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Directed by Bille AugustOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Historical,
Crime,
RomanceActors Liam Neeson,
Geoffrey Rush,
Uma Thurman,
Claire Danes,
Toby Jones,
Hans MathesonRating73%
Jean Valjean (Liam Neeson), a man arrested for stealing bread nineteen years earlier, is released on parole. When no one is willing to allow a convict to stay the night, Bishop Myriel (Peter Vaughan), kindly welcomes him into his home. Valjean explains to Myriel that sleeping in a real bed will make him a new man. In the night, Valjean, interrupted by Myriel while stealing his silverware, strikes him and flees. When the police arrest Valjean, Myriel tells them that the silverware was a gift and scolds Valjean for forgetting to take his candlesticks as well. Myriel then reminds Valjean that he is to become a new man., 1h58
Directed by Bille AugustGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Sven Wollter,
Reine Brynolfsson,
Jonas Falk,
Dag MalmbergRating68%
Martin Fischer is successful composer. During a rehearsal for an upcoming concert he makes contact with first-violinist Barbara Hartman. During the concert, and Barbara and Martin flirts a lot with each other, although they are both married and have adult children. After the concert, they meet out back. She feels ill, and he says that he will follow her home. They stop at his hotel and goes inside, kisses, and Barbara says she loves him. Somewhat later, she tells her two adult children that she is going to separate from the children's father. Phillip, the son becomes very angry, while her daughter Karin is more indulgent. The film jumps to Barbara's honeymoon with Martin in Morocco. After they return home, Martin experiences amnesia, and is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease., 1h57
Directed by Bille AugustOrigin BelgiqueGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about racism,
Political filmsActors Dennis Haysbert,
Joseph Fiennes,
Diane Kruger,
Mehboob Bawa,
Terry PhetoRating70%
The young revolutionary Nelson Mandela is arrested, and it is the task of censor James Gregory to watch him. He has long since moved to South Africa with the family for his work in the prison of Robben Island, and slowly he clashes with the politics and racist culture of his countrymen and the people of his own race. Gregory begins to express hatred for South African apartheid. In time, Gregory challenges his superiors, and seeks to improve Mandela's life until he is released from prison after twenty-seven years of imprisonment, and is elected president of South Africa., 5h33
Directed by Bille AugustOrigin SuedeGenres Drama,
RomanceActors Pernilla August,
Samuel Fröler,
Max von Sydow,
Gustaf Hammarsten,
Lennart Hjulström,
Ghita NørbyRating76%
Henrik Bergman is a student of theology who comes from a poor family. On the other hand, the family of his best friend Ernst Åkerblom is wealthy. Although Henrik is in a relationship with Frida, a waitress, he falls in love with Ernst's sister Anna Åkerblom. Anna's family doesn't consider him fit to join the family, so he stays with Frida. Some years later, Anna's father is deceased, Anna suffers from tuberculosis and Henrik has finished his studies. Now the wedding can take place. Anna follows her husband to a small village in the north of Sweden. Their different characters and his low income cause constant tensions between them. When he turns down a job offer for a prestigious position in Uppsala, the situation exacerbates., 2h20
Directed by Bille AugustOrigin GermanGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy-drama,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Politique,
Films about sexuality,
Transport films,
Rape in fiction,
Rape and revenge films,
Political films,
Films about Latin American military dictatorshipsActors Meryl Streep,
Glenn Close,
Jeremy Irons,
Winona Ryder,
Antonio Banderas,
Vanessa RedgraveRating68%
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A young woman, Blanca Trueba (Winona Ryder), arrives at a house with an old man and the young woman starts remembering her life.
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Directed by Bille AugustOrigin SuisseGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Crime,
RomanceActors Jeremy Irons,
Christopher Lee,
Bruno Ganz,
Mélanie Laurent,
Martina Gedeck,
Jack HustonRating67%
Walking over a bridge in Bern, Raimund Gregorius, a Swiss professor of ancient languages, notices a young woman in a red coat standing on the railing, about to leap. Dropping his briefcase, he runs and pulls her down. She helps him gather the papers that have spilled from his briefcase and accompanies him to the school where he teaches. But instead of waiting to talk, she leaves during the middle of his class, without her coat., 2h37
Directed by Bille AugustOrigin DanemarkGenres DramaThemes Films about alcoholism,
Films about children,
Films about immigration,
La précaritéActors Max von Sydow,
Erik Paaske,
Björn Granath,
Astrid Villaume,
Axel Strøbye,
Sofie GråbølRating76%
Based upon the famous 1910 novel of the same name by Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexø, the film is set in the late 1850s and early 1860s. A boat filled with emigrants from Sweden arrives at the Danish island of Bornholm. Among them are Lasse Karlsson and his son Pelle who have moved to Denmark from Skåne County, in southern Sweden, to find work after the death of Pelle's mother. They find employment at a large farm, but find themselves treated as the lowest form of life. It is only as Pelle starts to speak Danish that he begins to gain in confidence, but is still discriminated against as a foreigner. But neither boy nor father is willing to give up their dream of finding a better life than that which they left in Sweden., 1h55
Directed by Bille AugustOrigin GermanGenres DramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films set in psychiatric hospitalsActors Helena Bonham Carter,
Hilary Swank,
Jeffrey Tambor,
Tim Plester,
Michael Culkin,
Jonathan KerriganRating69%
L'histoire vraie d'une amitié et complicité féminines entre deux femmes que tout oppose. Avocate des droits des patients, Colette Hugues devient l'avocate d'Eleanor Riese, une patiente schizophrène de l’unité de psychiatrie d’un hôpital de San Francisco. Ensemble, elles vont se lancer dans une bataille juridique pour améliorer le traitement des malades mentaux maltraités et laissés-pour-compte dans les hôpitaux. En parallèle, Eleanor va tout faire pour transformer la vie bourgeoise et trop rangée de Colette., 1h38
Directed by Bille AugustOrigin DanemarkGenres DramaThemes Medical-themed filmsActors Ghita Nørby,
Morten Grunwald,
Paprika Steen,
Jens Albinus,
Danica Curcic,
Pilou AsbækRating70%
A family of three generations gather over a weekend to say goodbye to Esther (Ghita Nørby) who suffers from an incurable disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and with the help of her husband Poul (Morten Grunwald) has chosen to pursue euthanasia when the weekend is over. But as the end approaches, the mother's decision becomes more and more difficult to handle for the daughters Heidi (Paprika Steen) and Sanne (Danica Curcic), and old conflicts come to the surface.