la Idea de un Lago

Even-tempered Owen Daybright is the adopted son of rancher Arch Strobie. All his life Owen has been covering up for his good-for-nothing brother Lee – protecting the rascal from his father's wrath. Finally, however, Lee's shenanigans go too far. After getting a young woman pregnant, Lee shifts the blame to Owen…

Director Cyrus Nowrasteh teams with screenwriter Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh to illuminate the dangers of religious fundamentalism, gender apartheid, and mob rule with this fictionalized adaptation of Freidoune Sahebjam's best-selling novel centering on a true-life tragedy. The story takes place in 1986, just as Khomeini is coming into power in Iran. Undercover French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam (Jim Caviezel) is traveling though a small southwestern village when his car breaks down. Surrounded by strife but left with little choice other to wait until his car is repaired, the anxious Freidoune is soon approached by persistent local Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo), who convinces him to follow her into the courtyard behind her home…

À 36 ans, malgré un doctorat en philosophie, Pierre-Paul Daoust est chauffeur pour une compagnie de livraison. Un jour, il est témoin d'un hold-up qui tourne mal, faisant deux morts parmi les gangsters. Il se retrouve seul avec deux énormes sacs de sport bourrés de billets. Des millions de dollars. Le pouvoir irrésistible de l’argent va bousculer ses valeurs altruistes et mettre sur sa route une escort girl envoûtante, un ex-taulard perspicace et un avocat d’affaires roublard. Après Le déclin de l’Empire Américain et les Invasions Barbares, La Chute de l’Empire Américain clôt ainsi la trilogie du réalisateur Denys Arcand.

The Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra, consisting of eight men, arrive in Israel from Egypt. They have been booked by an Arab cultural center in Petah Tiqva, but through a miscommunication, the band takes a bus to Bet Hatikva, a fictional town in the middle of the Negev Desert. There is no transportation out of the city that day, and there are no hotels for them to spend the night in…

En 2005, Billy Lynn, un jeune Texan de 19 ans, fait partie d'un régiment d'infanterie en Irak victime d'une violente attaque. Ayant survécu à l'altercation, il est érigé en héros, ainsi que plusieurs de ses camarades. Et c'est avec ce statut qu'ils sont rapatriés aux Etats-Unis par l'administration Bush, qui désire les voir parader au pays… avant de retourner au front.

Martin è l'ultimo abitante di Auzal, un piccolo e remoto villaggio tra le montagne. Vive in pace con la natura e scende a valle solo due volte all'anno, all'inizio della primavera e alla fine dell'estate, per le provviste che gli serviranno per il resto dell'anno. Un giorno, però, ha un incontro torrido e fugace con Josexi, la mugnaia, e ciò lo porta presto a riconsiderare seriamente il suo vivere da lupo solitario. Comincerà così a provare nuove sensazioni e sentimenti che una volta emersi non possono più essere repressi.

Deux ans après un « burn-out », Duval est toujours au chômage. Contacté par un homme d’affaire énigmatique, il se voit proposer un travail simple et bien rémunéré : retranscrire des écoutes téléphoniques. Aux abois financièrement, Duval accepte sans s’interroger sur la finalité de l’organisation qui l’emploie. Précipité au cœur d’un complot politique, il doit affronter la mécanique brutale du monde souterrain des services secrets.

The film begins with a wagon crashing into a ravine. Prospector Ben Rumson finds that of the two adult male occupants, one is dead and his brother injured with a broken arm and leg. As the man is about to be buried, gold dust is discovered at the graveside. Ben stakes a claim on the land and the surviving brother is adopted as his "Pardner" while he recuperates…

Le 5 août 1936, Jesse Owens, un jeune athlète noir, était sacré champion olympique du 200m à Berlin devant un parterre de nazis et leur chef suprême, Adolf Hitler. Lors de ces Jeux, il obtint 4 médailles d’or (100m, longueur, 200m, 4x100m), devenant un mythe et un exemple pour le monde entier.

Willy Ferriere is dead broke and his mistress costs a lot. One day, he says in a pub that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt. Someone lets him know it's a deal. The aunt is murdered, and a poor chap is manipulated to be the perfect suspect. But Superintendant Maigret feels something is wrong.