Inspired by true life events, in the Oyo Empire in the 1940's, Elesin Oba, the king's chief horseman, succumbs to the lure of beauty and sexual desire on the very evening he is set to die in order to fulfil his lifelong debt of ritual suicide to accompany the dead Alaafin to the realm of the ancestors, he derails from a very important generational and spiritual transaction. This sets in motion a series of catastrophic consequences, in a spell-binding film of emotions, humour, and tragic role reversals that puts ancient beliefs and customs on trial in an ever increasingly post-modern and Western world.
Set in Abidjan’s MACA prison, the aging Black Beard, in attempt to maintain control over his fellow inmates, resorts to a “story” ritual, wherein one prisoner is forced, Scheherazade-style, to tell stories for an entire night. The young pickpocket he chooses relays the haunting tale of the Zama King.
老国王将女儿格温多琳公主(阿什莉·琼斯 Ashley Jones 饰)嫁给了萨西尼安国王做他的王妃,以求得到强国的庇护。为了保证公主能够顺利抵达彼国,老国王派出了以雷诺兹(朗·普尔曼 Ron Perlman 饰)为首的国王卫队,一路保护公主,就这样,雷诺兹带领着他的一帮弟兄,踏上了充满了危险的漫漫路途。 半路上,雷诺兹一行人遭遇了穷凶极恶的劫匪,让雷诺兹没有想到的是,在其中,他竟然发现了曾经的国王卫士戴博特(埃里克·罗伯茨 Eric Roberts 饰)。原来,戴博特一直深爱着格温多琳公主,老国王此次的决定激怒了他,企图掳走公主。巧合的是,在相处的过程中,格温多琳公主竟然爱上了忠厚的雷诺兹,如此一来,在雷诺兹和戴博特之间,一场恶战在所难免。
Drowning in debt, unemployed boxer Jorge is on the verge of losing his young son and his Brazilian wife. He is one of shocking amounts of Portuguese families and companies unable to repay their loans in the time of European troika bailout measures. Jorge needs to pay off his debts and convince his unhappy wife to not leave Portugal to make a living. Due to his intimidating physique, Jorge must reluctantly accept a job with a collection agency which drags him into a world of violence and crime...
Kuad and Kai are siblings who are apart from one another since their childhood. Kuad is brought up in a slum and supports his life by playing gambling whereas Kai is with his grandmother. When an accident causes grandmother to be in a coma and need more money for the cure, Kai begins searching for his brother Kuad. Things turn upside down when the siblings reunite to take their chance in a gambling house to get the money for grandmother.