Girls! Girls! Girls!
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This is just for fun (and my personal use/future reference). My humble wish is to see as many as possible such films. What can I say, I *like* girls!
ALL the films with FEMALE first names in/as the title (ONE word only though) I've ever seen. And those I haven't seen yet but would like to.
Caution (for possible readers)! This will take me ages to compile. My memory is faulty (and gettting worse by the day).
From A to Z!
(And then in rough chronological order when necessary.)
With my humble rates for the ones I've seen.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
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Also, films *listed* at IMDb but the new (improved, LOL) search function can't find them for this list (as of yet):
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Notes:
N/S = not seen
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
DVD = DVD viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
This is just for fun (and my personal use/future reference). My humble wish is to see as many as possible such films. What can I say, I *like* girls!
ALL the films with FEMALE first names in/as the title (ONE word only though) I've ever seen. And those I haven't seen yet but would like to.
Caution (for possible readers)! This will take me ages to compile. My memory is faulty (and gettting worse by the day).
From A to Z!
(And then in rough chronological order when necessary.)
With my humble rates for the ones I've seen.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
...
Also, films *listed* at IMDb but the new (improved, LOL) search function can't find them for this list (as of yet):
...
Notes:
- Features, documentaries, shorts and TV movies are eligible.
- TV series (mini or otherwise) are NOT.
- Female nicknames (as titles) also included.
N/S = not seen
Cinema = cinema (big screen) viewing
TV = TV viewing
PC = download
OL = online viewing
VHS = VHS viewing
DVD = DVD viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsCarol SpeedWilliam MarshallTerry CarterA marriage counselor becomes possessed by a demon of sexuality when her father-in-law, an archaeologist and an exorcist, accidentally frees it while in Africa.N/S.
- DirectorDaniel MannStarsSusan HaywardDean MartinWilfrid Hyde-WhitePolitical drama about a honest but naive gubernatorial candidate who is manipulated by his corrupt campaign manager and is forced to temporarily cede power to his wife, a woman of integrity despite her shameful past.N/S.
- DirectorMilutin KosovacStarsZoja OdakAleksandar BercekAdi KaralicA married woman unsuccessfully tries to find a job in order to provide a better life to her son.OL. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMircea VeroiuStarsGeorge MotoiMarina ProcopieValeria SeciuN/S.
- DirectorEduardo MignognaStarsEulàlia RamonGrégoire ColinMartin LamotteBolivia, 1945. Two murders have been committed in Hotel Central, the inhospitable meeting point of the mixture of indigenous, Creole and European people who live in San Jacinto, a city of despair. Adela, the attractive owner's wife, blames Maria, one of the servants. But Timar, a young traveler, finds out some information that suggests a very different truth. In an oppressive atmosphere, where escaping seems to be the only thing that matters, Timar will struggle between his feelings for Adela and the injustice of convicting an innocent person. The risk of it is losing the few values he still has; the reward, experiencing love at its most.N/S.
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.StarsAnita LindaJason AbalosJoem BasconAdela celebrates her 80th birthday in the slums of Manila. Alone and without support, she longs for the family and stability of years gone by. Mundane events take on heightened meaning as Adela gauges her life against those of the sea of humanity.N/S.
- DirectorFrantisek VlácilStarsPetr CepekEmma CernáJan VostrcilIn the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to confront the stress between his love and his conscience when he discovers her sheltering her German-soldier brother.OL. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorIrene DelmonteBradley J. LincolnStarsAndrea FantauzziSeth Andrew MacchiJeffrey StaabDuring the Holocaust, a young Jewish girl flees from the grasp of the Gestapo and finds herself stranded on an abandoned farm.N/S.
- DirectorMargarida GilStarsAna MoreiraIsabel RuthBruno BravoAdriana looks for a man who do beget a child and thus ensure the seed on the island she lives with her father.N/S.
- DirectorAndy OstroyStarsSara BareillesRobert John BurkeNathan FillionAs the muse of Hal Hartley's indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the indie film firmament.N/S.
- DirectorYakov ProtazanovStarsYuliya SolntsevaIgor IlyinskyNikolai TsereteliEngineer Mstislav Sergeyevich Los travels to Mars where he leads a popular uprising against the ruling group of Elders with the support of Queen Aelita who has fallen in love with him after watching him through a telescope.OL. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorMilko LazarovStarsMikhail AprosimovFeodosia IvanovaSergei EgorovIn the far north, Sedna and Nanook dream of bringing back their family together. After Sedna's death, Nanook walks a long way to find his daughter Ága, who ran away years ago.N/S.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsDustin HoffmanVanessa RedgraveTimothy DaltonIn December 1926, Agatha Christie's husband asks for a divorce. She leaves her car and goes missing for 11 days. She books into a hotel as Mrs. Neele. A US reporter looks for her and investigates.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKrisztina DeákStarsEszter ÓnodiBabett JávorPiroska MógaThis film is about the relationship of a mother and her daughter, the split-up of their family, the blessing and curse of belonging together and about coming of age - all this from the perspective of the young girl Aglaja. The story is based on real-life events, an Eastern European circus artist family that fled to the West. If they want to stay in the circus business they have to make up an exotic act. The mother spends all their money to buy a very dangerous act: hanging by her hair high up in the dome of the circus while juggling with burning torches. Every night Aglaja is terrified by the fear of losing her mother. But, on some day, she has to follow the family tradition and become the "Woman with the Hair of Steel".TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorEgill EðvarðssonStarsMaria EllingsenBaltasar KormákurEgill ÓlafssonAgnes, the beautiful housekeeper of the sheriff of a small Icelandic county sees a chance to get herself and her young daughter away from her brutal employer when she falls in love with the local homeopathic doctor. When she moves in with him, however, she discovers another side to him when his lechery makes him several enemies amongst the other townsfolk.N/S.
- DirectorFerenc OroszÁgnes PappStarsZsolt HorváthDóra LekliFerenc OroszThe struggles of a young adult woman, Agnes, who's trying to lead a decent life, while taking care of her mentally ill brother, Attila. When given an opportunity to change her life entirely, and realizing her long forgotten dreams of a musical career, Agnes finds herself reconsidering her life, and her connection to her brother, taking the first steps on a path of self-discovery and facing a moral dilemma.N/S.
- DirectorJohannes SchmidStarsOdine JohneStephan KampwirthSonja BaumWALTER (41) is planning on writing a book about German entrepreneurs. On a spring day he meets the physics student AGNES (28). He is fascinated by her extreme attitude towards life. After reading some of his short stories, Agnes proposes that he writes a story about her. Their love story already begins on their first date. But after a while, Walter gets irritated, because Agnes follows the picture he draws of her in real life. Events turn over and Walter discovers that there can only be one ending to his story - but this ending could cost him their relationship and it could also cost Agnes' life.N/S.
- DirectorTomasz Emil RudzikStarsKarolina GorczycaHildegard SchmahlLorenzo NedisThe story of a driven, hard-boiled woman, who, through the love of a 16-year-old boy, finds the strength to turn her back on violence and finally stop running.N/S.
- DirectorClemente FracassiStarsRenata TebaldiEbe StignaniGino BechiAida, featuring the actress Sophia Loren, is a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. The plot revolves around the character Radames who falls in love with what he thinks is a slave in a country his armies has conquered. The young woman is actually the daughter of the leader he ousted.OL. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSophie FillièresStarsHélène FillièresAndré DussollierEmmanuelle DevosA chance meeting with Aie,a waitress with a strange name, will drive a 50 years old neurotic man Robert crazy.N/S.
- DirectorFrank BerryStarsLetitia WrightJosh O'ConnorLorcan CranitchWhile caught for years in Ireland's immigration system Aisha Osagie develops a close friendship with former prisoner Conor Healy. This friendship soon looks to be short lived as Aisha's future in Ireland comes under threat.N/S.
