Claire's Camera

The wife of a famous composer survives a car accident that kills her husband and daughter. Now alone, she shakes off her old identity and explores her newfound freedom but finds that she is unbreakably bound to other humans, including her husband’s mistress, whose existence she never suspected.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Florence Pernel

Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikołaj to smuggle him back to their homeland.

Runtime

1h 32m

Director

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Cast

Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Sofia Coppola

Cast

Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Robert Towne

Cast

Colin Farrell, Salma Hayek Pinault, Donald Sutherland

Lucas, a wealthy, 43 year-old divorced businessman, is irresistibly attracted to Elsa, a 38 year old renowned sculptor from whom he has commissioned a piece to decorate the reception at his office.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Pierre Jolivet

Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire, Vincent Lindon, François Berléand