Berlín, 1942. Bruno té vuit anys i desconeix el significat de la Solució Final i de l'Holocaust. No és conscient de les crueltats paoroses que el seu país, en plena guerra mundial, està infligint als pobles d'Europa. Tot el que sap és que el seu pare -acabat d'anomenar comandant d'un camp de concentració- ha pujat a l'escalafó, i que ha passat de viure en una confortable casa de Berlín a una zona aïllada. Tot canvia quan coneix Shamuel, un nen jueu que viu una estranya existència paral·lela a l'altra banda del filat.
Durant la Segona Guerra Mundial, Casablanca era una ciutat on arribaven fugint del nazisme gent de tot arreu: arribar era fàcil, però sortir era gairebé impossible, especialment si el nom del fugitiu figurava a les llistes de la Gestapo. En aquesta ocasió el principal objectiu de la policia secreta alemanya és el líder txec i heroi de la resistència Victor Laszlo, l'única esperança del qual és Rick Blaine, propietari del 'Rick's Café' i antic amant de la seva dona, Ilsa. Quan Ilsa s'ofereix a quedar-se a canvi d'un visat per treure Laszlo del país, Rick haurà de triar entre la seva pròpia felicitat o l'idealisme que va regir la vida en el passat.
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.
Melodrama romàntic, ambientat a la Indoxina francesa durant els anys trenta, que narra els canvis que van portar a la creació de Vietnam a partir de les ruïnes del colonialisme. A l'hora de ser elegida millor pel·lícula estrangera va tenir molt de pes la interpretació de la prestigiosa actriu Catherine Deneuve, que va ser nominada a l'Oscar. Una dona elegant d'ascendència francesa, propietària d'una plantació de cautxú, té dos grans amors: la seva filla adoptiva i el país on viu.
La Sissí ha demostrat la seva habilitat per tractar tant els assumptes d'estat com les delicades relacions amb la seva sogra, l'arxiduquessa Sophie. Aprofitant un viatge que fa la Sissí a Hongria amb el comte Andrassy per calmar una insubordinació de la noblesa, l'arxiduquessa escampa el rumor que tots dos tenen un idil·li. Quan es retroben la Sissí i en Franz Joseph, resulta que ella té una malaltia pulmonar i necessita tractar-la a Grècia.
El dofí és un dels animals més intel·ligents i una de les espècies més admirades a tot el món. Malgrat això, en un petit poble de la costa del Japó que aparentment es caracteritza per la seva devoció a aquests animals, s'amaga un gran secret. Un grup d'activistes, liderat pel conegut entrenador de dofins Richard O'Barry, s'embarca en una perillosa missió encoberta per revelar al món el que succeeix en aquest lloc, desenvolupant un dels documentals més impactants dels darrers anys.
Summer of 1939. Zosia is a young Polish girl who is deeply in love with Ukrainian Petro. Their great love will be put to the test when her father decides to marry her to a wealthy widower Skiba. Right after wedding she is left alone because her husband is drafted to the Polish army for the war with Germany. Meanwhile, tensions grow due to Jews, Poles, and Ukrainians living side by side.
Based on the long running play by Jang Jin, the story is set in Korea during the Korean War in 1950. Soldiers from both the North and South, as well as an American pilot, find themselves in a secluded and naively idealistic village, its residents unaware of the outside world, including the war.
Produced in 1988, this feature documentary presents a living history of Quebec's last 40 years as seen through the eyes of one couple. Pauline Julien and Gérald Godin, two Quebec artists, share their perspectives on the events that have marked Quebec's evolution. Julien, a singer, and Godin, a poet, express their love and passion for the province (and each other) while providing a unique take on the Quebec nationalist movement.
During the anti-Japanese war, truck driver Lee Sing's secret mission is to transport weapons and supplies for the resistance fighters. Sing has to deliver a signal gun to guerrillas at ten on that night for launching an attack against the Japanese soldiers. He works for the Ko's family and he has to send the gun to the provincial city to prevent it from being bombed. Sing carries on his vehicle a group of passengers including a Chinese traitor, a guerilla, a compassionate nurse, a comfort woman on the run, a teacher and his pregnant wife. Sing is given a hard time by the Japanese troops on the road. The Japanese ransack the vehicle and they find the signal gun. All the males on board are being interrogated with torture, but the passengers pool their efforts to subdue the traitor and accomplish their mission.
The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experience that is drawn along a line in time. This line is comparable to a crease in the pages of the family album, but also to a crack in the walls of the paternal house. It resembles the open wound created when drilling into a mountain, but also a scar in the collective imaginary of a society, where the idea of salvation finds its tragic destiny in the political struggle. What is at the end of that line? Will old war songs be enough to circumvent that destiny?
This documentary explores the life and times of Russell Dean Willey, a neo-Nazi supergrass, in order to explain the presence of Jack Van Tongeren's Australian Nationalists Movement in Australia, and its spread, especially in difficult economic times.
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed tyrant Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, have conspired with agents of the British MI6 and the US CIA, manage to put an end to the democratic government led by Mohammad Mosaddegh, a dramatic event that will begin the tragic era of coups d'état that, orchestrated by the CIA, will take place, over the following decades, in dozens of countries around the world.
Examines the implications of Christian Nationalism, how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself, and asks the question: What happens when a faith built on love, sacrifice, and forgiveness grows political tentacles, conflating power, money, and belief into hyper-nationalism?
Tells of the daring heist of The Stone of Destiny in the 1950s by a charming group of idealistic Scottish undergraduates, whose action rekindled Scottish nationalistic pride.
Commissioned to make a propaganda film about the 1936 Olympic Games in Germany, director Leni Riefenstahl created a celebration of the human form. Where the two-part epic's first half, Festival of the Nations, focused on the international aspects of the 1936 Olympic Games held in Berlin, part two, The Festival of Beauty, concentrates on individual athletes such as equestrians, gymnasts, and swimmers, climaxing with American Glenn Morris' performance in the decathalon and the games' majestic closing ceremonies.
The rise and fall of Nazi Germany in part through the use of classical allegory.
On Australia's most controversial national holiday, the lives of three Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds will collide, illuminating contemporary issues of racial tension and national identity that simmer beneath the surface of modern Australia.
Celebrated author and Nation magazine sports editor Dave Zirin tackles the myth that the NFL was somehow free of politics before Colin Kaepernick and other Black NFL players took a knee.