In un futuro dispotico, in base alle caratteristiche delle loro personalità gli individui sono raggruppati in varie fazioni. La sedicenne Tris Prior (Shailene Woodley), invece, non appartiene a nessun gruppo e rientra tra coloro che vengono definiti "divergenti". Scoprendo una cospirazione tesa ad eliminare tutti i divergenti, Tris dovrà capire cosa li rende così pericolosi prima che sia troppo tardi.
Un autista indiano scaltro e ambizioso riesce a sfuggire alla povertà per arrivare ai vertici del potere. Un viaggio epico tratto dal bestseller del New York Times.
Siamo nel 1893, nell'India sconvolta dalle siccità, gli inglesi opprimono ancor di più il popolo indigeno (ricordiamo che l'India è stata sotto il dominio britannico per 190 anni tra il 1757 e il 1947, anno della sua indipendenza ottenuta grazie a Gandhi) costringendolo a pagare il lagaan (da qui il titolo originale della pellicola), un balzello sul raccolto. In particolare, i contadini del villaggio di Champaner, guidati dal giovane Bhuvan, sfidano a cricket gli inglesi guidati dal capitano Russell, che anzi lancia la sfida seppur pungolato.
Sulle rive del Gange si incrociano e si mescolano le vite di vari personaggi con le loro storie di amore, libertà, emancipazione. Ma Benares (Varanasi), la città sacra sulle rive del fiume, riserva una punizione severa a coloro che giocano con le tradizioni. Deepak si innamora perdutamente di una ragazza che appartiene a una casta diversa dalla sua. Devi, una giovane studentessa, è tormentata dal senso di colpa per la scomparsa del suo primo amante. Pathak, il padre di Devi è vittima della corruzione della polizia mentre Jhonta è un ragazzino alla ricerca di una famiglia. Tutti aspirano a un futuro migliore, divisi tra le esigenze imposte dalla modernità e il fedele attaccamento alle tradizioni.
La triste realtà della discriminazione di casta viene a galla quando un poliziotto presuntuoso ma onesto si avventura nel cuore dell'India per indagare su un omicidio.
More than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.
Honnouji Academy is forcefully ruled by the iron-fisted control of its student council and its president, Satsuki Kiryuin. Transfer student, Ryuko Matoi, arrives on campus carrying a giant sword, that is actually half of a scissor. She is looking for the woman who holds the other half of her sword who killed her father. It is said that Satsuki Kiryuin knows the identity of the killer but when Ryuko confronts her she is beaten by the student council and their powerful "Goku Uniforms" whom she cannot match in strength. However, once Ryuko receives her own "Kamui" by the name of Senketsu, the odds are lifted in her favor.
Epic drama set in the summer of 1932 where India dreams of independence, but the British are clinging to power. Set against the sweeping grandeur of the Himalayas and tea plantations of Northern India, the drama tells the rich and explosive story of the decline of the British Empire and the birth of modern India, from both sides of the experience. At the heart of the story lie the implications and ramifications of the tangled web of passions, rivalries and clashes that define the lives of those brought together in this summer which will change everything.
Three students from a poor neighborhood join an exclusive high school for Delhi elite where dark secrets and rumors ultimately lead to murder.
On planet Amoi, a great society has developed, creating a computerized city called Tanagura, ruled by supercomputer Jupiter. The populace is almost entirely male and is based on hair color; silver and/or blonds are the elitist, ending with dark/black haired as the bottom of society, often known as "mongrels". Blondies keep "pets", young boys kept for a few years, especially made for performing sexual actions for the Blondie's voyeurism entertainment. Blondies aren't suppose to keep pets for long or interact sexually with pets, but one blondie named Iason Mink has kept a pet named Rikki, for years and is rumored to sleep with him. Iason refuses to let go of Rikki, even with Jupiter's disapproval. Rikki fights with his emotions and society problems, unable to decide what to do about his old friend/lover Gai (Guy) and their gang. Iason is obsessed with keeping Rikki, and Rikki doesn't know what to do; fight against him or surrender to him.
This futuristic tale is set in a world where men are assigned various social classes based on their hair color. Iason Mink, a high-class Blondie, runs into Riki, a black-haired Mongrel, and makes him his "Pet." As Riki learns of the dangers Iason faces by keeping him, he finds himself developing feelings for his master. This is a remake of the 1992 OVA of the same name.
Louis Malle called his gorgeous and groundbreaking Phantom India the most personal film of his career. And this extraordinary journey to India, originally shown as a miniseries on European television, is infused with his sense of discovery, as well as occasional outrage, intrigue, and joy.
