I Los Angeles holder nogle få ihærdige håndværkere over 80.000 elevinstrumenter i god stand.

A small group of cosmic explorers, including a woman, leaves Earth to start a new civilization. They do not realize that within themselves they carry the end of their own dream. They die one by one, while their children revert to a primitive native culture, creating new myths and a new god.

Michel works there manically solving people's problems over the phone. He is about to tie the knot with his girl friend Isabelle, an airline hostess. She flies all over the world, he hates to leave the office. A series of madcap mishaps involving theft or injury (as you would expect in his line of work) ensues after Michel promises Isabelle nothing will delay their marriage and she promises in turn that she's done flying. Once this unlikely promise is made, it becomes premise and both are forced into escalating white lies to maintain the appearance of keeping their word. Their predicament mounts as Isabelle is forced to do a few more flights, while Michel is compelled to travel to New York, Tunisia, and finally Hong Kong, where they are finally reunited in the throes of a contrived and hilarious drug deal involving a 747, water taxi chases, and martial arts.

Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a marriage befitting her rank they decide she must instead become a nun. Although a kind and understanding Mother Superior helps her to learn the convent’s daily routine, Suzanne’s desire for freedom remains unabated. When the Mother Superior dies, Suzanne finds herself faced with reprisals, humiliation and harassment at the hands of the new Abbess and the other Sisters. For many years, Suzanne is subjected to bigotry and religious fanaticism. (Berlinale.de)

Buster Keaton (1895-1966) var en af USA's mest indflydelsesrige filmskabere og komikere. Kendt for sine stumfilm, falde på halen-komik og sit urokkelige pokerfjæs. Ved hjælp af nyrestaureret arkivmateriale og interviews med venner og samarbejdspartnere hædrer filminstruktøren Peter Bogdanovich det amerikanske komikergeni.

In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.

An average magician can entertain but a world-class artist can reawaken your faith in the impossible. In this utterly charming showbiz chronicle, four stellar magicians will amaze even the staunchest of skeptics. But for each of these virtuosos, true success seems illusory. Among them: Brian Gillis was Johnny Carson’s favourite close-up magician and a regular on The Tonight Show; David Minkin can levitate almost anything with his mind; and Jon Armstrong might be the best card trickster in the world—but none of them are satisfied. Each can captivate a crowd, but how long can they chase their dreams and at what cost? Following the artists on and off the stage, Magicians: Life in the Impossible captures the sacrifices, the obsessive drive, and the very real possibility of losing everything for the one true love of their lives.

A web of connected stories on adventure, sex, and love in Taiwan, including a 17 y.o. boy with a porn obsession, three hoodlums, and a self-righteous police officer.

Victor, grocer and tyrannical boss, never stops telling his family about his seafaring past, although they never believe him. When his nephew wins a model-boat contest and is commissioned to build a full-scale boat, Victor tries to make his mark.

A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa. In the film-within-the-film there are two couples, one real, one imagined , and the film - told through five dreams - is as much the story of a film on-production, as the birth of a child.

Mennesket har sat sine fodspor på månen. Nu går turen til Mars! I NASA-hovedkontoret er stemningen mere end spændt. Det gælder USA's prestige: Hele verden sidder foran Tv-skærmene for at følge rumflyvningen. Kort før starten opdages en fejl i raketten - men missionen gennemføres alligevel. På TV følger millioner af mennesker landsætningen på Mars. Kun nogle ganske få NASA-topfolk og de tre astronauter kender sandheden.

I centrum står den underskønne og livskloge Garance, som er omsværmet af den drømmende mimiker Baptiste, den ambitiøse skuespiller Frederick og forbryderen Lacenaire. Både Baptiste og Frederick arbejder ved Funambules teater, hvor de håber på det store gennembrud, mens teaterdirektørens datter, Nathalie står i kulissen og er hemmeligt forelsket i den sværmeriske Baptiste. 'Paradisets børn' regnes af mange kritikere for verdens bedste film nogensinde.

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.

Paris, 1912. Kustoderne på Naturhistorisk Museum river sig i håret, da et 136 millioner år gammelt pterodaktyl-æg udklækkes, og flyveøglen slipper fri. Den gæve journalistkvinde Adèle lader sig dog ikke afficere af den usædvanlige nyhed: Hun er lige vendt hjem fra Egypten med en genopstanden mumie!

Siden deres barndom har Jacques og Enzo konkurreret i at dykke længst og dybest, og som voksne fortsætter de denne dyst. Enzo er blevet verdensmester, Jacques arbejder i videnskabens tjeneste, men stadig er det ikke helt klart hvem af dem, der er den bedste. Og de føler begge, at spørgsmålet må opklares.

Pink Floyd The Wall er en musical-film fra 1982 af den britiske instruktør Alan Parker, baseret på Pink Floyds album fra 1979, The Wall. Filmen, som veksler mellem animationsfilm og spillede scener, er fuldstændig uden dialog, med kun få sagte replikker. Handlingen bliver alene båret frem af billederne og musikken fra albummet The Wall.

Velkommen til en verden, der styres af idioter. Enhver sammenligning med virkeligheden står for instruktørens regning... Den gennemsnitligt begavede soldat Joe Bowers er ikke ligefrem den skarpeste kniv i skuffen. Så han udvælges til et eksperiment, hvor hæren i løbet af et par måneder vil teste, om man kan lægge de bedste soldater i dvale, til man får brug for dem engang i fremtiden. Uheldigvis glemmer man alt om eksperimentet, og kun et fremtidigt affaldsproblem resulterer i, at Joe endelig vågner – let morgensur – i år 2550. I mellemtiden har fordummende TV og endnu dummere statsledere degenereret befolkningen i en sådan grad, at Joe nu anses for toppen af intelligensen. Så han gøres til indenrigsminister med ansvar for at få det hele til at køre...

Den smukke russiske gadesælger Anna bliver headhuntet af et førende parisisk modelbureau. Ingen ved, at Anna i virkeligheden er en dødbringende snigmorder for KGB. Modelkarrieren er blot et dække. Snart kastes Anna ud i den ene livsfarlige mission for KGB efter den anden. Men Anna har sine egne planer. Hun vil være fri som fuglen.

Selvom bien Barry B. Benson netop har fået en god studentereksamen, er han ikke meget for en fremtid inden for honningproduktion. I stedet flytter han ind hos blomsterhandleren Vanessa, hvor livet er skønt, lige indtil Barry opdager at mennesker rent faktisk spiser honning. Det vil honningbien ikke finde sig i, så han beslutter sig for at sagsøge hele menneskeheden for tyveri. © Scope

Narkokongen Micky overvejer at sælge sit marihuanaimperium, der nyder godt af en solid aftale med den britiske adel. Så snart rygtet spredes, står gangsterne i kø for at overtage den lukrative forretning. Nu starter en lavine af bestikkelse, afpresning og dobbeltspil i forsøget på at sætte sig på tronen.