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Synopsis:
In search of a lost pleasure, Emmanuelle travels alone to Hong Kong on a business mission. In the vibrant and sensual global city, she indulges in intense encounters and new experiences.Read More »
Three women in a Marseille apartment gets stuck in a heat wave. They find themselves trapped in a terrifying affair and longing for freedom.Read More »
Synopsis
To pay off her father’s debts, Marie de Heredia marries the poet Henri de Regnier, but it is Pierre Louÿs whom she loves, a poet who is also an erotomaniac and a great traveler. It is with him that she will live an initiation to love and eroticism through the photographic and literary link that they invent together.Read More »
One of the most controversial and talked-about films of last year, receiving mostly praise from critics and audiences alike, but also some dissenting voices that consider the film overrated, contrived and ethically questionable. The film has received many prizes at various festivals, especially for the titular performance by Cate Blanchett, but it was snubbed at the Oscars, winning none of its six nominations. Is it art, or should the writer-director be tarred and feathered for depicting thinly-masked real-life figures in a questionable light? See the film and decide for yourself.Read More »
The young teacher Camille becomes rommmates with the fun-loving Émilie. Although the two have no romantic feelings for each other, they live out their mutual physical attraction – with regular and uncomplicated abandon. When Camille meets the 30-year-old student Nora, his interest in her is also piqued. Everyone wants non-commitment – but how long can you keep your feelings out? Master director Jacques Audiard uses dynamic black-and-white imagery to bring to life the inner world of a young and volatile generation living in France’s multicultural big city.Read More »
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France, 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent. Because she is a reluctant bride-to-be, Marianne arrives under the guise of companionship, observing Héloïse by day and secretly painting her by firelight at night. As the two women orbit one another, intimacy and attraction grow as they share Héloïse’s first moments of freedom. Héloïse’s portrait soon becomes a collaborative act of and testament to their love.Read More »