Frans is a physical education teacher and activist who opposes the use of pesticides; Patrick is a little-known lawyer specializing in environmental law; Matthias is a lobbyist for an agrochemical giant. The paths of these three people will cross because of the terrible act of a desperate farmer.
The turbulent life of one of the largest cities of the planet is shown from a completely unfamiliar point of view. The everyday life of homeless children and small hawkers, pimps and prostitutes, drug dealers and policemen, urban lunatics and kings of the criminal world. Bombay is a whirlpool that pulls everyone who plunges into its life.
Twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray were iconic figures in the British underworld of the 1960s. The brothers led the most powerful gang in the East End. Their record included armed robberies, racketeering, arson, assassination attempts, murders and their own nightclub, where even Hollywood celebrities reached. Among their victims were criminal masterminds Jack McVittie and George Cornell.
Poirot receives a request to investigate the case of a valuable diamond being replaced. He travels to a beautiful island in the middle of the Adriatic Sea, where an exquisite crowd has gathered. The sky is clear, the sea is transparent, and the champagne is ice-cold. But Hercule Poirot is not happy: he sees evil everywhere under the sun. And then—murder. The detective has nine suspects. Each has a motive. And each has an ironclad alibi. Even Poirot is baffled.
This film is a hip-hop classic. Freestyle, rap, breakdancing, graffiti. The film features rare footage of one of the fathers of hip-hop, Grandmaster Flash, playing a magnificent mix on an ancient turntable.
The story of several representatives of bohemia, living next door to each other in one of New York's neighborhoods. The picture describes one year of the difficult life of these people, some of whom are infected with AIDS. Among them is Roger, an aspiring songwriter who is in emotional turmoil after the suicide of his beloved girlfriend. He is still hesitant to have an affair with his neighbor Mimi Marquez, an exotic dance performer struggling with her own problems. In the same apartment with Roger lives filmmaker Mark, who is trying to combine art with commerce. Mark's girlfriend, a circus actress Maureen, who indulges his desires, leaves him for a female lawyer, Joanne. In addition, this close circle of neighbors, friends and acquaintances includes philosophy professor Tom Collins and a street drummer who came to his aid after the robbery. Benny, however, falls out of this circle, having married the landlord's daughter, estranged himself from his friends and failed to keep his promise to provide them with a rent-free space. As a result, he turns from a close friend into a sworn enemy, threatening all the tenants with eviction....
Lynnette, the heiress to a multi-million dollar fortune, married her best friend Jacqueline's fiancé. The newlyweds went on a luxurious cruise on the steamship "Karnak" on the Nile. And Jacqueline decided to spoil the mood of the newlyweds with her presence. On board the ship was a lot of other detractors Lynnette. She managed to "recruit" in the bodyguard famous detective Hercule Poirot, who was cruising on the same boat. And Lynette was found dead. As a result of numerous lengthy interviews and searches Poirot began to assume that he was close to the solution. In addition, the murder weapon had been found. But more murders began...
Dora, a former teacher, earns money by writing letters for illiterate people who come to Rio de Janeiro's Central Station. Indifferent to her customers, she charges a dollar per letter, and another dollar if they ask her to send it. And she doesn't send all the letters. Josué, 9, and his mother also use Dora's services. They write to their father. Josué has never seen his father, but he dreams of meeting him. Then one day, when his mother dies, the boy is left all alone in a huge city. Dora, who is watching the poor boy, has an idea of a possible profit. And she decides to find his father ...
Writer Sarah has become executor of millionaire American Derrington of New Orleans, who left a will relying on the taste of his former mistress. After sleeping with all her male relatives for 11 days and nights, she makes a choice. Then suddenly the millionaire rises from the grave ...
Ray, a former British Army soldier who fought against the IRA, has long lived as a recluse in a small house in the woods. One day, his devout brother Jem, whom he hasn't seen in 20 years, comes to visit him. Together, they reminisce about the past and old traumas, but Jem has come to see his brother for a reason.
