The Draughtsmans Contract (1982)
The Draughtsmans Contract (1982) Mr. Neville, a cocksure young artist, is contracted by Mrs. Herbert, the wife of a wealthy landowner, to produce a set of twelve drawings of her husband's estate, a contract which extends much further than either the purse or the sketchpad. The sketches themselves pr
Leon the Pig Farmer (1992)
Leon the Pig Farmer (1992) Leon, is an estate agent and a London Jew. Due to an artificial insemenation accident he discovers that his real father is a pig farmer. Rejected by his girlfriend he goes on a voyage of discovery to Yorkshire, to meet his biological father and half brother. Can he bring b
A Dry White Season (1989)
A Dry White Season (1989) Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police at a demonstration by black school children, he gradually begins to realize his own so
Priest of Love (1981)
Priest of Love (1981) Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) The tragic story of Nicholas II, the last Czar of Russia, set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution. It is an inside look into the private lives of Nicholas and his wife Alexandra, their daughters, their only son and the painful secret about their son and heir
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972)
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972) A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humor that hides their pain.
The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
The House on Garibaldi Street 1979 After World War II, many important figures in Hitlers command escaped Germany and Occupied Europe and were rumored to be living in South America Adolf Eichmann,wanted in connection with millions of deaths, is suspected to be living incognito in Argentina Mossad, Is