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A man who had conquered 90% of the known world by the age of twenty-five, Alexander the Great (Colin Farrell) was one of history's most luminous and influential leaders who forged an empire stretching from Greece to India in the fourth century B.C. His conquests facilitated the promotion of Greek culture, and, centuries later, the spread of Christianity, and the expansion of the great Roman Empire. Young King of Macedonia had conquered almost the entire known world of his era, before dying at the age of 32. This epic movie follows him, his family, his allies, foes, ventures and achievements. |
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The action takes place in the USA in the 1930s. Grace (Nicole Kidman), a beatiful woman on the run from gangsters, arrives in the small Rocky Mountain town of Dogville. Town philosopher Tom Edison (Paul Bettany) takes her in and convinces the townsfolk to hide her. In exchange for shelter, Grace has to work for the townspeople all hours: she teaches math to the local kids, takes care of the blind old man, helps the apple farmer (Stellan Skarsgård) and the shopkeeper (Lauren Bacall). Eventually, the townspeople, egoistic and ruthless, begin demanding more and more from poor Grace. Tired of working double shifts, Grace decides to leave the town, but the escape fails, and she has to pass through a black ordeal. As a slave she is forced to toil from dawn to dusk, and raped by every man in Dogville night after night. Finally, Tom calls up Grace’s father (James Caan) to rescue his daughter from her inexorable torturers. |
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Bill "The Butcher" Cutting's (Daniel Day-Lewis) band is fighting the Irish immigrants in 1860's NY to gain control over the underprivileged areas of the city. Bill has killed the father (Liam Nison) of DiCaprio's character called Amsterdam Vallon, several years later the young man returns to NYC and becomes an ally of The Butcher who has no idea about the past of his new crony. Vallon slowly falls under his spell which causes an inner conflict in his life because his primal aim was the ruthless revenge. Concurrently, Leo's character meets the charming pickpocket named Jenny (Cameron Diaz) who turns out to have a close relationship with The Butcher. At the same time, the Civil War rages on... |
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