Dans l'Oregon en 1980, Jane, Elaine et Louise, trois femmes au foyer coquettes et amies depuis l'enfance, sont confrontées à la récession et ont beaucoup de mal à arriver à la fin du mois. Le centre commercial local organise un concours dont le prix est une boule géante remplie d'argent... Les trois jeunes femmes y voient le parfait remède contre la crise et élaborent le plan parfait pour subtiliser l'argent !.
Two young security guards at an unusual corporation have a bad night..
A film about one woman's personal freedom and the price she pays to keep it..
Happée par une voiture, une jeune femme perd le bébé qu'elle portait. N'ayant pas vu le conducteur qui avait quitté les lieux de l'accident en état d'ébriété, celui-ci entre en contact avec la jeune femme afin de se racheter... sans toutefois révéler son identité..
The documentary covers the origins, history and curious stories behind the production along with a perceptive reading of the film..
THE COST OF LIVING is a documentary that explores the current socio-economic state of Britain and considers how the idea of a basic income could minimize poverty and the sociological toll of a growing precarious class. The film focuses on the feasibility of a basic income, John Rawls' theory of justice, automation and ultimately asks should there still be a cost attributed to survival?.
Lily is stuck in a state of ennui, until Death comes along in the form of a beautiful woman and entices her to live..
A disparate group of dancers, preferring to express themselves through dance rather than speech, clash with each other and members of the local community..
Vitagraph comedy starring William Duncan & Corinne Griffith about The Cost of High Living..
Old Joel Smith is charged with murder in the first degree. At the trial he pleads in opposition to his own lawyers. He explains that he is now too old to be of any assistance to his widowed daughter and his grand-children who are dependent on him for support. He says he prefers death to a life of poverty and wretchedness. In telling the judge and jury his pathetic story (which is shown on the screen) old Joel betrays a love for his grandchildren and his fellow laborers that is poignant with pathos..
It is a live action feature film that is set in a world where the undead have risen and can be tamed to live peacefully with humans. People have been split between those who support undead rights and those who do not. Andrew and Emily, from either camp, meet and start to fall in love, while Brian just struggles to fit in. It is a social/political satire, story of struggle and a romantic love story all wrapped into one..
Coway, un restaurateur dépensier, ne parvient pas à freiner sa générosité, ce qui le conduit à l'endettement. Brett, au contraire, est très avare, au point que l'amour de sa vie l'a quitté car il refusait de lui offrir un chemisier. Nicolas de Blamont, chef d'entreprise, vend ses usines après une alerte cardiaque, provoquant une crise sociale dans la région. Tous ces personnages se croisent dans le restaurant de Coway, où ils sont servis par Laurence, jeune fille secrète dont Patrick, le plongeur, est amoureux. Tous racontent leur parcours, et tentent de comprendre ce qui, de l'amour ou de l'argent, prend le plus de place dans leur vie....
This is a prophetic drama about a young couple, Miguel and Patricia, who desperately need money and are forced to commit robbery -- until the fear they experience during their second hold-up forces them to flee. They run away together, but their relationship is tested when Patricia begins to see new possibilities in her life, while Miguel remains stuck in his old ways..
Un soir, à Los Angeles, le policier Webb Garwood et son coéquipier Bud Crocker répondent à l’appel de Susan Gilvray, qui croit avoir entendu un voleur rôder autour de chez elle..
