Veronika and Boris come together in Moscow shortly before World War II. Walking along the river, they watch cranes fly overhead, and promise to rendezvous before Boris leaves to fight. Boris misses the meeting and is off to the front lines, while Veronika waits patiently, sending letters faithfully. After her house is bombed, Veronika moves in with Boris' family, into the company of a cousin with his own intentions.
A collection of magical tales based upon the actual dreams of director Akira Kurosawa.
Famed swordsman and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is in love with his cousin Roxane. He has never expressed his love for her as he his large nose undermines his self-confidence. Then he finds a way to express his love to her, indirectly.
The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La Belle Noiseuse. And he wants Marianne as model.
Neljä vuotta eronsa jälkeen Ahmad matkustaa Teheranista Pariisiin sinetöimään eropaperit ranskalaisen vaimonsa Marien kanssa. Lyhyen vierailunsa aikana Ahmad havaitsee Marien ja tämän tyttären Lucien välien tulehtuneen. Ahmadin yrittäessä parantaa tilannetta paljastuu yllättäen salaisuus menneisyydestä.
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Opettaja yllyttää lahjakasta oppilasta jatkamaan tarinoidensa kirjoittamista vaikka tietääkin, että tämän tutkimusmenetelmät ovat kyseenalaisia.
Ranskalaisen elokuvan suurin seksisymboli Brigitte Bardot ja uuden aallon radikaalein älykköohjaaja Jean-Luc Godard tekivät vuonna 1963 yhdessä häikäisevän kauniin elokuvan, joka kertoo halveksunnaksi muuttuvasta rakkaudesta, avioliiton hajoamisesta ja elokuvien tekemisestä.Elokuva perustuu Alberto Moravian romaaniin Keskipäivän aave (Il disprezzo, 1954). Suomessa elokuvaa on esitetty aiemmin myös nimellä Sen täytyi tapahtua.
Kevin Costner palaa valkokankaalle kiisteltynä general managerina Sonny Weaverina, joka ei aina noudata pelin sääntöjä. Vuoden tärkeimpiin kuuluvana siirtopäivänä hänen yksityiselämänsä ja uransa joutuvat törmäyskurssille, ja hän yrittää pelastaa joukkueensa, työpaikkansa ja elämänsä. Up in the Airista Oscar-ehdokkuuden napannut tuottaja on tehnyt koskettavan elokuvan, jossa suurimmat voitot eivät ole aina tärkeimpiä.
Chet Baker oli 1950-luvulla yksi maailman tunnetuimmista trumpetisteista. Hän oli West Coast jazzin pioneeri ja palvottu hahmo. Vuosien huumeiden väärinkäytön seurauksena hänen uransa ja henklökohtainen elämänsä oli 1960-luvulla jo lähes loppumassa. Born To Be Blue sijoittuu noihin 60-luvun vuosiin ja kertoo Ethan Hawken tähdittämänä Chet Bakerin tarinan faktaa ja fiktiota luovasti yhdistämällä.
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
While her husband is on his way to the market, a peasant woman is raped and murdered. Her widower carefully plans his revenge.
In the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir, son of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.
Henri Serin (Jean-Pierre Marielle), an umbrella salesman, leads a quiet life between his work, his family and his passion for painting. During his many business trips, Henri indulges in a few amorous escapades, which provide a welcome change from the tiresome daily routine his bigoted wife locks him into. One fine day, Henri decides to drop everything and live on love and fresh water. He ends up in Pont-Aven, where he meets Émile, a local painter imitating Gauguin, with whom he shares his drinking and other feminine attractions..
Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...
Nounours is the nickname of a "cousin" an informer with a special arrangement with the police: he gets 10% of the drugs seized thanks to his help. When his personal contact, inspector Maurin, commits suicide, inspector Gérard Delvaux takes over. Meanwhile, judge Lambert is uncovering the illegal practices of the policemen. Her persistent investigations, which had cornered Maurin, are leading to Gérard, and also to Nounours as the source of heroin that led to recent cases of deadly overdoses. Nounours promises Gérard increasingly bigger catches which he is intent on realising before he is forced to reveal who Nounours is to judge Lambert.
In 1911, a willful and determined man from peasant stock named Charles Saganne enlists in the military and is assigned to the Sahara Desert under the aristocratic Colonel Dubreuilh.
Detective Yvonne is the widow of police chief Santi, a local hero in a town on the French Riviera. When she learns he was in fact a crooked cop, she tries to right his wrongs. Crossing paths with Antoine, a victim of Santi, sets off a series of wild events.
An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
A gang of vicious outlaws lead by the crazed Black Burt Keller abduct Jessica Colby and decide to flee to Mexico. Shrewd bounty hunter Django and saintly roving gunslinger Sartana join forces to rescue the poor lass from the gang's vile clutches.