Salon Mexico
Mercedes works as a cabaret performer to pay for her sister’s studies. Problems begin when Mercedes and Paco, her exploiter, win a dance contest, but he refuses to share the…
The Guinea Pig
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.
In Name Only
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
Intermezzo
An intense love affair develops between a married concert violinist (Gösta Ekman) and his daughter’s music teacher (Ingrid Bergman).
Becky Sharp
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society. The first feature length film to use…
You Were Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.
Sparrows
Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master decides…
Umberto D.
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end…
The Eternal Return
A retelling of Tristan and Isolde set in 1940s France.
Tarnished Heroes
According to the officer’s handbook, ‘an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available’ and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and…
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