A Day in the Country

In the second of Rohmer's moral tales, he examines the relationship between two friends and a girl who at first appears easily exploited. It is a complex tale of feelings and misconceptions, acted out within the head of the main character, …

A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His b…

The story of a man whose life was ruthlessly crippled by World War II. His wife and daughters were killed during the bombing of his village, he spent some time as a prisoner, and his only son was killed in action only a few days before the …

A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

In search of inspiration and new topics, the famous metropolitan writer Kim Yesenin goes to the province. Unexpectedly for himself, he discovers that here people live very differently than in the world familiar to him. By chance, he witness…

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash-land in the Himalayas, where they are rescued by the inhabitants of the hidden, idyllic valley of Shangri-La. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the c…

Jacques Lantier, en plaget jernbanemand, vender tilbage med toget til den franske havneby Le Havre og møder ved et tilfælde den impulsive stationsforstander Roubard og Séverine, hans kone.

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into …

To skopudsdrenge i efterkrigstidens Rom, Italien, sparer op for at købe en hest, men deres involvering som narre i et indbrud fører til, at de havner i ungdomsfængsel; Oplevelsen tager en ødelæggende pris på deres venskab.

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

Året er 1882. Wyatt Earp er sammen med sine tre brødre James, Virgil og Morg i færd med at drive en flok kvæg over prærien. En aften tager Wyatt, Virgil og Morg til den nærliggende by Tombstone for at få sig et glas øl og en barbering. Tomb…

When a romance between a widow and a notorious libertine takes an unexpected turn, Mademoiselle de Joncquières becomes instrumental to one lover’s plans for revenge.

I centrum står den underskønne og livskloge Garance, som er omsværmet af den drømmende mimiker Baptiste, den ambitiøse skuespiller Frederick og forbryderen Lacenaire. Både Baptiste og Frederick arbejder ved Funambules teater, hvor de håber …

Paris, 1960. Jean-Louis Joubert lever en rolig, men også småkedelig bourgeoise-tilværelse med sin kone, der nok sværger til selskabslivets lyster, men som ellers sætter en dyd i den perfekte orden indenfor hjemmets fire vægge. Arbejdet på k…

I løbet af nogle dage udspilles på et gods en handling, der afspejler tiden, dvs. slutningen af 30'erne. En gruppe aristokrater leger med kærligheden og livet på randen af afgrunden, og dette spil har sin parallel i et tilsvarende, omend mi…

En gruppe ungdomskriminelle lever et voldeligt liv i Mexico Citys berygtede slumkvarterer; blandt dem den unge Pedro, hvis moral gradvist korrumperes og ødelægges af de andre.

Macho-Harry får hjælp af en kvindelig makker Kate til at opklare kidnapningen af byens borgmester. Harry går under cover og deler flade ud i store mængder, mens Kate hjælper til fra stationen. Makkerparret opdager, at borgmesteren bliver ho…

Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.