Fourteen-year-old Farha dreams of attending school in the city with her best friend Farida, but she knows that, as the daughter of the mukhtar (the head of the village, played by Ashraf Barhom), she is in for an uphill battle against tradition. Girls Farha’s age are expected to marry.
It’s 1948, and British control over Palestine is coming to an end. What Farha and her father do not yet know is that forced displacements are already happening across the region. When Israeli bombs reach their village, Farha’s father locks her in the cellar of their home, promising to return as soon as he can. While Farha waits and watches through the cracks, the village she was so excited to leave is transformed to ruin, threatening an end to the future she had planned and leaving only trace memories in its wake.
A dauntless and compelling feature debut by Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam, Farha captures both the isolating terrors of war and the lingering beauty that can colour recollections of dispossession — a mental record of the last laugh shared, the faint smell of freedom before the void of exile. An impressive lead performance from newcomer Karam Taher punctuates catastrophic loss with uncompromising determination.
In this remarkable and devastating story, Sallam’s resonant directorial voice presents a penetrating perspective on the Nakba and returns the gaze to a cultural legacy in the midst of a global resurgence.
A pair of whacked-out cartoon-like exterminator/hitmen kill the owner of a burglar-alarm company, and stalk the partner who hired them, his wife, and a nerd framed for the murder, who tells the story in flashback from the electric chair.
Mini Mo(郑秀文饰)遭受失恋的打击后,饮食失去控制后体重升至260磅,窈窕身材不再。她与初恋情人黑川约定在十年后的日本相见,但旧貌不再的她深感自卑。偶然相识了跟她同样体型极胖的肥佬(刘德华饰),肥佬非常同情她,决定要帮她重塑魔鬼身材。肥佬以地狱式减肥方法锻炼Mini,为了让她减肥成功,得到更多的金钱让她上专业美容院减肥,肥佬不惜在街头被拳击换取酬劳。令Mini感动不已。 Mini恢复原貌前去赴约,黑川向她提出求婚,可是她心中仍念念不忘为她默默付出的肥佬,盼望跟他重逢的一天。