The Show (2013)

Actors: Phelim Kelly (actor), Joelle Koissi (actress), James Alexandrou (writer), James Alexandrou (director), Kate Fahy (actress), Harry Lloyd (actor), Immanuel von Bennigsen (editor), Siobhan Callas (miscellaneous crew), Adeel Akhtar (actor), Jaz Deol (actor), Sean Buchanan (actor), Elias Millward (producer), Georgie Paget (producer), Celine Abrahams (actress), Perry Lambert (actress),

Plot: Young TV actress and household celebrity Chloe Collins has quit the TV show that made her name and is making her stage debut in an offbeat production of Oscar Wilde's Salome. Directed by a New York wunderkind fresh from a major Broadway success and produced by an award-winning theatre company, the stakes are high not just for Chloe. The fact that she can't even seem to learn her lines doesn't exactly help. When she suffers a personal tragedy a week before opening night, the mounting media attention surrounding the project intensifies. Chloe has a lot to prove to a lot of people, right in the glare of the public eye.

Genres: Drama,

Au coeur brisé/The Broken Hearted (2006)

Actors: Marcel Sabourin (actor), Andreas Apergis (actor), Louise Portal (actress), Karim Hussain (producer), Eric Lavoie (editor), David Kristian (composer), Tibo Galbois (miscellaneous crew), Patricia McNeil (costume designer), Catherine de Léan (actress), Hubert Fielden (actor), Antonin Monmart (editor), Julien Fonfrede (producer), Anne Cusson (producer), Olamide Maarore (actor), Antoinette Karuna (director),

Plot: In this elegant contemporary fable, a young woman journeys deep into a forest in search of a tiny community that repairs broken hearts. Visually lush, poetically rendered and at times unsettling, this film explores the necessary and ritualistic mending of a broken heart.

Genres: Short,

Kontorstid (2003)

Actors: Lena Hansson (miscellaneous crew), Tomas Eskilsson (producer), Gunnar Carlsson (producer), Tomas Alfredson (director), Annika Appelin (miscellaneous crew), Marie Flyckt (costume designer), Kerstin Lofjärd (miscellaneous crew), Thommy Berggren (actor), Anna Croneman (producer), Anders Lönnbro (actor), Kerstin Bonnier (producer), Björn Bengtsson (actor), Sten Elfström (actor), Mårten Klingberg (actor), Kjell Wilhelmsen (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Zatôichi (2003)

Actors: Takeshi Kitano (director), Michiyo Ôkusu (actress), Yôji Tanaka (actor), Naomasa Musaka (actor), Kanji Tsuda (actor), Takeshi Kitano (writer), Yoshiyuki Morishita (actor), Saburô Ishikura (actor), Tadanobu Asano (actor), Ittoku Kishibe (actor), Akira Emoto (actor), Takeshi Kitano (actor), Takeshi Kitano (actor), Takeshi Kitano (editor), Yui Natsukawa (actress),

Plot: Blind Zatoichi makes his living by gambling and giving massages. But behind his humble facade, Zatoichi is a master swordsman, gifted with lightning-fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. Zatoichi wanders into a town run by sinister gangs and a powerful samurai. He's destined for violent showdowns when he stumbles on two beautiful geishas avenging their parents' murder... Duels, wit and a touch of zen! Cult anti-hero Zatoichi is back in a sword-fighting adventure written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano.

Keywords: 19th-century, accidental-death, accidental-killing, alone, ambush, androgyny, attempted-murder, aunt-nephew-relationship, bar-keeper, bare-chested-male
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music,
Taglines: His Sword Made Him a Hero... His Courage Made Him a Legend. This Summer, Justice is Blind.

Quotes:

Zatôichi: Even with my eyes wide open I can't see a thing.

Shinkichi: Massuer, did you see that?::Zatôichi: I don't see much

Aunt Oume: This must be quite a sight! I'm guiding a masseur, who's carrying my vegetables.::Zatôichi: Wish I could see that!

Shinkichi: Aren't you betting?::Zatôichi: I'll just watch for now.::Shinkichi: Watch? But you're blind!

Shinkichi: I'll have a bath.::Geisha Seitaro 'Osei' Naruto: Me, too.::Shinkichi: No! Men first!::Geisha Seitaro 'Osei' Naruto: I am a man!

Shinkichi: I have to say, it's incredible. You really look like a woman! Does make-up make men beautiful?::Geisha Seitaro 'Osei' Naruto: It doesn't work on everyone. It depends on the face!

