TV reporter Shivajirao gets a chance to be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for a day, after being challenged by incumbent Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan. After his successful one-day stint, he attempts to get back to his normal life, but it is not as easy as he thought it to be, with the lives of his near and dear ones now in danger on account of his honesty.
At a time when powerlessness and resignation carry the day, Noam Chomsky's work is a radical antidote for all those who want to put an end to the factory of powerlessness and its intellectual media star watchdogs. Theoretician of language, born in Philadelphia in 1928, Noam Chomsky revolutionized linguistics with the "generative grammar." But Chomsky is also a political analyst involved in all political struggles for decades. His clear analysis and rational ideological mechanisms of our societies is a crucial resource for critical thinking today.
Kilka klanów yakuza w bezwzględnej walce rywalizuje o dominację w japońskim przestępczym podziemiu. Walczący ze sobą bossowie posuwają się do brutalnych intryg, kombinacji i zdrad, by osiągnąć zamierzony rezultat.
Film jest opowieścią o zepsutym do szpiku kości świecie, w którym nie ma bohaterów, nie ma kodeksu honorowego, nie ma ideałów
What started as a drama about a Russian police plot to steal a billion dollars from a US financier and to murder his faithful tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, has become a real life investigation of contradicting versions of the crime.
Ayna is an actor and the prison is his stage. He slips into the characters of the powerful convicted in exchange of money and take their place in prison. This strange profession is borne out of a society that doesn't give him a chance to follow his passion of acting, but forces him to act in the real life. Falling in love with the girl next door changes his life equation and he decides to end this career with one last performance. But this one takes him too deep in the rabbit hole. The story unfolds on how an underdog survives in a society that is merciless and struggles his way out from the clutch of crime game which he is a part too.
Termin "hipernormalizacja" został wymyślony przez rosyjskiego profesora antropologii w odniesieniu do paradoksalnej sytuacji - wszyscy w ZSRR wiedzieli, że ustrój upada, ale nikt nie mógł wyobrazić sobie alternatywy dla ówczesnego porządku. Dlatego politycy i obywatele byli zmuszeni do utrzymywania pozorów funkcjonującego społeczeństwa. W swoim filmie Adam Curtis stara się pokazać, w jaki sposób nastały obecne czasy zagubienia i niepewności, gdy ludzie u władzy są sparaliżowani i nie mają pojęcia, co robić dalej. Gdy na świecie dochodzi do zdarzeń, zdawałoby się, kompletnie poza kontrolą, od Donalda Trumpa i Brexitu, przez wojnę w Syrii i niekończący się kryzys migracyjny, po losowe ataki bombowe. Twórca tłumaczy nie tylko dlaczego dochodzi do tych zdarzeń, ale również to, dlaczego nie jesteśmy w stanie ich zrozumieć. Film ukazuje, jak całe społeczeństwa Zachodu uciekają w uproszczoną i często fałszywą wizję świata.
In a photograph among journalists, writers, academics and artists was a controversial president of Mexico and the unusual guest who owes the name of this story.
Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.
Human minds are corrupted by the thought that they are the superior one. The reality is often contradictory.
Two students plot an escape from the campus besieged by police of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in during the student-led anti-extradition movement in 2019.
Head Bush revolves around Jayaraj, his friends, foes, police officers, and the politicians who changed the course of the political scenario of Bengaluru in the 1970s. The film focuses on the rise and rise of Jayaraj - from a teenager to a rowdy to a mass hero.
Left-wing firebrand leader Pannyannoor Mukundhan forged in the crucible of left-wing politics of Malabar, always facing threats of violence and even murder. Ayyapa Das recently joined in the police and is assigned as his gunman. Das's father was a civil police officer, who passed away while still in service. Impending financial disaster for the family forces Das to take up this responsibility and go for a police job. Higuita is a tale of contradicting individuals working close to each other and the inherent conflict of the situation.
Simón, a Venezuelan freedom fighter exiled in Miami, copes not only with trauma, but also deep guilt over a choice he must make: stay in Miami and start a new life, or return home to the losing fight against a tyrannical regime.
Betty Jara reassembles the Yaguareté Commandos to exchange an imprisoned criminal for one of her own agents. A risky operation becomes even more so when she realizes they are not just fighting a drug ring but the highest spheres of power.
Documentary about Field Marshal P. Phibunsongkram (Plaek Khittasangka), a story about dreams that influence the lives of Thai people in many aspects. Until the peak of power with things you may not have known before!
The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises important questions about gender, power, and social change, prompting us to reflect on how historical patterns of discrimination and oppression might be either repeated or overcome in a reversed gendered world. It challenges the viewer to confront their own assumptions and biases, and to consider the possibilities of a more equitable society.
A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.
A group of young politicians campaigning against an authoritarian constitution speak up, spark hope and ignite a once-in-a-generation movement in this energetic exploration of the recent elections in Thailand.
Sometimes, the truth is overridden by self-interest.