Doris Lessing

Aged eight, Victoria spends a night in the home of a wealthy white family; years later, she encounters them again and her life is changed forever.

어린 시절부터 자매처럼 늘 함께였던 릴과 로즈. 갑작스런 교통사고로 남편을 떠나 보낸 릴과 이안 모자를 가족처럼 보살피는 로즈와 그녀의 아들 톰. 네 사람은 서로에게 없어서는 안 될 존재가 된다. 어느 날, 이안은 로즈에게 숨겨왔던 진심을 고백하고, 그녀는 매력적인 남자로 성장한 이안의 유혹을 뿌리치지 못하고 키스를 받아들인다. 한편, 톰은 자신의 친구와 엄마의 관계를 목격한 뒤 감정을 억누르지 못하고 릴을 찾아간다. 릴과 톰, 로즈와 이안, 이제 네 사람은 서로의 비밀을 공유한 채 멈출 수 없는 사랑에 빠져 드는데…

A docu-drama portrait of the early-20th-century French author Marcel Proust, based on Alain de Botton's updated analysis of his work as a modern-day self-help guide. Ralph Fiennes plays Proust, with Phyllida Law and Donald Sinden as his contemporaries, while commentators including de Botton, Louis de Bernières and Doris Lessing explain their enthusiasm for his work.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a catastrophic nuclear war; lawlessness and violence rule the day, and gangs of brutal youth roam the streets. With the help of her teenage companion Emily (Leonie Mellinger), D tries to make her way, and in order to cope, she often escapes into a fantasy world in which she lives in genteel Victorian surroundings in the 19th century.

In Southern Rhodesia in the 1940s, city-dweller Mary marries farmer Dick Turner and is plucked from the comforts of her cosmopolitan life and forced to live on his unsuccessful farm. Mary slowly goes insane and has a sexual affair with her black servant, Moses. When the affair is discovered, Mary asks Moses to leave the farm, but he returns and murders her.