A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01) / 2013

Thanks to his myriad film roles, Lon Chaney is known as “the man of a thousand faces,” and you could say that the early horror era never beheld a figure more intriguing. Yet because of his numerous transformations, his face never became as iconic as that of, say, Boris Karloff. Accompanied by a soundtrack from Bernhard Lang, this “re-imagination of shots” taken from Chaney´s forty-six surviving films offers a beguiling excursion into the history of film. The director reveals surprising associations, while highlighting the enduring magic of works which are now more or less forgotten.

The Messenger / 2024

Fulfilling her work as a bailiff in Salvador, Íris delivers warrants and is often forced to execute orders that go directly against what she believes in. The job torments her. One day, with the disappearance of an activist after the execution of a warrant issued by her, the officer begins to investigate the crime and finds herself involved in the discovery of a large land grabbing scheme.

Anunnaki – Messengers of the Wind / 2016

The movie tells the amazing saga of Anunnaki, according with the ancient sumerian tablets. Coming from Nibiru, the Anunnaki are looking for Earth’s gold to solve the unbalanced atmosphere of their home planet. And so they create human race, by mixing their genes with a native species’s, to obtain workers for the gold mines. Then a new approximation of Nibiru causes the flood that almost exterminates mankind, that next faces another great danger: conflicts of power among Anunnaki, escalating to the deflagration of nuclear weapons.

The Messenger / 2023

Vera, imprisoned at a military fortress during the dictatorship, 1969, get to know a soldier, Armando, who, in the face of torture, decides to take messages from Vera to his family and establishes an affective relationship with D. Maria, Vera’s mother. Despite the horrors of the time, the film works on this possibility of a dialogue between two lonely and lost human beings: a high-middle-class lady and a young southerner of rural origin. Today, Vera, aged 70, is a professor at the university, and debates with her students about politics, forgiveness and Hannah Arendt.

Il corriere dell'imperatore / 1910

Italian short drama

Il messaggio / 1937

Nick, a Parisian businessman, divorces his rich American wife, marries his new secretary Marie, but is prevented from success in France so travels without his wife to an African outpost. He tells his young assistant Gilbert about his wife. When Gilbert takes sick and returns to Paris, he begins to fall in love with Marie.

The Messenger from the Moon / 1954

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

Magico: The Messenger of the Gods / 1990

The forces of evil threaten Monterrey but are opposed by a flying superhero named Mágico.

The Messenger / 1976

A short film about the small post office in Saman, a small village in rural Iran, and it’s dedicated postman. After the office manager is transferred to another position, the lone postman takes it upon himself to handle the entire office. He cleans, picks up and sorts the mail late at nights, delivers the mail on his bicycle and reads the to illiterate older recipients, doing all he can to prove he’s worthy and capable of managing the small office on his own.

The Messenger / 2012

Petr is a courier, a messenger as a matter of fact. He is one of those young men who believe that on their bikes they have become part and parcel of the atmosphere of modern cities. He is a non-conformist who refuses to settle into today‘s deformed society, he abhors its indolence, consumerism and lies, as well as its pseudo-truths, pseudo-feelings, pseudo-loves and pseudo-values. Petr’s untrammelled personality keeps causing more and more serious problems. And Petr is also one of those who will never admit to themselves that they might be at the end of their tether.

The Messenger / 2015

A man wakes up to a message telling him to go to the beach to meet an unknown person.

The Messenger / 1975

Her first picture, La Messagère (The Messenger, 1975), made by Palcy before she left for Paris, allowed people from Martinique to see themselves for the first time on television as complex characters.

The Messengers / 2016

The birth of the Christian church is shown as early believers proclaim Christ’s message in the face of great opposition and an unexpected conversion.

The Messenger from the Sea / 2010

Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger / 2022

Uniforms, morning roll call, order, and discipline determine life at a prestigious boarding school somewhere in the Himalaya’s misty foothills. 16-year-old Jaivardhana isn’t thriving in this authoritarian environment. An opportunity for temporary respite from this strict regime presents itself, when a former teacher visits the school and offers interested students a photography workshop. During Mr Sapru’s inspiring lessons, the young people don’t learn about depth of field or shutter speed, but they do learn to open their senses and experience the world around them.

The Hex 2: Messengers of Hell / 1986

Raul Araiza's chilling Spanish-language supernatural thriller tells the tale of two powerful beings, one good and one evil incarnate, fighting for control of Earth--and of a beautiful woman.

Ninetto le messager / 1997

Actor Ninetto Davoli discusses his collaboration with Pier Paolo Pasolini.

The Devil's Messenger DEATH MESSENGER / 1991

A man with darkness in his eyes has returned from hell for revenge.

Messenger in the Cradle / 2010

Satanic Sect: Messenger of the Lord / 1990

A satanic preacher comes to a small town where he unleashed the terror of the inhabitants.