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Michel takes up picking pockets as a hobby, and is arrested almost immediately, giving him the chance to reflect on the morality of crime. After his release, though, his mother dies, and he rejects the support of friends Jeanne and Jacques in favour of returning to pickpocketing (after taking lesson …s from an expert), because he realises that it's the only way he can express himself... (Read More)
| Themes: | writingdyingillnessredemptiondeath of motherpovertytheftfuneraldrunkennessfeardrinkingprisonmoneyreligionfriendship …love (See All) |
| Locations: | catholic churchparis francefrancetaxichurchtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godthiefsister sister relationshipbabypolicemandetectivepolice officerstudentteacherchildrenfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship …police (See All) |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | sidewalk cafepetty thefttrain ticketjack knifepocket knifenote slid under doorknee woundstreet fairfloorboarddostoevskycarnival ridedisobediencecompulsionmodern day adaptationbenefactor …playing cardunwed motheraddressheartbeatpinball machineaccomplicefingerkneelingdustracetrackmetrowaitinghorse racetrickhonestyluckpursevery little dialoguehorse racingwalletstairwaypickpocketcoinblack and whiteheavenrailway stationwristwatchstealinglawundergroundsleepingsuspiciondiarybankreadingsuitcasebinocularsconfessionsearchapologysubwaynewspaperhandcuffsjailcafeinterrogationtearsbookletterarrestdrinkcryingvoice over narrationknifecigarette smokingbased on novelkiss (See All) |
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. When the parents are packed off to a resort by their busy, impatient children, the film deepens into an unbearably moving meditation on mortality.
| Themes: | dyingillnessdeath of motherfuneraldrunkennessfeardrinkingmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshipbabypolicemanpolice officerstudentteacherchildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | pinball machinewaitingrailway stationsleepingreadingsuitcaseapologyletterdrinkcryingcigarette smoking |
In Johannesburg, a small time criminal, Tsotsi, is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After a series of violent gang hits, Tsotsi hijacks a car. However, whilst driving, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat. He brings the baby to his house in the slum. The next si …x days bring about a change in him that couldn't be foreseen. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingillnessredemptiondeath of mothertheftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | thiefbabypolicemanteacherfriendmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | walletcoinrailway stationapologysubwaynewspapertearsdrinkcryingknifecigarette smokingbased on novel |
The Final Days is the true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine brought to life. Sophie Scholl is the fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose. Using historical records of her incarceration, the film re-creates the last six days of Sophie Scholl's lif …e: a journey from arrest to interrogation, trial and sentence in 1943 Munich. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to her comrades, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility that is both haunting and timeless. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingtheftprisonlovefriendship |
| Characters: | catholicthiefsister sister relationshippolicemanstudentchildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | lawundergroundsuitcaseconfessionsearchhandcuffsjailinterrogationtearsletterarrestcryingcigarette smoking |
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven becomes open about his homosexuality and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lif …estyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingtheftprisonmoneyreligionlovefriendship |
| Locations: | taxichurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godthiefpolicemanpolice officerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | accomplicewristwatchstealinglawreadingsuitcasehandcuffsjailcafetearsbookletterarrestcryingvoice over narration …kiss (See All) |
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job - for which he needs a bike - hanging up posters. But soon his bicycle is stolen. He and his son walk the streets of Rome, looking for the bicycle. Ricci finally manages to locate the thief but with no proo …f, he has to abandon his cause. But he and his son know perfectly well that without a bike, Ricci won't be able to keep his job. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertytheftfeardrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | catholic churchchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godthiefbabypolicemanpolice officerchildrenmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | waitingstealingbinocularssearchcafetearsarrestdrinkcryingcigarette smokingbased on novel |
A young man is released from prison after many years and given a new identity in a new town. Aided by a supervisor who becomes like a father to him he finds a job and friends and hesitantly starts a relationship with a compassionate girl. But the secret of the heinous crime he committed as a boy wei …ghs down on him, and he learns that it is not so easy to escape your past. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingillnessredemptiondrunkennessfeardrinkingprisonfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | taxitrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | policemanstudentteacherfriendmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | train ticketwalletsleepingconfessionapologynewspaperjailcafetearsletterdrinkcryingknifebased on novelkiss |
Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds acro …ss two generations. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessredemptionfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingmoneylovefriendship |
| Locations: | catholic churchtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicsister sister relationshipbabypolicemanchildrenfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | dustrailway stationwristwatchreadingnewspapercafetearsbookletterdrinkcryingcigarette smokingbased on novelkiss |
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction. As a member of a seemingly unbeatable high school basketball squad, Jim's life centers around the basketball court and the court becomes a metaphor for the world in his … mind. A best friend who is dying of leukemia, a coach ("Swifty") who takes unacceptable liberties with the boys on his team, teenage sexual angst, and an unhealthy appetite for heroin -- all of these begin to encroach on young Jim's dream of becoming a basketball star. Soon, the dark streets of New York become a refuge from his mother's mounting concern for her son. He can't go home and his only escape from the reality of the streets is heroin for which he steals, robs and prostitutes himself. Only with the help of Reggie, an older neighborhood friend with whom Jim "picked up a game" now and then, is he able to begin the long journey back to sanity. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingillnesstheftdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmoneyreligionfriendship |
| Locations: | catholic churchchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicthiefpolicemanstudentteacherfriendmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | wristwatchstealingdiaryconfessionjailcafetearsarrestdrinkcryingvoice over narrationknifecigarette smokingbased on novelkiss |
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 …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)
| Themes: | writingdyingillnessfearprisonmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | taxichurchtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | policemanstudentteacherfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | lawreadingsuitcaseconfessionapologyjailcafetearsbooklettercryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbased on novelkiss |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr …aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mothertheftfuneraldrinkingmoneyfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | churchtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godsister sister relationshipbabypolicemanteacherfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | walletcoinwristwatchsleepingapologynewspapercafebookletterdrinkcryingvoice over narrationbased on novelkiss |
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 …ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
| Themes: | drinkinglovefriendship |
| Locations: | paris francefrancerestaurant |
| Characters: | babypolicemandetectivepolice officerfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | sidewalk cafepocket knifestairwaysuspicionbinocularsconfessionsearchapologynewspaperjailcafetearsarrestdrinkcrying …cigarette smokingbased on novel (See All) |
When a single mother and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop - with Sunday hours - across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcome …d. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftreligionfriendship |
| Locations: | catholic churchfrancechurch |
| Characters: | catholicthieffriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | stealingsuitcaseconfessionapologycafetearslettercryingvoice over narrationknifebased on novelkiss |
Mike Waters lives on the street and befriends the somewhat older and streetwise Scott Favor who shows him what is necessary to survive. Waters suffers from narcolepsy and can fall asleep at any moment and in almost any circumstance. Favor comes from a rich family and is rebelling against his own bac …kground. They travel together extensively - Waters is driven by the need to find his biological mother - and spend time in Italy. Later in life however, Favor has joined mainstream society and has little time for his old friend. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of motherpovertytheftfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | francetaxichurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godthiefpolicemanfriendmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | modern day adaptationheartbeatluckstealingsleepingconfessionsearchcafetearsletterdrinkcryingknifecigarette smokingkiss |
Famed writer 'Truman Capote' (qv), southern born and bred but now part of the New York City social circle, is growing weary of his current assignment of writing autobiographical type pieces for the New Yorker. After reading a newspaper article about the just occurred November 14, 1959 cold blooded m …urders of the Clutter family in their rural Kansas home, Truman feels compelled to write about that event as his next article. So he and his personal assistant Nelle 'Harper Lee (I)' (qv), also a southern born New Yorker and an aspiring writer of her own, head to Kansas to research the story first-hand. Truman hopes to use his celebrity status to gain access to whomever he needs, such as to Laura Kinney, a friend of the Clutter daughter she who discovered the bodies, and to Alvin Dewey, the lead police investigator and also a Clutter family friend. If his celebrity doesn't work, Truman will grease the wheels by whatever means necessary. When the police eventually charge suspects, two young men named Dick Hickcock and Perry Smith, Truman uses those same tactics to gain access to them. Truman's fascination with the story makes him believe that he can revolutionize writing by expanding the germ of the article into what he calls a non-fiction novel. His personal involvement also changes as he grows emotionally attached to Perry, the seemingly sensitive and thus probable submissive in the criminal pairing, thus Truman becoming part of the story itself. Article or non-fiction novel, Trum… (Read More)
| Themes: | writingtheftdrunkennessdrinkingprisonmoneyfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | taxitrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemandetectivepolice officerstudentfriendmother son relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | diaryreadingapologynewspaperjailcafetearsbookletterdrinkcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
A mother lives quietly with her twenty-eight-year-old son, Do-joon, providing herbs and acupuncture to neighbors. One day, a girl is brutally murdered, and Do-joon is charged with the killing. Now, it's his mother's call whether to prove him innocent or to leave him imprisoned.
