Filmen er en fortælling om Bella Baxter, en ung kvinde, der genoplives af den geniale og uortodokse videnskabsmand dr. Godwin Baxter. Den videbegærlige Bella hungrer efter at opleve verden, så hun stikker af med Duncan Wedderburn, en slikket og amoralsk advokat, på et hæsblæsende eventyr over flere kontinenter. Befriet for datidens moraliserende bånd bliver Bellas liv en stræben efter lighed og frigørelse.

Ingen på forberedelsesskolen Barton Academy kan lide professor Paul Hunham. Han har ingen familie og ingen andre steder at tage hen i julen 1970, så han bliver på skolen for at holde øje med de elever, som ikke har mulighed for rejse hjem. Der går dog ikke mange dage før, der kun er en elev tilbage. Den utilpassede Angus, som godt nok er en dygtig elev, men hvis dårlige opførsel ofte er tæt på at få ham bortvist. Sammen med skolens køkkenchef Mary, hvis søn kort forinden er blevet dræbt i Vietnam, tilbringer den umage trio en meget begivenhedsrig jul sammen i New England imens sneen vælter ned.

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winning CD in their native city of Havana. The result is a spectacular compilation of concert footage from the group's gigs in Amsterdam and New York City's famed Carnegie Hall, with director Wim Wenders capturing not only the music -- but also the musicians' life stories.

Nora and Hae Sung, two childhood friends, are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

Just out of jail, crumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.

In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles – from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.

Justine Triets Guldpalmevinder fra Cannes fortæller om forfatteren Sandra Voyter, hvis mand omkommer efter et fald fra anden sal i parrets svejtserhytte. Da Sandra mistænkes for at have myrdet sin mand, bevæger vi os over i et intenst retssalsdrama, der trækker os både i den ene og den anden retning, for hvem ved: Måske har Sandra vitterligt begået et mord? Sandra Hüllers tvetydige portræt af Sandra gør det ikke nemt for publikum, og undervejs kommer selv hendes unge søn i tvivl. Og imens det moderne parforhold pilles fra hinanden i retssalen, smider anklagemyndigheden trumf på ved at udsøge sig passager i forfatterens bøger, som kan understøtte anklagen.

Caterino is a worker at the Ilva factory in Taranto. When the company executives decide to use him as a spy to identify the workers they should get rid of, Caterino starts to track his colleagues, in search of reasons to report them. He then asks to be assigned himself to the Palazzino LAF where as punishment, some employees sit out their time with no job assignment. There he discovers that what looks like paradise is actually a strategy to psychologically break troublesome workers.

Italy, after the promulgation of the racial laws (1938). Luciano, a Fascist-abiding restaurateur, nonetheless believes he can still live by his own rules inside his business. However, everything changes when Anna, a girl with a dangerous secret, starts to work at his restaurant.

A stolen seismic weapon is activated in Yemen. A hostage freed there tries in vain to warn against its global effect. It starts seismic activity at the Californian fault line where her daughter and ex are monitoring it. Can they stop it?

‘Tótem’ er en film, der svømmer over af liv, selv om døden lurer i kulissen. Syvårige Sol tilbringer dagen i sin bedstefars livlige hus i Mexico City, hvor familien, på lettere kaotisk vis, planlægger et surprise party for hendes kræftsyge far. Som dagen går på hæld, går det op for Sol, at hendes liv snart vil ændre sig radikalt. ‘Tótem’ er en hjertevarm og overmåde gribende familiehistorie – suverænt orkestreret af Lila Avilés, der har hjemtaget adskillige priser for værket, som også opnåede at blive Oscar-shortlistet i kategorien ‘bedste ikke-engelsksprogede film’.

A small town in Salento, some Soviet rock bands, CCCP and an 8-day trip between Moscow and Leningrad. The incredible story of a tour between two worlds that would never be the same again.

Enea chases after the myth he bears in his name; he does so to feel alive in a dead and decadent age. He does so together with Valentino, a newly baptized aviator. The two, in addition to dealing and partying, share youth. Lifelong friends, victims and perpetrators of a corrupt world, but moved by an incorruptible vitality. Beyond the boundaries of rules, on the other side of morality, there is a sea full of humanity and symbols to be discovered. Enea and Valentino will fly over it to the furthest extremes. However, drugs and the underworld are the invisible shadow of a story about something else: a melancholy father, a brother fighting at school, a mother defeated by love and a beautiful girl, a happy ending and a happy death, a palm tree falling on a glass world.

Takumi and his daughter Hana live in Mizubiki Village, close to Tokyo. One day, the village inhabitants become aware of a plan to build a camping site near Takumi's house offering city residents a comfortable "escape" to nature.

Fanny and Jean have everything of an ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the beautiful districts of Paris and seem to be in love as on the first day. But when Fanny crosses, by chance, Alain, a former high school friend, she is immediately capsized. They see each other again very quickly and get closer and closer.

Denne frygtløse kærlighedshistorie skildrer det komplicerede livslange forhold mellem musiklegenden Leonard Bernstein og Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.

Tangled up with blackmail and crooked cops, the son of a former gangster seeks out his father's old friends, who risk everything to save him.

When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her.

En pubudlejer i et tidligere blomstrende minesamfund kæmper for at holde fast i sin pub. I mellemtiden stiger spændingerne i byen, når syriske flygtninge anbringes i de tomme huse i samfundet.