Buy Bye Beauty (2001)

Actors: Pål Hollender (actor), Pål Hollender (producer), Pål Hollender (director), Pål Hollender (editor), Ralf Vulis (actor), Andrejs (actor), Rita (actress), Shelly (actress), Sintija (actress), Liene (actress), Andris Grinbergs (actor), Ozolz (actor), Diana (actress), Inta (actress),

Plot: This is a highly controversial documentary in which the filmmaker, Pål Hollender, interviews six prostitutes in Riga, Latvia, and at the end of the film pays three of the women $200 each and proceeds to have sexual intercourse with them - on camera! The purported purpose of this film is to show how women in former communist Europe are exploited in the sex industry by rich tourists. "Buy, Bye, Beauty" provoked massive protests in Latvia, and indeed the whole Baltic region, when it was first released in 2001.

Keywords: capitalism, eastern-europe, exploitation, latvia, prostitution, sex, sex-tourism
Genres: Documentary,

Seven Girlfriends (1999)

Actors: Michael Donner (miscellaneous crew), Mark Litwak (miscellaneous crew), Elizabeth Peña (actress), J. Todd Harris (producer), Ed Marx (editor), Melora Hardin (actress), Arye Gross (actor), Kathleen Freeman (actress), Carlos Gómez (actor), Mimi Rogers (actress), Tim Daly (actor), Olivia d'Abo (actress), Elisa Gabrielli (actress), Jessica Hecht (actress), Georgann Johnson (actress),

Plot: Jesse is charming, romantic, and he knows how to pop the question; he just can't face marriage. So, when he and Hannah split up during the same week that a former fiancée dies, he decides to figure things out. He visits each woman about whom he's been serious to ask what went wrong. His teen flame, an independent woman who sometimes sleeps with him, and a group of lesbians give him advice, as does Anabeth, dead but lively in his dreams. One ex remains furious, but with the help of her inventive colleague, the level-headed insomniac Laura, Jesse even gets to talk to her. It's on to Anabeth's funeral, where he'll see Hannah, and maybe grasp what has been eluding him.

Keywords: actress, alarm, anniversary, answering-machine, architect, baby-shower, backlit-in-sheer-dress, bad-sex, bartender, bathroom
Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Cosi (1996)

Actors: Stephen Endelman (composer), Barry Otto (actor), Jacki Weaver (actress), Toni Collette (actress), Rachel Griffiths (actress), Kerry Fetzer (miscellaneous crew), Greta Scacchi (actress), Ben Mendelsohn (actor), Colin Friels (actor), David Wenham (actor), Jo Weeks (miscellaneous crew), Paul Chubb (actor), Aden Young (actor), Richard Brennan (producer), Tony Llewellyn-Jones (actor),

Plot: Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by one of the patients Roy who wants to put on stage Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart). None of the patients in the cast is able to sing and none of them knows Italian which is the language of the libretto. Through a lot of difficulties Lewis and his cast develop a deep understanding. The play smartly adapted for the unusual cast is finally produced: lots of unforeseen situations solved 'a la crazy way'but indeed brilliantly. Great success and sad farewell of the director from his cast.

Keywords: 1970s, accordion, acrobat, acting, actor, actress, affair, amateur-theater, amphitheater, animal-cruelty
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance,
Taglines: Sometimes you meet a person who changes your life forever - he's just walked into a room full of them! Alone they were lost. Together they were magical When Chasing Your Dreams... It Helps To Be A Little Crazy!

Quotes:

Roy: We're going to do "Cosi Fan Tutte", the opera.::Doug: What, Little Richard wrote an opera? Tutti Fruiti the opera?::Roy: It's an opera by Mozart, you low life.

Roy: Couldn't direct a nymphomaniac to a stag night.

Cherry: This is just another battle of the sexes.::Roy: Oh, I suppose so... If you could describe the Crusades as a sightseeing lark on the way to Jerusalem!::Doug: Oh, please, someone give him some lithium!

