One day at the end of the 1800s, 14-year-old Lise’s life is changed forever. She is the eldest of her siblings, the first in her family to go to school and full of hope and confidence in life. But when her mother goes into labour, it quickly appears that something is wrong. As night falls and the labour progresses, Lise begins to understand that a day that began in childhood might end with her becoming the woman of the house.

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The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular...

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Pastor Samuel Bro has lost his faith in God. He is in conflict with the Church Council and is reject...

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A story about art and educated men, and how their art and culture reveal themselves useless in the f...

Kizie and Manny, two ordinary people brought together by a tragic twist, embark on a bittersweet and...

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supre...

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nob...

Based on a Anton Chekhov short story, this slight tale has some good moments as the drama of a young...
In order to expiate, a young man comes to the loneliness of a poor village. The re he is killed afte...

A very skilful young architect from Berlin, Lea Winter, who has a promising career, is pregnant with...

The film is based on the early autobiographical stories of Vasily Makarovich Shukshin. A bright, emo...

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots...

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

A car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an un...

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

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play...

The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a poli...