This film showcases Noam Chomsky, one of America's leading linguists and political dissidents. It also illustrates his message of how government and big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in order to manipulate the opinions of the United States populous. The key example for this analysis is the simultaneous events of the massive coverage of the communist atrocities of Khmer Rouge regime of Cambodia and the suppression of news of the US supported Indonesian invasion and subjugation of East Timor.

This film showcases Noam Chomsky, one of America's leading linguists and political dissidents. It also illustrates his message of how government and big media businesses cooperate to produce an effective propaganda machine in order to manipulate the opinions of the United States populous. The key example for this analysis is the simultaneous events of the massive coverage of the communist atrocities of Khmer Rouge regime of Cambodia and the suppression of news of the US supported Indonesian invasion and subjugation of East Timor.

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Ròm is a young bookie in bustling Saigon. He tries everything he can to help the residents of an old apartment complex to keep their homes and to fulfill his dream of finding his parents.

Ròm is a young bookie in bustling Saigon. He tries everything he can to help the residents of an old apartment complex to keep their homes and to fulfill his dream of finding his parents.

意大利南部吉普赛人聚居的社区，典型的贫穷混乱。十四岁少年渴望早日长大，像哥哥那样自力更生。他抽烟喝酒，从哥哥身上学会偷窃技能，不识字不打紧，认得钞票才实际。哥哥被捕，他变本加厉，偷车兼入屋爆窃，其间认识了非裔青年，骤觉人间有情。然而最后发现，成人礼的代价，是要懂得背叛与 无情。 　　美籍意大利裔导演乔纳斯·卡皮纳诺三年前拍过同名短片，这次得马丁·斯科塞斯跨刀监制，起用非职业演员，捕捉贫民区的鲜活实感。代表意大利角逐奥斯卡最佳外语片。

意大利南部吉普赛人聚居的社区，典型的贫穷混乱。十四岁少年渴望早日长大，像哥哥那样自力更生。他抽烟喝酒，从哥哥身上学会偷窃技能，不识字不打紧，认得钞票才实际。哥哥被捕，他变本加厉，偷车兼入屋爆窃，其间认识了非裔青年，骤觉人间有情。然而最后发现，成人礼的代价，是要懂得背叛与 无情。 　　美籍意大利裔导演乔纳斯·卡皮纳诺三年前拍过同名短片，这次得马丁·斯科塞斯跨刀监制，起用非职业演员，捕捉贫民区的鲜活实感。代表意大利角逐奥斯卡最佳外语片。

桑托什结婚两年，她的警察丈夫才刚在一场暴动中殉职，她随即就被狠心的婆婆逐出家门。政府让她享有丧偶优惠，得以继承丈夫在警察部队中的职位，成为一名女警。桑托什毫无任何优势，甚至得周旋于一群滥用公权、争功诿过的警察同仁之中… 　　当一名低种姓的年轻女孩遭到谋杀，尸体还被扔进了乡村的井里。奉命着手调查此案的她，必须负责将女孩尸体背到太平间。只因为没有任何同事想被低种姓的人玷污。桑托什的认真负责与正义感，让高级女督察莎玛印象深刻，亦师亦友的两人于是联手办案。同时得面对来自社会深层，包括阶级、性别、信仰、种姓制度等问题，以及警察执法时的各种弊端…