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Ein älterer Ronin-Samurai kommt im Haus eines Feudalherrn an und bittet um einen ehrenwerten Ort, an dem er Selbstmord begehen kann. Aber als der Ronin nach einem jüngeren Samurai fragt, der vor ihm ankam, nehmen die Dinge eine unerwartete Wendung.

Eine bewegende Geschichte von einem kleinen Jungen, der ohne elterliche Zuwendung aufwächst und langsam in ein Leben kleiner, unbedeutender Verbrechen hineinschlittert.

Zwei Frauen töten Samurais und verkaufen ihre Habseligkeiten für ihren Lebensunterhalt. Während eine von ihnen eine Affäre mit ihrem Nachbarn hat, trifft die andere Frau einen mysteriösen Samurai, der eine bizarre Maske trägt.

Eine französische Schauspielerin, die in Hiroshima einen Antikriegsfilm dreht, hat eine Affäre mit einem verheirateten japanischen Architekten, da sie ihre unterschiedlichen Ansichten über den Krieg teilen

In einem merkwürdigen und abgelegenen Schloss lernt ein Mann eine Frau kennen und besteht darauf, sie schon einmal getroffen zu haben.

Geschichten über drei sehr unterschiedliche Frauen und die Männer, die sie anziehen.

Im Italien des Zweiten Weltkriegs suchen eine Witwe und ihre einsame Tochter Abstand zu den Schrecken des Krieges.

Beautiful but amoral model Diana Scott sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.

Im sonnigen St. Tropez liebt eine junge Frau den einen Bruder, heiratet aber den anderen.

A trio of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a cruel countess haunted by her cousin's stallion, a sadistic soldier haunted by his doppelgänger, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.

Zwei entfremdete Schwestern, Ester und Anna, reisen zusammen mit Annas 10-jährigem Sohn in das mitteleuropäische Land, kurz bevor der Krieg beginnt. Als Ester schwer erkrankt, ziehen die drei in ein Hotel in einer kleinen Stadt namens Timoka.

A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.

A modern-day Don Juan-styled woman, who prides herself in the destruction of men who have fallen for her charms, reveals to a priest the murder she has committed and honestly details her past sexual encounters.

A sophisticated and self-assured woman from Paris joins a middle-class rural estate as a maid and causes quite a stir among the variously uptight, perverse and violent inhabitants.

In Oxford ist die österreichische Studentin Anna von Graz mit ihrem Kommilitonen William zusammen, den sie heiraten will, aber sie schläft stattdessen mit zwei unglücklich verheirateten Oxford-Professoren.

A lonely, sexually-uninhibited young peasant is subjected to an exorcism after she hexes a man who rejects her advances.

In the 1860s, Giorgio (Giraudeau), a young Italian soldier, is sent to a remote post, far away from his lover, Clara (Antonelli). He is lodged in the house of the colonel (Girotti). He becames friends with the colonel and the local doctor (Trintignant). Among the inhabitants of the house there is a strange young woman: Fosca (d'Obici) who is both unattractive and mad. However, she has a passion that Giorgio will have to cope with.

Rome, 1880. Gregorio has decided to close the family business. Then he tells his children that they will have to fend for themselves, but his beautiful, calculating, ambitious young daughter-in-law, will do anything for the inheritance.

During the rehearsals for the production of the tragedy Andromaque, the leading actress and her director, a couple behind the scenes, can't find a way to leave their personal problems at home. And life imitates fiction, creating a real tragedy for this couple when the man finds comfort with other women while the actress prefers to stay focused on her work, as if nothing is happening with her partner.

Das zeitlose Märchen von der verführerischen Zigeunerin Esmeralda und dem gequälten Buckligen Quasimodo.

A sad man meets a beautiful, secretive woman who may or may not be involved in some conspiracy ring dealing in kidnapped women used as prostitutes. After several days of their sadly passionate relationship she disappears. The sad man is unable to locate her as all the local Turkish people pretend not to remember any such woman. He suddenly finds her again (she finds him?) and before she can explain her disappearance she is killed in a car crash while he is in the passenger seat. He replays the accident over and over in his mind trying to remember how she died if he caused the accident himself by grabbing the wheel.

The quest for respect of a small time mob driver turns him into a notorious gangster.

During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by the Italian film industry, fans, the press and the Devil, who appears as a little girl seeking to collect his head.

A veteran Republican fighter's ardent dedication to overthrow of Franco's regime is challenged. He realizes that the center of political struggle has shifted away from him, and is forced to make choices about his life and political ideals.

In Paris, Maxime visits his wealthy industrialist father Alexandre and his beautiful young Canadian wife, Renée. Alexandre fathered him years ago in a prior marriage and he has come to stay with them after studying in England. Renée tells Maxime that she married Alexandre when she was pregnant following an unhappy love affair; the child was stillborn and the passion between the two has faded. They begin an affair and fall in love with each other. Renée, who came from a wealthy family, asks Alexandre for a divorce. He agrees, on the condition that she leaves the fortune she brought to their marriage invested in his business. Renée accepts this and goes to Switzerland for a divorce. But while she is away, Alexandre confronts his son with two alternatives: he can either run off with now penniless Renée or become engaged to Anne, the daughter of a wealthy banker whose support Alexandre needs for his business. Maxime agrees on the second course of action. Renée returns from Switzerland to find Alexandre holding a ball celebrating Maxime's engagement to Anne. Renée throws herself into the pool to kill herself - but then changes her mind and dripping wet enters the party. Alexandre escorts her to the gymnasium, where she sits and stares into an empty future.