Splendor
Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi (Troisi) and ushurette Chantale (Vlady). However, Jordan is finally forced to sell the Splendor to businessman Lo Fazio (Piperno), which plans to transform it in some kind of furniture store. When Jordan leaves the theater for the last time (the very first scene), he recalls the glorious days of Splendor and movies in general.
Darling
Diana, a beautiful but shallow and easily distracted model and failed actress, toys with the affections of several men while attempting to gain fame and fortune in Swinging London.
Killing Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth’s life and ministry were subject to seismic social and political events that led to his execution and changed the world forever.
A Dandy in Aspic
Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is none other than himself! Accompanying him on his mission is a ruthless partner, who gradually discovers his secret as Eberlin tries to maneuver himself out of a desperate situation.
The Garden
A nearly wordless visual narrative intercuts two main stories and a couple of minor ones. A woman, perhaps the Madonna, brings forth her baby to a crowd of intrusive paparazzi; she tries to flee them. Two men who are lovers marry and are arrested by the powers that be. The men are mocked and pilloried, tarred, feathered, and beaten. Loose in this contemporary world of electrical-power transmission lines is also Jesus. The elements, particularly fire and water, content with political power, which is intolerant and murderous.
Jinnah
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.
Zarafa
Inspired by the true story of the first giraffe to visit France, Zarafa is a sumptuously animated and stirring adventure, and a throwback to a bygone era of hand-drawn animation and epic storytelling set among sweeping CinemaScope vistas of parched desert, wind-swept mountains and open skies. Under the cover of darkness a small boy, Maki, loosens the shackles that bind him and escapes into the desert night. Pursued by slavers across the moon-lit savannah, Maki meets Zarafa, a baby giraffe – and an orphan, just like him – as well as the nomad Hassan, Prince of the Desert. Hassan takes them to Alexandria for an audience with the Pasha of Egypt, who orders him to deliver the exotic animal as a gift to King Charles of France.
Horsehead
Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy with Sean, her mentor and boyfriend, to try and understand the origin of her nightmares. Following the death of her maternal grandmother she hardly knew, Jessica reluctantly returns to the family home. Jessica then begins to wander in a nightmarish world inhabited by twisted versions of her family members. She gradually improves her skills as a lucid dreamer and investigates to solve the mystery that gnaws her and haunts the family home...
Baby Love
When her mother dies, her attractive young daughter hungry for love moves into the dead woman's house as a quest to seduce its tenants in her desperate search for love.
Hilary and Jackie
The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
Madame Sousatzka
In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenage Bengali immigrant who displays incredible talent. Manek forms a close bond with his teacher, but soon discovers that she expects her pupils to become disciplined in all areas of life, and not just behind the piano. As he struggles to meet the challenges, Manek must also deal with his mother, who vies with his teacher for his attention.
The Haunting of Margam Castle
A team of American parapsychologists travel to Wales to conduct a study of Margam Castle, one of the UK's most haunted buildings.
The Advocate
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country. However, he is soon drawn into amorous and political intrigues. At the same time, he is pushed to defend a pig, owned by the mysterious gypsy Samira. The pig has been arrested for the murder of a young boy.
The Best Offer
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
Scent of a Woman
An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.
The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak
A beautiful woman hires an intrepid adventurer to help find her father, who has disappeared in the jungle while searching for a rare and priceless butterfly. Along the way they run into cannibals, a race of Amazon warriors and all the usual attractions one would expect to find in a lost jungle.
The Krays
Twins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two become notorious crime lords who rule over the East End club scene. But at the height of their power, the brothers veer into different lives, giving the older crime bosses a chance to reclaim what the Krays took from them.
Anne of the Thousand Days
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the age of 23 by her cousin Elizabeth Tudor, the English Queen and her arch adversary. Nineteen years later the life of Mary is to be ended on the scaffold and with her execution the last threat to Elizabeth's throne has been removed. The two Queens with their contrasting personalities make a dramatic counterpoint to history.
That Night in Varennes
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
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Ettore Scola
Director
Marina Vlady
as
Chantal Duvivier
Vernon Dobtcheff
as
Don Arno
Marcello Mastroianni
as
Jordan
Paolo Panelli
as
Signor Paolo
John Schlesinger
Director
Brian Wilde
as
Willett
Akbar Kurtha
as
Asher
Rufus Sewell
as
Caiaphas
Emmanuelle Chriqui
as
Herodias
Laurence Harvey
Director
John Bird
as
Henderson
Peter Cook
as
Prentiss
Dawn Archibald
as
Tilda Swinton
as
Madonna
James Fox
as
Mountbatten
Christopher Godwin
as
Recruitment officer
Indira Varma
as
Ruttie Jinnah
Simon Abkarian
as
Hassan
Joe Ochman
as
Malaterre
Joe Sheridan
as
Doctor
Philippe Nahon
as
Priest
Timothy Carlton
as
Jeremy / The Admiral
Diana Dors
as
Liz / Luci's Mother
Marianne Stone
as
Manageress
Anand Tucker
Director
Charles Dance
as
Derek Du Pré
Celia Imrie
as
Iris Du Pré
Emily Watson
as
Jackie Du Pré
Twiggy
as
Jenny
Roger Hammond
as
Lefranc
Janine Duvitski
as
Woman
Garrick Hagon
as
Dean Michaels
Ian Holm
as
Albertus
Jim Carter
as
Mathieu
Colin Firth
as
Richard Courtois
Giuseppe Tornatore
Director
Amanda Walker
as
Owner
Jim Sturgess
as
Robert
Geoffrey Rush
as
Virgil Oldman
Lorenzo Piani
as
Stefania Spugnini
as
Candida
Alvaro Vitali
as
Vittorio
Bernadette Lafont
as
The Queen
Brent Huff
as
Willard
Roger Monk
as
Charlie Jnr.
Michael Elphick
as
George - Prisoner
Peter Jeffrey
as
Norfolk
Denis Quilley
as
Weston
Timothy Dalton
as
Henry, Lord Darnley
Trevor Howard
as
William Cecil
Michel Piccoli
as
King Louis XVI
Annie Belle
as
Prostitute with green stockings
Harvey Keitel
as
Thomas Paine
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