| Themes: | writingfuneraldrunkennessfeardrinkingprisonmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | policemandetectivepolice officerfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | sleepingsuspicionconfessionsearchhandcuffscafeinterrogationtearsbookarrestdrinkcryingcigarette smoking |
Erik is expelled from school for fighting. He ends up at a private boarding school where the senior students control the young ones. Erik finds a friend in Pierre, his room mate. The story revolves around Erik who just wishes to be left alone and graduate. He doesn't listen to what the seniors have …to say and they don't like it. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingtheftfearmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteacherfriendmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | wristwatchsleepingreadingsuitcaseconfessionapologynewspaperbooklettercigarette smokingbased on novelkiss |
In the South American jungle supplies of nitroglycerin are needed at a remote oil field. The oil company pays four men to deliver the supplies in two trucks. A tense rivalry develops between the two sets of drivers and on the rough remote roads the slightest jolt can result in death.
| Themes: | dyingillnesstheftfeardrinkingmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | taxirestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicthiefpolicemanpolice officerchildrenfriendpolice |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | stealingsleepingnewspapercafetearsletterdrinkcryingknifecigarette smokingbased on novel |
The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father ('Brad Pitt' (qv)). Jack (played as an adult by … 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv)) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftfearreligion |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godthiefbabypolicemanchildrenmother son relationshippolice |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | heartbeatkneelingvery little dialoguestairwaystealingsleepingreadingsearchapologynewspapercafetearsbookarrestcrying …voice over narrationkiss (See All) |
The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth o …f The Beatles. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mothertheftfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godthiefsister sister relationshipbabystudentteacherfriendmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | sleepingreadingcafetearsbookletterdrinkcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
Christy Brown is a spastic quadriplegic born to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to wri …te with. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingpovertydrunkennessfeardrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | catholic churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicbabychildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | stairwaystealingreadingapologybookdrinkcigarette smokingbased on novel |
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 …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: | theftfuneralfeardrinkingprisonreligionfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | paris francefrancetaxirestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godthiefpolicemanstudentteacherchildrenfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | honestylawreadingsuitcasenewspaperjailcafetearsbookarrestdrinkcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingkiss |
A serial killer in the San Francisco Bay Area taunts police with his letters and cryptic messages. We follow the investigators and reporters in this lightly fictionalized account of the true 1970's case as they search for the murderer, becoming obsessed with the case. Based on Robert Graysmith's boo …k, the movie's focus is the lives and careers of the detectives and newspaper people. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingtheftdrunkennessdrinkingprison |
| Locations: | taxirestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipbabypolicemanchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | wristwatchconfessionsearchnewspapercafeinterrogationbookletterarrestdrinkcigarette smoking |
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. So they pass the time before his scheduled flight the next morning together. How … do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away? (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingfeardrinkingmoneyreligionlove |
| Locations: | catholic churchparis francechurchtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | studentmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | pinball machinehonestyrailway stationreadingcafebookdrinkcigarette smokingkiss |
Poland, 1962. Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, the only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family's tragic story, but to see who they really are an …d where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingfuneraldrunkennessfeardrinkingreligion |
| Locations: | catholic churchchurch |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godsister sister relationshipbabymother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | stairwaysuitcaseconfessionsearchapologyletterdrinkcigarette smokingkiss |
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 …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: | theftfeardrinkingreligionlovefriendship |
| Locations: | paris francechurchtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godthiefstudentteacherfriendmother son relationship |
| Story: | stealingsleepingreadingconfessionsearchtearsbookletterarrestdrinkcryingcigarette smoking |
Karol (Polish) marries Domininque (French) and moves to Paris. The marriage breaks down and Dominique divorces Karol, forcing him into the life of a metro beggar and eventually back to Poland. However, he never forgets Dominique and while building a new life for himself in Warsaw he begins to plot.. …. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftfuneraldrinkingprisonmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | paris francefrancechurch |
| Characters: | thiefpolice officerfriendpolice |
| Story: | metrocoinsleepingsuitcasebinocularssubwaytearsarrestdrinkcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
Nader ('Payman Maadi' (qv)) and Simin ('Leila Hatami' (qv)) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), …who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertytheftfearmoneyreligion |
| Characters: | reference to godthiefteachermother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | stairwaylawsleepingsuspicionbanksuitcaseconfessionapologynewspaperhandcuffsjailtearsarrestcrying |
Two sisters, plus a dead mother, a remarried father, and a hostile step-mother. The sisters, each in her way, have perfected the art of losing. The elder, Rose, is an attorney, responsible, lonely, with a closet full of shoes. The younger is Maggie, beautiful, selfish, and irresponsible. Her drunken … behavior gets her tossed by her step-mother from her dad's house; worse behavior gets her tossed from Rose's apartment. Then, while searching in her father's desk for money to filch, Maggie finds an address; the past and the future open up to her and, with any luck, may open to her sister as well. (Read More)
| Themes: | death of mothertheftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipteacherfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | addressluckreadingsearchnewspapercafetearsbookletterdrinkcryingvoice over narrationknifecigarette smokingbased on novel …kiss (See All) |
Vincent is an old Vietnam vet whose stubbornly hedonistic ways have left him without money or a future. Things change when his new next-door neighbor's son, Oliver, needs a babysitter and Vince is willing enough for a fee. From that self-serving act, an unexpected friendship forms as Vincent and Oli …ver find so much of each other's needs through each other. As Vincent mentors Oliver in street survival and other worldly ways, Oliver begins to see more in the old man than just his foibles. When life takes a turn for the worse for Vincent, both them find the best in each other than no one around them suspects. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingtheftdrunkennessdrinkingmoneyreligionfriendship |
| Locations: | taxi |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godteacherfriendmother son relationship |
| Story: | horse racehorse racingsleepingbanksuitcasebinocularsapologynewspapertearsbookdrinkcryingcigarette smoking |
High-flying, adored! The film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical depicting the infamous real-life story of Eva "Evita" Duarte de Peron, the wife of President Juan Peron, who rose from poverty to become the most famous Argentine woman in history. Her huge political influence and constant charity …works earned her scorn and fear from the military and upper classes but adoration and love from the workers and descamisados. Evita's legendary life is displayed before your eyes as the most hated and most beloved woman in Argentina. (Read More)
| Themes: | povertyfuneralfeardrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | catholic churchchurchtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholic |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | railway stationnewspaperjailcafetearsarrestdrinkcryingvoice over narration |
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: | illnessdeath of motherfuneraldrinkinglovefriendship |
| Locations: | paris francefrancechurchtrain |
| Characters: | friendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | sleepingbankapologynewspaperbookletterarrestdrinkvoice over narrationknifecigarette smokingbased on novelkiss |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a …n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnesstheftdrinkingprisonmoney |
| Locations: | taxitrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemanteacherfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshippolice |
| Story: | pursewalletstairwaycafedrinkcigarette smokingbased on novelkiss |
Aspiring emcee DJay works the angles to get his first record made with help from assorted people in his Memphis 'hood. And when he hears that hip-hop superstar Skinny Black is heading to his area, he throws together a supreme hustle to grab Skinny's attention.
| Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingprisonmoneyreligionlovefriendship |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | reference to godbabypolicemanfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | jailcafetearsarrestdrinkcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
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 …he is diagnosed with terminal cancer. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingillnessredemptiondrunkennessfeardrinkingmoneyreligionlove |
| Locations: | churchrestaurant |
| Characters: | babypolicemanchildrenfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | heartbeatundergroundapologysubwayjailcafetearsarrestdrinkcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American 'Billy Hayes (I)' (qv) is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in ident …ifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he beco… (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingtheftfearprisonmoneyfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefpolicemanstudentmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | heartbeatluckpickpocketstealinglawbanksuitcasesearchhandcuffsjailcafeinterrogationtearslettercrying …cigarette smokingkiss (See All) |
Kanji Watanabe is a civil servant. He has worked in the same department for 30 years. His life is pretty boring and monotonous, though he once used to have passion and drive. Then one day he discovers that he has stomach cancer and has less than a year to live. After the initial depression he sets a …bout living for the first time in over 20 years. Then he realises that his limited time left is not just for living life to the full but to leave something meaningful behind... (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingillnessdeath of motherdrunkennessdrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | babychildrenmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | street fairpinball machinekneelingsleepingsearchnewspapercafetearsdrinkcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smoking |
In 1939, Robbie Turner is a private in the British Army, he and his battalion who are heading to France to fight in the war. A stint in the army is not where his life was headed, which took a radical turn four years earlier at the Tallis estate where he grew up as his mother worked as the Tallis' li …ve-in housekeeper. As such, he grew up with the three Tallis children: son Leon, and daughters Cecilia and Briony. Robbie and Cecilia were just getting to the stage of their lives of being able to confess their true love for each other. But then thirteen year old aspiring writer Briony also had a crush on the older Robbie. Based on two incidents she saw between Cecilia and Robbie (one only from afar), on reading a private letter Robbie wrote to Cecilia and on her own feelings for Robbie, Briony told some truths and half-truths about Robbie which resulted in this turn in his life. Robbie is able to reconnect with Cecilia before he is shipped off to France, and lives only to be able to head back to London to be with Cecilia and make up for the missing four years they could not spend together due to Briony's actions. A year later, Briony, now eighteen, also arrives in London to start working as a nurse to support the war effort. By this time, she is aware of the damage her thirteen year old self caused, and wants to atone for that error to both Cecilia from who she has been estranged, and Robbie who she has not seen since. She will make this atonement even if neither Robbie or Cecilia… (Read More)
| Themes: | writingdyingredemptiondrunkennessdrinkingprisonlove |
| Locations: | churchtrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | sister sister relationshippolicemanchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | readingsuitcaseconfessionsearchapologyhandcuffscafetearsletterarrestdrinkcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbased on novel …kiss (See All) |
This is the story of the last few years of the notorious bank robber John Dillinger. He loved what he did and could imagine little else that would make him happier. Living openly in 1930s Chicago, he had the run of the city with little fear of reprisals from the authorities. It's there that he meets … Billie Frechette with whom he falls deeply in love. In parallel we meet Melvin Purvis, the FBI agent who would eventually track Dillinger down. The FBI was is in its early days and Director J. Edgar Hoover was keen to promote the clean cut image that so dominated the organization through his lifetime. Purvis realizes that if he is going to get Dillinger, he will have to use street tactics and imports appropriate men with police training. Dillinger is eventually betrayed by an acquaintance who tells the authorities just where to find him on a given night. (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingdrunkennessfeardrinkingprisonmoneyfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | policemanpolice officerfriendpolice |
| Story: | horse racerailway stationbankbinocularshandcuffsjailcafeinterrogationtearsletterarrestdrinkcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker, two close friends who share a love of fantasy and literature, who conspire to kill Pauline's mother when she tries to end the girls' intense and obsessive relationship.
| Themes: | writingillnessredemptiontheftreligionfriendshiplove |
| Characters: | thiefstudentteacherfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | heavenstealingdiaryapologyletterarrestcryingvoice over narrationkiss |
A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history. The original screenplay uses newly discovered facts, court records and speculation as the foundation for a story of family, obsession, love and loss.
| Themes: | dyingdrunkennessfeardrinkingmoneylovefriendship |
| Locations: | paris francetaxitrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | studentfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | suspicionsuitcasesearchsubwaynewspapercafeinterrogationtearsdrinkcryingcigarette smokingkiss |
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 …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: | theftdrinkinglovefriendship |
| Locations: | paris francetaxitrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefsister sister relationshipfriendfather daughter relationshipmother daughter relationshipmother son relationshippolice |
