The Life of Oharu

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships...

When Martin, a former GDR citizen, is released from jail, he lately becomes confronted with the consequences of the German re-unification.

Emmi Kurowski, a cleaning lady, is lonely in her old age. Her husband died years ago, and her grown children offer little companionship. One night...

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.

A group of German boys are ordered to protect a small bridge in their home village during the waning months of the second world war. Truckloads of...

The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.

Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks...

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution.

A depressing tale dealing with five women involved with prostitution and the effects it has on their love and family lives. High class or low class,...

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a...

As children in the loving Ekdahl family, Fanny and Alexander enjoy a happy life with their parents, who run a theater company. After their father...

A depiction of the life of an impoverished early twentieth century rural Bengali family.