Cohen Film Collection (Firm)
1) Jamaica Inn
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English
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Based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier, a young woman discovers her uncle heads a gang of ship-wreckers and murderers under the secret patronage of the local squire. Her efforts to stop their wicked ways leads her down a path filled with murder and betrayal.. JAMAICA INN was the first of Hitchcock's adaptations of Daphne Du Maurier's novels including REBECCA and THE BIRDS. It was also Hitchcock's last film made in the UK before coming to America.....
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English
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About an artist obsessed with the past. He surrounds himself with Renaissance artwork, infatuated with the notion that he and his lover are reincarnations of the lovers in a centuries-old painting. His delusions have deadly consequences. One of the most unusual British films of the 1940s incorporates aspects of gothic horror, film noir, melodrama, fantasy, romance, and thrillers
3) Roseland
Language
English
Description
A trio of romantic if bittersweet tales set in New York's esteemed Roseland Ballroom unfold in this touching drama. In 'The Waltz,' recently widowed May visits the Roseland to honor the memory of her late husband, and unexpectedly meets Stan, who offers her an opportunity for happiness. 'The Hustle' finds Russel as a gigolo who keeps company with three women but struggles to commit to any of them. Finally, in 'The Peabody', Rosa, an older Viennese...
5) Tristana
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Español
Description
After the death of her mother, young Tristana goes to live with her guardian, Don Lope, an older man who eventually breaks through his facade of respectability and seduces her. She repays him a hundred fold, preying on his jealousy and taunting him with perverse whimsies.