Unrequited Love

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Runtime

2h 34m

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Cast

James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon

A lyrical story about first love, death and disappointment, based on a poem of the same title.

Runtime

1h 26m

Director

Otakar Vávra

Cast

Jaromír Hanzlík, Július Vašek, Zuzana Cigánová

Rawang, an immigrant from Bangladesh living in awful conditions, takes pity on a Chinese man, Hsiao-kang, who is beaten up and left in the street. Rawang lovingly nurses him on a mattress he found. When he is almost healed, Hsiao-kang meets the waitress Chyi. His love for Rawang is put to the test.

Runtime

1h 58m

Director

Tsai Ming-liang

Cast

Lee Kang-Sheng, Norman Atun, Chen Shiang-Chyi

She and Her Cat details the life of a cat, entirely from the cat's perspective, as it passes time with its owner, a young woman.

Runtime

5m

Director

Makoto Shinkai

Cast

Mika Shinohara

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Runtime

1h 12m

Director

Charlie Chaplin

Cast

Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy