It is 1974 and Republican Richard Nixon, president of the United States of America in his second term, resigns from office following the investigation into the Watergate scandal that broke two years earlier. At the root of the scandal were the abusive wiretaps conducted at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee by people linked […]
The film is based on the book The Damned Utd by David Peace, which tells the story of Brian Howard Clough‘s 44 days in 1974 at the head of Leeds United, at that time the most prestigious English soccer team. The coach, who in the Premier League is a real manager (he often has responsibility […]
In 1916, during the riot known as the Easter Rising, Irish revolutionaries surrendered after opposing for six days the overwhelming military power of the British army at Dublin’s post office headquarters. Among the revolutionary leaders, only Eamon de Valera, an American citizen, is saved from the firing squad. Many followers, including Michael Collins and his […]
The film is set in New York and tells the story of five robbers who enter the main branch of a large and prestigious bank, Manhattan Trust, owned and chaired by powerful businessperson Arthur Case. During the robbery, employees and customers are deprived of any personal belongings and forced to wear suits identical to those […]
The film is based on the story of King George VI and his relationship with speech therapist Lionel Logue, who helped him manage his stutter, thus enabling him to cope without much hassle with the obligations the role imposed on him. Now a bit of plot. In 1925, Prince Albert, Duke of York and second […]
Rainer Wenger, a physical education teacher with a past as an anarchist, involves his high school students in an experiment to explain to them the concept of autocracy. For a week they must respond to Herr Wenger’s strict disciplinary system, conform to a dress code, and work together as a hierarchical body, isolating or repressing any […]
The film focuses on the events that took place in 1995, when the Rugby World Cup was held in South Africa, and stems from an adaptation of John Carlin’s novel Playing the Enemy – Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation. The time the country is going through is very delicate. Nelson Mandela […]
A U.S. soldier dies at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba, and two of his fellow soldiers are charged with murder, found guilty of killing him in inflicting exemplary punishment. A panel of lawyers led by Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee is formed to defend them, and he soon realizes that the death of Soldier William […]
The protagonist of the film (from the book Farragut North, by Beau Willimon) is Stephen Meyers, a young and ambitious press secretary who manages media relations in Mike Morris’ campaign for U.S. President; Mike, a Democrat and Governor of Pennsylvania is opposed in the primary to Arkansas Senator Ted Pullman. The competition is very uncertain […]
The film tells the story of Adam Jones, a two-Michelin-starred chef who, until three years earlier, had been booming in Paris and had to give it all up because of his alcohol and drug habit. After spending three years in New Orleans filling second-rate roles in the kitchen (he left town after shucking a million […]