Cherry: [to Doug] Go burn a cat.::[she exits]::Lewis: Why are they always saying that?::Doug: That's what I did.::Lewis: Burned a cat?::Doug: No, CATS. See mum had five cats, and me and mum we'd been having some... differences. So one night I rounded 'em up, put 'em in a cage, doused 'em with petrol and put a match to 'em!::[Lewis chuckles, thinking it's a joke. Doug grins and laughs]::Doug: Heh-heh! Funny, eh?::[He sits next to Lewis]::Doug: Then, I opened up the cage door and I let 'em run loose. Welllll, what a racket. They were runnin' round the backyard, burnin' and howlin'.::[He gives a psychotic little laugh]::Doug: No such thing as grace under pressure for a burning cat, lemme tell ya. Then, me mum came outside to see what was happenin'? Darn near freaked out she did. See, I figured I'd wait a couple of hours till the cats were dead and mum was feeling a bit sorry for herself, and I'd go up to the front door and I'd knock on it and I'd say, "Hi, Mum! I'm here to talk about our unresolved conflicts."::Doug: But oh no, One of those FUCKING cats ran into the house; a couple of minutes the whole bloody house was on fire. Within half an hour there was no front door to knock on.::Doug: Yeah, if it wasn't for that damn cat, I wouldn't be in here.

Cherry: Will outsiders see the show?::Lewis: Don't know.::Cherry: If it's a real large role, I'll invite my dad. He'll be surprised to see me out of water. [Lewis just looks at her]::Cherry: My dad was a great duck hunter. But we were very poor and couldn't afford a dog, so... He used to get me to point and fetch the ducks. [pause] Those lakes can get pretty cold when you're swimmin' in 'em with a dead duck in your mouth. [Lewis gapes]::Cherry: Haa! Just pullin' your leg!

Roy: I know you can take criticism Jerry, because you must get a lot of it!

Técnicas de duelo: Una cuestión de honor (1989)

Actors: Humberto Dorado (writer), Vicky Hernández (actress), Humberto Dorado (actor), Justo Vega (editor), Sergio Cabrera (director), Edgardo Román (actor), Frank Ramírez (miscellaneous crew), Frank Ramírez (actor), Kepa Amuchastegui (actor), Florina Lemaitre (actress), Julián Román (actor), Yolanda García (actress), Juan Márquez (composer), Elio Mesa (actor), Humberto Arango (actor),

Plot: The teacher and the butcher of a small town in the tropical Andes, are both in love with the same woman (Miriam). They decide to duel for her. Everyone in town catch the notice, except of course for Miriam. The Mayor then decides to manipulate the event to make it political.

Keywords: honor, machismo, military
Genres: Comedy,

Shiawase wa oira no negai (1957)

Actors: Taiji Tonoyama (actor), Osamu Takizawa (actor), Masaru Satô (composer), Sachiko Hidari (actress), Hideji Ôtaki (actor), Jûkichi Uno (director), Kaneto Shindô (writer), Sanae Nakahara (actress), Frankie Sakai (actor), Masao Shimizu (actor), Kôjirô Kusanagi (actor), Mitsuo Kondô (editor), Toshie Takada (actress), Toyoko Takechi (actress), Kan Yanagiya (actor),

Genres: ,

Liliom (1930)

Actors: Walter Abel (actor), Oscar Apfel (actor), Harvey Clark (actor), Sidney D'Albrook (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), James A. Marcus (actor), Jack Raymond (actor), Bert Roach (actor), Phillips Smalley (actor), Sonya Levien (writer), Ferenc Molnár (writer), Samuel Kaylin (composer), Sophie Wachner (costume designer), Frank Borzage (director), William Fox (miscellaneous crew),

Genres: Drama,
Taglines: Charles Farrell in his greatest role

Quotes:

Chief Magistrate: [to Liliom] The memory of you makes them much happier than you could ever make them.

Julie: It's possible for someone to beat you, and beat you, and beat you, and it not hurt at all.

Chief Magistrate: Women like Julie are endlessly faithful. It's touching. It's mysterious.

Louise: [to Liliom] Go away, you crazy man!

Liliom: [speaking about Louise] I wanted to make her laugh, and she wouldn't laugh! I wanted to make her like me, and she wouldn't like me! Oh, I've failed!

Julie: [to Marie, who is engaged to Wolf] Have you ever experienced passionate love with Wolf?

Marie: He takes my arm... and we walk around swinging our arms up and down, up and down, like this. That's passionate love.

Liliom: Aren't you afraid of me... that I'll take your money away from you?::Julie: Oh, I haven't got any. But if I did, I'd give it all to you.

Liliom: [speaking about the bad-tempered Mme. Muscat] I ain't never beat up a woman yet... well, almost never.

Liliom: [to Julie] I beat you, not because I was mad at you, but because I couldn't bear to see you cry. But I'm not asking forgiveness. I don't do that, I don't. I'll have to go on the train alone.