Movie Title: Soupe culturelle – La soupe magique, La (2005) (TV)

Movie Plot Summary: Oettli’s film follows a cultural exchange program between actors from Burkina Faso and a Swiss director touring through both countries. The real dramatics take place off stage as individuals’ expectations and reality don’t tally and economic differences are all too apparent. Tempers fray and encounters ensue that no-one could have foreseen.

Movie Title: Homme de verre, L’ (2000) (TV)

Movie Plot Summary: The Man of Glass draws the viewer into the life of Tchaikovsky by means of one of his most popular pieces, the String Serenade. Living in Russia in the 19th century, Tchaikovsky led a life crowned with success. In the backstages of an Italian theater or among the romantic countryside, dancers and actors enact in a moving way various aspects of the composer’s intimate life: his hidden homosexuality, the relationship with his wife Antonina, his strange ties to Baroness Von Meck, his patron, and the persecution complex that led ultimately to his death.

Movie Title: Aquila (1998)

Movie Plot Summary: Geoff and Tom are best friends but very different. Geoff is sporty and adventurous. Tom is cautious and a bit of a worrier. So when they make the most amazing discovery, they deal with it in very different ways. The boys are on holiday in Wales when they find – hidden beneath the body of a Roman centurion in a cave – a flying machine! The cave soon becomes a major archaeological site, but the boys tell no-one about the machine. Back home, the boys keep the machine, Aquila, in the garage, telling their parents it is an old prop left over from a film set. Aquila has a marvellous invisibility switch. Not only can they have all kinds of bizarre and hilarious adventures in Aquila, they can have them unseen.

Movie Title: Be-Lagaam (2002)

Movie Plot Summary: Ajit Pal is a wealthy U.K. based businessman of East Indian origin. He has a son, Rajeshwar, who lives with Ajit’s friend in India. Rajeshwar is prone to all the bad habits possible, but manages to keep away from the clutches of the police. Then one day he sees a beautiful young woman (Madhu) jogging, and decides to have her for himself at any cost. He starts stalking her, and even plants a wireless camera in her bedroom so as to spy on her. One day while following her, he accosts and confronts her and tells her of his love for her, but she rejects him and asks him to leave her alone. He refuses to listen, and tries to force himself upon her but she is saved with the timely arrival of her Police Inspector boyfriend, Vijay. Rajeshwar is arrested and held in prison, but is soon released when a high-priced lawyer is hired by Ajit. Vijay and Madhu hope that it is the last they have seen of Rajeshwar, and return to their romance. But Rajeshwar has not forgotten Madhu, nor of his humiliation at the hands of Vijay. He manages to follow Madhu, confronts her, and has his way with her, and leaves her for dead to carry on with his irresponsible lifestyle. When Vijay finds out that his sweetheart is dead, he is beyond himself and goes on the rampage, looking for Rajeshwar. Before Vijay could even trace him, Rajeshwar finds out that his friends, who had aided him against Madhu, are dying one by one. One is hit by a truck, the other is electrocuted in his bathtub, and a third falls from a cliff. What or who is killing these men, and is Rajeshwar going to be the next victim. Watch as event unfold, pitting Rajeshwar against a force that he, nor his father, can do anything about.

Movie Title: Flintstones, The (1960) {Bowling Ballet (#3.4)}

Movie Plot Summary: Fred is in a bad luck streak: he is unable to bowl correctly and a very big championship awaits his Water Buffalo team against the Rockland Rockets. It reflects in his job where he accidentally destroys a truck. Mr.Slate may forget this incident if Fred wins the bowling game. And to make matters worse, some employees have bet their wages’money on Fred’s team. Trying to find a solution, Fred might find it at Bedrock’s Dance School, where a little ballet might bring back his coordination…

Movie Title: Berg ruft!, Der (1938)

Movie Plot Summary: The Italian mountaineer Carel wants to be the first man to stand on the top of the Matterhorn. Since the climb is very difficult, he agrees to try it together with the British mountaineer Whymper. But due to an intrigue this agreement is dropped and the two man try it on the same day with two different teams and then disaster strikes.

Movie Title: Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)

Movie Plot Summary: A woman gets pregnant by her boyfriend, who then leaves her. She boards a train, which crashes and she ends up in a hospital, mistakenly identified as Patricia Winterbourne, a widow who’s husband died in the train crash. She comes to live with the rich family of her deceased husband. Her new life is ruined when the real father of her baby comes back.

Movie Title: Bad Seed, The (1985) (TV)

Movie Plot Summary: Carrie Wells plays Rachel, a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself – unless she’s crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel’s mother Christine (Blair Brown) to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she herself is the daughter of a convicted killer, Christine becomes convinced that sweet little Rachel is a bad seed – an inherent killer who feels no remorse because she doesn’t know any better.

Movie Title: Réveil, Le (1996)

Movie Plot Summary: It’s 6:20 a.m. The camera pans a slew of alarm clocks that start to ring simultaneously, all set to awaken a solitary middle-aged man. The alarms are elaborate: in addition to traditional clocks, horns blow, bright lights flash, and a pot even blows smoke at the sleeper. After several minutes, the bed itself finally bounces him to his feet and he begins to make his way through his house, slowly, keeping only a step ahead of things falling, or cutting through the air head high. He grabs his coat, shambles out the door – and it becomes apparent why it is he must wake up. These surprising duties completed, it’s time for an espresso. It arrives like clockwork, right on schedule.

Movie Title: Dream a Dream: Charlotte Church in the Holy Land (2000) (V)

Movie Plot Summary: Celebrate the festive season with Charlotte Church as she performs seasonal songs at the Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem. Join Charlotte as she travels in the Holy Land to Nazareth and Bethlehem to visit the birthplace of Jesus and to fulfill a dream.