Ismail Merchant
5) Roseland
Language
English
Description
Three interlocking stories set in New York City's legendary Roseland dance palace make up this charming film, the third to be shot by Merchant Ivory Productions in America.
6) 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...
7) Howards end
Language
English
Description
A tragic series of events occurs when two impulsive sisters become involved with a working-class couple and a wealthy family.
9) Le divorce
Language
English
Description
When Isabel Walker receives word that her pregnant stepsister Roxy has been left by her philandering French husband, artist Charles-Henri de Persand, Isabel travels to Paris to offer her help and moral support. Together, the two young women hit the party scene, living it up with the locals and American expatriates. Eventually, Isabel unexpectedly begins an affair with a septuagenarian Frenchman.
Language
English
Description
Based on E.M. Forster's novel of requited love. A young, independent-minded, upper-class Edwardian woman who is trying to sort out her burgeoning romantic feelings, divided between an enigmatic free spirit she meets on vacation in Florence and the priggish bookworm to whom she becomes engaged back in the more corseted Surrey. Funny, sexy, and sophisticated, this gargantuan art-house hit.