Jakob enrols into the Benjamenta Institute, a dilapidated boarding school for the training of servants. He then tries to unravel the hidden mysteries of the school, his fellow pupils, and Frau and Herr Benjamenta, the siblings who run it.
A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist.
“Workers Leaving the Factory – such was the title of the first cinema film ever shown in public.
Testimonies of a number of Israeli-Palestinian couples from different ethnic or religious backgrounds, in search for a way to align their love lives with the political, cultural and religious realities they inhabit.
João de Deus is the manager of an ice-cream shop owned by an ex-prostitute, Paraíso dos Gelados (Ice-Cream Paradise). Through a unmoved desire of perfection, he seeks, through cleansing and purity to attain heaven.
“Located in the darkness, a place of no boundaries, Delilah is a ‘meditation on violence,’ love and survival. Interchangeable elements of the warrior, the sorceress and the lover weave a ritual, creating a dialogue of forces that shifts boundaries.
« « Je vais mourir, n’est-ce pas ? » demande-t-il après un temps. Cette phrase est réitérée dans un gros plan où il nous fixe, imperturbable. Puis il lave les pieds de ses apôtres et, un à un, les embrasse.
“One of the great American films of the last few years. It’s Verhoeven’s best American film and his most personal. In Starship Troopers (1997), he uses various effects to help everything go down smoothly, but he’s totally exposed in Showgirls.
Aricie: Les coïncidences, ça existe !
« À Paris, les rendez-vous
Ne sont pas toujours pour vous.
Il y a souvent des surprises,
Il y a parfois des méprises.
Tout cela fait des histoires,