Up the Ladder

In Kyoto a young kimono maker with traditional ideas gets involved with a married professor.

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

After a young inventor discovers a powerful new explosive, agents from a German chemical firm induce him to study at a German university. While there, he is repelled by certain aspects of the people, and he leaves for Belgium. When the war begins, the inventor saves a Belgian burgomaster's daughter from Prussian invaders. The inventor and the girl endure horrible suffering because of the war, but they find happiness at its end, while the formerly fighting nations direct their effort towards world peace at the Paris conferences. The assassination of Kurt Eisner of Bavaria occurs at the end.

Quartos Siameses

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

Following the tragic death of her teenage son, Manuela travels from Madrid to Barcelona in an attempt to contact the long-estranged father the boy never knew. She reunites with an old friend, an outspoken transgender sex worker, and befriends a troubled actress and a pregnant, HIV-positive nun.

In the 1940s, São Paulo nightlife is the setting for Tezinho's love affairs. In love with Aninha, he needs to get away from the girl and ends up getting involved with other women, including an obsessive relationship with a prostitute.

Diantha Ebberly travels with her parents to the edge of the Sahara to meet her longtime betrothed, Herbert Medford, whom she has never seen. She is rescued from a swarm of beggars by an "Arab," then meets him again when she slips out at night in native dress. They fall in love, but Diantha is abducted by Sheik Amud, then returned safely home by the "Arab." The next morning Diantha discovers her fiancé and lover to be one and the same.

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

Chen Qiu's investment met with a friend's deceit and betrayal, and she had no choice but to rent a room to earn living expenses. The tenant Shi Ran walked into her life, and Shi Ran's concern and enthusiasm gradually melted the ice in Chen Qiu's heart.

For eight weeks, Esther becomes a foster parent, taking in an 8-year-old boy who has come to France, exhausted, to undergo open-heart surgery. This experience will turn her life upside down and affect her relationships with those around her, including her brother, her teenage son, and her work as an architect.

In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.

When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

Le Bon grand-père

From an early age, Arnold believes he is an extraterrestrial. Day in, day out, he is busy trying to build a flying machine that will finally take him "home". Protected by his mother Ida and her long-time admirer, the country doctor Emil, he is regarded as a quirky but lovable outsider in his home village.

The Lure of Jade

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.

Lonely Jung-wook is looking for a woman to talk to even when he goes out for a walk in the neighborhood. Then, the back of a beautiful woman caught my eye. As she approaches her, the woman is none other than her ex-girlfriend, Ji-hyeon. Ji-hyeon is happy to see Jung-wook like that, which she has never seen before, and she begins to talk after a long time. The two, who were immersed in memories and enjoyed, eventually have sex. Jung-wook wants a new relationship with Ji-hyeon for a moment, but Ji-hyun definitely draws her line.

The luminous Maria Corda stars as the eponymous Tesha, a celebrated Russian dancer who marries an Englishman (Thomas). The couple long for a child but after five years of happy marriage, remain childless. On a trip to Southampton Tesha succumbs to a brief fling with a stranger (Cavanagh), unleashing a barrage of unforeseen consequences and emotional turmoil. The superb cinematography is by the great German cinematographer Werner Brandes who worked on dozens of prestige British productions in the 1920s. Originally shot silent, sound was added in 1929.