A Man for All Seasons

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

July 1972 •English

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.

Carnage

September 2011 •English

Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.

Krapp's Last Tape

September 2000 •English

In Krapp's Last Tape, which was written in English in 1958, an old man reviews his life and assesses his predicament. We learn about him not from the 69-year-old man on stage, but from his 39-year-old self on the tape he chooses to listen to. On the 'awful occasion' of his birthday, Krapp was then and is now in the habit of reviewing the past year and 'separating the grain from the husks'. He isolates memories of value, fertility and nourishment to set against creeping death 'when all my dust has settled'.

Fool for Love

December 1985 •English

A woman is waiting in a motel for her boyfriend, when an old flame turns up and tries to take her back to the life she is trying to leave behind.

Beauty and the Beast

March 1979 •Czech

Julie, the youngest daughter of a bankrupt merchant, sacrifices her life in order to save her father. She goes to an enchanted castle in the woods and meets Netvor, a bird-like monster. As Netvor begins to fall in love with Julie, he must suppress his beastly urge to kill her.

Urbania

January 2000 •English

A series of urban legends take place around the life of a troubled man who is searching New York City for a mysterious stranger.

Maškaráda

August 1976 •Czech

Just Mercy

December 2019 •English

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

Our Mrs. McChesney

September 1918 •English

Mrs. Emma McChesney is a determined and successful traveling saleswoman for T. A. Buck's Featherbloom Petticoat Company. When Buck dies and his son, T. A. Buck, Jr., takes charge, the company suffers and Emma nearly accepts a job offer from Buck's rival, Abel Fromkin.

The Divorcee

January 1919 •English

Based on the 1907 play 'Lady Frederick' by W. Somerset Maugham, this tells the story of Betsy O'Hara in her pursuit of romance and love.

Niskavuoren Aarne

March 1954 •Finnish

Niskavuori's Aarne (Arne från Niskavuori) is a Finnish drama film from 1954. It is based on Hella Wuolijoki's play Niskavuori's Bread. In chronological order of the Niskavuori series, the film is the fourth. Aarne has married Ilona and left the house in Niskavuori, which he hosts, where his former wife Martta still lives, while the old mistress is holding the reins. Aarne and Ilona live in Helsinki, but Aarne has not been able to completely break away from Niskavuori, but keeps secretly in touch with the headmaster and gives instructions on the farm management.

Niskavuoren Heta

December 1952 •Finnish

Heta, the strong-willed daughter of the Niskavuori family, who is pregnant, marries Akusti, a farmhand, and remains bitter toward Santeria, who broke her heart. Heta and Akusti begin their life together on the modest Muumäki farm, where they are assisted by their loyal maid Siipirikko.

Loviisa – Niskavuoren nuori emäntä

December 1946 •Finnish

Strong women take care of the property while the men focus on chasing women.

Niskavuoren naiset

September 1958 •Finnish

A story of the conflict between the old and new orders of living.

Niskavuori taistelee

November 1957 •Finnish

The last black-and-white film in the Niskavuori series of movies.

Summer and Smoke

November 1961 •English

In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.

Why Must I Die

June 1960 •English

A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.

Wife! Be Like a Rose!

August 1935 •Japanese

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.

Sonatína pre páva

January 1979 •Slovak

Šesť postáv hľadá autora

January 1964 •Slovak