Between Calmness and Passion

A wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.

Runtime

1h 39m

Director

Brian De Palma

Cast

Cliff Robertson, Geneviève Bujold, John Lithgow

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Cast

Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Massimo Girotti

Six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley as American military personnel interact with a variety of Italian locals over eighteen months in the push north during the Italian Campaign of WWII as German forces retreat.

Runtime

2h 5m

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Cast

Carmela Sazio, Robert Van Loon, Benjamin Emanuel

In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives ta...

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Cast

Maggie Smith, Cher, Judi Dench

When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

James Ivory

Cast

Helena Bonham Carter, Julian Sands, Maggie Smith

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa