Kala azar describes of a place that cannot sustain animal life any longer. In a big city somewhere in the south of Europe, a couple takes care of dead animals and abandoned roadkill as an act to give meaning to their life. Kala azar is a meditation on the paradox of life-circles among beings of different species. A film about existence, on the boundaries between living and dead, human and non-human.
John Wood left the pieces of a broken civilisation behind, to go back to his roots in the woodland, after a virus pandemic struck the world. Residing in a simple cabin, he only wants peace and to live in harmony with nature. Coming from a long line of timber men, he joined the army and served as a soldier for many years. Rebelling against his superiors for killing civilians under martial law. John feels he got his own wife killed when saving hundreds of innocent civilians from certain death. His wife executed point blank as retribution for John's disobedience and supposed heroic acts. Now, a young woman named Maria Johnson has escaped a pandemic research lab. She's been part of experiments to find a cure for the still raging virus. Carrying the potential cure in her blood, she is hunted by profiteers and mercenaries who knows her secret. Coming upon John's cabin in the woods, Maria is instinctively taken into shelter by John. He wants her to recover fast and leave, but by learning her...
莫里森一家四口搬到了澳洲一个小镇。父亲西蒙(艾瑞克•汤马森 Erik Thomson饰)是当地驻军军官,母亲玛吉(托妮•柯利特 Toni Collette 饰)怀孕待产,大儿子查理(卢克•福特 Luke Ford 饰)患有自闭症,表现为语言障碍学习障碍,无法与人正常交往,小儿子托马斯(瑞斯•维克菲尔德 Rhys Wakefieled 饰)进入新的学校,在游泳救生员课上认识了美丽的女同学杰姬(吉玛•沃德 Gemma Ward 饰)。托马斯不愿让同学们知道自己有个不正常的哥哥,但没想到杰姬对查理竟能毫不介意。随着玛吉的临产,托马斯身上的负担越来越重,同时随着与杰姬的交往,他更加希望哥哥查理能奇迹般的病愈。但与托马斯的愿望相反,家里添了新妹妹后更为杂乱,而查理的状况也毫无改观。托马斯如何才能走出生活的阴影? 本片获第58届柏林电影节青少年题材类别的最高荣誉“水晶熊”奖。
为了应对911之后日益猖獗的恐怖主义,美国总统亨利·阿什顿(威廉·赫特 William Hurt 饰)与西方各国以及阿拉伯国家首脑相约西班牙的萨拉曼卡,将在此缔结全新的反恐同盟。是日阳光明媚,广场人头攒动,不同社会背景之人齐齐聚集,嘈杂万分。阿什顿总统的车队在一片欢呼和反对声中到来,六个月前为保护总统而遭到枪击的资深探员托马斯·巴恩斯(丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰)冲在最前方,警觉地监视着来自周遭一切可疑之人。谁知,当总统正准备发表演说时,两发子弹击中了他。广场顿时大乱,有人仓皇而逃,有人冲向主席台,有人则趁乱制造祸端。随之而来的爆炸将这美好的一日彻底毁灭。
通过电视台女导播、阿什顿总统、巴恩斯以及几名和此事件有关之人的视角,血腥一日背后的真相逐步得到还原……