警官约翰·荷伯斯(丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰)新近逮捕了一名杀人犯里斯,此人除了在电刑前说了几句奇怪的语言跟留下了一则暗语,并无特别之处。然而荷伯斯很快发现里斯的暗语指向一名三十年前自杀的警察罗伯·米拉诺。与此同时,几起连锁杀人案接连发生,凶手的手段如出一辙,更令人惊异的是每次的受害者即是上一桩凶案的嫌凶。荷伯斯拜访了罗伯之女格瑞坦,对方劝诫荷伯斯放弃调查。里斯的留言终被破译,原来他用叙利亚的古语言向荷伯斯发出威胁,而荷伯斯的坚持有了进一步的收获,他发现罗伯与近期几宗凶案的死者可能皆出自名为“阿萨索”的恶灵之手,阿萨索可以随意依附人体作恶,荷伯斯的缉凶之路因此而困难重重。这场人与恶灵之战,究竟如何收场?...
Sid grew up with his mother Arabella in a cheerful and somewhat naïve Apulian community, which was filled with affection and a great passion for cinema. After years away he returns to the land of his childhood where his mother had created a cinematic arena and this trip in his childhood memories will lead to a better understanding of her human and existential aspects....
A man goes against the laws of God and man to help a friend, with unfortunate consequences, in this stylish drama from Turkish filmmaker Dervis Zaim. The story begins with a brief prologue set in the 13th Century, in which a calligrapher is completing a copy of the Koran and his assistant is sent out for ink so he can complete the project before an invading Mongol army attacks. Moving forward into the 21st Century, Selim Hodja (Serhat Kilic) is a descendent of the family that commissioned the Koran we saw in the preface. Selim has fallen on hard times and he wants to sell the rare holy book, and he turns to Ahmet (Mehmet Ali Nuroglu), an artist and calligrapher who has just finished a stretch in prison, for help in finding a buyer. Not willing to negotiate the black market for religious artifacts by himself, Ahmet turns to Cengiz (Mustafa Uzunyilmaz), a feared man in local organized crime circles, who says he can help them find a good price for the rare Koran. However, as Selim and Ahmet work more closely with Cengiz and his underlings, they're drawn deeper into a web of criminal behavior that they can't easily escape. Nokta (aka Dot) received its North American premiere at the 2008 Toronto World Film Festival....