当初因为宗教问题,安吉拉(艾米丽·沃森 Emily Watson 饰)和丈夫的婚姻并没有得到亲友的赞许。如今他们已经有好几个孩子,可是在美国生活得并不如意,贫穷折磨再加上不久前的丧子之痛,这家人决定搬回家乡爱尔兰,以祈求在那里获得富裕一点的生活。 事情并没有他们想象的那样顺利,在家乡,他们仍然遭遇着亲友冷眼,开始了艰难为继的新生活。每当丈夫没有勇气干些琐碎活扛起家庭重担时,是安吉拉义无反顾的担负起一切又脏又累又卑微的活儿。命运一次次给这个坚强的母亲以打击。她的一对双胞胎孩子相继去世,丈夫到英国谋生却没能改善困窘的家境,安吉拉从不放弃地寻求救助,并教会儿子弗兰克(乔·布林Joe Breen 饰)生存的尊严,母亲的光辉在弗兰克的一生里都不会褪色。
法庭上,十二岁的男孩赞恩向法官状告他的亲生父母,原因是,他们给了他生命。是什么样的经历让一个孩子做出如此不可思议的举动?故事中,赞恩的父母在无力抚养和教育的状况下依然不停生育,作为家中的长子赞恩,弱小的肩膀承担了无数生活的重压。当妹妹被强行卖给商贩为妻时,赞恩愤怒离家,之后遇到一对没有合法身份的母子,相互扶持勉强生活。然而生活并没有眷顾赞恩,重重磨难迫使他做出了令人震惊的举动……
该片以国际象棋冠军菲奥娜·穆泰西的真实经历为故事原型。讲述了一个乌干达农村地区的女孩儿的故事,这个女孩儿迷上了国际象棋,而家人和邻居提供的支持,让她拥有无比巨大的信心,去梦想成为一位国际象棋世界冠军。对10岁的菲奥娜和她的家人来说,在乌干达坎帕拉卡推贫民窟的生活,就是不断的抗争。母亲哈丽特为了孩子衣食无忧,终日不知疲倦地在市场上卖菜。菲奥娜认识了传教士罗伯特·卡滕德,曾经是前足球运动员的他教当地孩子下象棋,菲奥娜深深迷上了这项运动。国际象棋需要的所有技能——全神贯注、策略思维和风险承担同样适用于日常生活,卡滕德希望这种游戏会让年轻一代更加强大。菲奥娜非常钦佩游戏所需要的智慧,并很快展现出自己的天份。卡滕德发现菲奥娜的天赋和从母亲那里继承来的战斗精神,开始专门辅导她。但哈丽特担心女儿失望,并不支持她学象棋。菲奥娜渐渐在当地小有名气,卡滕德开始教她读书认字,让她有机会进入学校学习。母亲最终认识到菲奥娜有机会出人头地,并帮助家庭摆脱贫困,于是开始与卡滕德一起帮助女儿发掘非同凡响的潜能。
越是臭名远播的连环杀人犯,就越容易引来模仿犯。孟买连环杀手拉曼拉加夫(Raman Raghav) 在六十年代一共杀害41人。电影引用当年事件,把Raman Raghav 一分为二,Raman以凶残手段杀害无辜;Raghav 则负责调查凶案。兵和贼,看似二元对立,但在一章章的电影中,二元逐渐合并为一。宝莱坞电影教父又一别树一格作品,用后现代风格处理日常小事,把鸡毛蒜皮的小事都拍得令人回味。冷处理热炽惊心的犯罪现场,凶手脸上伤痕、眼神、颦笑都令人触目惊心。《美味情书》的纳华萨甸薛迪奇饰演变态杀人狂魔,不卖印度式歌舞温情,转卖印度式血腥,依旧震撼众人。
已婚夫妇麦和奥斯卡发现,依靠在菲律宾北部种植水稻,他们无法养活自己和两个小女儿。为了寻求更好的生活,他们前往首都马尼拉,在那里他们仅剩的一点钱也很快花完。麦被迫去酒吧打工,而奥斯卡也找到了一份驾驶并防护装甲卡车的工作。不幸的是,奥斯卡不久就被迫陷入一桩阴谋抢劫案。 这是一部使用数码相机拍摄、小剧组制作的小成本电影。在《迷失马尼拉》中,不会说菲 律宾语的导演肖恩·埃利斯要处理所有问题,包括指导演员说菲律宾语。演员们真诚的表演、埃利斯对非语言方面的着重引导使这部电影获得了成功。电影的摄制地点在菲律宾,使得它处处散发着极富当地意味的气息。
地球,9177年。人类的残骸生活在末世的环境中,只分为两个社会阶层:居住在代表大厦的统治者国王和寡头,以及在周围建造的贫民窟中几乎无法生存的世界穷人。
Velu Naicker, who witnesses the brutal murder of his father, kills a corrupt policeman and escapes to Mumbai, only to become a gangster.
