybabynursechildren |
Story: | sleeplessnessblack marketdormitorypolice raidmassagemontagejailcafetearsarrestdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone callkiss |
2 Jours - 2 Days follows two days in the relationship of a New York based couple - a French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack - as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice didn't really work out, - they both β¦came down with gastroenteritis. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English-speaking parents, flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and conviction that French condoms are too small, only adds fuel to the fire. Will they be able to salvage their relationship? Will they ever have sex again? Or will they merely manage to perfect the art of arguing? (Read More)
Themes: | drinkinglove |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxitrainrestaurant |
Characters: | americanfrench |
Story: | statue of liberty new york citysuitcaseliarmontagecafetearsliearrestdrinkcryingsexkiss |
A film commissioned by the Algerian government that shows the Algerian revolution from both sides. The French foreign legion has left Vietnam in defeat and has something to prove. The Algerians are seeking independence. The two clash. The torture used by the French is contrasted with the Algerian's β¦use of bombs in soda shops. A look at war as a nasty thing that harms and sullies everyone who participates in it. (Read More)
Themes: | militaryweddingdrinkingrevenge |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | truckmotorcyclerestaurant |
Characters: | french soldiermilitary policefrenchbabychildren |
Story: | loudspeakerpolice raidcolonelcoffeejailcafetearsarrestdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone call |
Smart-but-ineffectual journalist Dan "We use euphemisms!" cannot decide between his girlfriend, loving-but-clingy waitress Alice, or his lover cold-but-intellectual photographer Anna; herself indecisive between Dan and honest-but-thuggish "You're bloody gorgeous!" doctor Larry. The film puts the fou β¦r leading characters in a box and strips them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagerevenge |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxibushotelrestaurant |
Characters: | americanchildren |
Story: | linguistpassportwigcafetearsliecryingpantieskiss |
GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enor β¦mous family fortune -- all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingmarriage |
Locations: | taxibusbathtubmotorcyclehoteltrain |
Characters: | germanfrench |
Story: | reading a letterhandshakepipe smokingpajamasfarcemontagetearsletterarrestcryingtelephone callknifesexkiss |
In northern Australia at the beginning of World War II, an English aristocrat inherits a cattle station the size of Maryland. When English cattle barons plot to take her land, she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn stock-man to drive 2,000 head of cattle across hundreds of miles of the count β¦ry's most unforgiving land, only to still face the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by the Japanese forces that had attacked Pearl Harbor only months earlier. (Read More)
Themes: | militarydrinkingmarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | truckshipbathtub |
Characters: | children |
Story: | gogglesdormitoryrainstormcaptainwaterfallsuitcasefalse accusationriverbedarrestdrinkhorsetelephone callkisssex |
This movie, based on the cult Broadway musical of the 60s, tells a story about Claude, a young man from Oklahoma who comes to New York City. There he strikes up a friendship with a group of hippies, led by Berger, and falls in love with Sheila, a girl from a rich family. However, their happiness is β¦short because Claude must go to the Vietnam war. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkinglove |
Locations: | taxibus |
Characters: | military police |
Story: | military uniformbride and groomloudspeakeru.s. armysergeantjailtearsdrinkhorseunderwearcryingpanties |
Themes: | drinking |
Locations: | taxi drivervillagetaxihotelrestaurant |
Characters: | american |
Story: | slip the undergarmentsleeplessnesssexual frustrationknocking on a doorhandshakesuitcasecoffeemontagedrinkunderweartelephone callsexkiss |
A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dod β¦ge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro-football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must both fight to keep his guys together and to get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter... (Read More)
Themes: | drinkinglove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | truckmotorcyclehoteltrainrestaurant |
Story: | motorcycle with a sidecarslip the undergarmentpajamaspolice raidlieutenantrainstormlipsticku.s. armycaptainmontagecafedrinktelephone callkiss |
"All eyes will be on you," says the Austrian Empress, Maria Theresa to her youngest daughter Marie Antoinette. The film, marketed for a teen audience, is an impressionistic retelling of Marie Antoinette's life as a young queen in the opulent and eccentric court at Versailles. The film focuses on Mar β¦ie Antoinette, as she matures from a teenage bride to a young woman and eventual queen of France. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriage |
Locations: | bathtub |
Characters: | french soldierbaby |
Story: | bride and groompipe smokingrowboatgossipwigmontagebedtearsletterdrinkhorsecryingkisssex |
THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna love β¦s being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn" and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken. Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another. (Read More)
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | germanytaxibathtubtrainrestaurant |
Characters: | german |
Story: | slip the undergarmentnylon stockingspost world war tworeading aloudsuitcasefalse accusationjailcafebedtearslieletterunderwearcryingtelephone call β¦kiss (See All) |
John and Jane Smith are a normal married couple, living a normal life in a normal suburb, working normal jobs...well, if you can call secretly being assassins "normal". But neither Jane nor John knows about their spouse's secret, until they are surprised to find each other as targets! But on their q β¦uest to kill each other, they learn a lot more about each other than they ever did in five (or six) years of marriage. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriage |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taximotorcyclehotelrestaurant |
Story: | slip the undergarmentgogglessleeplessnesspassportbrooklyn new york citysuitcasecafebedliefalling from heightdrinkunderweartelephone callknifekiss β¦sex (See All) |
In 1944, upper class boy Julien Quentin and his brother Francois travel to Catholic boarding school in the countryside after vacations. Julien is a leader and good student and when the new student Jean Bonnet arrives in the school, they have friction in their relationship. However, Julien learns to β¦respect Jean and discovers that he is Jewish and the priests are hiding him from the Nazis. They become best friends and Julien keeps the secret. When the priest Jean discovers that the servant Joseph is stealing supplies from the school to sell in the black market, he fires the youth. Sooner the Gestapo arrives at school to investigate the students and the priests that run and work in the boarding school. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkinglove |
Locations: | bathtubmotorcycletrainrestaurant |
Characters: | americangermannurse |
Story: | black marketdormitorypajamaslostliartearslieletterarrestdrinkunderwearcryingtelephone call |
Based on Rosalie Ham's best selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage who returns to her small home town in the country to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.
