A writer named Algernon (but called Harry by his friends) buys a picture of a boat on a lake, and his obsession with it renders normal life impossible.
What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
Servant, The
A decadent London aristocrat hires a man-servant to attend to his needs. However, the balance of power starts to shift...
Girl Who Knew Too Much, The
A tourist witnesses a murder and finds herself caught up in a series of bloody killings.
Fire Within, The
Alain Leroy is a suicidal recovering alcoholic who decides to visit his friends in Paris one last time in an attempt to find a reason to continue living.
Silence, The
Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic inability to communicate among the three seems only to worsen during their stay. Anna provokes her sister by enjoying a...
Winter Light
A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.
Lilies of the Field
An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by...
Ro.Go.Pa.G.
This consists of four short films by different directors. Rosselini's 'Chastity' deals with an attractive air hostess who receives the unwelcome attentions of a middle aged American. Godard's 'New World' illustrates a post-apocalypse world the same as the pre-apocalyptic one but for an enigmatic change in attitude in most...
Youth of the Beast
When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence.
Child is Waiting, A
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Clark's stern training methods....
