Manderlay (
2005) | IMDb:
7.2
In 1933, after leaving Dogville, Grace Margaret Mulligan sees a slave being punished at a cotton farm called Manderlay. Officially, slavery is illegal and Grace stands up against the farmers. She stays with some gangsters in Manderlay and tries to influence the situation. But when harvest time comes, Grace sees the social and economic reality of Manderlay.
Starring:
Bryce Dallas Howard
,
Isaach De Bankolé
,
Danny Glover
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Michaël Abiteboul
,
Lauren Bacall
Surviving Picasso (
1996) | IMDb:
6.3
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
Starring:
Anthony Hopkins
,
Natascha McElhone
,
Julianne Moore
,
Joss Ackland
,
Joan Plowright
,
Dennis Boutsikaris
Jefferson in Paris (
1995) | IMDb:
5.7
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.
Starring:
Nick Nolte
,
Greta Scacchi
,
Thandiwe Newton
,
Gwyneth Paltrow
,
Jean-Pierre Aumont
,
Simon Callow
Directed by:
James Ivory