- DirectorLuigi Filippo D'AmicoStarsAkiko WakabayashiPierre BriceMarisa MerliniThe quaint life of Ottavia, a widow living in Rome, is turned upside down when a young and pretty Japanese girl knocks at her door, claiming to be the daughter of her late husband, an Italian military officer who went to Japan on a secret mission during WWII and reportedly killed in action there. At first Ottavia is upset by knowing of her husband's affair in Japan, and suspicious of the girl whose "exotic" habits and manners arouse the curiosity of the whole neighborhood. Pretty soon however Ottavia and her neighbors are conquered by the good-natured Akiko, who soon finds a job as tourist guide (it's the year of the Olympic Games, and tourists are flocking to Rome from everywhere including Japan). But Akiko must beware of young Italian men.N/S.
- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsMiki IrieTeruko HasegawaYoko MatsushitaFollows Ako, a 16-year-old Japanese girl, as she spends time working in a bakery and going out with her friends.N/S.
- DirectorAnahí BerneriStarsSofía Gala CastiglioneDante Della PaoleraDana BassoA young Buenos Aires mother finds employment as a sex worker and struggles to live under the same laws that are supposed to protect her.N/S.
- DirectorAna Cristina BarragánStarsMacarena AriasPablo Aguirre AndradeAmaia MerinoAlba, an 11 year old girl, has to move to her father's house due to her mother's illness. She barely knows him and sharing time with him at home feels weird. Both are shy, both feel lonely but they can't find a way to approach each other.N/S.
- DirectorDaniel SayerStarsJon FosterMarija SkaricicTwo old friends, with shared experiences, likes and dislikes, meet again at a house party in an English garden town. From a situation in which nothing can happen, anything is possible again.N/S.
- DirectorJosé Benavides hijoStarsArturo de CórdovaSara GarcíaAnita BlanchA baby girl is abandoned in front of the residence of a well-off family. She'll be brought up by the owner of the house and her son, without knowing that the baby is actually his daughter.N/S.
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsGalina VishnevskayaVasily ShevtsovRaisa GichaevaAn elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her grandson at his army camp inside Chechnya.TV. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorSasa RadojevicStarsMilutin MilosevicTatjana VencelovskiJelena SusnjarAleksandra falls in love with her mother's lover. Romance develops in two parallel directions. The focus is instability of one's identity, which serves as a metaphor of contemporary age.N/S.
- DirectorBarbara VekaricStarsTihana LazovicGoran MarkovicSebastian CavazzaAleksi is a disaffected 28-year-old who ignores her pressing responsibilities by following her impulses with various men.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorDaniel di GradoStarsHelena Af SandebergJohan EhnUlrika EllemarkWhen Alena arrives at her new elite boarding school, Filippa and the other girls start to harass her. But Alena's best friend Josefin won't let her take anymore beating. If she won't strike back, Josefin will do it for her. Hard.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorGabriel BenattarStarsAnne ConsignyAlain FromagerDenis ManuelA quiet young English girl named Alice finds herself in an alternate version of her own reality after chasing a white rabbit. She becomes surrounded by living inanimate objects and stuffed dead animals, and must find a way out of this nightmare- no matter how twisted or odd that way must be.N/S.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsMia FarrowWilliam HurtJoe MantegnaA spoiled Manhattan housewife re-evaluates her life after visiting a Chinatown healer.PC. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSylvie BallyotStarsAnne BargainLei DinetyVioleta FerrerAlice is suffering from the upcoming marriage of her older sister Manon as they've shared a unique togetherness since their childhood.N/S.
- DirectorJosephine MackerrasStarsEmilie PiponnierMartin SwabeyChloé BorehamAlice, a happy and perfect wife and mother, has her life turned upside down when she discovers her husband is living a secret life.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKrystin Ver LindenStarsKeke PalmerCommonJonny Lee MillerA slave in the antebellum South escapes her secluded plantation only to discover a shocking reality that lies beyond the tree line.N/S.
- DirectorWim VerstappenStarsWilleke van AmmelrooyHugo MetsersBob VerstraetenAlicia, the attractive young wife of Willem-Jan, seems to have the perfect life: she is the mother of a beautiful daughter and son and her husband has an important position at the Algemene Bank Nederland. But Alicia is bored.N/S.
- DirectorJacek BromskiJerzy GruzaStarsSophie BarjacJean-Pierre CasselSusannah YorkAlice falls in love with a jogger called Rabbit.N/S.
- DirectorGiorgio PastinaStarsGina LollobrigidaAmedeo NazzariOtello TosoA woman takes her ill husband's place in a smuggling ring and steals the heart of his partner.N/S.
