A troubled and neurotic Italian Countess betrays her entire country for a self-destructive love affair with an Austrian Lieutenant.

Anført af deres viljestærke mor flytter Rocco (Alain Delon) og hans fire brødre fra et landdistrikt i det sydlige Italien til Milano i nord i håbet om at opnå forbedrede livsvilkår. Det bliver en hård kamp for dem alle i den upersonlige storby. Handlingen udspiller sig især omkring den prostituerede Nadia (Annie Girardot), som både Rocco og hans bror Simone har et godt øje til. Luchino Visconti, en af ophavsmændene til den italienske neorealisme, har instrueret.

Efter et sammenbrud indlogerer den fremtrædende komponist Gustav von Aschenbach sig på et luksushotel på Lidoen ud for Venedig. Her møder han den guddommelige, blonde Tadzio, der med sin på én gang engleagtigt rene og sensuelle udstråling synes at rumme et håb om frelse og forløsning. Aschenbach giver sig til at følge efter den unge mand i en stadigt stigende smertefuld betagelse.

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and unholy light into the hidden corners of the human psyche.

In the first episode, a heartbroken woman talks to her ex-lover on the phone. In the second, a pregnant woman believes she is carrying the child of Saint Joseph.

Italy, 1968. Aspiring actor Nicola enrolls in the police to pay for his studies, ending up undercover among college students protesting the government, the Vietnam War and the values of their parents' generation. However, he complicates his mission by falling for Laura, a bourgeois girl dreaming of a better world.

Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.

An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly menial jobs in order to do it. He attempts to fit into his new home and society but fails at every turn. Unable to go home again, will his tenacity and optimism be enough to live on?

An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. Top-selling contemporary artist Vik Muniz takes us on an emotional journey from Jardim Gramacho, the world's largest landfill on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, to the heights of international art stardom. Vik collaborates with the brilliant catadores, pickers of recyclable materials, true Shakespearean characters who live and work in the garbage quoting Machiavelli and showing us how to recycle ourselves.

Explore Emily Dickinson's vivacious, irreverent side that was covered up for years — most notably her lifelong romantic relationship with another woman.

Villa Primic was once a luxurious home. Now in disrepair, the Primic family home is up for sale by the owner, Rose, and her two heirs, Massimiliano and Adele. The head of the family, Valerio, is vehemently opposed to this. The reunion is going to be complicated...

After thirteen years in Germany, Fernand is coming back to his wife and his restaurant. But since his disparition, his wife as made her life with a norman chef, sympathetic but a specialist of butter's cooking when Fernand cook only with oil!

When a leopard escapes during a publicity stunt, it triggers a series of murders.

Krølhårede Joe Collins er den skrappe, men enfoldige forbryder, som kæmper en hård daglig kamp blandt medindsatte og fangevogtere i det overfyldte Westgate fængsel. Joe hader især den ondskabsfulde Munsey, der styrer fængslet som en enevældig diktator. Efter lidt for mange sadistiske overgreb på den hårde kerne af indsatte udtænker Joe og hans medfanger en flugtplan, der har alle chancer for at ende i et blodbad.

A documentary consisting of a series of travelogue vignettes providing glimpses into cultural practices throughout the world intended to shock or surprise, including an insect banquet and a memorable look at a practicing South Pacific cargo cult.

Lina, a music hall singer, has fallen in love with Sergei, a Russian prince. Maestro Doria, who gives her voice lessons and who hopes to make her his mistress, takes her to Paris where she becomes the star of the "Folies-Plastiques".

A master thief, just out of prison, concocts a risky final score that would net him over a million dollars.

Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.

Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.