This feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin examines the plight of Native people who come to Montreal searching for jobs and a better life. Often arriving without money, friends or jobs, a number of them quickly become part of the homeless population. Both dislocated from their traditional values and alienated from the rest of the population, they are torn between staying and returning home..
A group of homeless people struggle to survive on the streets against a harassing gang, an unforgiving community, and the local authorities..
There is no topic that unites all of Vancouver quite like that of housing. At every dinner party, social gathering, or chance meeting in the street, everyone has an opinion, and they want to share it. Charles Wilkinson’s new film Vancouver: No Fixed Address tackles the subject from a multiplicity of perspectives. A chorus of voices chime in — everyone from David Suzuki, to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, Seth Klein, Condo King Bob Rennie, Senator Yuen Pau Woo, and lots of regular Vancouver citizens..
The filmmaker and his mother recount memories of their old homes and the family’s repetitive experiences of packing (and unpacking), moving, and accumulating things over the years. They try to imagine and describe a “dream house” and await the possibility of owning a house in the future..
"No Permanent Address" documents the first ascent of a 23 pitch free climb on a 2,700 ft. granite wall located in the remote wilderness of British Columbia. Sean Easton and Aaron Black team up for the first ascent of "Call of the Granite" all amazingly caught on film. The film follows Aaron for the 7 months prior as he climbs with friends in some of the most famous areas in North America such as El Potrero Chico, Hueco, Indian Creek, Bishop, and Yosemite. Watch as a cast of male and female climbers push themselves to their limits on everything from boulders to crack climbs. The film highlights life on and off the rock showing the tricks of survival in the real, inspiring, and sometimes shocking world of the modern climber. Behind every minute of footage are days of rigging and filming. The beautiful photography and up-beat soundtrack are sure to get you psyched to climb!.
When a young girl injures her knee, her father utilizes her in an insurance scheme where she must pretend to be crippled. The act goes a bit too well, however, and she eventually comes to believe it herself..
The producers of the feature film "No Address" embarked on a cross-country mission to understand the human experience and the governmental policies while meeting the advocates who are successfully offering solutions. All to learn firsthand why there is a growing homeless crisis in America..
Alper is a young and upcoming prosecutor in a land where anyone found guilty of a major crime is erased from society. But when his mother is convicted, Alper begins to question the rules he once fought to uphold..
Do not hear, do not look, do not seek and do not see, No sky, no earth. No Address....
A political film written by statesman Shimpei Goto advocating for universal suffrage..
Le destin tragique de trois adolescents dans une petite ville de Corée. Chang-Guk vit avec sa mère prostituée dans un vieux bus américian converti en habitation. Jihum est le fils d'un vétéran de la guerre de Corée et travaille comme peintre assistant dans une boutique de portrait. Quant à Eunok, elle a perdu son père pendant la guerre. Tous ont été marqués par l'histoire de leur pays..
Marceau Léonetti, policier compétent et énergique, décoré de la Légion d'honneur pour acte de bravoure, arrête par hasard le fils d'un avocat influent qui conduit en état d'ivresse, mais ce dernier promet de se venger. Quelques mois plus tard, l'avocat retourne complètement les faits en décrivant Léonetti comme violent et incompétent. Afin d'étouffer l'affaire, Marceau est muté dans un petit commissariat de quartier. Il y rencontre Jeanne, nouvelle auxiliaire de police, avec qui il fait équipe pour enquêter sur des petits délits dans les cinémas. Entretemps, la hiérarchie de la police a un problème difficile: retrouver pour un procès qui doit débuter dans 10 jours un témoin important disparu depuis plusieurs années. En désespoir de cause, ils soumettent le travail à Marceau en lui faisant croire qu'il s'agit d'un travail de routine peu important. Ce dernier commence alors avec Jeanne une enquête pratiquement désespérée. La seule piste: le dernier domicile connu du témoin..
Un garçon de 16 ans, qui pensait que la mort de son père était un accident, se doute du contraire lorsqu'il reçoit une lettre perdue de 10 ans que son père avait écrite juste avant sa mort..
Fraîchement installé à Paris, David, un musicien, timide et maladroit, tombe fou amoureux de sa jeune élève, Julia. Il tente tout pour la séduire.Sa colocataire, Anne, l'encourage, le conseille, et le console... passionnément !.
A great surprise awaits the teacher assigned to his hometown, which he knows like the back of his hand; the village to which he is assigned is not on the maps or in any record..
Émile Gauthier (Bernard Blier), chauffeur de taxi et trésorier du syndicat des taxis parisiens, charge à la gare de Lyon, Thérèse Ravenaz (Danièle Delorme), une mineur provinciale venue retrouver à Paris le père de son enfant. Elle n'a pratiquement pas d'argent et se lance, avec l'aide du chauffeur au grand cœur, à la recherche de son ami. Au fil des différentes adresses, celui-ci apparait comme un journaliste aux multiples aventures féminines. À la dernière adresse la jeune femme découvre qu'il est marié et père de famille. Bouleversée, elle se laisse convaincre de rentrer chez son père qu'elle dit brutal et violent. Dans la nuit bien avancée, peu après l'avoir déposée à la gare de Lyon, Émile apprend que son épouse (Yvette Étiévant), enceinte de sept mois, a été transportée à l'hôpital pour y accoucher de leur premier enfant. Dans la cour de l'Hôtel-Dieu, Émile est alors pris d'une crainte : que cette jeune et fragile Thérèse ne tente de se suicider... Il faut la retrouver....
The amusing adventures of the young builder Pasha Gusarov began from the moment when he met and fell in love with Katya on the train, who was going to conquer Moscow. Happiness makes a person careless, and the station is just the place where you can lose it. But it is at the station after all kinds of adventures that they meet again and now they will never part..
During the French Revolution, a young aristocrat finds an almanac in a book store which contains the prettiest and strangest prostitutes living in Paris..
In a post office at Balatonföldvár, Pali, a spoiled young man, one who has good manners and knows the way of the world, falls in love on one lazy summer afternoon with Teri, a young post office clerk and an orphan..
Woman in South Asian region always remain dependent on their Father, Brother, Husband or, Son in their different stages of life. They never achieve their own home, own address. The story is portraying womanhood of South Asia and depicts the life of Sutopa who never thinks out of that. Finally comprehend when she lost every shelter and found herself on running train where her destination is unknown. Her Own Address is an artistic vision illustrate a human story which appealing to the equality, freedom of souls and antidiscrimination..
