Una chica prodigio obsesionada con alcanzar la perfección tocando el violonchelo comienza a sufrir una serie de cambios siniestros en su vida.
Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. While her husband was in coma, Nicola gave birth to their second child on the other side of the same hospital. Within a matter of days, sepsis would rob Tom of both his arms and legs, and left his face severely disfigured. As an ordinary man, Tom never put himself at risk — he just woke up two months later in a nightmare, a face-off quadruple amputee... This incredible story of survival shows what can be overcome when love is unconditional.
Un hombre decide vengarse del médico que cuando era niño le amputó innecesariamente las dos piernas.
Aclamado documental sobre los efectos de la Guerra del Vietnam en dicho país. Ganador del Oscar al mejor documental en 1975.
Narra el retorno de tres soldados y las dificultades que encontrarán para reintegrarse a la vida civil: Perry no puede aceptar el hecho de haber perdido las piernas en combate, William tiene problemas económicos, y Cliff no sabe qué hacer con su vida, pero cuenta con el apoyo de una joven viuda de guerra.
Blending sci-fi and lore, this enigmatic tale centres on the spirits that dwell in a far-flung part of the Australian wilderness, where they protect the land from those who wish to steal from it for personal gain. Director Rhys Day, who grew up in a rainforest town in Far North Queensland, brings a fresh perspective to an ancient tale, aided by stunning landscape cinematography and an eerie, provocative soundtrack.
Un hombre busca a su antigua amada y la encuentra en un burdel convertida en amante de una madame lesbiana.
Montgomery Ward (Tony Ward) es un chapero de Los Ángeles que aparece flotando en un jacuzzi. Su voz en off inicia el relato de las circunstancias que le han conducido a la muerte. Todo comienza con un escritor alemán llamado Jürgen Anger que recala en California con la intención de escribir un libro sobre prostitución masculina. Cuando conoce a Monty lo contrata por 1000 dólares para que le relate la historia de su vida y los pormenores de su trabajo.
Labby, un perro parlante, conduce a un grupo de niños hacia un infierno surrealista a través de diferentes dimensiones.
A finales de la I Guerra Mundial, en las trincheras alemanas atacadas por el ejército francés, cuatro soldados germanos luchan mientras en la retaguardia aumentan las dificultades por el hambre y la falta de perspectivas. (FILMAFFINITY)
Intenso drama donde un soldado regresa a casa con honores, pero tiene los miembros amputados. Su esposa deberá honrar al país cuidando, también íntimamente, de un marido al que a penas puede reconocer.
Deployed on mission in Helmand, Afghanistan, 25-year old Thomas steps on a landmine and loses both his legs. At the local rehabilitation center, he meets Sofie, an ascending ballerina from the Royal Danish Ballet, who is helping a relative to regain strength after a long term sickness. Thomas desperately wants back in the field and gets impatient as progress does not emerge as fast as he wants to. When Sofie offers to help him with a more intense rehabilitation plan, he accepts. Despite their differences, they develop a special bond and a mutual affection.
Kurt Ingston, a rich recluse, invites the doctors who left him a hopeless cripple to his desolate mansion in the swamps as one by one they meet horrible deaths.
Four young men who were friends in high school reunite several years later to discover that they all have failed professionally and their love lives haven't really gone anywhere. They go on a quest to find and reconnect with their school sweethearts and finally achieve happiness.
Cuando el montañero Mark Inglis alcanzó la cima del Everest con sus piernas amputadas, fue elogiado por la prensa y el público internacional. Pero sólo unos días después, Inglis se introdujo en una nube de controversia cuando se supo que él y sus compañeros de viaje habían dejado atrás a un escalador incapacitado, el inglés David Sharp, lo que le destinó a una muerte solitaria en la "Zona de la Muerte". Esta historia se publicó en medios de comunicación de todo el mundo y provocó fuertes críticas. Sin embargo, Inglis y sus compañeros tienen su propia versión de lo ocurrido y están dispuestos a contar la realidad sobre las circunstancias que rodearon aquel fatídico día.
French soldiers injured in WWI are re-educated to learn new trades.
After the war, two friends are together again. Every year they buy one pair of new shoes.
Ivan is a 36-year old ex-rock singer and a disillusioned war veteran who lost both legs in the recent Croatian Homeland War. His father, Izidor, was a well-known political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia, and is now standing as an independent candidate for the Croatian Parliament. Then a face from the past re-appears: an impoverished Serbian refugee called Simo, who has recently returned to the town. As an ex-communist official, Simo imprisoned Izidor decades ago. He knows certain facts about Izidor that could destroy his reputation and wreck his political campaign. Simo demands money, in return for his silence and he also has a secret rendezvous with Ivan's mother, Ana. Soon a long-buried secret surfaces once more - with huge repercussions for Ivan. He starts to provoke hard-line Croatians by singing Serbian nationalistic songs, daring them to kill him.
Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep influence over her. Antônio gets jealous, and the three become characters of a drama saturated with desire and danger.
Three teenagers appear to have a lot of fun on the children's oncology department on the fourth floor of a large hospital. Nick and Iwan both lost a leg as a result of bone cancer. For their friend Olivier, an amputation may be the next phase. The fourth of the bunch, Pepijn, is so ill and weak that he often stays in his room. Friendship and a deep desire to live keeps the guys mentally balanced. Their friendship changes when Gina arrives. Sickos is a humorous drama that deals with adolescence and chemotherapy.