The story of Erin Brockovich, a single woman with three children, who is not often spoiled by life's bright days. For someone like her, there are no career prospects, only a modest job in a small law firm. But for a self-confident beauty, not shy in expressions, it is enough one tiny chance to radically change her fate. Beauty and charm have helped her achieve unprecedented success, but now Erin will need incredible determination to bring the case of the century to trial.
New York, mid-1950s. Vito Genovese, who has been released from prison, learns that his position as boss of the Mafia family is now held by Frank Costello, whom he must obey. Unwilling to accept the loss of power, Genovese begins plotting behind his new boss's back to kill him.
Henri Charrière, a safecracker, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to hard labor for a murder he did not commit. Nicknamed the Moth because he has this symbol of thieves tattooed on his chest, Henri makes several escape attempts. As punishment, the authorities put him in a punishment cell for a long time, and then send him to French Guiana on Devil's Island, surrounded on all sides by the ocean. No prisoner has ever escaped from this most dreaded convict prison. But nothing can make Henri lose heart and break his determination to break free.
A series of short sketches revealing various aspects of the life, work and personality of the famous Canadian pianist.
Forty years after Alexander's death, the elderly Ptolemy, one of Macedon's closest companions who became governor of Egypt after his death, decides to tell and record the story of the great commander's victories. For eight years the army of Alexander the Great moved to the East, to the shores of the world Ocean. Having conquered Western and Central Asia, Macedonian was the first to set foot on the mysterious and mysterious land of ancient India. He dreamed about it in his childhood, listening to the myths of Troy, the exploits of Hercules and Achilles....
November 25, 1970. The famous Japanese writer Yukio Mishima got up early in the morning, put on his military uniform, and, along with fellow members of the Shield Society, went to the Self-Defense Forces ground forces base in Ichigaya to urge soldiers to stage a coup d'état. Along the way, Mishima recalls his life and its influence on his works.
The story of the short life of Manhattan bohemian Jean-Michel Basquiat against the backdrop of New York's artistic life.
