
The Given Word
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint...
Zé is a very poor man whose most prized possession is his donkey. When his donkey falls terminally ill, Zé makes a promise to Saint...
A depiction of life in wartime Britain during the Second World War. Director Humphrey Jennings visits many aspects of civilian life and of the...
This documentary short examines the special train on which mail is sorted, dropped and collected on the run, and delivered in Scotland on the...
In the time of the "cangaceiros" in the badlands of the Northeast of Brazil, the cruel Captain Galdino Ferreira and his band abduct the schoolteacher...
A woman marries a gambler, thinking she could straighten him up, but he loses all their assets, even their own house, and tries to commit suicide....
Arlindo works delivering the clothes that his wife washes. During a working day, he finds a customer's cat, who offers a reward to whoever returns...
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
Tico-Tico no Fubá is a 1952 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adolfo Celi and starring Anselmo Duarte. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes...
A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money...
Esther goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William, who then takes off with his employer's...
Drama-documentary, reconstructing a real incident in which a trawler got into difficulties in a North Sea storm. Released 7th March 1938.
An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the...
The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.
Comedy in 4 segments. In "Arroz e Feijão" (Rice and Beans), owner of a boarding-house seduces her young countryboy tenant. In "As Três...
As the subtitle of the film suggests - The Story of a Post Card from Manchester to Graffham - this journey is very much focused on the process of...
Based on Erico Verissimo's masterpiece, O Sobrado follows the Terra-Cambará family during the siege imposed to their house by enemies due to...
In 1836 Brazil, a hawker arrives in a small village in the State of Rio Grande do Sul to avenge the death of a friend. He becomes friends with an...
Focuses on the work of the Air Transport Auxiliary or ATA. By 1941, literally hundreds of RAF fighters and bombers needed to be flown each day...
A man who's memorized his town's telephone directory tries his luck on a TV Show. But a small group of people who control the bettings in town try to...
A small town is taken upside down when an inventor finds a way to turn bones into gold.
In Sao Paulo , young Sergio works in a bank in which her rich uncle is the president. Using his name to borrow money, Sergio takes a...
About English photographer Chick Fowle. Statements by Anselmo Duarte, Leonardo Vilar, Marlene França, Vanja Orico. A film about directors,...
A woman, who believes she has a curse, sees an engineer die in an accident while building a bridge. Considering two men who were courting her...