Jean, a married 40-year-old filmmaker, and his young working class lover, Catherine, engage in a circular series of spectacular blow-ups and tentative reunions, their mutual desire a fire that burns them again and again.
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The people behind it
Marlène Jobert
Catherine
Jean Yanne
Jean
Harry-Max
Jean's Father
Jacques Galland
Catherine's Father
Macha Méril
Françoise
Christine Fabréga
Catherine's Mother
Muse Dalbray
Catherine's Grandmother
Maurice Risch
Michel
Patricia Pierangeli
Annie
Jordan White, a publisher friend of Perry, is called to a hotel where a guest, famous horror writer David Hall, has cleared out the hotel for a weekend and has called his "friends" - an actress, a fortune-teller, David's private assistant and the two remaining staff at the hotel to discuss business. They have come to the hotel as all of them are going to sue David over his new book - "The Resort" which characters are obviously based on Jordan and the guests. A practical joker, David plays tricks on them until he is thrown from the high tower of the hotel where Susan Warrenfield, the manager and owner of the hotel sees the fall and then Jordan at the tower causing the police to arrest Jordan. While Perry and Della try to solve the main mystery, Paul tries to find out who is trying to scare Susan away from the hotel. Could it really be a ghost or a more earthy visitor?
Dramatic fates of people hidden behind a theatrical mask.
A lyrical story from the beginning of 20th century, with the atmosphere of a small-town environment, distinctive characters, and a subtle analysis of human nature. It takes place in a small town in southern Bohemia, where a perceptive adolescent boy experiences his first emotional enchantment and a deep crisis. Helimadoe are also the initial letters of the names of the five distinctive daughters of Hanzelín, a rough country doctor who not only treats a seriously ill boy, but also helps him overcome his painful emotional turmoil with his wisdom.
A love story of two women who meet up in their late forties and attempt to retrieve the romance they had in their youth.
17-year-old serial romantic Molly has always been defined by her 26 unrequited crushes — safely contained, intensely felt, and never acted on. But when her twin sister Cassie falls in love, their close-knit world begins to shift and Molly is forced to confront what it means to grow up when everyone around her seems to be moving on.
Stories about parent-child relationships, fate, and the unknown forces that guide our steps unfold across several continents. A Japanese businessman wants to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned as a child and sets off with her on a journey to the Himalayas. Like him, a single mother in the Czech Republic receives a mysterious letter with important news. A painter and recovering alcoholic meets a beautiful woman and with her an unexpected opportunity for family life. A writer takes his friend and their inner demons on an expedition to the Indonesian jungle. A priest in New York has to deal with strange dreams, and an old man waits for his son to visit him in a remote place somewhere on the Baltic Sea coast. Each of the heroes faces a fundamental change in their lives, and their actions can influence the story of the others. Their separate journeys begin to intertwine and eventually merge into one great story of life.
In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gravely wounded political fugitive, putting himself and everyone living in his building complex in danger.
A nurse keeps a patient in a coma, but one day his wife and son visit him.
The girly but bloody otome game re-imagining of Lewis Carroll's classic fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with bishounen characters and added romance. A parody of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland where Alice is smart and non-doormatlike. In this story, Alice is not all what she seems. She is practical, strong, yet darkly cynical. Instead of the tradition story, Alice is kidnapped unwillingly by a mysterious (yet somewhat bishie-looking) man with bunny ears into a place call Heartland. Stuck in Heartland due to a trick by the mysterious bunny eared man, she meets the residents of this world. Along the way, Alice meets Blood, handsome mafia leader; Ace, the psycho yet charming knight and more…What should Alice do in such a world!? (Source: Manga Updates)
Nelly McDermott, the granddaughter of a prominent politician, loses her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, in a fiery boat explosion. When she's informed that he was murdered, Nell is compelled to find the killer by searching for the truth, with the help of a psychic, which could solve the mystery — or end her life.
Based on the spy novel of the same name by Jacques Futrelle.
The tale of the Venetian gondolier whose desire for revenge following a thwarted love affair leads him to Bohemia. The intricate plot also deals with destinies of other characters, who finally come together in a dramatic encounter at one time and in one place. In his role as screenwriter and director, Anton produced a highly accomplished version of Mácha’s work. He respected the original but was also able, along with the DoP Karel Kopřiva, to capitalise on the possibilities that the film medium offered. For the Venice prologue, the filmmakers exploited the photogenic qualities of the city – the narrow streets, the lagoons, gondolas and the sea – and they moved the set to the enigmatic Czech landscape around the castle of Kokořín.
The story of a young idealistic teacher and his struggle with a class of difficult students in a northern British Columbia school.
In 1647, the impoverished noble Václav Rynda shelters an imperial commissioner-only to learn the visitors are French agents plotting a Bohemian revolt against the Habsburgs.
Aisha thought she had found happiness with Arif, a figure who perfectly complemented her life. Making her not hesitate to remove all obstacles, even the most difficult ones, to prove how great her love was. In fact, the love that Aisha believed in not only gave her wings to fly high, but also dropped her from the highest place, taking her to wander the jungle without a clear goal. Making her ask, Have the decisions she has made so far been right? Where will her love find its estuary? Truly God is All-Good, the journey through Ningxia made Aisha realize that time is another form of His goodness. And the most important part is not the beginning, but the end. Always the end.
During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Hein Slotter, unpopular director of a pram factory, reluctantly agrees to celebrate his 25th anniversary. His only wish is that his successor and mentor, Slieps, gives a speech. Unfortunately Slieps is quite senile and only occasionally has a bright moment. Meanwhile, the party committee learns of a rumor concerning Slotter's younger days and plans to embarrass him during this festive occasion.
The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that she's 60 and owes her appearance to the cream. She's later killed and the formula missing. Her husband is arrested and Perry defends him.
Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum of drinking and drugs, falling into shocking acts of transgression.
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Clare and Aidan make a pact to break up before college — no regrets, no broken hearts. But will one epic goodbye date offer them a last chance at love?
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.
After spending the night together on the eve of their college graduation, Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, and sometimes not.
A troubled marriage is tested by the couple's involvement in a theatrical production of Racine’s Andromaque.
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
A fiery Spanish woman is about to marry a kind British man when she meets a Brazilian actor who ignites in her a flame of lust she can't ignore.
With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an unavailable friend with whom she embarks on an affair.
In Paris at night, a young aspiring filmmaker grapples with heartbreak after his girlfriend leaves him for his best friend. After a failed attempt to confront his friend, he wanders the streets and encounters a girl who has just been abandoned. Their paths cross at a party, bringing together two tormented souls.
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
Aza confronts her potential for love, happiness, friendship, and hope while navigating an endless barrage of invasive, obsessive thoughts.
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
When a romance between a widow and a notorious libertine takes an unexpected turn, Mademoiselle de Joncquières becomes instrumental to one lover’s plans for revenge.
Harvard Law student Oliver Barrett IV and music student Jennifer Cavilleri share a chemistry they cannot deny - and a love they cannot ignore. Despite their opposite backgrounds, the young couple put their hearts on the line for each other. When they marry, Oliver's wealthy father threatens to disown him. Jenny tries to reconcile the Barrett men, but to no avail.