Jennifer Daniel

No final do século XVIII, em uma área rural da Inglaterra, surge com o tempo uma violenta paixão entre Catherine Earnshaw (Juliette Binoche) e o cigano Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes), seu irmão adotivo. Criados juntos, eles são separados pela morte do pai de Catherine e a crueldade de como Hindley Earnshaw (Jeremy Northam), seu irmão, trata Heathcliff. Quando Heathcliff fica sabendo que ela vai casar com Edgar Linton (Simon Sheperd), um homem rico e gentil, Heathcliff foge para fazer fortuna, ignorando o fato de que Catherine o ama, e não o futuro marido. Dois anos depois, Heathchliff retorna para vingar-se de Hindley e Edgar e do abandono que Catherine lhe infligiu.

A businessman hires a marriage bureau when his wife dies from a sudden illness and is delighted to find himself paired up with the beautiful Clara. Despite seeming like the perfect wife, Clara is in fact a witch and has nothing but evil intentions for her new husband.

Ingmar Bergman play looking at the cool and brittle relationship between a successful architect (Frank Finlay) and his academic wife (Gemma Jones). Commissioned by the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation on behalf of European members participating in ‘The Largest Theatre in the World’. This, the Radio Times explained, was ‘a project which enabled a play to be broadcast simultaneously in several languages across Europe.’ This UK Play For Today version was directed by Alan Bridges, whilst an American version was put out on CBS, directed by Alex Segal

In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was usually more turned towards the light.

Quando seu irmão Charles Spalding misteriosamente morre, Harry e sua esposa Valerie decidem se mudar para a pequena casa herdade numa pequena vila. Ao chegarem, são friamente recebidos pelos moradores locais, com a excessão de Tom Bailey, dono do bar da vila, que os recebe. Seu estranho vizinho, Dr. Franklyn, que mora com sua linda filha Anna, tenta convencê-los a deixarem o lugar, mas o casal decide ficar. Quando, juntamente com Tom, Harry descobre que os moradores locais estão sendo mortos por uma espécie de cobra e Anna deixa um bilhete pedindo ajuda ao casal, eles invadem a casa do Dr. Franklyn e descobrem a horripilante verdade.

Honeymooning in Bavaria, a young couple becomes stranded and is forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with Ravna and his charming, beautiful family is to prove disastrous.

A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.