My Blue-Lines

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

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Michael Apted

Cast

Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson

Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martin family so...

Runtime

2h 11m

Director

Chris Columbus

Cast

Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz

In the spring of 1944, in the Woëvre forest of Lorraine, a group of young maquisards takes in four German deserters. led by Saint-Brice is based in the Woevre forest. Lise, a nineteen-year-old girl, is their liaison officer. One evening, four German soldiers turn up as deserters. After a period of doubt, the maquisards agree to integra...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Georges Dumoulin

Cast

Richard Leduc, Marie-France Pisier, Siegfried Rauch

The film follows the exploits of Jacques, a car-mechanic turned pro-thief, and his Jewish co-conspirator Simon as their robberies, beginning well before the Second World War, take on a political coloration under the occupation.

Runtime

2h

Director

Claude Lelouch

Cast

Jacques Dutronc, Marlène Jobert, Jacques Villeret