The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (
2009) | IMDb:
6.8
A travelling theatre company has more to it than meets the eye.
Starring:
Christopher Plummer
,
Lily Cole
,
Heath Ledger
,
Andrew Garfield
,
Verne Troyer
,
Tom Waits
Closing the Ring (
2007) | IMDb:
6.5
During the 1940s, a group of young men go off to war, leaving behind Ethel Ann, who is in love with one of them, Teddy. In modern-day Belfast, a man named Jimmy endeavors to return a ring found in the wreckage of a crashed plane. He travels to Michigan, where the grown Ethel Ann, who married another man after Teddy was killed in battle, now lives. Ethel Ann must decide whether to go with Jimmy to meet the soldier who last saw Teddy alive.
Starring:
Shirley MacLaine
,
Christopher Plummer
,
Pete Postlethwaite
,
Martin McCann
,
Neve Campbell
,
Allan Hawco
Silk (
2007) | IMDb:
5.8
French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.
Starring:
Keira Knightley
,
Michael Pitt
,
Alfred Molina
,
Koji Yakusho
,
Sei Ashina
,
Miki Nakatani
Directed by:
François Girard