We'll Live Through the Long, Long Days and Through Long Nights.

A character study of a family on vacation. The emotional abyss and problems are behind the seemingly nice facade of an intact family as they experience guilt, love, and jealousy.

Runtime

1h 37m

Director

Stefan Krohmer, Petra Misovic

Cast

Martina Gedeck, Robert Seeliger, Svea Lohde

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family whi...

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Gurinder Chadha

Cast

Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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

The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil th...

Runtime

2h 42m

Director

David Lean

Cast

William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.

Runtime

2h 28m

Director

Andy Tennant

Cast

Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling