Even today, Mathias Kneißl (1875-1902) is considered a national hero in the collective memory of Bavaria. During his lifetime, he was the most wanted criminal in Bavaria and even Prince…

A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.

In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the praise he receives is only due to…

Best friends Deco and Naldinho co-own a cargo boat in Brazil’s Salvador da Bahia. They give a ride to a sultry prostitute named Karinna, and soon both men fall prey…

Set in 1890s North Wales over a long, hot August weekend, the Victorian calm of a household is suddenly upset with the arrival of a London couple who impose their…

A legendary French singer, missing for years and presumed dead, returns with no memory, his face hidden, his voice unmistakable. The woman who never stopped loving him clings to hope,…

A misunderstood villager seeks remedy to protect his late father’s settlement in post-modern times, when all of his wicked and proud neighbors lay a snare under each other. The villager…

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.

A drunken, self-destructive woman called Betty wanders into a Parisian bar where she meets middle-aged alcoholic Laure. Laure decides to take care of Betty. Recovering in a hotel room, Betty…

Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are…

Zeb finds a doll and a ring in a garbage can. Then, he sees Ann going to work with her friend Babs. He thinks she looks like the doll. When…