Agnes of God

Maryland

July 2022 •English

Two women named Mary -- both recently sexually assaulted by the same man -- meet at the police station and enter into the world that victims of assault have to endure, guided by a police constable and his colleague. As the action unfolds, it is commented on by the Furies -- a chorus of murdered women seen and heard only by the viewer. Flashes of wit and humour temper a dark and difficult subject.

1,000 Roses

September 1994 •Dutch

In a small, unnamed European town the entire population depends upon the local, ailing factory. When American investors arrive, prosperity fever infects the residents.

Rose Bernd

October 1919 •German

An adaptation of the Gerhart Hauptmann play of the same name. A young farmer's daughter is used and abused by the men in her life.

Cyrano z Bergeracu

December 1971 •Czech

Mad to Be Normal

April 2017 •English

The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London in the 1960s.

The Limehouse Golem

October 2016 •English

A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.

Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

September 1986 •Finnish

A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.

The Trial of Mary Dugan

February 1941 •English

Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his defense lawyer acts wrongly against them, and is replaced by a young lawyer, the brother of the accused

Teresa

November 2015 •Spanish

A new vision of the figure of Saint Teresa through the eyes of a young woman of our day who reads one of the main works written by the saint, The Book of Life.

The Maggie dela Riva Story (God... Why Me?)

July 1994 •Tagalog

The 1967 story of young rising actress Maggie De La Riva's abduction and rape, and the trial against her 4 abductors.

O Adrienu

January 1919 •Czech

Paper Sleeve

August 1993 •Czech

The title character of this somewhat bitter comedy is Klára Zárubecká, a saleswoman at a train station buffet, a resolute and energetic woman who, with enviable enthusiasm, attempts to restore her family's reputation and thus ensure a happy future for her younger brother. In her everyday life, when Klára forces her customers to buy kittens, rejects a persistent admirer nicknamed Funebrák, and saves money for a large, albeit somewhat neglected villa, her stepbrother Fanda arrives with his girlfriend Erika, and her stepfather Viktor arrives with his mistress, wanting to borrow money from her, as he has done so many times before.

Friend of the Friendless

October 2020 •English

Law professor Chris Gallivan examines the career of one of our country's best defence lawyers, Greg King. Through the lens of King's most sensational case – the defence of Ewen Macdonald for the murder of Scott Guy - Gallivan also raises serious questions about the state of criminal justice in New Zealand today.

In Bed with Victoria

September 2016 •French

Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who's struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend's wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.

Los habitantes de la casa deshabitada

January 1946 •Spanish

In a dark and stormy night, Raimundo's car suffers a breakdown, so he and Gregorio, his chauffeur, must try to ask for shelter in the only nearby house, a sinister mansion, of those that seem inhabited by ghosts.

The Iceman Cometh

November 1960 •English

Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."

Why Did Alija Alijagic Shoot

January 1974 •

The reconstruction of assassination of Milorad Draskovic, then-minister of internal affairs in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, that took place on July 21, 1921 in Delnice, Croatia. This TV drama uses authentic recordings from the trial that resulted in death by hanging of Alija Alijagic, the man who shot one of the government's chief ministers.

The Country Cousin

November 1919 •English

The Country Cousin

The Great Trial

December 1961 •

Kids from the same block hold a court trial to local cat who ate their canary.

The Burial

October 2023 •English

When a handshake deal goes sour, funeral home owner Jeremiah O'Keefe enlists charismatic, smooth-talking attorney Willie E. Gary to save his family business. Tempers flare and laughter ensues as the unlikely pair bond while exposing corporate corruption and racial injustice.