France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents’ lives causes Louise’s blindness, they decide…

A pimp with no other means to provide for himself finds his life spiralling out of control when his prostitute is sent to prison.

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father’s former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the…

The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss appears before a Senate subcommittee. A flashbacks tell his story.

In this little Provencal village, a new baker, Aimable, settles down. His wife Aurelie is beautiful and much younger than he. She departs with a shepherd the night after Aimable…

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway – the town’s main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson’s flirt and main…

The renowned theatre manager, Paul Rémy, is accused by his general secretary Andrieux of having killed his partner. On the advice of his wife Mona, Paul goes into hiding in…

The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.

A suburban architect loves his wife but is bored with his marriage and with his work, so he takes up with the neglected, married beauty who lives down the street.

After his daughter is killed by the KKK, a black man seeks revenge by passing as white and becoming a Klansman.

The story of Dulcinea, the love of Don Quixote, who was only a normal girl named Aldonza that is suddenly involved by the legend of the brave and ingenous gentleman.

A mysterious gunfighter named Django is employed by a local crooked political boss as a hangman to execute innocent locals framed by the boss, who wants their land. What the…

Cashier Maurice Legrand is married to the wretched Adele. By chance, he meets Lucienne, ‘Lulu’, and makes her his mistress. He thinks he has finally found love, but Lulu is…

In 1858 Lourdes, France, adolescent peasant Bernadette has a vision of “a beautiful lady” in the Massabielle grotto – the townspeople assume this lady to be the Virgin Mary. Pompous…

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself…

Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he starts making mistakes….

A guilt-haunted samurai warrior attempts to stop a massacre taking place.

Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old Arthur, “the…

An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her…

A Sardinian peasant is implicated in the murder of a policeman and, although innocent, he doesn’t give himself up, lacking faith in the judicial system and fearing that he may…

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.

An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn’t know is a crook.

Lorna and Jim have been married for a year but Lorna remains sexually unsatisfied. While he’s at work, she is raped by an escaped convict, then becomes lustfully involved with…

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.