Palavra-chave Human Nature

A história começa quando Llewelyn Moss descobre uma pickup guardada por um grupo de mortos. Um carregamento de heroína e dois milhões de dólares em dinheiro vivo estão ainda na caixa aberta da carrinha. Quando Moss leva consigo o dinheiro, despoleta uma reacção em cadeia de imensa violência, que nem mesmo a lei – na pessoa do velho e desiludido Xerife Bell – consegue travar. Á medida que Moss procura escapar aos seus perseguidores – em particular a uma misteriosa personagem que atira a moeda ao ar para decidir se poupa ou não uma vida – o filme simultaneamente desmonta o género do crime dramático americano e alarga os seus interesses para abordar temas tão antigos como a Bíblia e tão sanguinariamente contemporâneos como os cabeçalhos da manhã.

Neste delicado drama do quotidiano, Wim Wenders narra a história de Hirayama, um japonês que aparenta encontrar a felicidade numa vida simples enquanto empregado de limpeza de casas de banho em Tóquio. Para além da sua rotina meticulosa, Hirayama nutre uma paixão pela música, pelos livros e pela fotografia de árvores. Através de uma série de encontros inesperados, são revelados detalhes do seu passado que desencadeiam uma reflexão profundamente poética e comovente sobre a capacidade de encontrar beleza no mundo que nos rodeia.

Enquanto Susan e Michael exploram as profundezas de sentimentos nunca antes vividos, à sua volta, um pouco por todo o mundo, as pessoas começam a sentir-se estranhas – há algo a afetar os seus sentidos. Susan e Michael embarcam numa aventura sensual, vivendo momentos arrebatadores de pura conexão... mas essas sensações nascerão porque se estão a apaixonar ou porque o seu mundo está a desmoronar?

As humans turn into savage monsters and the world plunges into terror, a handful of survivors fight for their lives — and to hold on to their humanity.

Animal Trail, a natural path made by traffic of wild animals, can sometimes be helpful for people who are totally lost in the wilderness. One day, a woman who is exhausted with her hopeless life unexpectedly meets a gentleman by chance. Out of genuine hope to escape from her misery, she allows her destiny to blindly follow the mysterious instruction given by this stranger. Would this "Animal Trail" ultimately lead her to happiness, or would it lead her to disaster? The life of Tamiko (Yonekura) was miserable, as she had to give up her dream to become a jewelry designer and work for a Japanese style hotel "Hosenkaku" simply to support her physically handicapped husband. One day, Tamiko was approached by a mysterious gentleman Kotaki (Sato) who offers her a unique proposal, "would you be interested in riding a vehicle without a destination?" His words shook Tamiko's desperate soul wanting for a drastic change in her life. In order to free herself from the depressing reality, she cleverly kills her husband by setting her house on fire. Then, through Kotaki's introduction, she becomes acquainted with Kito, a political fixer, and decides to become Kito's mistress. Although she notices that her decision may not be right, she decides to follow her instincts and go for the "animal trail"….

What would it be to be just 15 cm tall?... The answer is in each episode of The Tiniest Man, a formal and serious guy that is only a bit taller than the height of a shoe, that lives in the real world, in a real size house, using mostly normal size objects, ignoring its real condition. Along 53 episodes x 1 minute, The Tiniest Man faces daily tasks, like taking a bus, drinking coffee, going to the cinema, or planning holidays. Of course, everything becomes a big adventure to him. He will deal to solve his scale issues in very unusual ways, stressing the comedy and the wit of the series.

The Human Animal: A Personal View of the Human Species is a BBC nature documentary series written and presented by Desmond Morris, which focuses on the behaviour of homo sapiens, examining areas such as love and sex, baby rearing, the importance of urban habitat and the roots of our creativity.