A middle aged man spends his free time running. Especially since his wife spends more of her time on her work. He later meets another runner, a younger woman who inspires to compete in a marathon.
Tag: 1980s
Austrian soldier Klaus Schneider is shot in the head during combat in World War I. As he recovers under the watch of Dr. Bettleheim, Schneider discovers he has the ability to read minds and see the future. Renaming himself Erik Jan Hanussen, he uses his new abilities to make money in Germany as a mind reader. Soon, Hanussen predicts the rise of Hitler and World War II, which raises his profile while also endangering his life.
Following the sudden death of Albert, her husband of 40 years, Adèle, the mother of eight children already in her 50s, finds herself alone, cheated and betrayed by life. Faced with her grudges, she risks sinking into depression, but finally manages to take control of her destiny and open up to the world surrounding her.
Wallace is a Melbourne taxi driver who lives in a block of run-down small apartments in St Kilda on the bay. When not driving his cab, he makes apple cider and broods about his past.
A film commissioned by the Tourist Board of Jammu and Kashmir. In his own words, Mani Kaul’s film is “a filmscape study of the Kashmir Valley without any commentary or dialogue, made without reducing the natural dimensions of the valley to identifiable holiday commodities”.
The familiar conflicts of a film director planning to make a movie about his life and the confrontation he has with his wife, an actress who was turned down for such project in which she wanted to play herself.
The film centers around a group of elderly residents of an old San Francisco hotel and are threatened with eviction when a developer wants to demolish the structure. Initially, they feel resigned to their fate, but a young desk clerk gets involved and helps spearhead a resistance.