Drama from the Old Life

In the mid-19th century, California, a Mexican territory, became part of the United States. Faced with the possibility of being dispossessed of his land by the new authorities, Don César de Echagüe, a Spanish nobleman, asks his son César, a capricious and insufferable fop, for help.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Mario Camus

Cast

Jose Coronado, Nigel Davenport, Ramón Langa

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventur...

Runtime

1h 33m

Director

Jiří Menzel

Cast

Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Roger Kumble

Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Cast

James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

Runtime

2h 18m

Director

Roman Polanski

Cast

Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon