当艳舞舞者Lucía从她的黑手党雇主那里偷了一大笔名牌毒品时,暴徒们的顽强追捕迫使她与她疏远的妹妹Rocío和侄女阿尔芭一起在马德里郊区的一座破旧公寓大楼“维纳斯”中寻求庇护。就像可怕的,腐烂的,没有好运气一样,Lucía很快发现自己是小阿尔巴的唯一监护人,在Rocío突然飞出混凝土笼子后,无法处理生活在一块巨石上的超自然压力,这显然也是一个恶性邪恶的宿主——一个入侵它的租户清醒的噩梦。从h·p·洛夫克拉夫特(H.P. Lovecraft)的《女巫屋的梦》(The Dreams in The Witch House)中得到了一些启发,《维纳斯》充斥着鲜血和重磅炸弹,就像《恶魔2》(Demons 2)和《哨兵》(The Sentinel)的双重版本。
影片聚焦法国民族女英雄圣女贞德(玛利亚·法奥康涅蒂 Maria Falconetti饰)生命的最后时刻,再现了她被出卖落入勃艮第叛军手中后,在英格兰监狱和法庭上,从受审到处死的全过程。被英格兰当局严密控制的天主教会,指控贞德为异端和女巫。法庭上,法官更伪造证据,以信仰问题不断对她施以精神上和肉体上的折磨。面对惨无人道的酷刑与子虚乌有的诬陷,贞德正气凛然、坚贞不屈。最后,贞德被押赴鲁昂市广场,被绑在火刑柱上活活烧死。
由一代电影大师卡尔·西奥多·德莱叶执导拍摄的影片《圣女贞德蒙难记》,被称为世界十大最佳影片之一。影片以极具震撼力的艺术表现手法,再现了这段受到天主教会和英国占领军折磨的民族英雄短暂生命中的最后时刻。
Despite qualifying for armed force, Karthik ('Jayam ' Ravi) prefers to be a traffic cop in Ooty as he believes that such a no risky job would help him get enough time to look after his cute little sister Vidhya (Baby Anikha). Karthik also has a short lived one side love story with Renu (Lakshmi Menon), who is a doctor. When a hazardous chemical in the nearby industry gets leaked, a dog consumes it and turns into a zombie. As the dog bites a watchman, he too becomes a zombie and eventually, the virus spreads rapidly across the town. Can Karthik save his sister and the city ?
A young street magician is left to take care of his little sister after his mother's passing and turns to drug dealing in the Los Angeles party scene to keep a roof over their heads. When he gets into trouble with his supplier, his sister is kidnapped and he is forced to rely on both his sleight of hand and brilliant mind to save her