美丽的妈妈

　　Based on a true story. 1996, open sea. During his shift on a transatlantic ship’s deck, Joel, a religious Filipino sailor, discovers Dumitru, a Romanian stowaway hidden between some containers. If he is spotted by the Taiwanese officers running the vessel, Dumitru is at risk to be thrown overboard. Joel decides to hide him, as a sign of his gratitude towards God. Soon, a dangerous cat and mouse game begins. When his crew, his own friends, even God itself start to turn their backs on him, Joel learns that he has to face his cruel destiny alone.

　　Allen Meneric is committed to a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane because of a brutal revenge murder. There he is forced to deal with the very ill and the dangerous until, as part of a socialization program, he is transferred to minimum security where he meets Mia, a beautiful bipolar female inmate. Ever haunted by his past, Allen seeks his redemption when sudden events demand that he protect Mia from the violence and chaos of the institution.

　　圣诞前夜，虽然家人热切地期盼，但美丽干练的女律师安吉拉（瑞秋·尼科尔斯Rachel Nichols 饰）仍在办公室努力工作，进行最后的冲刺。繁冗的工作终至尾声，安吉拉独自下到地下车库，准备驱车回家。不过她的车无论如何也发动不了，车库电梯门也被锁住，于是她只好向保安托马斯（韦斯·本特利 Wes Bentley 饰）求助。托马斯友善恭敬，热情施以援手，却不知其心中藏着怎样的黑暗念头。　　写字楼大门紧锁，致使准备乘计程车回家的安吉拉在此返回保安室求助托马斯。时机业已成熟，托马斯露出狰狞面目，他绑架了安吉拉，强迫她参加自己的圣诞晚宴。这个爱慕安吉拉的小男人，给安吉拉带来一个宛如噩梦般的圣诞节……

　　As its title suggests THE FABULOUS WORLD OF JULES VERNE is an awe -inspiring, meticulous cinematic rendering of the aesthetic and conceptual inventions of proto-science fiction genius Jules Verne, based on one of the famed author's lesser known short stories. However, the real star of the film is the intricate art direction, successfully rendering the visual style of nineteenth century woodcuts and engravings into motion pictures, creating a stylized and surreal graphic world within which Verne’s fanciful tale unfolds. A brilliant scientist, Dr. Roche, perches high above a stormy sea, inventing a powerful explosive, when he and his assistant are kidnapped by an evil businessman, Artigas. Taken by submarine to Artigas' volcano headquarters, Roche is tricked into developing his experiment for evil intentions. The scientist’s assistant, Simon, struggles all the while to free himself and warn Roche. A magical world of baroque submarines and sailing ships, killer octopus, undersea bicycles dazzles audiences as human actors, puppetry, animation and fanciful scenic design interact to create a cinematic experience that is unique by any standards. Mixing slapstick comedy, action adventure pacing and Mélies style film magic, this little known Czechoslovakian gem transcends the juvenile literature at its source to create cinematic art of the highest order....