- DirectorCarole LaganièreStarsPhilippe VolterVéronique Quinn ChasleDominique LeducThe jealousy of Aline, a girl, with regard to her father's friend.N/S.
- DirectorValérie LemercierStarsValérie LemercierSylvain MarcelDanielle FichaudWith the support of her family and the man she loves, the 14th child of a modest family will become the most famous singer in the world.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDiego RougierStarsJaviera ContadorFernando LarraínNicolás CabréAlma is a funny bipolar woman that kicks her husband out of the house because he is tired of her illness. He will do everything it takes to get her back.N/S.
- DirectorKristín JóhannesdóttirStarsSnæfríður IngvarsdóttirEmmanuelle RivaKristbjörg KjeldAfter having witnessed her father's brutal murder, three-year-old Alma and her mother fled their war-torn homeland and settled in Iceland. Now, 25 years later, Alma is serving time in a psych ward for murdering her boyfriend, a crime she can't remember. But when she discovers the boyfriend is still alive, Alma decides to escape and kill him after all.N/S.
- DirectorLiliane de KermadecStarsIsabelle HuppertDelphine SeyrigMarc EyraudThe unsuccessful Swiss artist Aloïse Corbaz finds work at the court of the German emperor and gets infatuated. Showing frank symptoms of insanity she is hospitalized.N/S.
- DirectorRex MillerMeet Althea Gibson, the first African American to play and win at Wimbledon and the U.S. Nationals.N/S.
- DirectorJay LeeStarsJade DornfeldAmara ZaragozaJames DuvalAfter accidentally knocking her best friend off a roof, Alyce is haunted by guilt and delves into a brutal nightmare wonderland of sex, drugs and violence, her mind tearing itself apart along with anyone else who gets in her way.N/S.
- DirectorBoris BarnetStarsNatalya OvodovaIrina ZarubinaVasiliy ShukshinSet in 1955 when many migrated from Russia to the Steppes of Kazakhstan, this is the trip back to the Canal from the frontier and farms by a number of people who tell their settler stories. Alenka Muratova (Ovodova) is a winsome 13 year old who talks Dmitry Prokovich, the chief mechanic for the Soviet, into giving up his seat in the truck to a young mother with her infant daughter. Then Alenka and Dmitry share the back of the open truck with a young woman, newly graduated dentist who has not been able to find a position, Stefan, a hitchhiker with a dog who hopes his upper-class wife will return to him and the countryside, and Vasselina Petrovolka, a woman who lost one of her twin daughters in a riding accident by the river shortly after they arrived, and now is returning to tell the other twin of her sister's fate. A warm hearted look at common folks traveling in the frontier.N/S.
- DirectorEnrique García VellosoStarsSusana Larreta y QuintanaLuis García LawsonJorge QuintanaIt is a mute Argentine film released in 1914, according to novel of Jose Marmol. Its importance has to do with that it was the first feature film produced in Argentina.N/S.
- DirectorLuis Moglia BarthStarsHerminia FrancoFloren DelbeneMiguel Gómez BaoThe romance between Amalia Sáenz -a widow living in Buenos Aires- and the young Unitarian Eduardo Belgrano.N/S.
- DirectorCarlos Coelho da SilvaStarsSandra Barata BeloCarla ChambelRicardo CarriçoThe story of singing legend Amália Rodrigues who ruled the famous Portuguese acoustic guitar and vocals based music genre called fado.TV. 7.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorOmar Rodriguez-LopezStarsJacquelin ArroyoVerina BanksVictor BonevaA woman becomes obsessed with her ex lover's lover.N/S.
- DirectorMikhaël HersStarsVincent LacosteIsaure MultrierStacy MartinAfter his sister is brutally killed, David finds himself in charge of his 7 year old niece, Amanda.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorCarolina CavalliStarsBenedetta PorcaroliGalatéa BellugiGiovanna MezzogiornoAmanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, even if it's the thing she wants the most. Amanda chooses as her new mission to convince her childhood friend that they are still best friends.N/S.
- DirectorLuis MarquinaStarsSusana CanalesJulio PeñaJosé BódaloN/S.
