Historien handler om Puyi, den sidste kejser af Kina. Man følger hans liv fra fødsel, da han bliver kejser som 3-årig og hersker over en halv milliard mennesker, da han bliver fængslet under den japanske invasion og til sidst i hans liv, hvor han blot er gartner.
CIA-agenten Osborne Cox tager det ikke let, da han bliver fyret. Fordrukken og bitter begynder han at skrive sine erindringer. En computerdisk med hans skriverier havner i hænderne på to kiksede fitness-instruktører. De er sikre på, at de har fået fingre i en række saftige spionhemmeligheder og ser disken som en genvej til hurtige penge. Det sætter gang i en kæde af begivenheder, der snart løber løbsk.
En engang lovende bryder jagter den guldmedalje, han aldrig vandt, ved at træne to af sine døtre til Commonwealth Games.
Der er gået 12 år, siden en 55-årig kvinde har set sin datter, Antía. Hun forsvandt som 18-årig. Moren har søgt overalt efter sin datter, men uden held.Hun beslutter sig for, at skrive et langt brev, hvor hun indrømmer alle de ting hun har holdt hemmeligt for Antía i 30 år.
Aldrig har én mand fået så meget ud af så lidt! Mindst to meter høj, grim som et ondt år og indehaver af et, efter eget udsagn, næsten usandsynligt lille lem. Men hvad man ikke har i bukserne, må man ha' i munden!
Gør dig klar til at opleve radiosensationen over dem alle. Manden der er kommet op at skændes med alt, hvad der kan krybe og gå af Hollywoodstjerner for åben mikrofon - uden sidestykke den største, groveste, mest sjofle og ikke mindst sjoveste radiovært af dem alle, Howard Stern himself!
Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father for the first time and seems unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming national elections.
A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts.
Eric har lukket omverdenen ude og er besat af tog og køreplaner. Ved et tilfælde møder han den betagende Patti og lokkes ud af sin skal. Men på bryllupsnatten vender mareridt om tiden som japansk krigsfange tilbage. Tortur og tvangsarbejde på 'Dødens jernbane' har formørket hans sind. Han plages af hævntørst. Da han opdager, at hans bøddel stadig er i live, må Patti vælge. Vil hun støtte ham, uanset hvad han gør?
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.
On May 22, 1980, Michael Sinclair Walter was in a near fatal car accident in Redondo Beach, California. In a coma, paralyzed, blind in one eye, and with a million to one chance of survival, Michael battled back against doctors’ predictions. He not only overcame a horribly broken body, but he overcame addictions and personal behavior that were major obstacles to his eventual success.
I 1960'ernes England forsøger den unge Nigel at vinde sin fars accept ved at duellere mod sin nye stedmor i kulinariske kundskaber. Færdigheder, der snart vil lede ham mod noget meget større. En bittersød livsberetning om en gudsbenådet kogekunst - som begynder i et køkken, hvor toast er det fineste, der severes. Filmen er en hjertelig, smagfuld og bittersød dramakomedie, som er baseret på mesterkokken Nigel Slaters selvbiografi.
Fabienne is a star; a star of French cinema. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. When she publishes her memoirs, her daughter Lumir returns from New York to Paris with her husband and young child. The reunion between mother and daughter will quickly turn to confrontation: truths will be told, accounts settled, loves and resentments confessed.
In an audacious reworking of the biopic, this ensemble drama sees jazz pianist Minami Hiroshi’s memoir cleverly reinterpreted into a surreal and playful story about chasing dreams, disillusionment and the inner lives of professional artists. Closer to playing two sides of the same coin than tackling a dual role, Ikematsu Sosuke embodies two versions of Minami – the naïve upstart and the jaded pro – who magically cross paths as they become entangled with a cast of colourful characters in the seedy alleyways and jazz clubs of Ginza over a single night.
An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made his name.
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
After 40 years, Tom Cruise continues to push the envelope in film. Exposing one's heart to the world through their work is not only risky business, as far as Cruise is concerned, it is the only way to achieve an end that feels complete.
The lives of the late Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar and Lorraine, one of her daughters, and the community of Bradford, in the 30 years since the 18-year-old Andrea penned a play about growing up in the community titled "The Arbor".
Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.
From his cozy library inside the walls of a suburban home, an intellectual snail tells of his life’s love, loss and change.
Based on the novel of the same name by Chinghiz Aitmatov. The action takes place during the days of World War II in one of the villages of Kyrgyzstan. The famous artist Seit recalls his childhood, his first unrequited love for Dzhamilya, the wife of his older brother, and the wounded front-line soldier Daniyar, whose songs taught to notice beauty... A poetic story about love, the secrets of creation, the national customs of the Kyrgyz people.