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The Wedding Banquet – 1993
The Wedding Banquet[3] is a 1993 romantic comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Ang Lee. The story concerns a bisexual Taiwanese immigrant man (played by Winston Chao, in his film debut) who marries a mainland Chinese woman (May Chin) to placate his parents (Gua Ah-leh and Lung Sihung) and get her a green card. […]
The Bubble – 2006
The Bubble (Hebrew: הבועה, romanized: HaBuah) is a 2006 romantic drama directed by Eytan Fox telling the story of two men who fall in love, one Israeli and one Palestinian.[2] The title of the film is the nickname of Tel Aviv for it being a relatively peaceful city, remote from the war actions.[3][4] Trailer Plot […]
Law of Desire – 1987
Law of Desire (Spanish: La ley del deseo) is a 1987 Spanish comedy thriller[1] film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Starring Eusebio Poncela as Pablo, Carmen Maura as Tina and Antonio Banderas as Antonio. It was the first film Almodóvar made independently with his own production company El Deseo. The story focuses on a […]
I Want What I Want – 1972
I Want What I Want is a 1972 British drama film directed by John Dexter and starring Anne Heywood, Harry Andrews and Jill Bennett.[1][2][3] It is based on the 1966 novel I Want What I Want by Geoff Brown.[4] It’s a complex and controversial film, considered one of the first attempts by mainstream cinema to depict a transgender character. Plot The story centers on Roy (played by Anne […]
Eyes Wide Open – 2009
Eyes Wide Open (Hebrew: עיניים פקוחות, translit. Einayim Pkuhot) is a 2009 Israeli film. This script was written by the Israeli script-writer Merav Doster. It is the first film of the Israeli film director Haim Tabakman. The film was released in the UK on May 14, 2009 by Peccadillo Pictures[2] The film was co-produced in […]
La Cage aux Folles – 1978
La Cage aux Folles (also released as Birds of a Feather) is a 1978 comedy film directed by Édouard Molinaro, based on Jean Poiret’s 1973 play of the same name. It stars Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault as a gay couple operating a drag nightclub in a French resort town, Rémi Laurent as the former’s […]
Christopher and His Kind – 2011
Christopher and His Kind is a 2011 BBC television film. It tells the story of Christopher Isherwood’s exploits in Berlin in the early 1930s. The film, adapted by Kevin Elyot from Isherwood’s autobiography Christopher and His Kind, was produced by Mammoth Screen and directed by Geoffrey Sax. Isherwood is played by Matt Smith, whilst the […]
Brideshead Revisited – TV series 1981
Brideshead Revisited is a 1981 British television serial starring Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews. It was produced by Granada Television for broadcast by the ITV network. Significant elements of it were directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, who handled the initial phases of the production, before Charles Sturridge carried on with the series. The first episode is […]