Kohtalokkaassa auto-onnettomuudessa Julie menettää miehensä, maineikkaan säveltäjän, ja 5-vuotiaan tyttärensä. Elämä näyttää tyhjät kasvonsa. Julie muuttaa Pariisiin jossa hän yrittää unohtaa kaiken ja aloittaa uuden elämän. Mutta hän ei pääse eroon miehensä musiikista. Patricen työtoveri Olivier tarjoutuu viimeistelemään keskeneräisen konserton, vaikka Julie ei pidä ajatuksesta. Tie itsenäiseen elämään ja vapauteen ei ole helppo. Väritrilogian ensimmäisessä osassa Kieslowski pohtii ihmisen ikuista vapaudenkaipuuta. Pääosan näyttelee upeasti Juliette Binoche.

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.

Veronikan kaksoiselämä (ransk. ""; puol, "Podwójne życie Weroniki") on puolalaisen Krzysztof Kieślowskin 1991 ohjaama elokuva. Sen käsikirjoittivat Kieślowski ja Krzysztof Piesiewicz, pääosassa esiintyy Irène Jacob ja musiikin sävelsi Zbigniew Preisner.Filmi merkitsi Kieślowskille siirtymistä työskentelemään Puolan ulkopuolelle.

A receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei forms a fleeting friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die.

Valkoinen, Kieslowskin väritrilogian keskimmäinen osa kertoo tasa-arvosta. Onko sitä ja missä? Puolalainen kampaaja Karol ja ranskalainen valokuvamalli Dominique ottavat avioeron. Dominique voittaa oikeudenkäynnin ja Karol menettää kaiken; kampaamon, rahat ja ennen kaikkea Dominiquen rakkauden. Pariisin metrossa Karol tapaa maanmiehensä, joka järjestää hänet matka-arkussa takaisin Puolaan. Entinen kotimaa elää kommunismin jälkeistä sekasortoa jossa kaikki liiketoimet ovat mahdollisia, monet laittomatkin. Äkkirikastunut ja katkera Karol alkaa hautoa kostosuunnitelmia.

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?

A painter in Amsterdam receives flowers from a mysterious admirer, while a hitman and cop find themselves in conflict.

E. M. Forsterin romaaniin perustuva lempeän ironinen tarina nosti amerikkalaisen James Ivoryn ja intialaisen Ismail Merchantin elokuvat suuren yleisön tietoisuuteen. Nuori Lucy lähtee 1800-luvun englantilaisneitien tapaan sivistysmatkalle Eurooppaan. Tyttöä pitää hanakasti silmällä vanhapiikaserkku, joka kauhistelee italialaiseen hotelliin ilmestyvää boheemia Georgea ja tämän isää.

A group of kids grow up on the short, wrong (east) side of the Sonnenallee in Berlin, right next to one of the few border crossings between East and West reserved for German citizens. The antics of these kids, their families, of the "West German" friends and relatives who come to visit, and of the East German border guards, all serve to illustrate the absurdity of everyday life on the Sonnenallee, and therefore throughout the former East Germany.

The 42 year long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

Huippunäyttelijöiden siivittämässä elokuvassa joukko erilaisia ihmisiä etsii rakkautta Los Angelesissa. Odottamattomat tarinat nivoutuvat yhteen, ja päähenkilöiden elämä ja käsitys itsestään muuttuvat.

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 1899 play "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.

Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.

A train travels across Italy toward Rome. On board is a professor who daydreams a conversation with a love that never was, a family of Albanian refugees who switch trains and steal a ticket, three brash Scottish soccer fans en route to a match, and a complaining widow traveling to a memorial service for her late husband who's accompanied by a community-service volunteer who's assisting her. Interactions among these Europeans turn on class and nationalism, courtesy and rudeness, and opportunities for kindness.

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement. Her final gesture of taking a ring off her finger signals she is leaving her previous life in Holland behind. She goes to Ireland, where she chooses to lead a solitary, wandering existence, striding through the austere landscapes of Connemara. During her travels, she discovers a house that is home to a hermit, Martin.

In a small town in post-WWII France, 16-year-old Janine tries to improve her conditions by any means necessary. Three people—Michel, a married lover; Raoul, a fellow thief; Mauricette, a photographer she meets in prison—will help her learn from her mistakes.

During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the Onmyoji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within the order leads to betrayal. Now, Seimei (Mansai Nomura), a talented member of the clan, must face down his master, Doson (Hiroyuki Sanada), in the hopes of restoring peace to the kingdom.

The secret warriors of feudal Japan were the ninja. Sent on impossible missions, the ninja were trained to work in shadows, gather information and defeat the enemy to build a world of peace. Akakage, Aokage, and Asuka are rookie ninjas under the tutelage of Shirokage. Their life is a series of perilous missions that entail intrigue, deception and intimidation.