| Story: | metrosuspicionsuitcasesubwaycafetearsarrestdrinkcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingkiss |
After Black September's assassination of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972, Prime Minister Golda Meir okays a black-box operation to hunt down and kill all involved. A team of five gathers in Switzerland led by Avner, a low-level Mossad techie whose father was a war hero and whose wife … is pregnant. It's an expendable team, but relying on paid informants, they track and kill several in Europe and Lebanon. They must constantly look over their shoulders for the CIA, KGB, PLO, and their own sources. As the body count mounts -- with retribution following retribution -- so do questions, doubts, and sleepless nights. Loyalties blur. What does it mean to be a Jew? (Read More)
| Themes: | dyingfuneraldrunkennessdrinkingprisonmoneyreligionlove |
| Locations: | paris francetaxitrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godsister sister relationshipchildrenmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | sidewalk caferailway stationlawbankbinocularssearchcafetearsarrestdrinkcryingknifecigarette smoking |
When former journalist Martin Sixsmith is dismissed from the Labour Party in disgrace, he is at a loss as to what do. That changes when a young Irish woman approaches him about a story of her mother, Philomena, who had her son taken away when she was a teenage inmate of a Catholic convent. Martin ar …ranges a magazine assignment about her search for him that eventually leads to America. Along the way, Martin and Philomena discover as much about each other as about her son's fate. Furthermore, both find their basic beliefs challenged. (Read More)
| Themes: | feardrinkingmoneyreligionfriendship |
| Locations: | catholic churchchurch |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godbabyfriendmother daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | kneelingluckstairwayconfessionsearchapologytearsdrinkcryingkiss |
Katherine Ann Watson has accepted a position teaching art history at the prestigious Wellesley College. Watson is a very modern woman, particularly for the 1950s, and has a passion not only for art but for her students. For the most part, the students all seem to be biding their time, waiting to fin …d the right man to marry. The students are all very bright and Watson feels they are not reaching their potential. Altough a strong bond is formed between teacher and student, Watson's views are incompatible with the dominant culture of the college. (Read More)
| Themes: | drunkennessdrinkingfriendshiplove |
| Locations: | taxitrainrestaurant |
| Characters: | babystudentteacherfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Period: | 1950s |
| Story: | waitinglawnewspapercafetearsbookletterdrinkcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingkiss |
This story is a narration from an Australian man who falls in love with two kinds of Candy: a woman of the same name and heroin. The narrator changes from a smart-aleck to someone trying to find a vein to inject, while Candy changes from an actress, call girl, streetwalker, and then a madwoman. Star …ting in Sydney, the two eventually end up in Melbourne to go clean, but they fail. This leads them to turn to finding money and heroin, while other posessions and attachments become unimportant. (Read More)
| Themes: | theftdrinkingmoneylove |
| Locations: | restaurant |
| Characters: | thiefbabymother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationship |
| Story: | compulsionwaitingwalletstealingbankreadingapologycafetearsbookdrinkcryingvoice over narrationcigarette smokingbased on novel …kiss (See All) |
Michael Mason, a pick-pocket living in Paris steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes, killing four people. CCTV footage reveals Masons face and the French police tag him as a terrorist thr …eat. The explosion, although botched, was set up by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank, (closed on French National Day) -hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar, discovers the real story behind Masons "terrorist attack". The two men, on different sides of the law, collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down. (Read More)
| Themes: | redemptionfearmoney |
| Locations: | paris francechurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefdetectivepolice officerpolice |
| Story: | metrowalletpickpocketwristwatchstealinglawbanksubwayhandcuffscafeinterrogationarrestknife |
The story of Seita and Satsuko, two young Japanese siblings, living in the declining days of World War II. When an American firebombing separates the two children from their parents, the two siblings must rely completely on one another while they struggle to fight for their survival.
| Themes: | dyingillnessdeath of mothertheftfearmoneyfriendship |
| Locations: | train |
| Characters: | thiefchildrenfriendmother daughter relationshipfather daughter relationshipmother son relationship |
| Story: | pursestealingsleepingreadingapologysubwaytearslettercryingvoice over narrationbased on novel |
Kris is attacked one night, and hypnotized, using a grub with hypnotic properties, administered by a thief. She follows the thief's instructions to give him everything, even taking out loans. After the worms are extracted, she wakes up to find her life ruined. She's lost her job, her finances are de …stroyed. Years later, she meets Jeff whom she may have a lot in common with. (Read More)
| Themes: | illnessdrinkingmoney |
| Locations: | trainrestaurant |
| Characters: | thiefmother daughter relationship |
| Story: | sidewalk cafevery little dialoguecoinsleepingbankreadingapologycafebookdrinkknifekiss |
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma Watson), the suicide of his best friend, and his own mental illness while struggling to find a group of people with whom he belongs. The intr …overt freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors, Sam and Patrick, who welcome him to the real world. (Read More)
| Themes: | writingdyingillnessfeardrinkinglovefriendship |
| Locations: | catholic churchchurchrestaurant |
| Characters: | catholicreference to godpolicemanteacherfriendmother son relationship |
| Story: | heartbeatreadingapologycafetearsbookletterdrinkcryingvoice over narrationknifebased on novelkiss |
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