- DirectorAna CarolinaStarsMarília PêraBéatrice AgeninCamila AmadoFictional story based on Sarah Bernhard's visit to Brazil in 1905. The actress, experiencing a personal and professional crisis, is encouraged by her personal Brazilian maid Amélia to perform in Rio de Janeiro. After arriving, she is forced to tolerate the company of Amélia's exotic sisters.N/S.
- DirectorMira NairStarsHilary SwankRichard GereEwan McGregorA look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMohamed DiabStarsSaba MubarakAli SulimanTara AbboudA Palestinian girl's world is turned upside down when she learns the man she grew up idolizing is not her real father.N/S.
- DirectorSimón Mesa SotoStarsSandra Melissa TorresDiego Alejandro TobónLuciana GallegoIn 1998, single mother Amparo races to save her teenage son after is he drafted and deployed by the Colombian army.N/S.
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsJenny AgutterBarry NewmanKathleen NolanA woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training she successfully teaches one boy.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorNadia TassStarsAlana De RomaRachel GriffithsBen MendelsohnAmy is a story of a young girl who witnesses her dad's death on stage at a rock concert. She becomes mentally mute/deaf after this, and 4 years later discovers she can communicate only by singing.N/S.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsAmy WinehouseMitch WinehouseMark RonsonArchival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.TV. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMargarida CordeiroAntónio ReisStarsAna Maria Martins GuerraManuel Ramalho EanesOctávio Lixa FilgueirasIt is a sincere and naive film that combines the themes of nature-man, modernism-man in Rilke's poets with a local narrative.N/S.
- DirectorCharles McDougallStarsAndy GarciaDafne KeenJeanne TripplehornAna meets Rafa in a chance encounter and they embark on a road trip to try and save him from bankruptcy, or worse.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorAnatole LitvakStarsIngrid BergmanYul BrynnerHelen HayesAn opportunistic businessman tries to pass off a mysterious impostor as the Grand Duchess Anastasia, and she is so convincing that even the biggest skeptics believe her.Cinema. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDon BluthGary GoldmanStarsMeg RyanJohn CusackChristopher LloydThe last surviving child of the Russian Royal Family joins two con men to reunite with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress, while the undead Rasputin seeks her death.TV. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDavid Pérez SañudoStarsPatricia López ArnaizJone LaspiurMikel LosadaLide discovers that her daughter Ane has gone missing and together with ex-husband Fernando investigates her whereabouts.N/S.
- DirectorPhilippe GarrelStarsAnémonePascal LaperrousazMaurice GarrelThe portrait of a young girl from the Parisian bourgeoisie.N/S.
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Anémone is a nickname (stage name) of French actress Anne Madeleine Louise Bourguignon. - DirectorFrançois OzonStarsRomola GaraiSam NeillLucy RussellThe rise and fall of a young eccentric British writer, in the early 20th century.N/S.
- DirectorDennis O'KeefeEdoardo AntonStarsDennis O'KeefeMara LaneArnoldo FoàAngela (Mara Lane), secretary to an important businessman in Italy, Bertolati (Nino Crisman, is an attractive and sophisticated girl, which is sufficient cause for Steve Catlett (Dennis O'Keefe ), an American car salesman, to fall in love with her. At her apartment, Steve finds Bertolati dead as a result of a heart attack, according to Angela. But, in order to prevent a scandal, Angela urges Steve to get rid of the body without calling the police. Smitten Steve agrees and takes the body to his car with the intention of staging a crash. He is about to go do that when he finds out that Angela was indeed the lover of the dead man, and he hesitates. But a new character makes a violent entrance - a brutal ex-convict named Nino (Rossano Brazzi) - and he turns out to be Angela's husband. A fight ensues during which Nino gets hold of Steve's gun and shoots Bertolati's corpse, thereby implicating Steve, now less smitten with Angela than he was earlier, in the death of Bertolati. Nino then tries to kill Steve by pushing him into the car and into a nearby abyss, but Steve turns the tables and kills the aggressive Nino, hurling him into the car, with Bertolati, and into the abyss. Steve now suspects Angela's conduct and sincerity despite her efforts to convince him she is on the level. More surprises are coming Steve's way.N/S.