Themes: | weddingdrinkingloverevenge |
Locations: | busbathtubhoteltrain |
Story: | wolf whistleslip the undergarmentclimbing out a windowbride and groomgossipwiglieletterarrestdrinktelephone callknifekiss |
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the β¦ Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinking |
Locations: | taximotorcyclehotel |
Story: | bride and groomlaundryferrypassportsuitcasetearsletterfalling from heightdrinkcryingkiss |
Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women al β¦l around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role, however, lands Dorsey in a hot spot between a female friend/'lover,' a female co-star he falls in love with, that co-star's father who falls in love with him, and a male co-star who yearns for his affection. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkinglove |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | crying babybabynurse |
Story: | sharing a bedman wearing woman's clothingdragfarcecross dressingdisguisedrinktelephone callpanties |
Marshall, Texas, described by James Farmer, Jr. as "the last city to surrender after the Civil War," is home to Wiley College, where, in 1935-36, inspired by the Harlem Renaissance and his clandestine work as a union organizer, Professor Melvin Tolson coaches the debate team to a nearly-undefeated s β¦eason that sees the first debate between U.S. students from white and Negro colleges and ends with an invitation to face Harvard University's national champions. The team of four, which includes a female student and a very young James Farmer, is tested in a crucible heated by Jim Crow, sexism, a lynch mob, an arrest and near riot, a love affair, jealousy, and a national radio audience. (Read More)
Themes: | drinkinglove |
Locations: | truckbushoteltrain |
Story: | pipe smokingrowboatsuitcasemontagejailletterarrestdrinkhorseunderweartelephone callknifekisssex |
Eleven vignettes, all homages to New York City life, are presented. I. Ben, a pickpocket, is attracted to Molly on first sight, and gets into an interesting "pissing match" with Molly's married lover, NYU professor Garry. II. Mansuhkhbai, an orthodox Jain diamond wholesaler, and Rifka, an orthodox J β¦ewish diamond retailer who is getting married tomorrow, learn that they have more in common than just diamonds. III. David, a musician and music editor for a video being directed by Abarra, is having problems meeting Abarra's demands while he slowly falls for Abarra's assistant, Camille, who he's never met but has only talked to on the telephone solely about work. IV. A young man believes he's made a powerful connection to a stranger, a young woman, in the simple act of lighting her cigarette, and proceeds to convince her of the same and as such that there is a future for them from that point on, and not at some unspecified time down the road. V. A high school senior, who has been dumped by his girlfriend just before senior prom, is given a gift by his local pharmacist, Mr. Riccoli, the senior not understanding the full implication of the gift until the full process of prom night is over. VI. Each on their way to their first official date together after what started out solely as a one night stand, Gus and Lydia each contemplate not keeping the date. VII. Isabelle, a retired opera diva, has returned to a hotel where she's stayed many times and where she has strong memories of encouβ¦ (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagelove |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | taxi drivertaxihotelrestaurant |
Characters: | french |
Story: | bride and groomstatue of liberty new york cityknocking on a doorlaundryhandshakebrooklyn new york citywigsuitcasecafedrinkunderweartelephone callpantieskisssex |
A baby girl is discovered in a river by Ranon and Mims, the children of Willow Ufgood, a dwarf farmer and magician and the baby girl is taken into the care of Willow's family. But when a terrifying dog-like creature attacks Willow's village, whilst tracking down the baby. Willow consults the village β¦ council and the wizard The High Aldwin. The High Aldwin gives Willow a task and Willow leaves the village and embarks on the task to give the baby girl to a responsible person. But Willow soon learns the baby is Elora Danan, the baby girl destined to bring about the downfall of the evil sorceress Queen Bavmorda. Joined by his allies: swordsman Madmartigan, sorceress Fin Raziel and the Brownies Franjean and Rool, Willow takes it upon himself to protect Elora from Queen Bavmorda, who intends to kill Elora and prevent Elora from fulfilling her destiny. And Willow and his allies are pursued by Queen Bavmorda's daughter Sorsha and the evil commander of Queen Bavmorda's army General Kael, whom are searching for Elora and bring her back to Queen Bavmorda's castle, where Queen Bavmorda bids to kill Elora in a ritual and prevent the prophecy of her downfall. (Read More)
