PIEMULE is a film about an ethnic group of Czechs which settled over a hundred and fifty years ago in the hills not far from Timisoara. The ancestors of today's inhabitants, craftsmen and farmers came to the Romanian highlands around the year 1822 with their families, work and livelihood. Director Jana Sevikova went to Romania for the first time in the early 1980's and under very difficult conditions, she succeeded over a period of several years in capturing the way of life of one remote village fused with the changing seasons represented by religious ceremonies or social and work rituals (Christmas, carnivals, Easter, weddings, harvests, the ploughing of the land). She presents individual people their customs, behavior and opinions. Employing a complex structure of composition, the film depicts the social aspects of this small enclave foreign to Romania, its history as well as the moral depth of the people . Isolated from a foreign world this community has kept it's language , culture and also a feeling for national identity. The film does not have a factual, explicit commentary in the ordinary sense of the word. It contains the testimonies of individual people and a few essential historical facts: a song depicting the biblical story of the original sin threads it's way through the whole film. The song represents the religious character of these people and how they bear their lot. They live in relative material poverty , they are left to their own resources and the whim of Ceaucescu's regime. The film reminds us of life values which have long disappeared and only exceptionally are they found today. Jana Hadkova, film critic. In 1993, the filmmaker returned to the same place in Romania, ten years after she had completed filming. To her surprise, nothing had changed, life in Rovensko had remained unmarked, not even by Romania's revolution and other changes in the country ruled by a former Communist dictatorship. Time had already stopped during the last century.

PIEMULE is a film about an ethnic group of Czechs which settled over a hundred and fifty years ago in the hills not far from Timisoara. The ancestors of today's inhabitants, craftsmen and farmers came to the Romanian highlands around the year 1822 with their families, work and livelihood. Director Jana Sevikova went to Romania for the first time in the early 1980's and under very difficult conditions, she succeeded over a period of several years in capturing the way of life of one remote village fused with the changing seasons represented by religious ceremonies or social and work rituals (Christmas, carnivals, Easter, weddings, harvests, the ploughing of the land). She presents individual people their customs, behavior and opinions. Employing a complex structure of composition, the film depicts the social aspects of this small enclave foreign to Romania, its history as well as the moral depth of the people . Isolated from a foreign world this community has kept it's language , culture and also a feeling for national identity. The film does not have a factual, explicit commentary in the ordinary sense of the word. It contains the testimonies of individual people and a few essential historical facts: a song depicting the biblical story of the original sin threads it's way through the whole film. The song represents the religious character of these people and how they bear their lot. They live in relative material poverty , they are left to their own resources and the whim of Ceaucescu's regime. The film reminds us of life values which have long disappeared and only exceptionally are they found today. Jana Hadkova, film critic. In 1993, the filmmaker returned to the same place in Romania, ten years after she had completed filming. To her surprise, nothing had changed, life in Rovensko had remained unmarked, not even by Romania's revolution and other changes in the country ruled by a former Communist dictatorship. Time had already stopped during the last century.

安雅和娜迪娅·弗多维娜是一对双胞胎姐妹，她们在孤儿院长大。意志坚定的安雅习惯于保护妹妹免受任何危险。然而，她们的人生轨迹却发生了改变：安雅成为了一名职业综合格斗选手，而娜迪娅则厌倦了姐姐的教导，跑到日本寻找自己的道路和自由。分别多年后，安雅收到了妹妹发来的一条令人震惊的信息，她在信息中请求帮助。安雅试图获得一些信息，但一切努力都徒劳无功。于是，安雅决定前往日本，在那里，她将不得不与把她妹妹卖为性奴隶的黑帮展开一场不平等的斗争。

安雅和娜迪娅·弗多维娜是一对双胞胎姐妹，她们在孤儿院长大。意志坚定的安雅习惯于保护妹妹免受任何危险。然而，她们的人生轨迹却发生了改变：安雅成为了一名职业综合格斗选手，而娜迪娅则厌倦了姐姐的教导，跑到日本寻找自己的道路和自由。分别多年后，安雅收到了妹妹发来的一条令人震惊的信息，她在信息中请求帮助。安雅试图获得一些信息，但一切努力都徒劳无功。于是，安雅决定前往日本，在那里，她将不得不与把她妹妹卖为性奴隶的黑帮展开一场不平等的斗争。

Flashback story of an escape from the lonely, high-security Dartmoor Prison. A jealous barber's assistant is enraged by the attentions that his manicurist girlfriend pays to a customer. He threatens the customer with an open razor and lands in gaol.

Flashback story of an escape from the lonely, high-security Dartmoor Prison. A jealous barber's assistant is enraged by the attentions that his manicurist girlfriend pays to a customer. He threatens the customer with an open razor and lands in gaol.

北京，中国的坐标，一个急剧现代化的城市。夜色掩映，欲望生长。 　　出租车，在这个城市里洪流里川流不息，似乎永不停息。 　　出租汽车司机，北京人，三十几岁，结婚七年，在这个城市最有激情的时候，他的人生已没有激情。 　　乘客：教师、医生、学生、生意人、嫖客、妓女、教徒，各色人等。 　　春天，司机跟每个乘客说：“明天要有沙尘暴。”夏天，司机不停跟乘客抱怨：“结婚七年，妻子已不爱他。”乘客们的人生也各有幸福与苦衷，有人刚刚失恋，痛楚万分；有人不远千里来北京的夜总会看望一个老情人；还有人告诉司机，不幸的婚姻不必勉强。秋天，司机想寻求逃遁之地，是归隐佛门还是弃世而去，乘客们给他不同的反应与回答…… 　　寒暑易节，夜色未变，梦想、欲望、人性、世态都在这城市中交织。 　　资料来自：http://www.chinaiff.org/news/S/2008814/0881405705376.html

北京，中国的坐标，一个急剧现代化的城市。夜色掩映，欲望生长。 　　出租车，在这个城市里洪流里川流不息，似乎永不停息。 　　出租汽车司机，北京人，三十几岁，结婚七年，在这个城市最有激情的时候，他的人生已没有激情。 　　乘客：教师、医生、学生、生意人、嫖客、妓女、教徒，各色人等。 　　春天，司机跟每个乘客说：“明天要有沙尘暴。”夏天，司机不停跟乘客抱怨：“结婚七年，妻子已不爱他。”乘客们的人生也各有幸福与苦衷，有人刚刚失恋，痛楚万分；有人不远千里来北京的夜总会看望一个老情人；还有人告诉司机，不幸的婚姻不必勉强。秋天，司机想寻求逃遁之地，是归隐佛门还是弃世而去，乘客们给他不同的反应与回答…… 　　寒暑易节，夜色未变，梦想、欲望、人性、世态都在这城市中交织。 　　资料来自：http://www.chinaiff.org/news/S/2008814/0881405705376.html

Martin Luther is born into a world dominated by the Catholic Church. For the keenly spiritual Luther, the Church's promise of salvation is irresistible. Caught in a thunderstorm and terrified by the possibility of imminent death, he vows to become a monk. But after entering the monastery, Luther becomes increasingly doubtful that the Church can actually offer him salvation. His views crystallize further when he travels to Rome and finds the capital of Catholicism swamped in corruption. Wracked by despair, Luther finds release in the pages of the Bible, discovering that it is not the Church, but his own individual faith that will guarantee his salvation. With this revelation, he turns on the Church. He attacks its practice of selling Indulgences in his famous 95 Theses, putting himself on an irreversible path to conflict with the most powerful institution of the day. The Catholic Church uses all of its might to try to silence Luther, including accusations of heresy and excommunication. Protected by his local ruler, Frederick the Wise, Luther continues to write radical critiques of the Church. In the process, he develops a new system of faith that places the freedom of the individual believer above the rituals of the Church. Aided by the newly invented printing press, his ideas spread rapidly. He is called before the German imperial parliament in the city of Worms and told he must recant. Risking torture and execution, Luther refuses, proclaiming his inalienable right to believe what he wishes. His stand becomes a legend that inspires revolution across Europe, overturning the thousand-year old hegemony of the Church. But as the reformation expands into a movement for social freedom, Luther finds himself overwhelmed by the pace of change, and is left vainly protesting that his followers should be concerning themselves with God. 　　- Written by Anonymous

Martin Luther is born into a world dominated by the Catholic Church. For the keenly spiritual Luther, the Church's promise of salvation is irresistible. Caught in a thunderstorm and terrified by the possibility of imminent death, he vows to become a monk. But after entering the monastery, Luther becomes increasingly doubtful that the Church can actually offer him salvation. His views crystallize further when he travels to Rome and finds the capital of Catholicism swamped in corruption. Wracked by despair, Luther finds release in the pages of the Bible, discovering that it is not the Church, but his own individual faith that will guarantee his salvation. With this revelation, he turns on the Church. He attacks its practice of selling Indulgences in his famous 95 Theses, putting himself on an irreversible path to conflict with the most powerful institution of the day. The Catholic Church uses all of its might to try to silence Luther, including accusations of heresy and excommunication. Protected by his local ruler, Frederick the Wise, Luther continues to write radical critiques of the Church. In the process, he develops a new system of faith that places the freedom of the individual believer above the rituals of the Church. Aided by the newly invented printing press, his ideas spread rapidly. He is called before the German imperial parliament in the city of Worms and told he must recant. Risking torture and execution, Luther refuses, proclaiming his inalienable right to believe what he wishes. His stand becomes a legend that inspires revolution across Europe, overturning the thousand-year old hegemony of the Church. But as the reformation expands into a movement for social freedom, Luther finds himself overwhelmed by the pace of change, and is left vainly protesting that his followers should be concerning themselves with God. 　　- Written by Anonymous