Not exact matches
Directed by Pablo Larrain, and
titled simply Jackie, the film zooms in on JFK's widow's last days in the White House,
following her
husband's assassination.
Owing equal debt to Italian neo-realism and more contemporary Iranian cinema, Haifaa Al - Mansour «s feature debut
follows the
title character, a rebellious 12 - year - old girl who enters a Koran - recitation competition at school in order to win enough money to ride a bike, while her mother (Reem Abdullah) fights to hold on to her
husband, whose wealthy mother is encouraging him to get a second wife.
Inspired by (though not adapted from) the Dostoevsky short story of the same
title, «A Gentle Creature»
follows a stoic Russian woman (played with riveting impassivity by Vasilina Makovtseva) trying to get a care package to her convict
husband after it is inexplicably returned to her.
You can now buy The Last Romantics,
Husbands and Lovers, Decades, Love And Money, and Modern Women for your Kindle, Nook, iPad or other e-reader — with more
titles to
follow.