Aki and Naoko are childhood friends who are drifting apart as adults. Immersed in her family life, Naoko now has a husband and daughter; Aki, on the other hand, remains single and is on leave from work due to a personal crisis. The plot might sound familiar but it has never been told like this. The director Kusano Natsuka stages the interactions through an actors’ table-read and, as the lines are repeated, the scenes gradually develop into on-location conversations. Moreover, she repositions the dramatic peak of the story to the beginning: Aki has murdered Naoko’s daughter.
Structurally inventive, Kusano's daring cinema implements ‘distantiation’ effects to get to the heart of friendship issues at times when life has settled. While the repetitions convey the suffocation of role patterns in both friendship and family, a line left out or added in unsettles and reminds us life can take unexpected turns.
2009 romantic sci-fi action thriller movie starring Neil Mukesh, who plays a photo journalist, and Bipasha Basu, a Disco Jockey. The film is directed by debutante director Jehangir Surti.
Lynette Walden and Chris Mulkey star in this action-packed ride through the sexy and dangerous world of flesh for sale and murder for hire. Harley-riding Angel (Lynette Walden) plays to win in her fight against a slavery and prostitution ring that abuses young runaways — It’s a life-and-death game in which video-games hold the clues, and the only way to win is to kill without conscience. The chill of each killing drives Angel into the arms of anonymous lovers — a desperate attempt for affection — but her ex-boyfriend George (Chris Mulkey) is watching … In a demented rage he stalks her through her steamy video-arcade reality. But when the game is over and the high score is counted, will Angel be able to walk away?
《甜蜜十六岁》是Cine Qua Non Films制作发行的一部电影,由肯·罗奇导演,马丁·康普斯顿、威廉·鲁安等主演,于2002年5月21日在法国上映。
影片讲述了莱姆是个不安分的小年青,在格林诺克这个阴暗又很难混的鬼地方,他正艰难地为实现自己的梦想而努力。莱姆想让他妈妈远离这种生活,彻底摆脱这两个人,去西部安静的农村开始新的生活,然而那需要一大笔钱。
母亲即将出狱的消息让莱姆(马丁·康普斯顿 Martin Compston 饰)的心中充满了喜悦,因为他明白,母亲是无辜的,她惨遭牢狱之灾只是为了替她那混蛋男友斯坦(Gary McCormack 饰)顶罪。在母亲出狱之前,莱姆还有好多事情要忙,他希望母亲能真正的获得自由,这意味着她必须远离一切可能将她拉下水的人,其中包括斯坦和莱姆的祖父。 在莱姆的计划中,他将带着母亲前往农村开始新的生活,但这已计划若想成功,钱是不可缺少的重大前提。就这样,莱姆和小伙伴们开始变着法子赚钱,甚至涉及到了一些非法交易,在不知不觉间,一心向钱的莱姆突然发现,自己已经陷入了麻烦之中无法自拔。
苏格兰少年利亚姆有一个单纯的愿望:在他母亲出狱那天,也就是他十六岁生日的前一天,买下一套舒适的房子,让母亲摆脱对毒贩斯坦的依赖,从此和他过上幸福的生活。他看中了湖边的一套简易住宅,可是高昂的售价让他意识到,如果没有大笔的钱,他的梦想根本不可能实现。一次偶然的机会,他发现了斯坦藏毒的地点,于是拉上伙伴品宝,偷出毒品去卖,很快就凑够了房子的首付。可是两人没有靠山的单独行动,充满了危险。正在这时,当地的毒枭看中了能干的利亚姆,拉他入伙。被抛弃在一边的品宝一怒之下烧了湖边的房子,并和利亚姆刀刃相见。可这些都不能阻止利亚姆实现愿望的决心。他终于等到了母亲出狱的那天,可他为母亲提供的优越的物质生活留不住她。她还是回到了斯坦身边。愿望落空的利亚姆在十六岁生日这天将匕首插进了斯坦的胸口。[
A young man is found bruised, beaten and stumbling down a secluded road. As the police try to piece together what happened, the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges.