Un bărbat amnezic care nu-și mai poate aminti evenimentele recente, folosește notițe și tatuaje pentru a da de urma ucigașului soției lui. Secvența uimitoare și antologică de la începutul lui Memento implică o crimă și un polaroid cu un cadavru. Fotografia alunecă înapoi în cameră, glonțul e absorbit pe țeava pistolului și Leonard, personajul principal, începe să trăiască invers. Se spune că memoria este unul dintre elementele cheie care separă oamenii de animale și că e un dat esențial al condiției umane. Memento e preocupat de toate aspectele ei, mai ales de felul în care poate fi manipulată. Filmul lui Christopher Nolan e unul dintre acele rare și autentice triumfuri din istoria regiei de film moderne, pentru că reușește să fie inovator, proaspăt, șic și excitant, fără să-și obosească audiența. Întregul film este astfel construit încât să reflecte starea mentală a personajului principal, în același timp, lăsându-i spectatorului dreptul la o proprie perspectivă.
A Texas cop, whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Polish woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.
Thomas Crown, un om de afaceri foarte bogat angajează patru oameni fără nicio legătură între ei să dea o lovitură la banca unde lucrează. Cei patru nu se cunosc până în ziua jafului. Operațiunea este un succes, hoții lasă banii într-un coș de gunoi, de unde Thomas Crown îi ia mai târziu. Eddy Malone, detectivul care se ocupa de caz, nu găsește niciun indiciu în anchetă, până când frumoasa agentă de asigurări, Vicki Anderson, intră în scena. Anderson își dă seama că autorul jafului este Crown, iar acesta știe că Vicki îl suspectează. În ciuda situației, cei doi se simt atrași unul de celălalt și încep o relație. Asta nu pune capăt, însă, jocului de-a șoarecele și pisica...
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics. Gold falls for Maria Gonzalez, the woman in charge of the forgeries. After a passionate affair, Gold returns home, having named a coworker as the culprit. But when one of Gonzalez's customers is found dead, Gold is sent back to Shanghai to complete the investigation.
A naive Midwesterner insurance salesman travels to a big-city convention in an effort to save the jobs of his co-workers.
A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.
An introverted insurance executive at a car rental service is annoyed by his hyperactive, garrulous coworker, but the two end up becoming friends.
Miyako is a frustrated insurance saleswoman stuck in a major dry spell. She tries every trick in the book, including aggressive flirting, which gets her plenty of gropers but no buyers. One day while venturing down a narrow stairwell, she injures her ankle and happens upon Mitsuru who works for some mysterious foreign company. Decked out in high goth style -- complete with long inky black hair and mascaraed eyes -- Mitsuru cuts quite an odd figure, yet his seductive though menacing ways make him difficult for Miyako to resist. Escorting her to his office to treat her ankle, Miyako notices that his all-female staff seem more glassy-eyed and soul-deadened than the average office workers. In fact, they seem almost like zombies. Later, weird things start happening. Mitsuko finds vomit on her doorstep, she seems to be tailed by a shadowy woman in a red dress, and most strikingly, she finds herself utterly powerless against Mitsuru's advances.
An insurance salesman inadvertently gets trapped after dark in an apartment building that is terrorized by a street gang called "The Vampires."
Doctor Valois has invented the "flashage", a cure for depressed people. After having tested it on monkeys, he tries with a first human patient, Alain Durieux. This is great success, everybody's happy except may be Alain's wife, Jeanne, who's worrying about the changes in Alain's personality. Other patients use the treatment with similar successes, and Valois's happy about it. But the monkeys are changing: non-cured ones are made mad by the over-stability and stereotyped behaviour of the cured ones. So are the humans. When Valois realises he can't stop the process, he decides to "flash" himself.
After losing his job at a publishing firm, Immanuel, joins a private insurance company, where he struggles to meet targets. Soon he is exposed to the ruthless inner workings of his new company, which follows various unethical practices and denies several of his clients' claims on flimsy grounds.
The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.
Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
Daffy Duck is an insurance peddler, who arrives uninvited at Porky Pig's door to persuade him to purchase an accident policy on the pretext that his home is loaded with hazards. When Porky rejects Daffy's claim that accidents in the home are "waiting" to happen, Daffy rigs some.
The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on board. Insurance agent Lucas investigates at the Cote D'Azur, because there's the suspicion that it could have been suicide. He finds out that Hellmann's villa was monitored, the tapes also contain information about the explosion. He uses them for blackmail.
Ferdinand Weitel, a forklift driver, is desperate: Insurance agent Arno von Mehling, a true sales talent, has had contracts signed in record amounts. Now Weitel is wandering through the corridors of the insurance company trying to save what can still be saved - on Shrove Tuesday of all days. The department for customer service and complaints is in a colorful mood and has no ear for Weitel's worries. Finally, secretary Annerose Waguscheit takes heart and tells him about the evening carnival ball "Traum-Police", where he can safely find Mr. Mehling.
Running on Empty (German: Der Lebensversicherer) is a 2006 German drama film directed by Bülent Akinci. It was entered into the 28th Moscow International Film Festival where Jens Harzer won the award for Best Actor.
A thoroughly researched biopic of Charles Ives, America's greatest and most innovative composer (and insurance executive), who combined strikingly futuristic experimentalism with gentle nostalgia. Includes narration taken directly from Ives's own writings, and reminiscence from those who knew him.