The Last Tycoon
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is brought to life in this story of a movie producer slowly working himself to death.
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Dana Andrews, Donald Pleasence, Ingrid Boulting, Jack Nicholson, Jeanne Moreau, Peter Strauss, Ray Milland, Robert De Niro, Robert Mitchum, Tony Curtis
Satan Never Sleeps
A priest (William Holden) arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing…
The Death of Louis XIV
August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next days, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is…
Staycation
A married couple, on the brink of divorce, must spend a weekend alone to decide the rest of their lives.
Sycorax
Who is Sycorax? The first character in Shakespeare’s “Tempest” to set foot on the island. The problem is that she has no voice. She is barely mentioned by Prospero as…
Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis
True story of the sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, its crew’s struggle to survive the sharks and exposure, and the captain’s scape-goat court-martial.
Belle du Seigneur
English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen’s epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the Protestant wife of one of his employees.
Home of the Giants
A story about basketball and befriending. Gar is a High School journalist who, while covering the team to the state championship, is best friends with the teams’ main “Star” Matt…
Lorenzo’s Oil
Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7, until he started experiencing blackouts, memory lapses and other strange mental phenomena. Eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD—an extremely…
Great Yarmouth – Provisional Figures
October 2019, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk (UK). Three months before Brexit. Hundreds of Portuguese migrant workers pour into town, seeking work at the local turkey factories. Tânia (The Mother of the…
Lovely But Deadly
A cheerleader goes undercover to fight drug dealers because her brother OD’d and her fellow cheerleaders are hooked.