France, 1950s. From the Quartier Latin to Saint-Tropez via New York, a young Parisienne becomes the icon of a whole generation. In 1954, 19-year-old Francoise Sagan shot to fame with her first novel, Bonjour Tristesse. Flamboyant, scandalous and underrated, Sagan lived her life at the furthest edge of excess. She won and lost fortunes at the roulette table, bought and crashed superb sports cars, drank, danced and partied, leaving a trail of lovers in her wake.

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois a...

In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all w...

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journa...

Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, ...

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Pari...

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fou...

After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up ...

In 18th century France, Marquise de Merteuil asks her ex-lover Vicomte de Valmont to seduce the futu...

Hyo-jeong, a 69-year-old woman, is raped—but few people, including the police, are willing to believ...

A young journalist in London becomes obsessed with a series of letters she discovers that recounts a...

In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerri...

Nadia is a 45 year old female professor at the University of Tunis. She is married and has a daughte...

The story of Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon, and the problems he had after hi...

Frivolous girl falls in love with a young construction worker. He trusts her and decides to include ...

A musician is offered a job in Vienna as stage director, but his disagreements with the aristocratic...

Brazil, 1988. An unemployed tractor driver hijacks VASP flight 375 and orders commander Murilo to cr...

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, ...

A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle...