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The Last Mark
Old uncle Bill who served as the sidekick to the legendary gambler/card shark, Harry tells the story of how they gambled and partied their way from the high rolling days of the 50's to the crazy drug fueled times of the 60's and reveals a dark secret. Harry's son, Hoppy finally finds the courage to escape his bleak future as "a mark" through uncle ..
The Irony of Money
The finding of a wallet with a lot of money is the common theme of four stories, featuring a shoeshine from Seville, a clerk from Salamanca, a bullfighter from Cuenca and a newspapers seller from Paris.
Lukewarm
Luke Rogers was the ideal "Christian". Now in his mid-twenties, Luke has found himself far from the good Christian life he used to lead.
Camp Massacre
Ten contestants appear on a competitive reality show geared toward weight-loss. As the competition grows more intense, they realize that they're losing more than just weight; they are losing competitors. Are the contestants dropping out voluntarily or is something more insidious going on? Will any of them even live long enough to see the final roun..
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80
Rosa von Praunheim has made 150 films and repeatedly provoked the middle-class to homophobic majority society. But he doesn't spare his own community either by accusing many gays of being conformist soft-spoken people; and by outing some prominent homosexuals against their will, he has made many enemies. For the younger generation of LGBTIQ activis..
Born Again
Mark Miller's life seems perfect. He has a great job, huge house, and an amazing wife. What some only dream about is his reality. But from one second to the next something happens that changes everything. One day his boss tells him that his company is on the brink of bankruptcy, so they fire him. Mark's enviable life crumbles like a house of cards...
Zufalls-Horizonte
Out of over 4,000 ordinance survey maps (scale 1:25,000) charting all of West Germany, 88 maps were selected by random generator. Then random intersections of two coordinates were determined. Between March 1979 and February 1980 I visited the places at these coordinates, going from south to north. If the random place was determined by with the help..
This Reckless Age
Donald Ingals and his wife Eunice are conventional and loving parents who are shocked when their son Bradley comes home from college with ideas that they consider to be outrageous. His parents would like him to get involved with Mary Burke, a prim and proper young lady. More complications ensue because Bradley's sister Lois is attracted to the flap..
The Mine
Elsa Martinelli plays a resident of a seaside village who falls in love with rootless stranger Antonio Ciffariello. The stranger soon learns that he'll have to fight over Elsa's affections with hotheaded villager Luis Pena. Meanwhile, a fisherman who illegally uses dynamite nearly causes tragedy to the entire community.
Hand Game
This documentary explores the mythic and historic roots of the most widely played Native gambling game in North America.
The Story of a Little Parisian
Totte works in Paris when she meets the wealthy Renato. Renato's father wants him to marry so to fool him he proposes to Totte.
Roulette
Sina, a young homeless girl, who has lost her parents at a car accident, gets offered the once in a lifetime opportunity to play Russian roulette in front of an paying audience.
L'École de l'impossible
C’est l’histoire de filles et de garçons, d’adolescents en crise confrontés à l’univers scolaire. Leur destin se forge au coeur de l’école, avec leurs histoires individuelles de familles déclassées et de chômage chronique. Une histoire de révolte et d’indiscipline pour certains, d'obstination parfois pour sortir de l’échec et..
Luebat Alhaz
Young man Farid relies heavily on his luck, working in a casino in Beirut, and when he meets the artist Jihan and falls in love with her, his life changes forever.
Ghost Gunfighter
Three guys and three girls find themselves stranded in a ghost town near the border with Mexico when their car breaks down. The town is haunted by a knife-wielding ghost.
