Élevé par un père militaire brutal, Desmond T. Doss prêche pour la non-violence malgré quelques écarts de conduite survenus dans son enfance. En vieillissant, son frère s'est enrôlé comme soldat alors qu'il a préféré développer ses dons pour soigner les gens. Après avoir secouru un blessé, le jeune homme a fait la connaissance d'une jolie infirmière. Leur histoire d'amour vient à peine de commencer que Desmond tient à rejoindre les rangs de l'armée américaine et aider ainsi le corps médical pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un des principes qui le guide est de ne jamais tuer ni toucher à une arme, ce qui provoque des conflits avec ses supérieurs.
Caesar et les singes vivent maintenant dans une forêt près de San Francisco, dix ans après leur évasion. Ils y ont établi une société et même une école. Alors que la majorité des humains de la planète a été décimée par un virus, quelques survivants se sont installés dans San Francisco. Lorsqu'ils entrent en contact avec les singes afin d'accéder à un barrage hydroélectrique qui pourrait leur fournir du courant, la plupart des singes, dont Koba, sont craintifs. Leur leader bienveillant, Caesar, décide de faire confiance aux humains. Toutefois, une série d'incidents menace bientôt la paix précaire entre les deux groupes et lorsque Ceasar est trahi, la guerre s'enclenche.
César et les Singes sont contraints de mener un combat dont ils ne veulent pas contre une armée d'Humains dirigée par un Colonel impitoyable. Les Singes connaissent des pertes considérables et César, dans sa quête de vengeance, va devoir lutter contre ses instincts les plus noirs. Au terme d’un périple qui le conduira à un face à face avec le Colonel, les Singes et les Humains vont se livrer une guerre sans merci à l’issue de laquelle une seule des deux espèces survivra - et dominera la planète.
Cornélius et Zira parviennent à retourner vers le passé, et débarquent au 20e siècle à Los Angeles. Ils y subissent les mêmes tourments que Taylor sur la "planète des singes", et découvrent petit à petit quels événements conduiront à la fin de la civilisation humaine et à la domination simienne...
En Grèce, un juge d'instruction intègre enquête sur un assassinat politique.
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the rules of their religion in everyday life but when Southern troops pass the area they are in real trouble. Should they fight, despite their peaceful attitude?
Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some who are not happy with the outcome. Shigure Takimi watched his friends and family get slashed down in the name of freedom and prosperity. Now he and a band of desparate rebels have sworn to settle one final score. Only one man stands in their way: Rurouni Kenshin. Will the former assassin take up his sword to fight again? When Shigure discovers Kenshin's true identity and his fight becomes a personal vendetta, the young hero will have no choice.
Elisabeth leaves her abusive and drunken husband Rolf, and goes to live with her brother, Göran. The year is 1975 and Göran lives in a commune called Together. Living in this leftist commune Elisabeth learns that the world can be viewed from different perspectives.
When a pacifist is called to a political act that could change the course of history, how will a man of honor respond? This is the true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a man who preached love while plotting the assassination of an evil tyrant. With world-shattering stakes, Bonhoeffer begs the question, how far will you go to stand up for what’s right?
September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.
Young Michael, shipwrecked on a remote island, must adapt to life alone. Over time, he feels another presence, learning that this world is home to both unimaginable danger and beauty.
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.
When a young couple buys a contested home at auction from the U.S. government for $5,400, they become involved in a political and moral battle much larger than what they originally bargained for.
In 1916, the New Zealand Government secretly shipped 14 of the country's most outspoken conscientious objectors to the Western Front in an attempt to convert, silence, or quite possibly kill them. This is their story.
At the end of World War II, a French pacifist is arrested for refusing to fight. In prison, he befriends a German priest arrested for murder of a French Resistance fighter. They discuss morality, obedience, and religion.
The history of the citizens' movement that for thirty years worked hard to overcome fear, fight hatred and eradicate the violence exercised by the savage terrorist gang ETA, both in the Basque Country and in the rest of Spain.
In the kingdom of Kindaor, traitor Sedesmondo kills his brother, the King of Kindaor, and becomes the tyrant of kingdom. He abandons the prince Arminio to beasts in the woods, but lions don't kill him and breed him as one of them.
The award-winning filmmaker Peter Lilienthal is dedicated to this extremely poignant documentary of U.S. military policy and the living conditions of former resistance fighters in Latin America.