, 1h45 Directed byAndrew Birkin OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ThemesFilms about families, Films about sexuality ActorsAndrew Robertson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alice Coulthard, Sinéad Cusack, Hanns Zischler, Jochen Horst Roles Jack Rating69% The film begins with Jack, a narcissistic 15-year-old boy, helping his father, a smoker with a persistent cough, unload large bags of cement to resurface the garden path of their post-war era prefab house. Despite being told to come straight home from school to help with the work the next day, Jack stops by the remains of a torn-down prefab to smoke a cigarette and read a pornographic magazine he has hidden there. When he comes home, he excuses himself to go to the toilet, where he proceeds to masturbate. As he is doing so, his father collapses from a heart attack and dies.
, 2h48 Directed byJohn Schlesinger OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Historical, Romance ThemesFilms about the labor movement ActorsJulie Christie, Terence Stamp, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, Fiona Walker, Prunella Ransome Roles Andrew Randle Rating71% Set in the rural West Country in Victorian England, the story features Bathsheba Everdene (Julie Christie), a beautiful, headstrong, independently minded woman who inherits her uncle's farm and decides to manage it herself. This engenders some disapproval from the local farming community. She employs a former neighbour, Gabriel Oak (Alan Bates), to be her shepherd; rejected by her as a suitor, Gabriel lost his own flock of sheep when one of his dogs drove them over a steep cliff. Ignoring Gabriel's love, Bathsheba impulsively sends a valentine to William Boldwood (Peter Finch), a nearby gentleman farmer. When he misinterprets her capriciousness and proposes to her, Bathsheba promises to consider his offer. But she becomes enamoured of Frank Troy (Terence Stamp), a dashing cavalry sergeant.