Posts Tagged ‘period-piece’

Anna Karenina (1997)

Monday, May 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Marceau, Sophie | Bean, Sean | Molina, Alfred | Kirshner, Mia | Fox, James | Shaw, Fiona | Huston, Danny | Law, Phyllida | Schofield, David | Wickham, Saskia | Hall, Jennifer | Calder-Marshall, Anna | Shelokhonov, Petr | Braddell, Valerie | Buggy, Niall
Directors: Rose, Bernard
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Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets under social pressures. Anna is hopelessly begging Mr. Karenin for a divorce, but he wants to keep the mother of their child. She has another baby born from her lover Vronsky. Conflict between her untamed desires and painful reality causes her a depression…

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller
Countries: France | Germany | Spain
Actors: Whishaw, Ben | Albiol, Francesc | Cunill, Gonzalo | Salvany, Roger | Herrera, Andrés | Chandler, Simon | Calder, David | Felix, Richard | Minichmayr, Birgit | Wilson, Reg | Boisgontier, Catherine | Casas, Núria | Gramaje, Carlos | Thomas, Sian | Smiley, Michael
Directors: Tykwer, Tom
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of eighteenth century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world’s finest perfumes. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Monday, May 5th, 2008
Genres: Crime | Musical | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Depp, Johnny | Bonham Carter, Helena | Rickman, Alan | Spall, Timothy | Baron Cohen, Sacha | Wisener, Jayne | Campbell Bower, Jamie | Kelly, Laura Michelle | Sanders, Ed | Head, Anthony | Bowles, Peter | Burford, Ian | Harbour, Michael N.
Directors: Burton, Tim
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Based on the 19th century legend of Sweeney Todd and the hit Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin with the help of a sailor, Anthony Hope. He opens a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett’s Meat Pie Shop were she sells “the worst pies in London.” With the help of Mrs. Lovett, Todd tries to rid of all the people who have ever done him wrong and hopes to be reunited with his daughter, Joanna, who is now Judge Turpin’s ward.

Emma (1996)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Paltrow, Gwyneth | Cosmo, James | Scacchi, Greta | Cumming, Alan | Hawthorne, Denys | Thompson, Sophie | Northam, Jeremy | Collette, Toni | Byron, Kathleen | Law, Phyllida | Woodall, Edward | Miley, Brett | Capron, Brian | Westwood, Karen | Williamson, Paul
Directors: McGrath, Douglas
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Emma is a very beautiful young woman who decides to devote her life in finding the right mate for the people around her. But, her cause will come to contestation when she will find love in the face of a much sought after man.

Bounty, The (1984)

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Drama | History
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Gibson, Mel | Hopkins, Anthony | Olivier, Laurence | Fox, Edward | Day-Lewis, Daniel | Hill, Bernard | Davis, Philip | Neeson, Liam | Kaa, Wi Kuki | Vernette, Tevaite | Brown, Philip Martin | Chandler, Simon | Terris, Malcolm | Adams, Simon | Sessions, John
Directors: Donaldson, Roger
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The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.

River Queen (2005)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: New Zealand | UK
Actors: Morton, Samantha | Sutherland, Kiefer | Curtis, Cliff | Morrison, Temuera | Lesser, Anton | Paratene, Rawiri | Rea, Stephen | Kaa, Wi Kuki | Ruka, Mark | Reweti, Tyson | Putu, Grayson | Passfield, Nathan | Douglas, Laura Coyte | Ranginui, Julie | Lakshman, Brandon
Directors: Ward, Vincent
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An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah (Samantha Morton) and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between British and Maori during the British colonisation of New Zealand.

Pride & Prejudice (2005)

Saturday, October 20th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France | UK
Actors: Knightley, Keira | Riley, Talulah | Pike, Rosamund | Malone, Jena | Mulligan, Carey | Sutherland, Donald | Blethyn, Brenda | Blakley, Claudie | Morand, Sylvester | Woods, Simon | Reilly, Kelly | MacFadyen, Matthew | Torrens, Pip | Whiteside, Janet | Matthews, Sinead
Directors: Wright, Joe
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The story is based on Jane Austen’s novel about five sisters - Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia Bennet - in Georgian England. Their lives are turned upside down when a wealthy young man (Mr. Bingley) and his best friend (Mr. Darcy) arrive in their neighborhood.

Nanny McPhee (2005)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: France | UK | USA
Actors: Thompson, Emma | Firth, Colin | Macdonald, Kelly | Imrie, Celia | Jacobi, Derek | Barlow, Patrick | Staunton, Imelda | Sangster, Thomas | Lansbury, Angela
Directors: Jones, Kirk
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Mr. Cedric Brown (Colin Firth) has just lost his wife and is now left with his seven children who misbehave so much that all the nannies have run away. Now he is told by a mysterious voice that he should get Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson) who is a magical woman with special powers.

Mask of Zorro, The (1998)

Friday, May 4th, 2007
Genres: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Western
Countries: Mexico | USA
Actors: Letscher, Matt | Chaykin, Maury | Banderas, Antonio | Tavira, José María de | Hopkins, Anthony | Sieres, Diego | Guerra, Emiliano | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Orisaga, Yolanda | Morayta, Paco | Marquez, William | Wilson, Stuart | Amendola, Tony | Altamirano, Pedro | Huertas, Luisa | Fernández Cruz, María | Fernández Cruz, Mónica
Directors: Campbell, Martin
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In early 19th century California the masked swordsman hero Zorro was a champion of the people against the tyranny of Spanish rule, represented by the ruthless Governor Montero. Unfortunately, on the eve of his greatest triumph, the liberation of California, Montero learns of Zorro’s secret identity as Don Diego de la Vega and attacks the rebel in his home leaving him imprisoned, his wife dead and his daughter abducted to be claimed as the child of Montero. Twenty years pass, and Montero returns to California intent on a foul plan to bring it under his total control. Upon learning of his return, Don Diego escapes from his long imprisonment and prepares for his revenge. Part of it involves the training of an orphan who helped him as a boy to become his successor. Together, the two must prepare to do battle with Montero and his American henchman to save California and reunite with Diego’s lost daughter. So once again, the enemies of freedom and justice in California must fear of the man who leaves the mark of the Z.

Original Sin (2001)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Countries: France | USA
Actors: Banderas, Antonio | Jolie, Angelina | Jane, Thomas | Thompson, Jack | Itzin, Gregory | Mackie, Allison | Pringle, Joan | Richards, Cordelia | Haven, James | Armendáriz Jr., Pedro | Martínez, Mario Iván | Porter, Harry | Torre Laphame, Fernando | Vega, Shaula | Owen, Lisa
Directors: Cristofer, Michael
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Can love release our true self? A wealthy Cuban coffee exporter, Luis Vargas, advertises for a US wife; Julia Russell, from Delaware, sends her photograph, but the woman who steps off the ship is much lovelier. Luis marries her immediately and gives in to love. But Julia may not be who she claims: first a private eye shows up on behalf of Julia’s sister, then the sister herself. By now, Luis has given has wife access to bank accounts, and when she runs with his cash, he pursues her, with the help of Downs, the P.I., perhaps to kill her. Pursuit may be part of a con game as well, and Julia’s past explains some, if not all, of what remains of the story. A priest hears her confession.