1830s Paris. Novelist George Sand, who is known to be writing her memoirs, is causing a sensation in the literary scene Read More »
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Night Train to Venice (1993) Carlo U. Quinterio, Hugh Grant, Tahnee Welch, Malcolm McDowell
The Orient Express, on it’s night trip from Munich to Venice, is full because of the beginning of the carnival in Venice. Read More »
Maurice (1987) James Ivory, James Wilby, Rupert Graves, Hugh Grant, Drama, Romance
Two male English school chums find themselves falling in love at Cambridge. To regain his place in society, Clive gives up his forbidden love, Maurice (pronounced “Morris”) and marries. Read More »
Sirens (1993) John Duigan, Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young reverend and his wife are on the way from England to Australia to minister to their flock. The bishop asks him to visit an eccentric artist prone to sexual depictions and requests that he voluntarily withdraw a controversial work call “Crucified Venus” from his show. The minister, who considers himself a progressive, is shocked at the amoral atmosphere surrounding the painter, his wife, and the three models living at his estate. The minister’s wife is troubled also, and has to deal with latent sexual urges while trying to remain loyal to her husband.
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