- DirectorBoris SagalStarsSophia LorenSteve RailsbackJohn VernonA war vet finds out that a former prostitute had his baby. Doubting it's his, he gives it away, so she reports him. Twenty years later, she still wants to find her son. She meets a young man and falls in love, but the vet's prison term ends.N/S.
- DirectorRebecca MillerStarsMiranda RhyneCharlotte Eve BlytheAnna ThomsonRebecca Miller's riveting drama examines how two sisters cope with their mother's mental illness.TV. 6.5 (FF).
- DirectorAndrea FrazziAntonio FrazziStarsSabrina FerilliVincent LecoeurJürgen TarrachRome 1943. Angela is an attractive, unwed mother who lives in a working class neighborhood of Rome. We are in the middle of the Second World War. Alone and considered a disgrace, Angela is an easy target for gossip and backbiting. Hardened by life, she has learned to fend for herself and for her young illegitimate boy. Forced by necessity to ignore certain scruples and seek profit from the tragic events around her, she works on the black market for quick cash. But history throws her for a loop. It is October 16, 1943, the fateful day of the German purge upon Rome's Jewish Ghetto. Angela is informed of the round-up by Signor Brescia, an old jeweler who asks her to hide his son Davide in her home in exchange for a kilo of gold. Though full of misgivings, Angela accepts the trade-off and hosts the young Jew in the secret storeroom where she keeps her black market supplies. The beginning of their relationship is turbulent to say the least. Davide despises that greedy and insensitive woman, and she, in turn, considers him only trouble, a liability that could get her into serious hot water. But in time, despite the odds, the two opposites, he the idealistic and she the practical, inexorably come to attract each other. Angela and Davide fall in love... an absolute love that denies all the glaring obstacles of those bitter days without future; a love nurtured on illusion replete with plans and projects too grand and distant to be plausible. But for Davide, that love, however fulfilling, is not enough: safely hidden in that house, he feels like a coward. At all costs, he wants to join the Resistance Movement and fight for Freedom, all the more so after he witnesses the brutal arrest of one of Angela's neighbors, the railway worker Giacomo Sinisi. Events take their course: it is March 23, 1944 and along Via Rasella, the Bozen Battalion is attacked by partisans. A bomb kills twenty-six soldiers and leaves roughly an equal number seriously wounded. The final death toll reaches thirty. The Germans order an immediate reprisal. After hasty and furious negotiations, a decimation is ordered: for every German soldier, ten Italians will be killed, culled from the criminals, Jews and political prisoners detained at the Regina Coeli and Via Tasso prisons. News of the reprisal spreads like an evil omen and Angela, just back from the countryside outside Rome where she gets her Black Market supplies (and keeps her son out of harm's way), discovers that on precisely that same day, Davide had slipped out of the house to join the Resistance Movement. Ignoring the curfew, she marches through a city full of prowling German military vehicles, and tracks down a partisan contact who can bolster her hope that Davide is safe. But unfortunately, just the opposite is true: Davide was caught in a round-up and dragged off to Regina Coeli. Now Angela is impelled by desperation to find a solution, no matter how extreme, to save her beloved's life. She appeals to Chief Warden Marino Santipani, a longtime suitor of hers, whom she had always firmly refused. She tries to swing a deal with the man: a kilo of gold in exchange for Davide' life. But as Angela is quick to realize, it's not gold that Santipani wants. She accepts his implicit demand. The Chief Warden savagely possesses her with the arrogance of one who has finally conquered a young, attractive and spirited woman who had always tauntingly denied herself. But after Angela's mortifying sacrifice, the man reneges on his end of the deal and instead offers a painful dilemma. While recognizing his obligation, Santipani, cruel and cunning, imposes his own thankless task on her: he can cancel Davide's name from the list of condemned men to be consigned to the Germans, but she, instead of him, must name the replacement. Is Angela equal to the moral burden of deciding the life and death of another person... perhaps even a boy... or a man with wife and children? Angela caves in, she can't do it and Davide is consequently sent off to die with the other 335 victims of the Fosse Ardeatine massacre. Unspeakable grief nearly kills her as well, a grief that turns to rage and hatred. Aware that she's expecting Davide's baby, Angela is now convinced that justice can only mean one thing: murderous revenge. Gun in hand, she waits for Santipani in the shadows by the apartment building door... But in the fraction of a second between decision and action, she is overwhelmed by the realization that Davide had changed her. And suddenly, that pathetic man she is about to kill is no longer worth the weight of further remorse. But as her heart pounds and mind races, a shot is fired, its deafening report echoing through the entrance hall... a shot fired from another gun, brandished by another woman bent on revenge: Signora Sinisi, whose husband Giacomo was doomed to Davide's same fate. Overwhelmed by History, Angela is left with the painful awareness of her life-affirming decision... that and with a child to be born, vivid memento of a great and unforgettable love.N/S.
