This three part French TV serial for children (alternate versions exist as a feature, Manoel’s Destinies, and a 4 part Portuguese TV serial, Adventure in Madeira) is the favourite of many devotees of Raúl Ruiz. This is because it ties the enchantment and mystery of Lewis Carroll, Carlo Collodi and the Brothers Grimm to the filmmaker’s experiments with narrative strategies and what he calls the pentaludic model of storytelling (where characters are thrown dice-like into combinations and situations governed by the play of Chance and Destiny).
Five friends (Yura, Jules, Lika, Krest and Kostya) notice that their classmates, seemingly unrelated to each other, are steadily disappearing. Teachers attribute this to their parents ' sudden decision to move to another city. Parents do not pay attention to this, assuming that the child is just seriously ill and is in a local hospital. But these explanations do not seem plausible to the guys, and they decide to initiate their own investigation.
Mobile is a 4-part British television drama series with an interweaving plot based around a fictional mobile phone operator and the adverse-effect of mobile phone radiation to health. The series was screened by ITV in the United Kingdom, during March 2007. The cast includes Jamie Draven, Neil Fitzmaurice, Keith Allen, Sunetra Sarker, Samantha Bond, Brittany Ashworth and Julie Graham. It was written by John Fay.
Six strangers share a prophetic dream that condemns two of them to death. As they chase down their impending demise, a dangerous question grows. Does fate change once you've seen it?
A high school girl who turns to stimulants to survive a hyper-competitive school begins hearing the voices of the dead, drawing her into a dangerous connection with a newly appointed school pastor who secretly performs exorcisms.
Adapted from Keigo Higashino's novel of the same name (Englsih Title: Malice), the TV series explores the complex relationship between a famous novelist found dead and his best friend, under the investigation of Detective Saibara. Set in Osaka, it delves into themes of envy, deceit, and the dark side of human nature, as secrets unravel in a twist-filled plot.
Interesting modern actualization made by Italian broadcasting service (RAI) of immortal, well-known characters created by the genial American novelist Rex Stout.
Florinda is an ABS-CBN weekly mini-series format adapted from the movie of the same title originally starred by Susan Roces in 1973. This is the third installment of Sineserye Presents: The Susan Roces Cinema Collection.
Elle and her son Rowan are on the run. Is this twisted mother and son relationship a bizarre case of extreme Munchausen syndrome by proxy? Or is Rowan a dangerous supernatural creature?
Aspiring director Nikita receives a fatal diagnosis. He has very little time left to live, so he invites three of his classmates on a challenging journey he had planned ten years earlier. This adventure, intended as a nostalgic return to his carefree school years, turns into a serious challenge, pitting the heroes against the harsh Ural nature, a bloodthirsty local poacher, the Mansi tribe, and a sinister old man responsible for the disappearances.
Subarashiki Hibi ~Furenzoku Sonzai~, also known as Wonderful Everyday Down the Rabbit-Hole in the English release, is a horror, mystery, denpa visual novel told in seven chapters. The story follows a group of several Tokyo high school students mostly through July of 2012 and each chapter is told from the perspective of one of its five main characters. Because of the same timeframe coverage, certain events are overlapping from chapter to chapter but at the core of it all is a mystery revolving around the
A former forensic ace turned full-time mom, Yoshioka Shiori balances housework, childcare, and solving crimes with her rookie detective husband and their insightful young son.