Sylvia Barter

6.625

Emma

Oct 02, 1996

Emma

1996 107 min 124 vues

Orpheline de mère, seule auprès d'un père en mauvaise santé, Emma Woodhouse, désormais la maîtresse de maison, s'est mis en tête de marier Harriett Smith, une jeune fille qu'elle a recueillie chez elle. Ce faisant, ne s'est-elle pas attribué un rôle qui n'est pas (ou pas encore) pour elle ? Son inexpérience des cœurs et des êtres, ses propres émotions amoureuses, qu'elle ne sait guère interpréter ou traduire, lui vaudront bien des déconvenues et des découvertes...

Comedy

6.9

Les Ombres du cœur

Dec 25, 1993

Les Ombres du cœur

1993 131 min 269 vues

Les amours de C. S. Lewis, brillant professeur d'Oxford et auteur à succès et d'une jeune romancière juive américaine qui va déconcerter ce célibataire endurci.

Drama

6.6

L'Amour en larmes

Jun 21, 1991

L'Amour en larmes

1991 108 min 23 vues

Lilia s’ennuie en Angleterre depuis que son mari est mort : en ce début de XXème siècle, les conventions y sont rigides, et la morale sourcilleuse. Lilia est jeune, elle veut s’amuser et oublier, et décide donc d’entreprendre un voyage en Toscane en compagnie de son amie Miss Abbott. Là-bas elle y rencontre Gino, archétype du séducteur italien, qui lui manifeste rapidement sa flamme. Une passion partagée les décide à se marier et à avoir leur premier enfant, contre l’avis des Herriton, sa belle-famille. Ce que Lilia ignore, c’est qu’un destin tragique l’attend, qui va tout bouleverser…

Drama

1

Paying Guests (Part 1)

Oct 01, 1986

Paying Guests (Part 1)

1986 60 min 1 vues

Spend some time in the company of the guests at 'Wentworth' - all taking the waters except for the Colonel and Miss Howard, who has some leisure for the beginnings of a late romance. Gossip, bicycle rides, rounds of golf, bridge in the evenings and preparations for the charity concert all make time pass most pleasantly - don't they?

Drama

1

Paying Guests (Part 2)

Oct 02, 1986

Paying Guests (Part 2)

1986 60 min 1 vues

Miss Howard's exhibition of water-colours at the Green Salon falters but then takes off. The season at 'Wentworth' is now drawing to a close, peoples' plans for the winter unfold. Florence, for the first time in her life, refuses to go off with her selfish old father. Miss Howard has some momentous news, and the Colonel must make a very brisk about-turn.

Drama

5.7

Absolute Hell

Oct 05, 1991

Absolute Hell

1991 120 min 3 vues

Black comedy set in Soho, London, right after World War II. Half of the fun is seeing a slew of very familiar faces kick up their heels as gay men, lesbians, party-girls, drunks, and drag queens. Originally aired as part of the anthology series "Performance."

Comedy

1

Love Lies Bleeding

Jul 12, 1977

Love Lies Bleeding

1977 137 min 1 vues

Theo and Rowena are giving a dinner party - but outside their house a death occurs. Drama set against the backdrop of a dinner party. The guests are a mixture of the stupid and intelligent, imaginative and unimaginative. One of them is a major politician. However, outside the comfort of the party... is death.

6.3

Separate Tables

Jan 01, 1983

Separate Tables

1983 112 min 5 vues

Two one-act plays explore love and loneliness. In "Table by the Window" an aging fashion model contrives a reunion with her ex-husband, a politician ruined by scandal, and their passion is rekindled. In "Table Number Seven" a meek woman harbors a secret love for a man accused of fraud and sex offenses, forcing her to take a stand for the first time in her life.

Drama

1

The Stretch

Jun 25, 1973

The Stretch

1973 75 min 1 vues

Everyone always looked after Maureen. But her husband comes home after two years in prison and finds she has grown up and he's not ready for the change.

Drama

7.3

Lovejoy

Dec 04, 1994

Lovejoy

1994 min 48 vues

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.

Comedy

6

Justice

Aug 16, 1974

Justice

1974 min 2 vues

Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.

Drama

8

The Main Chance

Jul 11, 1975

The Main Chance

1975 min 2 vues

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.

Drama

7.6

Secret Army

Dec 22, 1979

Secret Army

1979 min 10 vues

World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistance and hiding from the Gestapo.

Drama

6

Performance

Mar 21, 1998

Performance

1998 min 1 vues

An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances.

Drama