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Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. Stickers and other adhesives are not considered graffiti, apparently because they are less common. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.
In modern times, paint, particularly spray paint, and marker pens have become the most commonly used graffiti materials. In most countries, marking or painting property without the property owner's consent is considered defacement and vandalism, which is a punishable crime. Graffiti may also express underlying social and political messages and a whole genre of artistic expression is based upon spray paint graffiti styles. Within hip hop culture, graffiti has evolved alongside hip hop music, b-boying, and other elements. Unrelated to hip-hop graffiti, gangs use their own form of graffiti to mark territory or to serve as an indicator of gang-related activities.
Actors: Gavrilos Psaltakis (writer), Gavrilos Psaltakis (director), Kostantis Papakonstantinou (composer), Malamas Sotiriou (actor), Efi Trasia (actress), Tasos Smirloglou (actor), Dimitris Notas (actor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Short,Actors: Dante Basco (actor), Nick Jameson (actor), Yuji Okumoto (actor), Miriam Flynn (actress), Chris Williams (actor), Quinton Flynn (actor), Brian A. Miller (producer), Lela Lee (actress), Kevin Kaliher (director), Meaghan Dunn (writer),
Plot: Kitty Bobo wants to prove that he is cool by getting a cell phone. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be receiving many important calls, thereby reducing his cool factor, so he begins to fake incoming calls. It's only a matter of time before everyone catches on to the farce.
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family,Actors: Mark Burg (producer), John Frizzell (composer), Anna Maria Horsford (actress), Joe Torry (actor), Master P (producer), Joe Cappelletti (miscellaneous crew), Master P (actor), Richard T. Jones (actor), David 'Shark' Fralick (actor), Andrew Divoff (actor), Clifton Powell (actor), Bill Nunn (actor), Sticky Fingaz (actor), Jeff Clanagan (producer), Erik Olson (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Avery had to drop out of college to support his girlfriend Krista and their son Jordan, but he saved his money and is eager to get back in the game. He has returned to the swim meet circuit and is now having the time of his life. One night, after winning a race, he is approached by a college scout. Thrilled, he goes out with his friends Dre and Cashmere to celebrate. A gun used in a drive-by shooting somehow finds its way into Cashmere's car. The cops arrive, and soon the trio land in jail. Cashmere has an easier time adapting to penitentiary life than Dre and Avery, who are more unfamiliar with the gang life that pervades the environment. Avery clings to Krista and Jordan as reasons to hold on, but there is only one man who can, and will, fight on his behalf - Charles, his swimming scout, who believes in his innocence without question. Regardless of the outcome, Avery must learn to hold on to his ideals after the brutality he has witnessed.
Keywords: african-american, athlete, black-american, cell-mate, false-accusation, group-of-friends, independent-film, male-friendship, prison, prison-rapeActors: Vladimir Cosma (composer), Didier Kaminka (writer), Charlotte de Turckheim (actress), Daniel Auteuil (actor), Claude Zidi (writer), Claude Zidi (director), Didier Kaminka (actor), Sandrine Bonnaire (actress), Hubert Deschamps (actor), Jean Cherlian (actor), Jean-Paul Farré (actor), Guy Marchand (actor), Vladimir Cosma (actor), Jean-Paul Lilienfeld (actor), Nicole Saunier (editor),
Plot: A group of friends are planning how to spend their summer vacation. One plans to go to the Seychelles with his American girlfriend. At the airport she dumps him for another guy. He has no money so he steals a backpack and goes camping. Somehow he meets a pretty girl and convinces her to share his tent. But a famous singer sees the girl and wants her too. He convinces the luckless guy to act like a fool and the girl leaves him and goes with the singer to the French Rivera. The luckless guy follows and engages the singer in a war of dirty tricks in order to win the girl back.
Keywords: beach, dumb-surgeon, fake-shark, female-nudity, friendship, hyphen-in-title, mediterranean-sea, one-actress-for-twin-sisters, pedal-boat, punctuation-in-titleActors: Didier Kaminka (writer), Jean Cherlian (actor), Françoise Michaud (actress), Féodor Atkine (actor), Daniel Auteuil (actor), Claude Zidi (producer), Tonie Marshall (actress), Hubert Deschamps (actor), Etienne Draber (actor), Michel Galabru (actor), Richard Bohringer (actor), Henri Attal (actor), Raymond Bussières (actor), Claude Zidi (director), Claude Zidi (writer),
Plot: Baptiste 'Bebel' Lavalle and his classmates in Versailles' private high-school Louis XIV enjoy their careless life enough to deliberately fail the exams, a national record of zero graduating pupils. Permissive headmaster Léon Jumaucourt's bitchy wife Lucie takes charge, determined to make them pass. She's no match for Bebel's tricks, despite cruel abuse, but the gang also annoys the public, including the dumb police commissioner. After a mix-up between their bomb-alert prop and a real terrorist group's African embassy attack, Bebel's bunch is condemned to pass their exams or go to jail, and the commissioner, charged with supervision, is in no mood to let them off easily.
Keywords: abuse, adolescent, baby-girl, beating, boxer-shorts, bully, cheating-at-exam, corporal-punishment, cult-film, dunce