With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.

The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What ...
A modern geisha travels through Japan trying to find a job as entertainer, and ends up by finding lo...

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her st...
With her husband's funeral to plan and grieving to be done, a woman reaches out to her estranged son...

40-year Maria is living in a monotonous and deadlocked marriage with her husband. In addition, she h...

During WWII, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman livi...

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female ...

In 1935 rural Texas, recently widowed Edna Spaulding struggles to survive with two small children, a...

Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only l...

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dea...

Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily wi...

Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the...

Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However...

Swedish efficiency researchers come to Norway for a study of Norwegian men, to optimize their use of...

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a con...

Kunjoonjamma Thomas is a widow living in the village all by herself. People always make fun of her b...

Five friends from Goa get lost during a journey to discover the lot of the childhood sweetheart of a...

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives int...

After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to tak...

A young interracial couple has just moved into their California dream home when they become the targ...