Uranus is a 1990 French comedy-drama film with Gérard Depardieu about post-World War II recovery in a small French village, as the controlling French Communist Party tries to dispose of Pétain loyalists.
It was directed and written by Claude Berri and Arlette Langmann, based on a novel by Marcel Aymé. The film was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
After World War II, a small French village struggles to put the war behind as the controlling Communist Party tries to flush out Petain loyalists. The local bar owner, a simple man who likes to write poetry, who only wants to be left alone to do his job, becomes a target for Communist harassment as they try and locate a particular loyalist, and he pushes back.
Keywords: based-on-novel, collaborator, france, one-word-title, world-war-two
Humanity's last chance for survival.
Deunan: We have to believe that life is what we make of it!
Athena: What a creature is man, he would choose to cage himself so willingly?
Humanity's last chance for survival.
Deunan: We have to believe that life is what we make of it!
Athena: What a creature is man, he would choose to cage himself so willingly?
Plot
In the year of 1996, the Soshiki organisation led by Adel, was crushed by the hands of Eiji, Kayin and Ellis. After the Soshiki's reign of terror, all was thought to end the one-on-one battles. It was all a legend, until now. Now, in the year 2006, Eiji learned of some sacred weapons that could bring him all the power in the world, therefore, corrupting Eiji with an Evil Aura. Eiji then started a team of genetically engineered beings to help him with his idea of becoming an ultimate god. It is up to Eiji's son, Subaru, Kayin's little sister Naru, hopelessly flirtatious Rook Castle, Angel Girl Puella (and who also happens to be the daughter of past Toshinden fighter, Ellis.), Wild boy Fen, Prince Lancelot, Wise seer Genma, Ninja woman Miyabi and great robot Bang Boo to set up their own individual teams to compete with each other, as well as stopping Eiji and his minions (Eos and Zero) from becoming gods as well.
Keywords: anime, based-on-video-game, future, good-becoming-evil, mortal-versus-deity, sequel, tag-team, visions-of-outer-space, world-domination
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Two aliens come to Earth seeking their missing comrade, Kara, and find that she has taken an intense interest in human sexual behavior. As they follow along on her path, a nerdish UFO type and his fiance track them, while a mysterious "man in black" tracks them.
Keywords: alien, bare-breasts, bare-butt, breasts, earth, erotica, female-frontal-nudity, female-full-frontal-nudity, female-nudity, independent-film
The search for Kara.
Plot
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.
Keywords: avant-garde, ballet, dance, experimental-film, surrealism, title-directed-by-female
We look in awesome wonder at the stars
The rings of Saturn
The red canals of Mars
The raging flame of Mercury
The ever-changing atmosphere of Venus
Jupiter and its titanic moons
The frozen face of Pluto and Neptune
The majestic blue of Earth
And the clouds of toxic gas around Uranus