The Immortal Story
An aged, wealthy trader plots with his servant to recreate a maritime tall tale, using a local woman and an unknown sailor as actors.
Genre: Drama
Director: Orson Welles
Actors: Fernando Rey, Jeanne Moreau, Norman Eshley, Orson Welles, Roger Coggio
Barbs, Wastelands
After the Carnation Revolution the peasants in the Alentejo region occupied the huge proprieties where they were once submitted to the power of their masters. The protagonists of this film,…
A Promise
A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband’s teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their…
From Evening Till Morning
During the German occupation of Estonia a young mother finds a Red Army soldier hiding in the hay in her barn.
I Am Michael
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
Staying On
A british colonel and his wife decide to remain in India after the departure of the British raj in the 1940s.
Sophie’s Choice
Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she…
Farhana
Farhana, a devout Muslim woman and mother in a middle class family, with her family’s consent, takes a call center job . Although the job gives Farhana freedom, it also…