Pasquale is a policeman who loves to play the trumpet in a little jazz orchestra. One night, he saves the life of Desideria, a transgender prostitute that was almost falling down the Tarpea cliff in Rome. Pasquale and Desideria had been knowing each other since they were kids (Desideria was secretely in love with Pasquale) and after meeting again they start dating. Pasquale is about to marry Nellina, but little by little he realizes that he is in love with Desideria. How to solve this difficult situation?
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Pregnant mother Wanda LeFauve ekes out a government-assisted living with her jobless husband, Al, and their four children, in a rundown trailer park. In a desperate bid for money, Wanda answers a classified ad from a wealthy Hollywood woman, Rachel Luckman, and her husband, Richard, who are seeking a newborn to adopt. They make an agreement and tensely await the baby’s birth, but each faces a profound struggle with the decision.
The story of a young settler who tries to escape the bureaucracy of life in Lima with his wife and son by starting a farm in the Peruvian jungle, only to experience more problems and setbacks.
A desperate group of people wait at a rundown Cuban transit station for the next bus to arrive. The problem is, it never shows up. While a number of busses pass by the station, and others that are either full or at the end of the line stop by, it soon becomes obvious that the bus everyone was waiting for has left them high and dry. While one of the would-be passengers, Emilio, uses his downtime to win the affections of the beautiful Jacqueline, most of the rest decide that if they’re stuck without anywhere to go, they might as well make the station a better place to wait, and they begin forming a plan to turn the decrepit bus terminal into a showplace that people would look forward to visiting.
Bahman Kiarostami’s charming documentary about mourners-for-hire who are called upon to attend funerals in Iran. With an understated, lighthearted style, Tabaki provides a fascinating view of a peculiar occupation within this religious culture, offering, in the process, an insightful portrait of the society as a whole.
Conrad Veidt stars as Matathias, a Jewish man who, after spitting on Christ en route to his crucifixion, is doomed to walk the earth until the Second Coming. After two passages – one set during the Crusades, the other in Mediaeval Italy – Matathias is offered redemption during the Spanish Inquisition.
Arthur Miller himself adapted his Pultizer Prize-winning modern tragedy for this 1966 television production, with Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock reprising their original Broadway roles as the Lomans. This classic production toys with time in its shattering telling of a middle-aged man at the end of his emotional rope.
Maarten, a scientist approaching middle age, lives with his sickly mother so he can take care of her. While he is very close with his mother, he hasn’t had any other successful relationships with the opposite sex — in fact, he is still a virgin. However, God himself enters Maarten’s dream and gives him one week to have sex. If Maarten fails, he will be struck dead. Fearing for his life, he develops a dashing alter ego to help guide him through dating.
