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...

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O-Shin is a young geisha, living happily in a small brothel that is more like a close knit family than a business. When O-Shin falls in love with a naïve young samurai it would seem the opportunity to enhance her lowly status is at hand, but 19th Century Japanese society is less sympathetic to her hopes and dreams than her adoptive sisters. Written by Akira Kurosawa not long before his death, The Sea Is Watching is a glorious observation of people and life, touching, witty and offering optimism find out more...