Documentary film about a slum community on the outskirts of Recife, a major city in northeastern Brazil. A portrait of life in extreme poverty and lawlessness: men without work, hopeless women, hungry and sick children.
母亲遭受不幸后,这名孟买贫民窟的男孩长途跋涉至德里,并向总理递交书面请求以寻求正义。
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
Hendrix dreams of hip-hop greatness, but he’s spiraling down a rabbit-hole of crime and poverty until he meets Doc, an old poet still haunted by his martial law past. Can they turn each other’s lives around before they’re swallowed by their circumstance?
阿里与所有街童无异,睡大街,讨生活之余,还要面对性侵犯、毒品、卫生问题等威胁。但阿里的高尚梦想,是成为出色的水手,在身边众多如神仙故事人物的影响下,他立心追逐自己的梦。只是回到现实中,他们却要面对童党死敌的袭击,致令阿里横死路边。他的死党,不欲见他弃尸街头,于是为他安排了一个帝皇式的葬礼。
摩洛哥街童 - 幕后花絮
2000年,那比尔·艾奥殊以《摩洛哥街童》(Ali Zoua: Prince of the Streets)横扫摩洛哥,除票房依旧亮眼之外,更在国际影展上一次抱回了16项大奖,堪称摩洛哥之光。
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.
蒂娜的男朋友意识到蒂娜要开煤气度死自己和新生的孩子,于是一把抓起宝贝儿冲到里斯本街头。接下来他要做的事情构成了这部由葡萄牙导演佩德罗·科斯塔执导的过度沮丧的极简主义电影作品。来到大街上,这个年轻人试图把孩子卖掉,没有成功,接着丢弃在保姆家中,仍然无法解决。于是他把孩子送给街头的拉客妓女。与此同时,蒂娜和她的朋友也在努力找到孩子。尝试失败后,她们决定要向男朋友报复……
In 2010, a scientist discovers aliens in orbit that resemble a cross between H.R. Giger's famous creation and Predator who want to invade Earth. They choose to start their invasion in Ghana because it is the most peaceful nation on the planet. The murderous aliens claim that they will have the entire planet colonized by the year 2016.
A democracy should protect its most vulnerable citizens, but increasingly the United States is failing to do so. This investigation blends the insights of experts with the experiences of citizens of the Rust Belt in the Midwest where the steel industry once flourished, but where closures and outsourcing have left urban areas desolate. It is here where Donald Trump finds some of his most fervent supporters.
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.
Juana moves with her son Juan from the country to Caracas in search of better work and educational opportunities. When they get there they have to live in a poor home in one of the slums located in the city's outskirts, where they encounter a horrible world full of promiscuity and misery, that is quite different from what they expected and that eventually will lead Juana to self-destruction and Juan to reconsider his life in the city.
On the evening of March 11, 1950, Annabella Bracci, a 12-year-old girl, was brutally killed and thrown into a pit on the outskirts of Rome, near the village of Primavalle. A brief and poetic account of the events and their impact on an impoverished community. A handful of wild flowers and a painful catch in the voices.
Between 1968 and 1970, J M Goodger, a lecturer at the University of Salford, made a film record of the living conditions in the slums of Ordsall, Salford, which were then in the process of being demolished. Under the title 'The Changing face of Salford', the film was in two parts: 'Life in the slums' and 'Bloody slums'.