Although it opens with the caveat that the story was "inspired by a court case" yet is "entirely fictional" we all know by now that Abel Ferrara is referring to the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and his wife at the time, Anne Sinclair, and the scandal and ramifications of an alleged assault on a New York hotel maid.
Mr. Devero is a toxic mix of desire, power and arrogance. High powered person who controls global finances and shapes people's future, is not capable to deal with his own instincts. He is guided by an unrestrained sexual hunger and he is unable to resist. He, who cares to save the world, is unable to save himself...
Who is he – Borgman, the iconoclast? Is he a real human being, or a fusion of fears and anger, hiding behind layers of respectability, prosperity and carelessness? Is he a demon from nightmares, or an allegory, or an embodiment of all human fears come alive—like an evil spirit on the loose.
Disturbed and exiled from his shelter, he arises from nowhere, and a steady life of an ordinary family will never be the same...Apocalypses is a recurrent dream, that one can forget about, but cannot get recovered from.
"Borgman" is like a complex puzzle, a maze constructed from passion, nightmares and exposed horrors, put in a frame of a surreal thriller.
Shot in unique style of the ideologist of the European absurd, this magnetic puzzle became the most obscure, harsh and sophisticated creation of the director, who possesses devilish fantasy and precise, abrupt impulse. He wildly plays with mythology, as well as with pictorial, literary and biblical motives.
Cast: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval, Alex van Warmerdam, Tom Dewispelaere, Elve Lijbaart
Directed by Alex van Warmerdam
The film follows a physician who accidentally tells her obnoxious patient that he has a brain aneurysm and has only 90 minutes to live. As the patient races around the city, trying to right his wrongs, the doctor attempts to find him as he tries to find what he must do in the final moments of his life.
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Disney's Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Dayfollows the exploits of 11-year-old Alexander as he experiences the most terrible horrible day of his young life - a day that begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by one calamity after another. But when Alexander tells his upbeat family about the misadventures of his disastrous day, he finds little sympathy and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him. He soon learns that he’ is not alone when his brother, sister, mom, and dad all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days. Anyone who says there is no such thing as a bad day just hasn't had one.
Based on the internationally best-selling novel by Jonas Jonasson, the unlikely story of a 100-year-old man who decides it's not too late to start over. For most people it would be the adventure of a lifetime, but Allan Karlsson's unexpected journey is not his first. For a century he's made the world uncertain, and now he is on the loose again.
Allan Karlsson is about to celebrate his hundredth birthday, and a birthday party is planned at his retirement home. Allan is alert despite his age, but not so interested in the party. Instead he steps out the window and disappears. He gets hold of a suitcase of drug money and becomes chased by both drug dealers and the police.
Filled with lots of adventures, Allan's life story is told in parallel to this. He eats dinner with the future President Harry S. Truman, hitchhikes with Winston Churchill, travels on a riverboat with the wife of Mao Zedong and walks across the Himalayas on foot.
The adventure comedy is directed and written by acclaimed Swedish director, writer, producer and actor Felix Herngren and staring acclaimed Swedish actors Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander and David Wiberg.
Cast: Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg
Directed by: Felix Herngren
As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survived the carnage of those years. But as with many survivors, the psychological scars remain. Today, Ali is chief of the homicide branch of the South African police in Cape Town. One of his staff is Brian Epkeen, a free-wheeling white officer whose family was originally involved in the establishment of apartheid but who works well with Neuman. Together they have to deal with crime that inevitably exists in sprawling areas of un -and under- employed people, crime exacerbated by gangs, both local and from other parts of Africa. Their job gets even more difficult when the corpses of two young women are found. A new evil has been introduced in the city and a new drug has been introduced to its residents, including both murder victims. At the chaotic crossroads where brutality and modernization collide, the echoes of apartheid still resound in the shadows of a society struggling toward reconciliation.
John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of a satanic cult, who violently attack the couple. Spilled blood and terror are not all they leave behind. The cultists have conjured an entity so malevolent that nothing they did will compare to the sinister conduit to the damned that is now... Annabelle.