- DirectorHugo PrataStarsIsis ValverdeGabriel Braga NunesAlice CarvalhoAfter a turbulent separation and having to give up custody of her three children, the famous socialite Ângela Diniz meets Raul, and believes she has found someone who loves her free spirit as much as she does.N/S.
- DirectorMarcel PagnolStarsOrane DemazisFernandelHenri PouponA young and naive peasant girl in Provence, who has been seduced and abandoned, moves to Marseilles and becomes a street-walker after having her baby.OL. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSébastien RensonnetBrice VdhStarsAngèleBelgian pop star Angèle reflects on her life and hopes as she finds balance amid the tears, joys and loneliness of fame. Told through her own words.N/S.
- DirectorAlfredo B. CrevennaStarsIrasema DiliánCarlos NavarroRamón GayAn italian woman scapes from de wwii to Mexico where her uncle lives. She gets trapped in a brothel threatened to be involved in a crime that she was innocent. Meanwhile, she finds her true love who ignores where she lived and worked.N/S.
- DirectorMitchell LichtensteinStarsJena MaloneJanet McTeerEd StoppardA couple living in Victorian London endures an unusual series of psychological and supernatural happenings following the birth of their child.N/S.
- DirectorAriel ZeitounStarsNora ArnezederGérard LanvinTomer SisleyIn France, prior to Louis XIV ascending the throne, a young baroness is forced to marry against her will and is caught up in a web of treachery and murder, threatening her and her husband, whom she has come to love deeply.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorMartin LagesteeStarsAnnemarie RöttgeringDaniël BoissevainHidde ScholsAngie has just returned from an orphanage and everyone warns her to stay away from Alex, who leads a life of crime.N/S.
- DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsGeena DavisStephen ReaJames GandolfiniAngie lives in Bensonhurst Brooklyn, and dreams of a better life. When she finds out she's pregnant - by her boyfriend, Vinnie, she decides she'll have the baby; but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire close-knit neighborhood upside-down and starts Angie on a journey of self-discovery. On her way, she meets a new love interest.N/S.
- DirectorAlfredo SoderguitStarsFederica LacañoMaría MendiveCésar TroncosoA fantastical journey into the world of a ten-year-old girl who, following a playground skirmish, is given the weirdest punishment in the history of weird punishments.N/S.
- DirectorAna Felicia ScutelnicuStarsWillem MenneAndrei MorariAnisoara MorariAnishoara is a 15 year old girl, who lives in a beautiful old village in Moldova. She raises without mother and for several years she cares for her little brother Andrei and her drinking father Petru. She works in hte neighboring pension, to earn little money and food. Her neighbors Vasiluta and Mihai are very kind people, having several kids by their own, and look after young Anishoara and Andrei.N/S.
- DirectorTorgny WickmanStarsChristina LindbergStellan SkarsgårdDanièle VlaminckAnita, a young woman with a troubled childhood and a hunger for love, finds a soul mate in Erik, a kindly college student.N/S.
- DirectorMarcos CarnevaleStarsNorma AleandroLuis LuqueLeonor MansoAnita is a girl who suffers from Down Syndrome and lives with her mother in the Once neighborhood in Buenos Aires. On July 18, 1994, the bombing attack on the AMIA changes her life forever.N/S.
- DirectorFreida Lee MockStarsJill AbramsonJoe BidenJohn CarrA profile of Anita Hill, the African-American lawyer who challenged Clarence Thomas' nomination to the US Supreme Court and thus exposed the problem of sexual harassment to the world.N/S.
