Man on the Train
A man, Milan steps off a train, into a small French village. As he waits for the day when he will rob the town bank, he runs into an old retired poetry teacher named M. Manesquier. The two men strike up a strange friendship and explore the road not taken, each wanting to live the other's life.
Herostratus
When a young poet hires a marketing company to turn his suicide into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture.
Satan's Brew
A famous poet who hasn't written a word in two years unconsciously plagiarizes the work of Stefan George, while dealing with several mistresses, his dim-witted brother, and a murder investigation.
Benediction
Poet Siegfried Sassoon survived the horrors of fighting in the First World War and was decorated for his bravery, but became a vocal critic of the government's continuation of the war when he returned from service. Adored by members of the aristocracy as well as stars of London's literary and stage world, he embarked on affairs with several men as he attempted to come to terms with his homosexuality.
If I Were King
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.
The Eternal Breasts
Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.
The Beach Bum
An irreverent comedy about the misadventures of Moondog, a rebellious stoner and lovable rogue who lives large.
Mary Shelley
The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
Amour Fou
Heinrich wishes to conquer death through love, and when he meets Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance, she expresses interest in a suicide pact when she learns she has a terminal illness.
Lamya's Poem
An inspiring and timely tale about a 12-year-old Syrian refugee girl named Lamya. When she flees the violence of her country, she is given a book of poetry of the famous 13th-century Poet, Rumi. As the perils of her journey mount, the book becomes a magical gateway where she meets Rumi when he was a boy and also a refugee fleeing the violence of his time. In a shared dreamworld, they battle the monsters that follow them from their real world situations, and Lamya must help young Rumi find his calling and write the poem that 800 years later will save her life.
The Postman
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Kill Your Darlings
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
Lost Illusions
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Poet, singer / songwriter and ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his home about his life and times. The interview is interspersed with archive photos and exuberant praise and live perfomances from an eclectic mix of musicians, including: Jarvis Cocker, Rufus & Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, ANOHNI, The Handsome Family and U2's Bono and The Edge.
Barfly
Downtrodden writer Henry and distressed goddess Wanda aren't exactly husband and wife: they're wedded to their bar stools. But, they like each other's company—and Barfly captures their giddy, gin-soaked attempts to make a go of life on the skids.
The Libertine
The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.
Songs from the Second Floor
A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.
A Quiet Passion
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
The Tiger and the Snow
Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as Tom Waits sings. Vittoria travels to Iraq with her friend, Fuad, a poet; they are there with the second Gulf War breaks out. Vittoria is injured. Attilio must get to her side, and then, as war rages around him, he must find her the medical care she needs. In war, does love conquer all?
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Patrice Leconte
Director
Edith Scob
as
La soeur de Manesquier
Helen Mirren
as
Advert Woman
Volker Spengler
as
Ernst Kranz
Peter Chatel
as
Eugen
Kurt Raab
as
Walter Kranz
Harry Lawtrey
as
Bobby Andrews
Julian Sands
as
Chief Medical Officer
Ben Daniels
as
Dr. Rivers
Lia Williams
as
Edith Sitwell
Paul Newlan
as
Beggar
Darryl Hickman
as
Child
William Haade
as
Guy Tabarie
John Roy
as
Restraining Guard
Ryôji Hayama
as
Akira Ôtsuki
Yôko Sugi
as
Kinuko
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
as
Mrs. Shirakawa
Harmony Korine
Director
Martin Lawrence
as
Captain Wack
Zac Efron
as
Flicker
Isla Fisher
as
Minnie
Matthew McConaughey
as
Moondog
Haifaa Al-Mansour
Director
Elle Fanning
as
Maisie Williams
as
Isabel Baxter
Ben Hardy
as
John Polidori
Douglas Booth
as
Percy Shelley
Margaret Hayes
as
Queen Zarada
Don Diamond
as
Trooper Captain
Abraham Sofaer
as
Tutush
Christian Friedel
as
Heinrich
Vincent Krüger
as
Kaufmann 1
Hana Sofia Lopes
as
Older Sister
Katharina Schüttler
as
Sophie
Faran Tahir
as
Baha Walad
Raoul Bhaneja
as
Mr. Hamadani / Smuggler
Mena Massoud
as
Rumi
Michael Radford
Director
Maria Grazia Cucinotta
as
Beatrice Russo
Mariano Rigillo
as
Di Cosimo
Philippe Noiret
as
Pablo Neruda
Renato Scarpa
as
Telegrapher
Daniel Radcliffe
as
Allen Ginsberg
Michael C. Hall
as
David Kammerer
Elizabeth Olsen
as
Edie Parker
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as
Naomi Ginsberg
Gérard Depardieu
as
Dauriat
Edouard Michelon
as
Henri de Marsay
Cécile De France
as
Louise de Bargeton
Gary Carlos Cervantes
as
Cop
Mickey Rourke
as
Henry
Alice Krige
as
Tully
Faye Dunaway
as
Wanda Wilcox
Rosamund Pike
as
Elizabeth Malet
Kelly Reilly
as
Jane
Johnny Depp
as
Rochester
Tom Burke
as
Vaughan
Roy Andersson
Director
Keith Carradine
as
Father
Jodhi May
as
Susan Gilbert
Jennifer Ehle
as
Vinnie Dickinson
Benjamin Wainwright
as
Young Austin
Roberto Benigni
Director
Abdelhafid Metalsi
as
Dottore Salman
Jean Reno
as
Fuad
Noah Lee Margetts
as
Private Roadblock
Francesco De Vito
as
Valeri
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