简介: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.
简介:大盗方托马斯(让·马莱 Jean Marais 饰)易容潜入了拉谢里爵士(让-罗歇·科斯西蒙 Jean-Roger Caussimon 饰)家,向在那里聚会的一干富翁发出了杀人预告,方托马斯声称如果不能在预定的日期之前向他缴纳巨额的“生存税”,他就会一个接一个的将富翁们杀死。无奈之下,拉谢里爵士只得报了警。记者方多(让·马莱 Jean Marais 饰)和警长瑞福(路易·德·菲耐斯 Louis de Funès 饰)是方托马斯的老对手了,他们一直想将后者捉拿归案,却屡屡遭其戏弄。警长一行人来到了拉谢里爵士家,可屡屡出现的只有警长能够看见的凶案现场让大家开始渐渐怀疑起警长的精神是否正常,而这一切都是方托马斯一手策划的阴谋。