A história de amor entre a novelista e filósofa Iris Murdoch e seu marido, o professor John Bayley, contada em duas épocas distintas: na juventude, quando se conheceram, e na velhice, quando Iris sofre do mal de Alzheimer.
Jovem ucraniano, que estava indo tentar a sorte na America, é o único sobrevivente de um naufrágio. Ele vai parar em pequeno vilarejo na costa inglesa onde mora uma jovem solitária que coleciona presentes trazidos pelo mar. Tida como louca por uns e bruxa por outros, ela é alvo de desconfiança e desprezo. Quando os dois se apaixonam, enfrentam o preconceito e a fúria de uma cidade inteira para viver seu amor.
On the death of her mother, a young woman in northern England learns that her father is actually her step-father. She embarks on a search for her birth father, finds him running a jazz club in London, and learns a lot of happy and sad things about her family that she didn't know before. The title of the film is the classic jazz piece, "Misterioso," by Thelonious Monk, which features prominently in it.
A história de Stevie, um trabalhador da construção civil, e sua namorada, uma cantora pop desempregada, serve para mostrar as condições de vida da classe pobre britânica.
The film centres on the experiences of Robert Lawrence MC (played by Colin Firth), an officer of the Scots Guards during the Falklands War of 1982. While fighting at the Battle of Mount Tumbledown, Lawrence is shot in the head by an Argentine sniper, and left paralysed on his left side. He then must learn to adjust to his new disability.
A BAFTA award winning drama, set on the Isle of Man, looking at the policy of mass internment of all people of enemy nationality by the British government during World War II.
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her.
