The Soul Keeper

The Soul Keeper 2003

6.60

Zurich, 1905. Nineteen-year-old Russian Sabina Spielrein is put by her parents in a psychiatric hospital, suffering from a severe form of hysteria and refusing to eat. A compassionate doctor, Carl Gustav Jung, takes her under his care and, for the first time, experiments with the psychoanalytical method of his teacher Sigmund Freud. Thus is born a sweeping story of love and passion, of body and soul, soaring to the utmost heights, but also plunging to the darkest depths of the 20th century.

2003

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 1961

7.61

A southerner in the American Civil War is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when the noose suddenly breaks. After he plunges into the water below, he must find a way to free himself, evade enemy forces and flee to safety.

1961

Woman of the River

Woman of the River 1954

5.80

When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.

1954

Le Bel Âge

Le Bel Âge 1960

5.30

Steph, Jean-Claude and Jacques work in a Parisian art shop, but they mainly work in the field of eroticism, which they conceive as a wide-ranging field of exercises and experiments.

1960

Girls of Today

Girls of Today 1955

6.50

Peppino Bardellotti, a widower, lives in Milan with his four daughters and ex sister-in-law Matilde, who urges girls to settle down by marrying a wealthy man.

1955

The Magnificent Adventurer

The Magnificent Adventurer 1963

6.00

Benvenuto Cellini knows no obstacles when it comes to creating a work of art or conquering the heart of a woman.

1963

Little Joseph

Little Joseph 1982

2.00

Joseph Galloudec seven years, lives in the eighteenth floor of a building in the Paris suburbs, between his mother Julia and her father Jean-Claude, a computer engineer and communist militant. His parents experiencing marital problems and his mother soon to give birth, he left for the summer holidays with his grandparents and three uncles, turbulent triplets. He discovers the castles of the Loire, Brittany and England. Upon his return, he met his sister Elisa, but her parents and tear her mother eventually left the home.

1982

In the Midst of Life

In the Midst of Life 1963

6.80

This Civil War anthology adapts three Ambrose Bierce stories "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "Chickamauga" and "The Mockingbird."

1963

Dear Alexander

Dear Alexander 1970

1

Alexandre obtains Bernadette's address through a marriage bureau. She invites him to a rendezvous, but because he thinks himself small and ugly he does not dare accept.

1970