Programme de Tring Classics

Louanne Johnson is an ex-marine, hired as a teacher in a high-school in a poor area of the city. She has recently separated from her husband. Her friend, also teacher in the school, got the temporary job for her. After a terrible reception from the students, she tries unconventional methods of teaching (using karate, Bob Dylan lyrics etc) to gain the trust of the students.

Année

1995

Interdit aux moins de 18+

18+

• Movie
• drama
• biography

Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) is chief editor of the liberal newspaper ”Daily Dispatch” in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko (Denzel Washington). But after having met him for the first time, he changes his opinion. They meet several times, and this means that Woods and his family get attention from the Security Police. When Steve Biko dies in Police custody, he writes a book about Biko. The only way to get it published is for Woods to illegally escape the country.

Année

1987

Interdit aux moins de 10+

10+

• Movie
• drama
• history
• biography

In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come: Raffaele imagines his death, Rocco dreams of lifting the youth of Naples out of violence, drugs, and corruption, Nicola pictures embracing his estranged wife. Meanwhile, the old man and his young granddaughter explore the rhythms of the farm and grieve together.

Titre original

Tre fratelli

Année

1981

Interdit aux moins de 10+

10+

• Movie
• drama

A medieval jester gets mixed up with evil knights, good witches and a plot to overthrow a tyrannical king.

Année

1955

• Movie
• adventure
• comedy
• family

Novelist Richard Harland and socialite Ellen Berent meet on a train and are attracted to each other. They fall in love and decide to get married. They love each other, in spite of their differences. Ellen’s love for Richard is obsessive - possessive, and wants Richard all to herself. Richard learns to what extent Ellen will go to get what she wants,

Année

1945

Interdit aux moins de 12+

12+

• Movie
• drama
• film-noir
• romance

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving of himself to the people of Bedford Falls. He has always longed to travel but never had the opportunity in order to prevent rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town. All that prevents him from doing so is George’s modest building and loan company, which was founded by his generous father. But on Christmas Eve, George’s Uncle Billy loses the business’s $8,000 while intending to deposit it in the bank. Mr. Potter finds the misplaced money and hides it from Uncle Billy. When the bank examiner discovers the shortage later that night, George realizes that he will be held responsible and sent to jail and the company will collapse, finally allowing Mr. Potter to take over the town. Thinking of his wife, Mary, their four children, and others he loves will be better off with him dead, he contemplates suicide. But the prayers of his loved ones result in his guardian angel named Clarence Odbody coming to Earth to help him, with the promise of earning his wings. He shows him what things would have been like if he had never been born.

Année

1946

Interdit aux moins de 12+

12+

• Movie
• drama
• family
• fantasy

The epic was in danger of losing its audience when this lavish account of the career of Spanish patriot Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar was first released. While not perhaps on a par with The Ten Commandments or Ben-Hur, it gave Charlton Heston the chance to carry the weight of a nation on his shoulders again, as he takes on the occupying Moors. Director Anthony Mann avoids a mere history lesson, effectively handling the court intrigue and the feud between Heston and estranged wife Sophia Loren. But it’s the astonishing action sequences produced by Yakima Canutt’s second-unit crew that give the picture its Super Technirama impact. With outstanding supporting performances from Herbert Lom and Genevieve Page, a literate script and a superlative Oscar-nominated score by Miklos Rozsa, this is 1960s Hollywood at its spectacular best.

Année

1961

Interdit aux moins de 12+

12+

• Movie
• biography
• drama
• history

Paul Javal is a writer who is hired to make a script for a new movie about Ulysses more commercial, which is to be directed by Fritz Lang and produced by Jeremy Prokosch. But because he let his wife Camille drive with Prokosch and he is late, she believes, he uses her as a sort of present for Prokosch to get get a better payment. So the relationship ends.

Titre original

Le mépris

Année

1963

Interdit aux moins de 18+

18+

• Movie
• drama
• romance

Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei’s fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers.

Année

1953

Interdit aux moins de 15+

15+

• Movie
• romance
• comedy
• music

Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isnt a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. Actually, the island isnt deserted and when the Greeks understand that those Italians are harmless, they came out of their hiding places in the mountains and continue their peaceful lives. Soon the soldiers discover that being left behind in a God-forgotten Greek island isnt such a bad thing, after all...

Année

1991

Interdit aux moins de 12+

12+

• Movie
• romance
• war
• comedy

During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives, when they recognize each other months later in the train home and have a good time together. Although both are married and Frank has two little kids, they meet more and more often, their friendship becoming the most precious thing in their lives.

Titre original

Falling In Love

Année

1984

Interdit aux moins de 15+

15+

• Movie
• drama
• romance