felix-navis's - Rented List
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Julie Walters stars in A Short Stay In Switzerland for BBC One, a one-off drama inspired by the true story of Dr Anne Turner by award-winning writer Frank McGuinness. Having just witnessed the death of her husband Jack from an incurable neurological disease, Anne Turner (Julie Walters) is diagnosed with a near-identical illness. With determined rationality, Anne's answer is that once her illness has reached a critical point, she will take her own life. And she needs her children's support. But the more her son and two daughters struggle to gain consensus over their mother's desire to die, as they struggle to find another way through, the further they pull apart. From Jessica's silent recriminations to Sophie's stubborn practicality, the magnitude of the situation threatens to tear the family to pieces. Anne must also face the fury of her best friend Claire whose opposing views bring them into direct and vocal conflict. - Director:
- Simon Curtis
- Cast:
- Julie Walters, Stephen Campbell Moore, Lyndsey Marshal
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Cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his faithful dog Gromit have started a new bread baking business, ‘Top Bun’, with 62 West Wallaby Street now a bakery complete with ovens, robotic kneading arms and an old-fashioned windmill on the roof. Business is flourishing at Top Bun, but it’s not due to Gromit’s skills with dough; somebody has killed 12 other bakers in town. Mot that Wallace is worried. He’s dough-eyed in love with Piella Bakewell, former star of the Bake-O-Lite bread commercials. While they enjoy being the’ Toast of the Town’, Gromit soon realizes his master’s life is in jeopardy, and turns sleuth to solve the escalating murder mystery – before Wallace completes the Cereal Killer’s baker’s dozen… - Director:
- Nick Park
- Cast:
- Peter Sallis, Sally Lindsay, Melissa Collier
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Prince Charles (Tim Pigott-Smith) has waited his entire life to ascend to the throne. But after the Queen's death, he finds himself wrestling his conscience over a bill to sign into law. His hesitation detonates a constitutional and political crisis and divides his family, with William (Oliver Chris) and Kate (Charlotte Riley) realising his actions may threaten their future. Meanwhile an unhappy Prince Harry (Richard Goulding) starts a relationship with a 'commoner', just when the press is looking to attack... With the monarchy's future under threat, protests on the streets, and his family in disarray, Charles must grapple with his identity and purpose, to decide whether the Crown still has any real power. - Director:
- Rupert Goold
- Cast:
- Tim Pigott-Smith, Charlotte Riley, Nyasha Hatendi
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Ruadhan (Andrew Rothney) despairs as the fabric of his Scottish hometown erodes. There are no fish in the sea, no jobs and a steady exodus to the city. Life as he loves it is slipping away and town bard Alec (Norman Maclean) has little stomach to fight the change. Best pal, Callum (Patrick Wallace), and returning childhood friend, Amy (Scarlett Mack), spark Ruadhan's struggle to keep the past alive. When Alec disappears in mysterious circumstances Ruadhan risks losing everything he loves. His battle to save Alec and protect his town spirals out of control and it becomes Ruadhan who needs saving. - Director:
- Jamie Chambers
- Cast:
- Andrew Rothney, Scarlett Mack, Norman Maclean
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The Bride Wore Black (1968)La Mariee etait en noir
Julie (Jeanne Moreau), a beautiful young bride, has just married her childhood sweetheart and love of her life. But just moments after the ceremony, her beloved is murdered on the steps of the church. Emotionally distraught, Julie becomes obsessed with her bridegroom's death and begins a descent into madness as she relentlessly pursues the men responsible. One by one, Julie sees to their demises, and, with each murder more bone-chilling and diabolically clever than the last, the question is now who will be next - but rather how they will meet their ghastly end. - Director:
- François Truffaut
- Cast:
- Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet
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"Hidden Figures" tells the incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) - brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn (Glen Powell), a stunning achievement that turned around the Space Race. The visionary trio crossed all gender and racial lines and inspired generations. - Director:
- Theodore Melfi
- Cast:
- Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe
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Wallace likes a nice bit of cheese with his crackers, so when this eccentric inventor finds his fridge empty and the local corner shop shut for the Bank Holiday, he is forced to look further a field for his cheddar. The two modelling clay heroes blast off in their home-made rocket on the ultimate day trip - Wallace and Gromit are off to the moon! - Director:
- Nick Park
- Cast:
- Peter Sallis
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This time the modelling clay stars are plunged into a hilarious tale of skullduggery involving an extraordinary pair of automated trousers and a villainous Pengu in. Posing as an innocent lodger, the fiendish fish-eater sets about recruiting mild mannered Wallace as an unwitting accomplice to his dast ardly plot – a diamond heist with a technically advanced, trouser-inspired difference. It is left to Gromit to turn detective and save the day as malice and mayhem, culminate in a breathless train-top chase - around the sitting room! - Director:
- Nick Park
- Cast:
- Peter Sallis
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