The Humble Servant

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

A gigantic investment project brings assistant Frank Schröder back to his home, the border triangle. Torn between appropriation, small-mindedness and rivalries, his plan for a major collaboration threatens to fail. But Schröder does not give up and manages to turn things around. But then his boss wants to go wolf hunting.

Runtime

1h 54m

Director

Michael Schorr

Cast

Peter Schneider, Karl-Fred Müller, Gitta Schweighöfer

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Danny Boyle

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet

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

Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Michael Winterbottom

Cast

Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Irrfan Khan