The Swan

France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She doesn't pay any attention to her husband, who returned from the war because of his injury, and lives her own life. Abortions gradually begin to bring a good income...

Runtime

1h 48m

Director

Claude Chabrol

Cast

Isabelle Huppert, François Cluzet, Nils Tavernier

One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you? and "Where does the world come from?

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Erik Gustavson

Cast

Silje Storstein, Tomas von Brömssen, Andrine Sæther

Macabéa has just moved to the big city after her aunt, who raised her, died. She gets a job as a typist and moves into a boarding house with three other women. In her spare time, she listens to a radio station called Time; on Sundays, she likes to ride the metro. Then she meets Olímpico, a northeasterner like herself, who has dreams of...

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

Suzana Amaral

Cast

Marcélia Cartaxo, José Dumont, Tamara Taxman

Wanda, a dominatrix who runs an S&M gallery on the Hamburg waterfront, must choose between her lesbian lover and an American trainee.

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Monika Treut, Elfi Mikesch

Cast

Udo Kier, Mechthild Großmann, Carola Regnier

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing hi...

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Richard Rush

Cast

Elliott Gould, Candice Bergen, Robert F. Lyons