Sister Midnight

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small children), he discovers a community whose way of life is completely alien to him, but he gradually wins their trust.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Chen Kaige

Cast

Xue Bai, Wang Xueqi, Tuo Tan

An in-depth look at the lives and struggles of a fishing community living by the River Titas in Bangladesh after the Partition of India in 1947.

Runtime

2h 39m

Director

Ritwik Ghatak

Cast

Rosy Afsary, Fakrul Hasan Bairagi, Narain Chakraborty

For a long time, a group of friends have been on a yearly summer trip to Laholm. This year, they want to go somewhere else, at least everyone except Ulf, who force the others to join the trip - by saying he has cancer.

Runtime

1h 23m

Director

Mikael Syrén

Cast

Johan Glans, Vanna Rosenberg, David Batra

Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

Nicholas Ray

Cast

Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, Luther Adler

When Fred asked for Mary's hand in marriage, she thought she had the happy ending she only read about in fairy tales. Now it's 16 years later; Fred has had an affair, and Mary drowns her sorrows in pills and booze, a dangerous combination that nearly resulted in her death the year before. As Mary rushes off to the Bahamas for a relaxin...

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Richard Brooks

Cast

Jean Simmons, John Forsythe, Shirley Jones