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.
Two men who do not know each other: Ertan, a 35-year-old ex-convict who is trying to make amends for...
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upp...
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, ...
A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade schoo...
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 World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Anton...
Apu and his family have moved away from the country to live in the bustling holy city of Benares. As...
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...
In occupied Paris, an actress married to a Jewish theater owner must keep him hidden from the Nazis ...
Emerging Montreal drag queen Simon must deal with two impossible loves: a passionate, yet destructiv...
Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and cr...
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...
Samuca is only 17 years old and discovers that his girlfriend Alicia is pregnant. The news comes to ...
37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts...
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though ...
A man tries to avenge the death of his sister, a gambling addict. Another man, an ex-convict who whi...