- DirectorLok Man LeungStarsLouise WongLouis KooFish LiewTraces the life of Anita Mui, Hong Kong's legendary Cantopop star.N/S.
- DirectorDejan AcimovicStarsCvita ViljacEric CantonaAndjela RamljakA fairy tale based on Mate Lovrak's childrens novel "Anka the Brazilian". The story is set in the rural landscape of Central Europe at the beginning of the last century. Anka is an orphan girl adopted by a rich aunt. Shortly after Anka's arrival, the classy aunt shows a different face and a disappointed and depressed Anka flees, wanting to return to the orphanage. The road leads her to a brickyard in the depths of the forest, where she finds a temporary home among workers with a rough exterior but warm hearts. There he discovers the fairy-tale world of forest creatures that only children of great imagination see ...TV. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorCiaran CreaghStarsIan BeattieEileen WalshZara DevlinOn January 31, 1984, Ann awakens to realize that she was going to have this baby. Having left the house early, Ann scurries around to find somewhere to hide, lost and frightened.N/S.
- DirectorAlberto LattuadaStarsSilvana ManganoGaby MorlayRaf ValloneAnna is a nurse and a nun, whose history catches up on her.N/S.
- DirectorPierre KoralnikStarsAnna KarinaJean-Claude BrialyMarianne FaithfullReleased in 1967, this was the first colour film made for French TV. The story is about a man obsessively looking for a woman he saw in a photograph.N/S.
- DirectorJörn DonnerStarsHarriet AnderssonPertti MelasniemiMarja PackalénThirty-eight-year-old Anna Kivi, a Finnish anesthesiologist at Turku University Hospital and divorcee recently awarded a doctorate after her thesis, retreats to a summer studio on an island for the summer holiday.N/S.
- DirectorYurek BogayeviczStarsSally KirklandPaulina PorizkovaRobert FieldsAnna, an aging Czech movie star, comes to NYC struggling to establish her career. When she meets a beautiful, young peasant girl, she teaches her the ins and outs of acting, only to have the young girl become a screen star instead.N/S.
- DirectorJorge DoradoStarsMark StrongTaissa FarmigaBrian CoxA man with the ability to enter people's memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJacques Toulemonde VidalStarsJuana AcostaKolia AbiteboulBruno ClairefondAnna is a young Colombian woman living in Paris, daily struggling with her emotional frailty. She tries to spend more time with her ten-year-old son, Nathan, but Philippe, her former husband, doesn't trust her anymore and threatens her to take full custody of the child. Having no other choice, she convinces her boyfriend Bruno to help her, and the three of them fly away to Colombia. During this journey, Anna will strive to build a new family, and will face the difficulty of being a mother.N/S.
- DirectorCharles-Olivier MichaudStarsAnna MouglalisPierre-Yves CardinalPascale BussièresAnna, a photojournalist, travels to Bangkok to pursue her investigations for a news story on the traffic in human beings being carried on by the triads. There she herself is kidnapped by Asian gangsters and subjected to the same abuse endured by the women she has interviewed and photographed. At length, in a Montreal hospital, she awakens to these brutal recollections. Scarred for life, obsessed by her desire for revenge, Anna embarks on a dark journey, where violence beckons at every turn... but the impact provoked by her investigations will prove to be more important than the satisfaction of her own quest for vengeance.N/S.
- DirectorLuc BessonStarsSasha LussHelen MirrenLuke EvansBeneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.TV. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn R. LeonettiStarsWard HortonAnnabelle WallisAlfre WoodardA couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.TV. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorJosef von BákyStarsLuise UllrichWerner KraussKäthe HaackA Berlin woman grows up in the wake of Prussia's victory over France in 1870 and lives to see her grandchildren participating in the military successes of Germany under Hitler.N/S.
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsAdam DriverMarion CotillardSimon HelbergA stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.N/S.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsAileen QuinnAlbert FinneyCarol BurnettA spunky young orphan is taken in by a rich eccentric, much to the chagrin of the cantankerous woman who runs the orphanage.Cinema. 9/10 (R).