Movies tagged as "cultural misunderstanding"

Amistad [1997, USA ] starting from $1.99

Freedom is not given. It is our right at birth. But there are some moments when it must be taken.

Genres: Drama, History, Mystery Actors: Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgård, Razaaq Adoti, Abu Bakaar Fofanah, Anna Paquin, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Derrick N. Ashong, Geno Silva Directors: Steven Spielberg, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   AMISTAD is about a 1839 mutiny onboard a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.

Babel [2006, France, USA, Mexico ] starting from $1.99

If You Want to be Understood...Listen

Genres: Drama, Thriller Actors: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Mohamed Akhzam, Peter Wight, Harriet Walter, Trevor Martin, Matyelok Gibbs, Georges Bousquet, Claudine Acs, André Oumansky, Michael Maloney, Dermot Crowley, Wendy Nottingham, Henry Maratray, Linda Broughton, Directors: Alejandro González Iñárritu Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Richard and Susan are a couple from San Diego, California who are vacationing in Morocco while their two children are at home with their Mexican housekeeper, Amelia. A rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman's young sons, who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and hit Susan in the shoulder, causing her severe injury. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation, who shortly departs for Mexico to attend her son's wedding, with Richard and Susan's children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies, with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media, while Amelia meets with trouble at the Mexican border when she attempts to return to San Diego with Richard and Susan's children. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, a widower tied to the rifle in question, a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy, attempts to deal with the memories of his recently deceased wife and his strained relationship with his deaf teenage daughter.

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan [2006, USA ] starting from $1.99

High Five!

Genres: Comedy Actors: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, Bob Barr, Spirea Ciorobea, Alan Keyes, Michael Psenicksa, Bobby Rowe, Jim Sell, Larry Walker, Ilham Äliyev, Pamela Anderson, Mariam Behar, Linda Stein, Directors: Larry Charles Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Kazakhstani TV personality Borat is dispatched to the United States to report on the "greatest country in the world." With a documentary crew in tow, Borat becomes more interested in locating and marrying Pamela Anderson than on his assignment.

Brother Bear [2003, USA ] starting from $1.99

This November, see through another's eyes, feel through another's heart, and discover the meaning of brotherhood.

Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Jason Raize, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, D.B. Sweeney, Joan Copeland, Michael Clarke Duncan, Harold Gould, Paul Christie, Daniel Mastrogiorgio, Estelle Harris, Greg Proops, Pauley Perrette, Darko Cesar Directors: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   Long ago, as the Earth was emerging from the Ice Age, there were three brothers. After a bear takes the life of the oldest brother, impulsive youngest brother Kenai kills the bear in revenge, only to be transformed into a bear himself. Denahi, the middle brother, comes upon this bear and, thinking it killed Kenai, vows revenge. Now brother hunts brother and Kenai's only hope for survival is to befriend his own worst enemy, a grizzly cub named Koda. Koda main goal is to show Kenai the real meaning of brotherhood.

Chateau, The [2001, USA ] starting from $1.99

Genres: Comedy Actors: Sylvie Testud, Benjamin Tessier, Philippe Nahon, Maria Verdi, Didier Flamand, Paul Rudd, Romany Malco, Nathalie Jouen, James Lyons, Pierre Michaud, Christian Marti, Marina Girand, Jonathan Grosskopf, Alexis Grosskopf, Adèle Grosskopf Directors: Jesse Peretz, Download: DVD   DivX   PDA   When two American brothers, Graham and Allen Granville, learn that they have inherited a chateau in France, they cannot believe their luck. However, when they arrive, the brothers find themselves completely ill-equipped to communicate with the chateau's staff (even with the help of a pocket dictionary). With no hope of paying off the chateau's enormous debt, the pair are forced to sell the chateau, leaving a bewildered staff resorting to desperate and hilarious measures to keep their home. Through a series of comedic misunderstandings, the film's stars not only uncover they're not as distant from the staff as they might think, they also discover something about the importance of family.