根据美国西部顶尖赛马手弗兰克·霍普金斯(Frank T. Hopkins)的真实经历改编而成，是一部充满着动作冒险与个人救赎的史诗巨作。 数个世纪以来每年举办的“火的海洋”(Ocean of Fire)是一项极其艰苦的耐力赛马竞技，3 000英里的征程即使在平素地域尚且困难重重，何况选择了酷热郁闷而冷酷无情的阿拉伯沙漠，而且参赛赛马必须是由阿拉伯世界中最纯种、最高贵，由最尊贵的皇室家族拥有的赛马组成，但在公元1890年，这一根深蒂固的世俗被彻底的击碎了。 美国人弗兰克·霍普金斯(维果·莫天森饰)曾经是美国骑兵部队一名骁勇善战骑术高绝的骑士。国际知名人士的声望除了弗兰克凭借自身不懈努力以外，得力坐骑“海德尔格”(Hidalgo)的鼎立辅助同样是功不可没。如是背景下的1890年，弗兰克首次受邀带着“海德尔格”共同参加这项悲壮的沙漠耐力竞技，一人一马要面对整个阿拉伯世界中最优秀赛马的挑战。 把比赛的艰辛姑且放到一边，公平竞赛的意义也变得越发淡薄，阿拉伯人显然并不能接受外国人的介入，这其中尤以阿拉伯半岛和北非沙漠地区从事游牧的贝督因人最为露骨，他们中的一些骑士暗下决心不惜一切手段来阻止外籍人完成比赛。对弗兰克而言，“火的海洋”不仅仅成为了一场为荣誉与自尊的角力，更是一场为了自己及爱马“海德尔格”的生死存亡的战斗，把不可能完成的任务完成是唯一的选择。结局是令人胆战心惊后的满足，在朋友的帮助下，弗兰克最终完成了比赛，“海德尔格”也成为了阿拉伯耐力竞技历史上获胜的绝无仅有的美国赛马。
A satirical comedy that pokes fun at Spanish social and political stereotypes, featuring parodies of real events and special guest appearances from the political sphere.
7th century Arabia. A time of feuding tribes vying for power and supremacy. Courageous Princess Hind (Aiysha Hart) refuses to serve as concubine to the merciless Sassanid Emperor Kisra (Sir Ben Kingsley). Escaping with her father King Numan into the vast and unforgiving desert, Hind is pursued by Kisra’s mercenary and his bloodthirsty troops. Father and daughter are forced to trust a mysterious bandit (Anthony Mackie). Against all odds, Hind unites the fractious tribes against the powerful invading military of the Sassanid Empire. In an epic showdown, the Battle of Ze Qar will forever change the Arabian Peninsula and echo throughout history.
Fleeing from their violent father, siblings Lucía and Adrián take refuge in a remote mansion. With the help of a hidden micro-camera on a cat, Lucía uncovers a terrifying secret: their neighbors are part of a criminal network that kidnaps teenage girls to make snuff films, and they intend to get rid of the siblings. As Lucía fights to protect her brother, she must face a dark family curse that follows them into their newfound sanctuary.
In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk. But compelled, he was. He completed the walk, battling a “triumvirate of pain” - a knee that he later discovered lacked an...
Calvin Trask lives in a dead end Arctic town on the fringes of society, until mysterious stranger Lucas Wade arrives, turning his solitary life upside down. Calvin's curiosity gets the better of him and is quickly pulled into Lucas' dangerous world. As secrets slowly unravel, Calvin realises just what kind of jeopardy he's put himself in, a place where murder and betrayal are a...
In 2013, an Australian man a few months shy of turning 60 decided to walk the Camino de Santiago – an 800km pilgrimage trail across the top of Spain. He had no known religion, and absolutely no idea why he felt so deeply compelled to do this torturous walk.
But compelled, he was.
He completed the walk, battling a “triumvirate of pain” - a knee that he later discovered lacked any meaningful cartilage, a blister the sight of which would make a grown man weep, and shin-soreness that felt like his lower limb had been split with a mountain axe wielded by a demented troll.
Arriving at the end of the Camino, the majestic cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, he expected an epiphany – an answer to the question he’d been asking himself every day: Why am I doing this?
But no answer came.
So when he got home he wrote a book, hoping the answer would reveal itself in his scribblings. The result was The Way, My Way, a humourous and self-deprecating book that many consider the best memoir ever written on walking the Camino.
The book has now been made into a film, and it’s an extraordinary account of a man at a pivotal point in his life, searching for meaning and finding himself undergoing a fundamental transformation so profound that he now divides his life into “Before the Camino” and “After the Camino.”
It’s a story particular to one man, yet of appeal to anyone seeking a greater meaning from life.
