简介:Belgian director/screenwriter Bert Scholiers jumps all over the place in his imaginative feature debut. One moment we are in an Antwerp pub, the next we are walking across an expanse of snow, then in a cosmic black hole or chasing a flying pineapple. This is how best friends Charlie and Hannah’s drink-fuelled night pans out after swallowing a magical sweet that changes the world surrealistically – also for everyone around them. The laconic twenty-somethings respond to these events with amused amazement (whether they wind up in a pre-war brothel or are blown to smithereens by an atom bomb), all the while sauntering along and discussing the really important stuff: dealing with exes and relationships. Like a tripping Woody Allen or Noah Baumbach, Scholiers plays with form, using inventive visual humour, colour and black-and-white, switching aspect ratios and referring to silent movies and Italian giallo horror.
简介:A late night knock at the door from an absent friend brings the question - I need you to come with me, but I cant tell you where were going or what were going to do. How far would you go to help those you care about?
简介:Our focus here is on attractive couple George (Rafe Spall) and Amy (Eleanor Tomlinson). Newly arrived in Woking, the London Evening Gazette journalist and amateur scientist hope their new surroundings will help them find peace. Georges decision to leave a loveless marriage with his cousin Lucy for the educated Amy has seen him shunned by polite society and estranged from his family. Even his formerly close brother, Frederick (Rupert Graves), a government official, now has no time for his sibling. This is a selfish, cruel pursuit that cannot help but bring forth the most unpleasant consequences, he hisses. However, when six trawlers mysteriously disappear off the coast of Hull, its clear they are all facing far bigger problems. At first, the British government blame the Russian navy, but then meteorites begin landing around the countryside. One of them blazes a trail through Horsell Common, arousing the interest of both Amy and local astronomer Ogilvy (Robert Carlyle). As locals begin gathering to gawk at the space debris, something strange begins to unfold. The meteorite rises, emitting a heat ray that kills everyone it touches. Naturally, panic ensues and the governments initial attempts to downplay the event quickly fall away as more and more reports of similar incidents across the land come in. It is though, only the beginning.
简介:A classic crime narrative in the backdrop of Delhi merges a dysfunctional, mafia family at war with each other as an undercover officer fights his demons by assisting in their downfall.
简介:A special animated adaptation of Sir Michael Morpurgo’s children’s book Mimi And The Mountain Dragon. Mimi And The Mountain Dragon is the story about a village that quakes in feature of the mighty Mountain Dragon. One winter, a shy little girl called Mimi finds a baby dragon asleep in her family woodshed. Mimi takes the perilous journey through the blizzard and darkness to return the baby dragon to her mother, whom all the villagers fear. Following an introduction by the award-winning writer himself, Sir Michael Morpurgo, the film is narrated throughout by an original score by Oscar-winning composer Rachel Portman performed by the BBC Philharmonic and featuring singers from the Hallé’s family of choirs. The animation is based on original drawings by Emily Gravett and has been adapted for the screen by novelist, poet and playwright Owen Sheers. Mimi And The Mountain Dragon was commissioned by Head of BBC Music TV Commissioning Jan Younghusband, for Charlotte Moore, Director of BBC Content. The project is also supported by Alice Webb, Director of BBC Children’s & Education. The Executive Producer is Leopard Picture’s Chief Creative Officer Kristian Smith, and Phil Chalk from Bafta Award-winning studio Factory.
简介:The Snail And The Whale follows the amazing journey of a tiny snail who longs to see the world and manages to hitch a ride on the tail of a huge humpback whale. The story is a joyous, empowering tale about the natural wonders of the earth and discovering that however small you are, you can make a difference. This half hour adaptation is a beautiful account of an unlikely friendship, and is voiced by stellar British acting talent, Rob Brydon as the whale, Sally Hawkins as the snail, Cariad Lloyd as the teacher and Dame Diana Rigg as the narrator. Written in 2003 by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, creators of the modern classic The Gruffalo, this marks the seventh BBC One adaptation by Magic Light Pictures of a Donaldson/Scheffler children’s book. The Snail And The Whale is a Magic Light Pictures production, acquired by Charlotte Moore and Tommy Bulfin for BBC One. The producers are Michael Rose and Martin Pope of Magic Light Pictures and directors are Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon.