Cry to Heaven

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough ...

Runtime

2h 16m

Director

Ang Lee

Cast

Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Ralph Thomas

Cast

Dirk Bogarde, Dorothy Tutin, Paul Guers

Despite mixed emotions, Frederick Winterbourne tries to figure out the bright and bubbly Daisy Miller, only to be helped and hindered by false judgments from their fellow friends.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Peter Bogdanovich

Cast

Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown, Cloris Leachman

In Naples at the end of the 19th century, Nicola Bellizzi dreams of becoming a lawyer. However, when he seeks the reason that people are reluctant to help him in his goals, he discovers that some of his blood relations are high-ranking members of the Mafia. He tries to break away from his family obligations, but falls into a life of cr...

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Pasquale Squitieri

Cast

Franco Nero, Claudia Cardinale, Fabio Testi

Episodes about different stages of relationships: from flirtation to falling out of love.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Martin Gypkens

Cast

Maria Simon, August Diehl, Stipe Erceg