Mare Nostrum est un court métrage réalisé par Rana Kazkaz et Anas Khalaf, sorti en 2016, sélectionné pour le César du meilleur court-métrage à la 43e cérémonie des César.
Synopsis
Sur un rivage de la Méditerranée, un père syrien prend une terrible décision mettant la vie de sa fille en danger.
Directed byLouise Archambault OriginCanada GenresDrama ActorsAndrée Lachapelle, Gilbert Sicotte, Rémy Girard, Ève Landry, Kenneth Welsh, Marie-Ginette Guay Rating72% Trois ermites aînés, Charlie (Gilbert Sicotte), Tom (Rémy Girard) et Boychuck (Kenneth Welsh), vivent dans la forêt de l'abitibienne, isolés du reste du monde. Après la mort de l'ermite aîné, Boychuck, peintre à ses heures, les deux hommes font une découverte étonnante : des centaines de peintures faisant écho à sa tragique expérience liée à des incendies de forêt qui menacent la région. Aux funérailles de leur compagnon, les deux hommes font la rencontre de Gertrude (Andrée Lachapelle), qui fut internée à l'âge de 16 ans pour des motifs religieux. Gertrude veut fuir la clinique médicale et aboutit chez Charlie et Tom qui se rebutent au début ; nouvelle vie, nouvelle identité, Gertrude devient Marie-Desneige. S'en suit un idylle amoureuse touchante et lumineuse.
, 1h30 Directed byGreydon Clark OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ThemesSports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies, Chase films ActorsMel Ferrer, Stephen McNally, Darby Hinton, Ralph Meeker, Neville Brand Rating49% Mark and Lynn (Darby Hinton and Diana Peterson) get caught up in a story of hatred and revenge after trying to collect on a bet with a Hi-Rider. The Hi-Riders are challenged to a drag race by one of the local hot heads and in a spectacular explosion both drivers are killed. The local boy's father vows revenge. A fantastic stunt filled chase ensures between the Hi-Riders and the local henchman. Whipped into a blazing frenzy of violence the Hi-Riders are humping hot steel hogs on a raging rampage through the town.
, 1h47 Directed byJ. Lee Thompson OriginUSA GenresDrama, Romance ThemesPolitique, Political films ActorsAnthony Quinn, Jacqueline Bisset, James Franciscus, Raf Vallone, Edward Albert, Joss Ackland Rating54% The film focuses on the courtship and marriage of aging Greek Theo Tomasis, who rose from his humble peasant roots to become an influential mogul who owns oil tankers, airlines, and Mediterranean islands and longs to be elected President of Greece, and considerably younger Liz Cassidy, the beautiful widow of the assassinated President of the United States. The two first meet when she is visiting his island estate with her husband James, the charismatic Senator from the state of Massachusetts. Theo immediately is attracted to her and, despite the fact she obviously is happily married, begins to woo her aboard his yacht while her husband is deep in conversation with the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. As the plot unfolds, Theo's beloved son Nico dies in an accident, his wife Simi commits suicide, James becomes President and appoints his brother John Attorney General, and Theo ends his affair with Paola to comfort and eventually marry grieving widow Liz.