A sociological drama with a detective plot taking place in the period of industry and agriculture collectivization of the 1950s. Peter Lánik, a young lawyer, during a trial finds out that whom he thought to be his father is in fact only his stepfather. Little by little he learns about the tragic life of his parents as well as about the dramatical atmosphere of the forced cooperativization of village farms.

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She mak...

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all ...

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

A modest film of three independent parts showing sad couple stories.

In 1951, the well-known Czech actress Jiřina Štěpničková receives a letter from Austria from directo...

A rebellious teenager, future Beatle John Lennon lives with his Aunt Mimi in working-class mid-1950s...

Nasser 56 is a 1996 Egyptian historical film directed by Mohamed Fadel, starring Ahmed Zaki. The fil...

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She ...

In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-a...

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions...

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matine...

Married couple Fugui and Jiazhen endure tumultuous events in mid-20th century mainland China as thei...

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hun...

Tormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories th...

A powerful drama relating the intimate aspect of teenage boys and their priest/educators behind the ...

The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw ...

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the boh...

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...

Hans is a street fruit peddler and born loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, cau...

In the 1950s, a Japanese-American fisherman is suspected of killing his neighbour at sea. For Ishmae...