A little voice is heard from inside the womb of a pregrant woman:"Mother, give birth to me !" "A child who can speak from his mother`s womb can give birth to himself" replies the mother. And so a little boy is born, cuts his umbilical cord and declares:"My name is Kirikou". The tiny Kirikou is born into an African village upon which a sorceress called Karaba has cast a terrible spell: the spring is dried up, the villagers are being ransomed, the men of the village have been eaten up by the sorceress.
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play set in 16th century Venice. Shylock (Al Pacino), a Jew, has grown wealthy by loaning money with interest. Antonio (Jeremy Irons) is a Christian merchant who undermines Shylock by offering interest-free loans. Antonio's best friend Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes) needs money to court the lovely heiress Portia (Lynn Collins), with whom he has fallen in love. Antonio, whose money is tied up in trade ships that are away at sea, goes to Shylock to get three thousand ducats for Bassanio. Shylock agrees to lend them the money interest free, with the stipulation that if the loan is not paid back on time, he'll be entitled to a pound of Antonio's own flesh.
Starring: Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Mackenzie Crook, Allan Corduner
English language with latvian and russian subtitles.
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) has a unique talent for discerning the scents and smells that swirl around him, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. Strangely lacking any scent of his own, he becomes obsessed with capturing the irresistible but elusive aroma of young womanhood. As Grenouille's obsession turns deadly, twelve young girls are found murdered. Panic breaks out as people rush to protect their daughters, while an unrepentant and unrelenting Grenouille still lacks the final ingredient to complete his quest.
Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Süskind.
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Ben Whishaw
Directed by Tom Tykwer
English language with subtitles in Latvian and Russian.
Story takes place in the 1880’s in England when many upper class women are being sent to the doctor because they are depressed. To ease these patients’ stress, doctor has developed a form of therapy that involves the careful manual stimula¬tion of a certain female body part. All these women needed is to have an orgasm and it was doctor's duty to satisfy rich women whose husbands couldn’t.“Intimate massage” cure was shockingly effective and when doctor's Mortimer (Hugh Dancy) forwardthinking friend Edmund (Rupert Everett) unveiled the plans for his new electric-powered feather duster, Mortimer came up with a compelling idea… The result?
Well, it was the beginning of the revolution for women.
It's the end of the world. A flood is coming. Luckily for Dave and his son Finny, a couple of clumsy Nestrians, an Ark has been built to save all animals. But as it turns out, Nestrians aren't allowed...
Michael is an American pickpocket living in Paris who finds himself hunted by the CIA when he steals a bag that contains more than just a wallet. Sean Briar, the field agent on the case, soon realizes that Michael is just a pawn in a much bigger game and is also his best asset to uncover a large-scale conspiracy. Going against commands, Briar recruits Michael to use his expert pickpocketing skills to help quickly track down the source of the corruption.
Richard - a sparrow - is adopted by and grows up with a stork family, convinced he is himself a stork; problems arise when the storks, as migratory birds, leave for Africa to spend the winter. He wants to go, too, and starts hitchhiking through Europe, by bus, train and boat, joined by an eccentric owl and a narcissistic, disco-singing parakeet to prove to his stork family that he's a stork.
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING and other treasures of the Mauritshuis, the Netherlands
After two years on a blockbuster world tour, the ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ has returned home to the much-loved Mauritshuis gallery in The Hague, which has just completed extensive renovations. With huge queues lining up for a glimpse of her enigmatic beauty and nearly 1.2 million visitors at its stop in Japan, the enduring appeal of this masterpiece is indisputable. The beautifully filmed documentary goes in pursuit of the many unresolved riddles surrounding the extraordinary painting and its mysterious creator Vermeer. Who was this girl? Why and how was it painted? Why is it so revered?
When Apollo, a kind-hearted travelling performer, lands in the village of the Funny Little Bugs, it's not too long before he upsets the life of the kingdom!