The short documentary Bronbeek bijvoorbeeld sketches a portrait of KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army) veterans living out their last days in the Bronbeek home for retired servicemen in Arnhem. Here, the old soldiers live surrounded by memories of days gone by. Flags, uniforms, photos: all reminders of a world that no longer exists. The home is also a museum, its residents a part of the past on display.
Paris 1900. Sharing a house in the Bohemian District are Roberto, a fledgling Musician, who is composing an Opera with his friend the poet Victor Duval; and the beautiful Cossette, daughter of a retired tenor, who goes up and down the stairs, taking advantage of Roberto's music to train her voice.
A student, tired of a too well-mannered fiancé, loses a virginity she considers very embarrassing in the arms of a forty-year-old man, before finding love with a repentant gigolo.
A portrayal of two modern young men and their experiences of love. Jack, a sociology student, is in a relationship with Betty, who is somewhat older than him.
A daring gang plans to steal priceless historical artifacts, including Tutankhamun’s necklace, that have been brought to Istanbul for a prestigious festival.
A gang of kids helps a sea captain search for a pirate’s treasure that’s rumored to be hidden somewhere in the old dilapidated inn the sea captain just inherited from his dead brother.
While happily engaged to Rosalia, Tony has the misfortune of falling for a vibrant pilot named Valeria — and that’s just the beginning of his problems.
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