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Maria Francisca, a wealthy young heiress and her friend Mariana De Castro, a young protestant widow, are accused of witchcraft and taken before the Spanish Inquisition of Lima, Peru.

The story of an obsessive relationship between a young French woman and an older Bolivian man. Their unusual romance, like the country in which they live, is transforming, sometimes violent and difficult to understand.

In this artistic rendering of De Sade's classic novel, Justine endures extreme torture and violation at the hands of the Marquis De Sade's disciples of pain in a number of perverse practices illustrating that virtue is no match for vice.

Based in the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, "Olalla" tells the story of a gothic and decadent family of genetic vampires who need human blood to survive, and where incest is the only way to maintain the family line.

A sacrifice is about to take place when Nahara appears out of nowhere. She replaces the ordained victim. A stake is plunged into her chest but she doesn't die.

Yahel and her companions, Judith and Magdalena are on their way to a market where they end up confronting the Romans and the religious authorities. What begins as a long walk to the market turns into a cruel journey to the cross.

A somewhat egotistical and confused film director, tries to get over the separation from his ex by transforming a street violinist into the 'perfect woman' for his next film.

As the post modern world is stormed by an onslaught of religious fundamentalism and resurrected 'holy wars' Camille, a 21st century woman experiences the passion of a 3rd century virgin martyr.

An imprisoned aristocrat purchases condemned women.

A timid young man slowly descends into a pit of madness and sucks all his friends in with him. What starts as a meditative observation on adolescent turmoil slowly morphs into the disturbing exploration of a diseased mind. Michael Daly - a freshman in college who has lived in this town all his life. The story deals with his egocentric self-absorption and the obsessive feelings of presumed love that he has for a young girl named Charlotte True. A college graduate (Thom Mc Mahon) acts like a surrogate older brother to Michael and is still hard at work on his thesis. He represents all that Michael wants to become. He has many friends, a seemingly perfect girlfriend and a well rounded life. The irony being that Thom actually has more problems and is the cause of more turmoil than Michael wants to believe. Michael's best friend Remy Chappelle is a down-to-earth young man whose main interests are video games and anime. He's always there to give Michael a shoulder to lean on, even at the expense of being an emotional punching bag for his buddy's tantrums. Sammie Yorke - a perky freshman who may hold the key to Michael's salvation if only he would open the door. Andrew Monroe, a snooty rich kid, harbors deep resentments towards Thom, stemming from a long-standing grudge. A grudge and an obsession that, much like Michael's, can only lead to more pain for all involved. Alton James, Charlotte's boyfriend, struts into town on the eve of becoming a national rock star and stands in between Michael and Charlotte as a living obstacle he can never hope to overcome.

In 1959 the first victims of a new and unknown epidemic appeared in Beni, Bolivia. By 1962 hundreds of people were dead, thousands sick and thousand more fled their homes. In 1963 a team of scientists from the US arrived to San Joaquin to investigate what was causing the epidemic. After a year over 1000 deaths (of a population of less than 5000) they traced the virus to a rat, the Callomys Callosus. The struggle to stop the spread of the disease began and continues until today.

Based on the classic fairytale "La Barbe Bleue" (Bluebeard, 1697) by Charles Perrault, author of Cinderella, which tells the story of a wealthy and feared aristocrat with a blue beard who has the bad habit of killing his wives.