Themes: | revenge |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | village |
Characters: | crying babybabychildren |
Story: | orchestral music scorefemale soldierhandshakerowboatcross dressingwaterfalldisguiseriverfalling from heighthorsecryingknifekiss |
The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their undergr β¦ound "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagerevengelove |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | shipbathtub |
Characters: | germanbaby |
Story: | post world war twoliarliedrinkhorseunderwearkisssex |
Echoes of "Madame Bovary" in the American suburbs. Sarah's in a loveless marriage to an advertising executive, long days with her young daughter at the park and the pool, wanting more. Brad is an immature househusband, married to a flinty documentary filmmaker. Ronnie is just out of prison - two yea β¦rs for indecent exposure to a minor - living with his elderly mother, May; Larry is a retired cop, fixated on driving Ronnie away. Sarah and Brad connect, a respite of adult companionship at the pool. Ronnie and Larry have their demons. Brad should be studying for the bar; Larry misses his job; Ronnie's mom thinks he needs a girlfriend. Sarah longs to refuse to be trapped in an unhappy life. Where can these tangled paths lead? (Read More)
Themes: | drinkingmarriage |
Mood: | rainsatire |
Locations: | villagetaxitrainrestaurant |
Characters: | children |
Story: | loudspeakerhandshakepajamasrainstormsuitcaseliarcafetearslieletterdrinkunderwearcryingpantieskiss |
Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. They are put to the test, however, when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requir β¦ing genuine courage. (Read More)
Themes: | militarydrinkingrevenge |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | germanyvillage |
Characters: | french soldier |
Story: | frankfurt germanyman wearing woman's clothinginnwigbedfalling from heightarrestdrinkhorseunderwearknifekiss |
In prison awaiting execution the next morning Louis, the 10th Duke of Chalfont, sets down on paper the events that led him to his current situation. His mother has been banished from her family, the D'Ascoynes, after she married Louis' father who was considered far beneath her. After her death, the β¦D'Ascoynes refused permission for her to be buried in the family crypt. Louis then plots his revenge - and kills all those ahead of him in the succession until he becomes the Duke. Along the way, he becomes involved with the married Sibelia who, when spurned, makes sure he ends up in prison. The day before his execution Sibelia recants her testimony saving him not only from the gallows but also sets him free. Once outside the prison however, he realizes he's forgotten one little thing........ (Read More)
Themes: | weddingdrinkingmarriagerevenge |
Mood: | satire |
Locations: | shipvillagehotel |
Characters: | baby |
Story: | admiralhandshakerowboatcoloneldisguisetearsletterarrestdrinkhorsecryingkiss |
Based on J. G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, tells the story of a boy, James Graham, whose privileged life is upturned by the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, December 8, 1941. Separated from his parents, he is eventually captured, and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, next to a captured Chinese β¦ airfield. Amidst the sickness and food shortages in the camp, Jim attempts to reconstruct his former life, all the while bringing spirit and dignity to those around him. (Read More)
Themes: | military |
Locations: | truckshipmotorcyclehotel |
Characters: | americannurse |
Story: | motorcycle with a sidecarorchestral music scoreu.s. navyblack marketdormitoryu.s. armysergeantsuitcasetearsunderwearcryingkiss |
The family of talented cook, Hassan Kadam, has a life filled with both culinary delights and profound loss. Drifting through Europe after fleeing political violence in India that killed the family restaurant business and their mother, the Kadams arrive in France. Once there, a chance auto accident a β¦nd the kindness of a young woman, Marguerite, in the village of Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val inspires Papa Kadam to set up a Indian restaurant there. Unfortunately, this puts the Kadams in direct competition with the snobbish Madame Mallory's acclaimed haute cuisine establishment across the street where Marguerite also works as a sous-chef. The resulting rivalry eventually escalates in personal intensity until it goes too far. In response, there is a bridging of sides initiated by Hassan, Marguerite and Madame Mallory herself, both professional and personal, that encourages an understanding that will change both sides forever. (Read More)
Themes: | drinking |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | villagetaximotorcyclehoteltrainrestaurant |
Characters: | french |
Story: | sleeplessnesshandshakepassportsuitcasemontagedrinkcryingtelephone callknifekiss |