FLANDERS — André Demester leaves his farm in northern France to become a soldier in a far off land. On his last night of freedom he witnesses Barbe, his childhood friend and secret love, sleeping with another man. A tw... more »ist of fate puts the two men side by side in combat where their undeclared personal war and the one they are fighting tragically merge. Left behind, Barbe, alone and wasting away, faces misfortunes of her own, while awaiting the soldiers? return. SEVEN BEAUTIES
Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Director, Seven Beauties stars Giancarlo Giannini as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties." A petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by attempting to seduce a German officer.« less