Released Date:
2002-12-13
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Mexico, Spain, Argentina, France
Runtime:
118 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.8 (10621 Reviews)
Director:
Carlos CarreraVicente Leèero
Eèa de Queirès (novel)
Recently ordained a priest, 24-year-old Father Amaro is sent to a small parish church in Los Reyes, Mexico to assist the aging Father Benito in his daily work. Benito--for years a fixture in the church as well as the community--welcomes Father Amaro into a new life of unseen challenges. Upon arriving in Los Reyes, the ambitious Father Amaro meets Amelia, a beautiful 16-year-old girl whose religious devotion soon becomes helplessly entangles in a growing attraction to the new priest. Amelia is quickly following into the footsteps of her mother, Sanjuanera, who has been engaged in a long-time affair with Father Benito. Amaro soon discovers that corruption and the Church are old acquaintances in Los Reyes. Father Benito has been receiving financial help from the region's drug lord for the construction of a new health clinic. As well, another priest in the diocese, Father Natalio, is suspected of assisting guerilla troops in the highlands. Maenwhile, Amelia and Father Amaro have fallen in love and have begun a passionate sexual relationship. As things become increasingly more complicated in the small community, the walls around Father Amaro begin to crumble. Torn between the divine and the carnal, the righteous and the unjust, Father Amaro must summon his strength to choose which life he will lead.
Released Date:
2006-11-17
Languages:
English, Spanish
Countries:
UK, USA
Runtime:
116 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (20085 Reviews)
Director:
Richard LinklaterEric Schlosser
Richard Linklater
Eric Schlosser (book)
Don Anderson is the Mickey's food restaurant chain's Marketing Director. He is the inventor of the "Big One" the hamburger best seller of Mickey's. An independent research reports the presence of cow's feces in the Big One. So Don is sent to Cody, Colorado, to verify if the slaughterhouse, main supplier of Mickey's, is efficient as it appears and the production process is regular. During his investigations he discovers the horrible truth behind a simple hamburger; the reality is not like we think it is. Don discovers what the mass production system involves, from the temp workers like Amber, to the exploitation of Mexican irregular immigrants. It is not only the meat that is crushed in the mincing machine, but all our society.
Released Date:
2008-01-04
Languages:
English
Countries:
Japan, USA, Germany
Runtime:
87 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
3.9 (25210 Reviews)
Director:
Eric ValetteAndrew Klavan (screenplay)
Yasushi Akimoto (novel)
Minako Daira (screenplay)
After the death of their friend Shelley, Leann Cole receives a voice mail from the future of the date and time when she would die. On the scheduled day, Leann sees weird things and in the precise informed hour, Leann is attacked by a supernatural force on a footbridge over a train station while talking to her friend Beth Raymond. Beth meets Leann's boyfriend Brian, who also received a call, and witnesses his death on the street. When her roommate Taylor Anthony receives a call, Beth befriends Det. Jack Andrews, who tells her that his sister was the first victim of the phone call. They decide to investigate the connections of Jack's sister and find the name of Marie Layton, who apparently abused of her daughters. Jack and Beth run against time trying to save Beth from her fate.
Released Date:
2008-09-12
Languages:
Spanish
Countries:
Mexico
Runtime:
107 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (1558 Reviews)
Director:
Roberto SneiderGenres:
Dramaèngeles Mastretta (book)
Roberto Sneider (screenplay)
Set in 1920's rural France, a young woman finds herself in an arranged marriage to a dull but well meaning man. Bored of him she takes drastic measures to change her situation.
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