西元814年欧洲中古时代,德国一户平凡家庭。因为当时女性饱受社会的歧视与种种限制,约翰娜(乔娜·沃卡莱克 Johanna Wokalek饰)从小就在教士父亲重男轻女的观念下长大。虽然父亲反对,但聪慧好学的约翰娜还是得到了希腊教士的精心教导,掌握了拉丁文和希腊文。约翰娜渐渐长大,并与格罗尔德伯爵(大卫·文翰 David Wenham饰)相爱。不久战争爆发,格罗尔德奔赴前线。死里逃生的约翰娜在逃亡中凭借着过人的胆识和智慧,女扮男装顶替早逝的哥哥进入修道院,并在那里行医救治穷人。很快,约汉娜以高明的医术获得教皇的信任,却随即卷入了政治宗教的危险漩涡之中。在一连串政治权力的斗争中,约翰娜终于登上教廷的最高位置,成为万众景仰的一代教皇。她隐藏女性身份统治天主教会长达两年之久,直到因热恋怀孕而被斗争下台。
由德国知名导演宋克·沃特曼执导的影片《女教皇》,改编自唐娜·伍佛·柯罗思畅销全球的同名小说。本片以融合性别与宗教的笔触,让这段尘封一千一百多年惊心动魄、扑朔迷离的教皇悬案呈现于观众眼前。
A satirical comedy that pokes fun at Spanish social and political stereotypes, featuring parodies of real events and special guest appearances from the political sphere.
7th century Arabia. A time of feuding tribes vying for power and supremacy. Courageous Princess Hind (Aiysha Hart) refuses to serve as concubine to the merciless Sassanid Emperor Kisra (Sir Ben Kingsley). Escaping with her father King Numan into the vast and unforgiving desert, Hind is pursued by Kisra’s mercenary and his bloodthirsty troops. Father and daughter are forced to trust a mysterious bandit (Anthony Mackie). Against all odds, Hind unites the fractious tribes against the powerful invading military of the Sassanid Empire. In an epic showdown, the Battle of Ze Qar will forever change the Arabian Peninsula and echo throughout history.
Fleeing from their violent father, siblings Lucía and Adrián take refuge in a remote mansion. With the help of a hidden micro-camera on a cat, Lucía uncovers a terrifying secret: their neighbors are part of a criminal network that kidnaps teenage girls to make snuff films, and they intend to get rid of the siblings. As Lucía fights to protect her brother, she must face a dark family curse that follows them into their newfound sanctuary.
In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk. But compelled, he was. He completed the walk, battling a “triumvirate of pain” - a knee that he later discovered lacked an...
Calvin Trask lives in a dead end Arctic town on the fringes of society, until mysterious stranger Lucas Wade arrives, turning his solitary life upside down. Calvin's curiosity gets the better of him and is quickly pulled into Lucas' dangerous world. As secrets slowly unravel, Calvin realises just what kind of jeopardy he's put himself in, a place where murder and betrayal are a...
In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk.
But compelled, he was.
He completed the walk, battling a “triumvirate of pain” - a knee that he later discovered lacked any meaningful cartilage, a blister the sight of which would make a grown man weep, and shin-soreness that felt like his lower limb had been split with a mountain axe wielded by a demented troll.
Arriving at the end of the Camino, the majestic cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, he expected an epiphany – an answer to the question he’d been asking himself every day: Why am I doing this?
But no answer came.
So when he got home he wrote a book, hoping the answer would reveal itself in his scribblings. The result was The Way, My Way, a humourous and self-deprecating book that many consider the best memoir ever written on walking the Camino.
The book has now been made into a film, and it’s an extraordinary account of a man at a pivotal point in his life, searching for meaning and finding himself undergoing a fundamental transformation so profound that he now divides his life into “Before the Camino” and “After the Camino.”
It’s a story particular to one man, yet of appeal to anyone seeking a greater meaning from life.