Ie Naki Ko

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with two fanciful "instincts" guiding him as swooping bird-like acrobats initially menace, then delight. As an adolescent, he enters a desert, where a man spins a large cube of metal tubing. He leaves his instinct-guides behind, and enters ...

Runtime

39m

Director

Keith Melton

Cast

Ian McKellen, Nicky Dewhurst, Brian Dewhurst

A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Cast

Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell

Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age. The miserable girl finds solace with her new friend Kana, a young mother who helps Riyo accept her...

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Kayo Hatta

Cast

Youki Kudoh, Akira Takayama, Tamlyn Tomita

As a young woman, Tristana is orphaned and taken under the guardianship of Don Lope, a respected member of the community, who takes advantage of his innocent charge. When Tristana falls in love with artist Horacio, she must learn to be more assertive in order to achieve independence from her nefarious guardian, or her blossoming relati...

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Luis Buñuel

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero

Lola Montes, previously a great adventuress, is reduced to being the attraction of a circus after having been the lover of various important men.

Runtime

1h 56m

Director

Max Ophüls

Cast

Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook