At the peak of her international career, Maria Enders is asked to perform in a revival of the play that made her famous twenty years ago. But back then she played the role of Sigrid, an alluring young girl who disarms and eventually drives her boss Helena to suicide. Now she is being asked to step into the other role, that of the older Helena. She departs with her assistant to rehearse in Sils Maria; a remote region of the Alps. A young Hollywood starlet with a penchant for scandal is to take find out more...
Lucy Fife Donaldson says: "Based on Colin Clark's book about his alleged relationship with Marilyn Monroe while she was at Pinewood shooting The Prince and The Showgirl, My Week with Marilyn reveals Marilyn's (Michelle Williams) frosty relationship with director and co-star Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh), as well as the neurotic and erratic behaviour of the most famous woman in the world at that time. The film is worth watching for Michelle Williams' performance alone, as she manages to c find out more...
Toby, a cynical but supposedly genius film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby is forced to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth - a film that changed the hopes and dreams of a small Spanish village forever. Can Toby make amends and regain his humanity? Can Don Quixote survive his madness and i find out more...