The Desert Ark

In the winter of 1959, a single mother and her young daughter arrive in a rural French town, where they open an unusual chocolate shop that disrupts the moral fiber of the strictly Catholic townsfolk and mayor.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Lasse Hallström

Cast

Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Judi Dench

For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side t...

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

Yves Robert

Cast

Jacques Dufilho, Yvette Etiévant, Michel Galabru

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Damien O'Donnell

Cast

Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ian Aspinall

In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.

Runtime

3h 1m

Director

Norman Jewison

Cast

Chaim Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Runtime

1h 55m

Director

Richard Fleischer

Cast

Neil Diamond, Laurence Olivier, Lucie Arnaz

In the UK suburbs, an underground tournament is set to challenge twelve fighters from different backgrounds to compete for the price of £500,000. They have been handpicked for a no-holds barred competition that will push each fighter to their limit. Each fighter has their own reason for competing, and each will give everything they've ...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Mark Strange, Nathan Lewis, Joey Ansah

Leung is the bodyguard of a Chinese Triad boss, Wong, to whom his loyalty is unrivaled. Living in Hong Kong, Wong requests that his bodyguard travel to the UK to protect a young British woman, whose true identity is known only by Wong himself. Even Wong's son, Yuen, is kept in the dark, which leads to a betrayal that threatens to destr...

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

Chee Keong Cheung

Cast

Vincent Sze Cho-Lam, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa