Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

A woman, married off to an abusive butcher, is overpowered by the twin forces of patriarchy and trad...

In August 1942, during the Second World War, Six Jewish children are trying to escape the Nazis. The...

Told through the voice of former KGB agent Viktor Petrovich, whose life becomes inextricably linked ...

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repe...

The tragic story of a young orphan girl who is befriended by an innocent but emotionally disabled ve...

Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major...

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against ...

The life of Vincent de Paul, the 17th-century author and priest who founded two religious orders.

In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the Mas...

A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.

A middle-aged husband of a younger woman finds her youth intimidating to the point that he cannot be...

Soon after Marius's departure, Fanny learns that she is pregnant with his child, to the disappointme...

Marita, a charming little girl, lives in the country with her grandmother. Her best friend is a mode...

An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she i...

Fischer can't remember the last time he woke up without a hangover. He lives in a church: a real one...

After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after...

"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Minist...

Towards the end of the eleventh century, Pope Urban II announces a crusade against the Saracens, who...

Scandal erupts over a famous bullfighter's affair with a left-wing actress.