The Story of O (Dir. Just Jaeckin 1975): This film is based on the hugely successful S&M novel that has been read by millions of people worldwide. The author Pauline Reage tells the story of a beautiful young woman known only as 'O' who is taken by her boyfriend Rene to a chateau just outside Paris. There 'O' is trained in bondage and sexual perversion. 'O' is deeply in love with Rene and in order to prove her love she allows herself to be subjected to all kinds of degradation
With its wonderfully vibrant atmosphere Spirits of Mozart brings together famous artists from the world of classical music jazz rock electronic and world music all of whom took Mozart's works as a springboard for their own creativity. A Genius meets Crossover when the grande dame of vocal jazz Dee Dee Bridgewater Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson violinist Benjamin Schmid soprano Christiane Oelze the ensemble Mozart in Egypt and many more add their distinctive flavour to the master's well-known compositions.
An Oscar nominee for best documentary War Photographer was directed by Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei who followed Nachtwey for many the greatest war photographer of his generation to Kosovo Palestine and Indonesia. We see the photographer in combat zones and pockets of horrific poverty approaching his subjects slowly with a hand raised in peace. After 20 years of covering war poverty and famine Nachtwey still sees his work as an antidote to war and his photographs as a graphic negotiation for peace.
Based on the true story of Christiane F who at 13 became addicted to Heroin and turned to prostitution. Christiane discovers a place called The Sound a seedy teen hangout infested with drugs and dealers only too happy to feed Valium and Heroin to kids eager to escape their dreary reality. She meets Detlef who starts using heroin soon after they become a couple. Scared of losing him to the drug Christiane also begins using and in her desperation soon finds herself selling her body on the street trying to support their habit. A dark and powerful film about the brutal reality of an addiction to Heroin.
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