Praise of Death

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Martin Ritt

Cast

Sally Field, Ron Leibman, Beau Bridges

Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Mike Newell

Cast

Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm

On October 26, 1979, President Park Chung-hee, who had ruled South Korea since 1961, was assassinated by his director of intelligence. The film depicts the events of that night.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Im Sang-soo

Cast

Han Suk-kyu, Baek Yoon-sik, Song Jae-ho

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Roselyne Bosch

Cast

Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh

A biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant 1797 inva...

Runtime

7h 5m

Director

Abel Gance

Cast

Albert Dieudonné, Nicolas Roudenko, Edmond van Daële