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Little Dorrit
6.5

Little Dorrit

Dec 11, 1987

Little Dorrit
1987 357 min 11 vues
A drama based on the novel by Charles Dickens which tells the story of Arthur Clennam who is thrown into a debtor's prison. There he meets a young seamstress whose father has been imprisoned for twenty-five years. A film in originally released in two parts.
Drama
Quartet
5.8

Quartet

Oct 25, 1981

Quartet
1981 101 min 31 vues
Marya et Stephan, jeune couple boheme, vivent dans l'insouciance du Montparnasse des annees 20. Jusqu'au jour ou Stephan se fait arreter pour recel d'oeuvres d'art. Marya est alors recueillie par un couple de mecenes anglais, bien connu des milieux artistiques.
Drama
A Shocking Accident
6.167

A Shocking Accident

Oct 01, 1982

A Shocking Accident
1982 25 min 6 vues
A Shocking Accident is a 1982 British short comedy film directed by James Scott, based on Graham Greene's short story by the same name. About a boy whose father is killed in Naples, when a pig falls on him as a balcony collapses. The incident haunts the boy through his later life until he meets a girl who understands his side of the story. The film won an Oscar at the 55th Academy Awards for Best Live Action Short and was nominated for BAFTA in 1983.
Comedy
The Marquise
1

The Marquise

Sep 07, 1980

The Marquise
1980 56 min 1 vues
The only period comedy written by Noel Coward. France, 1736. Two distinguished families are celebrating the engagement of their children. The young couple are putting on a brave face, but neither is happy. Adrienne, daughter of the Compte, is secretly in love with her father's penniless secretary, while Miguel, the Duke's son, has lost his heart to a dancer in Paris. An unexpected visitor arrives on the scene.
Le Fil du rasoir
6.318

Le Fil du rasoir

Oct 19, 1984

Le Fil du rasoir
1984 129 min 74 vues
Larry Darrell est de retour après la première Guerre mondiale, après avoir rompu ses fiançailles avec Isabel, il décide d'aller visiter l'Inde, et au Népal il trouve l'aide spirituelle d'un lama. A son retour, il retrouve Isabel et ses amis, mais tout le monde a changé...
Drama
Dutch Girls
4.4

Dutch Girls

Oct 18, 1985

Dutch Girls
1985 83 min 5 vues
In this sophomoric comedy, a lusty adolescent British hockey team heads for Holland where they find something far more interesting than tulips and windmills: gorgeous, lusty women. They are so busy pursuing romance that they forget all about their upcoming match.
Comedy
A Christmas Carol
7.4

A Christmas Carol

Oct 09, 1984

A Christmas Carol
1984 101 min 361 vues
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Drama
Priest of Love
5

Priest of Love

Oct 11, 1981

Priest of Love
1981 98 min 12 vues
Cette biographie retrace la fin de carrière tumultueuse de l'auteur D. H. Lawrence, qui cherche un endroit pour achever son chef-d'œuvre : L'Amant de lady Chatterley.
Drama
Chaleur et poussière
6.1

Chaleur et poussière

Jan 01, 1983

Chaleur et poussière
1983 133 min 35 vues
Jeune journaliste à la BBC, Anne Rivers est fascinée depuis toujours par le passé de sa tante Olivia, qui, dans les années 20, alors qu'elle avait épousé un haut fonctionnaire britannique en mission aux Indes, choisit de quitter son mari pour un prince indien, le Nawab de Khatm. Anne décide un jour de gagner l'Inde pour en savoir plus. Tandis que le destin tragique d'Olivia s'éclaire peu à peu - enceinte, mise au ban de la communauté britannique, elle disparut de la société avant de mourir dans l'oubli, Anne s'éprend à son tour d'un Indien, Inder Lal, dont elle attend bientôt un enfant. L'histoire semble se répéter...
Drama
The Shooting Party
6.6

The Shooting Party

Feb 01, 1985

The Shooting Party
1985 98 min 22 vues
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.
Drama
The Death of the Heart
1

The Death of the Heart

May 03, 1987

The Death of the Heart
1987 109 min 1 vues
A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.