Search results for "Bille August"
To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema
IMDb: 6.8
100

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, “To Each His Own Cinema” brought together 33 of the world’s pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction

Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction

Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
IMDb: 5.8
95

When a self-appointed expert on love tries to teach a timid prince the art of seduction, the plan backfires, leading to scandal — and unexpected romance.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Silent Heart

Silent Heart

Silent Heart
IMDb: 7.1
98

The prestigious Danish filmmaker Bille August, winner of an Academy Award and two Palme d’Or in Cannes, returns with a highly personal drama. Three generations of a family gather over…

Genre: Drama
Goodbye Bafana

Goodbye Bafana

Goodbye Bafana
IMDb: 7.1
115

The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner’s name was Nelson Mandela.

Genre: Drama, History
Twist and Shout

Twist and Shout

Twist and Shout
IMDb: 7.4
107

Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
A Fortunate Man

A Fortunate Man

A Fortunate Man
IMDb: 7.2
162

On his quest for happiness, Per decides to leave Jutland and an upbringing in a strict religious home. He runs from his family and his patriarch father, and sets sail…

Genre: Drama
Marie Kroyer

Marie Kroyer

Marie Kroyer
IMDb: 6.3
103

Marie Krøyer is hailed as “the most beautiful woman in Europe” and leads a happy marriage life with her husband the great Danish painter P.S. Krøyer and an adorable daughter….

Genre: Drama
Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon
IMDb: 6.8
111

Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring…

Les Misérables

Les Misérables

Les Misérables
IMDb: 7.4
134

Jean Valjean, a Frenchman imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a police officer named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men’s lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of…

Smilla’s Sense of Snow

Smilla’s Sense of Snow

Smilla’s Sense of Snow
IMDb: 6.4
121

Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail…

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits

The House of the Spirits
IMDb: 6.9
140

A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.

Genre: Drama, Romance
55 Steps

55 Steps

55 Steps
IMDb: 6.9
115

55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right…

Genre: Drama
The Chinese Widow

The Chinese Widow

The Chinese Widow
IMDb: 6.1
97

It’s 1941 and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has destroyed America’s morale. The US President Franklin D. Roosevelt then decides to risk it all by bombing Tokyo and raise…

The Best Intentions

The Best Intentions

The Best Intentions
IMDb: 7.8
182

In this film about Ingmar Bergman’s parents, Henrik Bergman is studying for the priesthood and trying to make ends meet when he encounters the lovely, affluent Anna. Despite their social…

Genre: Drama, Romance