Drama

  • Jöns Jönsson – Axiom (2022)

    2021-2030DramaGermanyJöns Jönsson

    Julius, an eloquent young museum attendant loved by the people around him, invites his colleagues on a sailing trip on his aristocratic family’s boat, but something goes wrong. Julius is not who he seems to be.Read More »

  • José Luis Guerín – Los motivos de Berta AKA Berta’s Motives (1984)

    1981-1990DramaJosé Luis GuerínSpain

    Synopsis:
    The life of a young girl who plays with little animals and insects is suddenly changed with the arrival of a film crew and a strange man.Read More »

  • James Whale – The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)

    1991-2000DramaJames WhaleMysteryUSA

    Synopsis:
    Horror film icon James Whale directed this well-detailed thriller about a man questioning his wife’s honesty after a friend begins to doubt his own. Dr. Paul Held (Frank Morgan) is an attorney who has been asked to come to the aid of his old friend Walter Bernsdorf (Paul Lukas); Bernsdorf has been accused of killing his wife, and he wants Held to defend him in court. Bernsdorf admits to shooting his spouse, but he tells Held that he lost control when he found out his wife was having an affair. Held takes on his friend’s case, but as he pours over the facts in the Bernsdorf slaying, he finds himself wondering about the fidelity of his own wife, Maria (Nancy Carroll). A Kiss Before The Mirror also features actress Gloria Stuart; James Whale would remake the same story six years later, under the title Wives under Suspicion.
    – by Mark Deming, allmovie.comRead More »

  • Alberto Lattuada – Lettere di una novizia AKA La novice (1960)

    1951-1960Alberto LattuadaDramaFrance

    ‘A young novice is about to take her vows upon entering a convent when her recent past comes back to haunt her. Her priest has received an anonymous letter which suggests she is far from capable of pursuing the life of a nun. Distraught, the novice reveals the tragic tale that drove her to her present predicament. Previously, the novice, Rita, lived with her mother on a vast farm estate that she had inherited from her father. Unable to sell the farm until she came of age, Rita could only watch her mother become more miserable by the struggle to keep the farm running. To speed things up, Rita decides to get married. Unfortunately, the man she has in her sights also happens to be her mother’s lover…’
    – Films de FranceRead More »

  • Eugène Green – Le mur des morts AKA The Wall of the Dead (2022)

    2021-2030DramaEugène GreenFrance

    imdb wrote:
    Arnaud, a student remaining alone in Paris during the summer, is obsessed with the wall where the names of the Parisian soldiers who died in the 1914 war are engraved. He finds himself confronted by one of these soldiers, who invites him to step out of time and to bring comfort to his loved ones.Read More »

  • Paolo Sorrentino – Parthenope (2024)

    2021-2030DramaItalyPaolo Sorrentino

    Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters. From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino comes a monumental and deeply romantic story of a lifetime.Read More »

  • Rúnar Rúnarsson – Síðasti bærinn AKA The Last Farm (2004)

    2001-2010DramaIcelandRúnar RúnarssonShort Film

    “The film is about a farmer who lives in the last farm in his region in Vestfirðir, Iceland. His wife dies few days before they two are scheduled to leave the farm for a retirement home. The farmer keeps the death a secret from his daughter who is coming to pick them up, and concocts a plan, revealed in the last scene.

    It was directed by Rúnar Rúnarsson, and stars Icelandic actor Jón Sigurbjörnsson. The film was scored by Kjartan Sveinsson, the keyboardist for Sigur Rós.” – Wikipedia.Read More »

  • Miu-Suet Lai – Qing mi AKA The Second Woman (2012)

    2011-2020ChinaDramaMiu-Suet Lai

    A seaside village, Guangdong province, China, the present day. Actor-writer Fang Yi’nan (Shawn Yue) and actress Lin Huibao (Shu Qi) have been together since they met after graduating at drama college, though Huibao’s elder identical twin sister Huixiang (Shu Qi) is also in love with him. Huibao has the secondary female role in a costume musical drama that Yi’nan has written, starring himself and older actress Amy (Chen Shu), called The Legend of Plum Blossom .Read More »

  • Nils Gaup – Birkebeinerne AKA The Last King (2016)

    2011-2020ArthouseDramaNils GaupNorway

    In the year 1206 Norway is raged by civil war. The King’s illegitimate infant son, Håkon Håkonsson, which half the kingdom wants killed off, is guarded in secrecy by two men. A story which changed the course of the country’s history.Read More »

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