Glass Skin

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion who...

Runtime

1h 10m

Director

Michael Winterbottom

Cast

Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Courtney Taylor-Taylor

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Runtime

2h 27m

Director

Tom Tykwer

Cast

Ben Whishaw, Simon Chandler, Alan Rickman

Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Michael Haneke, Rudolf Melichar

Cast

Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot

A group of actors putting on an interpretive Passion Play in Montreal begin to experience a meshing of their characters and their private lives as the production takes form against the growing opposition of the Catholic church.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Denys Arcand

Cast

Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening, Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Lorna and Jim have been married for a year but Lorna remains sexually unsatisfied. While he's at work, she is raped by an escaped convict, then becomes lustfully involved with him.

Runtime

1h 18m

Director

Russ Meyer

Cast

Lorna Maitland, James Rucker, Mark Bradley