In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.

Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As...

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulga...

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—w...

After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friend...

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Anton...

In the Stockholm archipelago in the 1880s, Carlsson move out to an isolated farmstead to help the wi...

In occupied Paris, an actress wed to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis whil...

Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a...

When the daughter of the miserly cooper Grandet is up for marriage, both families Des Grassins and C...

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are h...

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship w...

Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though ...

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant hi...

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her ...

Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the...

A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the author...

Parisian everyman Antoine Doinel has married his sweetheart Christine Darbon, and the newlyweds have...

The widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the bab...