Les Nocturnes

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.

Runtime

2h 10m

Director

Jon Avnet

Cast

Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary-Louise Parker

Sophie, a quiet and shy maid working for an upper-class French family, finds a friend in the energetic and uncompromising postmaster Jeanne, who encourages her to stand up against her bourgeois employers.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Claude Chabrol

Cast

Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her.

Runtime

1h 43m

Director

Sam Garbarski

Cast

Marianne Faithfull, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović, Predrag Laković

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

Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Cristian Mungiu

Cast

Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov