道林格雷(彼得·弗斯 Peter Firth 饰)是一个出生非常卑微的穷小子,在一次机缘巧合之下结识了著名画家巴兹尔(约翰·吉尔古德 John Gielgud 饰)和绅士亨利,在两人的引荐之下,道林格雷接触到了巴黎上流社交圈的奢靡生活,就此无法自拔。巴兹尔为道林格雷画了一副肖像画,将他美丽的身体描摹得栩栩如生,这幅画已经流入市场就引发了圈内各路人士的热烈讨论与赞美,道林格雷也就此成为了圈中名人。 之后,道林格雷邂逅了名为塞西莉亚的女子,塞西莉亚是一位美丽的剧场演员,没过多久,两人就坠入了情网之中,决定邂逅步入婚姻的殿堂。当亨利得知道林格雷即将结婚的消息大为震惊,他用花言巧语诱骗道林格雷抛弃塞西莉亚,最终导致了他们两人感情的破裂。
Didier Konings’ simmering mediaeval horror Witte Wieven explores the confluence of religion and patriarchy in an excessively puritanical Dutch village. Blamed by her community for being childless, Frieda immerses herself in prayer and ritual. When she returns unscathed from the forbidden forest surrounding the village, having evaded a lecherous butcher, she is condemned as an agent of the devil. Frieda, however, finds new faith in the dark powers that inhabit the woods.
Shot in a reduced colour palette at the edge of visibility, Konings’ gripping film constructs a convincing pre-modern society whose practices it elucidates with patience and attention. Although set in the Middle Ages, Witte Wieven displays an unmistakably contemporary spirit, crafting a feminist parable about women discovering new ways of understanding their lives and the world.
The film is inspired by the true-to-life story of the discovery of the long-lost “Opus 28” manuscript from Norwegian composer Johan Halvorsen, originally performed in 1909 by Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow, to whom the piece was dedicated.
Campbell portrays a student who seeks to complete her thesis on Parlow by organizing a public performance of “Opus 28” from Toronto to Oslo. The cast includes Dueñas, Melanie Scheiner, Eve Duranceau, Maxim Gaudette, Rosa-Johan Uddoh, and Eileen Davies.
Debt-ridden pacifist Richard Fyre is propositioned to return to his abandoned mercenary ways by flamboyant zealot, Priest, to eliminate his international competition in exchange for a clean slate.