It’stheyear50BC.TheEmpressofChinahasjustbeenimprisonedfollowingacoupd’étatincitedbyDengTsinQin,atraitorousprince.HelpedbyFinalthesis,thePhoenicianmerchant,andherfaithfulbodyguardMaiWei,theEmpress’onlydaughterPrincessSass-YifleestoGaultoaskforhelpfromtwovaliantwarriorsAsterixandObelix,whoareen...
一个虚构的年代背景,经济萧条,人人自危,甚至要以人肉为食物赖以生存。一幢破败的房子里住在屠夫一家。他们亦靠屠宰人肉为食。诡秘荒诞的色调下,屠夫挥舞着明晃晃的刀宰杀人肉。而这幢楼,还住着各式充满诡异色彩的人物:吃蜗牛的住客、对自杀非常迷恋的女人,爱切罐头的男子……他们说过,如果没有外来的食物补给...
莱斯卡住在白令海峡一个偏远的村庄里。白令海峡位于楚科奇和阿拉斯加之间,隔开了美国和俄罗斯。这个十几岁的少年,和村子里的大多数人一样,是一位捕鲸者,在遥远的世界边缘过着平静的生活。当莱斯卡居住的村庄有了互联网之后,男人们每天都聚集在一间小房里,通过网络摄像头一起在屏幕上观看数千公里外的漂亮女孩...
无尽之中,我们被一个女人温柔的声音引导着整个世界。那是一种神话般的声音,一首Scheherazade给我们讲述了人类生活和奋斗的永恒故事:“我看到一个孩子在雨下走着去参加生日聚会……”“我看到一个还没有找到爱的男孩……”“我看到一个不再信任银行的男人……”我们从一系列显而易见的琐碎瞬间,看到男人和生活的平凡和宏伟,...
ThreeyearsafterthelossofhisbrotherVittorio,withwhomhesharedhisentirecareer,PaoloTavianireturnstotheworksofLuigiPirandello,whichthepairadaptedin1984(Chaos)and1998(YouLaugh).InkeepingwiththeSicilianplaywright’svision,thefilmisnotatallwhatitappearstobe.Thetitlemaycomefroma1910novella,butthereisn...
FollowingonfromtheimpressiveDriftwithitshypnotictransatlanticsequencesreminiscentofMichaelSnow,HelenaWittmann’ssecondfeatureissetintheMediterraneanSea.TheheroinenavigatesalongtherouteoftheFrenchForeignLegionfromMarseilletoSidi-Bel-AbbesviaCalvionacontemporaryOdysseythatisatoncepoliticalandsen...
TheseminalquestionoflandandthedisplacementofAdivasi(Indigenous)CommunitiesinIndia.Allthegovernmentsthathaveruledthenationmadelawsthatdeniedtheindigenouspeopletheirwayoflifeandtheirlandoften,protectingcronycapitalistinterests.Itrevisitsanepisodeofdissentinthe90swhichbroughtupthisquestionamongs...
LeoownsanoliveranchinGuadalupeValleyintheBaja.HeliveswithhissonBenny,ateenwithDown’ssyndrome,andhegathershisdaughtersRebeca,Julia,andMarianaonceamonthtocatchuponlife.Thelatestgatheringhasbroughtsomeunexpectednews:Afoodcompanyhasmadeapurchaseofferforthefamilyranch.NowLeoandhisdaughterswillonly...