In the Texan “Hands on a Hardbody” competition, contestants stand around a new pickup truck for days, touching it with one hand. Whoever holds out the longest wins the truck.
In 2008, after a show celebrating the 20th anniversary of his fashion house, Maison Margiela, visionary designer Martin Margiela left the fashion world for good. Throughout his career, the Belgian designer remained anonymous, refusing interviews and never being photographed, leading some to call him the fashion world’s answer to Banksy. Now, more than a decade after his departure, Margiela digs into his meticulous and idiosyncratic personal archives to reflect on his revolutionary career and legacy.
World War II, occupied Soviet Union. István Semetka is a simple Hungarian farmer who serves as a Sub-Lieutenant in a special unit scouting for partisan groups. On their way to a remote village, his company falls under enemy fire. As the commander is killed, Semetka has to overcome his fears and take command of the unit as he is dragged into a chaos that he cannot control.
With his tribe's move to follow the migrating bison, Yakari, the little Sioux boy, sets out on his own to follow the trail of Little Thunder, a wild mustang said to be untameable. Travelling far from home and deep into the territory of the terrible cougarskins, Yakari and Little Thunder undertake a great adventure and find their way back home.
In Ruben Östlund’s wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean), are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
Johanna (Valerie Huber) and Anton (Timur Bartels) have been in seventh heaven for almost a year when planning their Christmas together at the beginning of November put their young happiness to the test. While the two would prefer to spend the celebration of love, which also coincides with their anniversary, alone, their families exist, especially Johanna's father Prof. Dr. dr Dietrich Hansen (Uwe Ochsenknecht), on old traditions and demand the respective presence of the two. Johanna has the saving idea: her brother-in-law Oliver (Wayne Carpendale) owns a chalet in the Austrian mountains. The house is big enough for both families and the perfect setting for the first extended family event together. As generations, cultures and social demands collide, in the midst of the family drama, Anton prepares to ask Johanna the question of all questions - chaos inevitable!
Passengers on an immigrant ship traveling to the new continent get caught in a mysterious riddle when they find a second vessel adrift on the open sea.
Markus is a handsome and respectable architect who has a secret: he is a pedophile. Despite feeling disgust of himself, Markus can't help but feel attracted to young boys. When he thinks he won't be able to suppress his deepest feelings, he decides to isolate himself.
Beneath the decadence of 1929 Berlin, lies an underworld city of sin. Police investigator Gareon Rath has been transferred from Cologne to the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
DIE PUPPENSTARS is a very special talent show for the whole family - not a casting show in the classic sense, but a meeting of different puppeteers and varieties from all over Germany and the world. The show gets its unique character from the high level of the performances. Artists perform who are alive, who practice their art almost every day, live from their art, perform in major theaters or are on tour. But there are also acts that celebrate absolute premieres in this show. Young talents with courageous, surprising performances.