The horror movie stars Annabelle Wallis ("Snow White and the Huntsman", "W.E." and "X-Men: First Class"), Academy award nominee Alfre Woodard ("12 Years a Slave"), Ward Horton ("The Wolf of Wall Street"), Tony Amendola ("The Legend of Zorro" and "Blow") and Brian Howe ("The Pursuit of Happiness", "Gran Torino" and "Deja vu").
"Well, you don’t love life itself. You love places, animals, people, memories, food, literature, music. And sometimes you meet someone...who requires all the love you have to give. And if you lose that someone, you think everything else is going to stop too. But everything else just keeps on going."
Aged American philosophy professor lives a lonely and self-contained life in Paris. Immersed in a deep reverie, he lost that something that he was searching for all his life - the meaning. Surrounded by memories, menacing to turn into hallucinations, he is inevitably moving towards the chasm: struggling against the absurd is even more difficult when you are alone. It seems that everything around is nothing but the decor: that’s how uninteresting the world became to him.
It seems that all that was important stayed in the past. And so it was, until one day he met someone on the bus, and this encounter changed everything.
Magnificent Michal Caine created a little delightful masterpiece on screen that makes you want to watch it again straight after walking out of the theatre.
"Mr. Morgan’s Last Love" - is a certain answer to gloomy "Love" by Michael Haneke.
This touching, heartfelt, beautiful story, filled with light sadness in pale shades, could have been shot only by a woman. The film is not about how one needs to live a life - it’s about the need of living it. And making it bright and saturated, making sure each moment is appreciated.
Fine and elegant reflection on loneliness, forgiveness and love, that give its spectator hope.
The story of a young man disillusioned by love who meets a breathtaking young woman at a charity dinner by pretending to be a philanthropist. Turns out that she's engaged to a guy who doesn't like her going on dates. Challenged by the chase, and egged on by his eclectic friends, he feigns a platonic relationship in order to keep seeing her as he tries to conquer her heart.
Playing it cool is a comedy film directed by Justin Reardon and written by Chris Shafer and Paul Vicknair. The film stars Chris Evans ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "The Avengers" and "Snowpiercer") Michelle Monaghan ("Source Code", "Due Date" and "Eagle Eye") and Anthony Mackie ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier", "Runner, Runner" and "Pain & Gain).
Vincentas is the best employee at the emergency services station, whose passion is one – gambling in different games. Whenever he lands in some difficult situation, the medic is forced to grab onto something radical to return the money he is constantly losing. An idea strikes Vincentas to create an illegal game related to his profession. Initially the employees at emergency services are the only ones to be attracted to this macabre engagement. Soon enough, however, the idea kicks off and starts spreading like wildfire. The medic colleagues become betting agents, whereas Vincentas takes control of its bank. As financial matters keep on improving, a coworker Ieva starts objecting to the game. A passionate relationship has just unfolded between her and Vincentas. Soon enough he is going to face making a fateful choice – the game or love.
Cast: Vincentas - Vytautas Kaniušonis, Ieva - Oona Mekas, Bogdanas - Romuald Lavrynovic, Kaziukas - Valerijus Jevsejevas, Poviliukas - Lukas Keršys, Skirutis - Jonas Vaitkus, Antanas - Arturas Šablauska, Liubartas - Simonas Lindešis
Directed by: Ignas Jonynas
Returning to her childhood home in Louisiana to recuperate from a horrific car accident, Jessabelle comes face to face with a long-tormented spirit that has been seeking her return -- and has no intention of letting her escape.
Jessabelle is an American horror thriller film directed by Kevin Greutert ("Saw 3D: The Final Chapter" and "Saw IV") and written by Ben Garant ("Balls of Fury", "Night at the Museum" and "Taxi"). The film stars Sarah Snook ("Sleeping Beauty"), Mark Webber ("Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" and "Broken Flowers"), Joelle Carter ("American Pie 2" and "High Fidelity"), David Andrews ("World War Z", "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" and "Fight Club"), Amber Stevens ("22 Jump Street", "The Amazing Spider-Man" and "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift") and Ana de la Reguera ("Cowboys & Aliens").