Knots

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops close relationships with his long-term lawyer Julia and his friend Rosa, who tries to convince him that his life is worth living. Despite his situation, Ram...

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Alejandro Amenábar

Cast

Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Otto Preminger

Cast

Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Clifton Webb

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to choose between his wife and his lover, and a marri...

Runtime

2h

Director

Isabel Coixet, Tom Tykwer

Cast

Steve Buscemi, Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe

An idyllic voyage to Tahiti in 1789 turns a crew aboard the H.M.S. Bounty against its captain when they find a tropical paradise.

Runtime

2h 12m

Director

Roger Donaldson

Cast

Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day-Lewis

Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her...

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Leos Carax

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Grüber