Emily Blunt and Natalie Press: My Summer of Love

Emily Blunt and Natalie Press: My Summer of Love

Natalie Press as Mona and Emily Blunt as Tamsin

In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona (NataliePress) meets the exotic, pampered Tasmin (Emily Blunt). Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together.

Natalie Press: My Summer of Love

My Summer of Love

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Natalie Press, Emily Blunt and Paddy Considine

My Summer of Love is a 2004 British drama film directed by Pawel Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawel Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne. Based on the novel of the same name by Helen Cross, the film explores the relationship between two young women from different classes and backgrounds. Working class Mona (Natalie Press), whose once-hotheaded brother (Paddy Considine) became a born again Christian in prison, meets upper middle class Tamsin (Emily Blunt) who suffers from a lack of love in her family.

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Emily Blunt

Susan Hemingway - Love Letters Of The Portuguese Nun

Susan Hemingway - Love Letters Of The Portuguese Nun

Synopsis: 16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists. Her confessor is in collusion with the Mother Superior. Maria has sexual encounters with men, women, and the horned Devil, and told that it's all a bad dream. She writes a letter to God, and a Knight rescues her, only to fall into the hands of the Inquisition, put on the rack, and condemned to death like Joan of Arc.

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Daniele Ferraro and Michelle Wolff - Mango Kiss

Daniele Ferraro and Michelle Wolff - Mango Kiss

Lou and Sass are performance art partners and best friends who have recently moved to San Francisco. Shy Lou's life turns upside down when she confesses her passion for the outgoing Sass, and they change from roommates to lovers. The path to romantic bliss takes a wide detour, however, when they meet new friends with some rather frisky ideas.

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Danièle Ferraro

Michelle Wolff

Sometimes in Life - Directed by Anthony Vallone

Sometimes in Life Movie - The story of the lives of Jill and Rob...

Directed by Anthony Vallone
Stars: Enea Ceku, Wayne David Parker and Gunhild Giil

Synopsis: Jill, a young fashion designer, finds herself feeling insecure about her relationship with her flirtatious girlfriend and her budding fashion career. Rob, a thirty-something who is a jobless do-nothing, just lost his father and is doing some soul searching on his slacker lifestyle. When these two unexpectedly meet and begin to see their weaknesses in each other, they realize they've both lost their way in life - but can they help each other get back on track or just further off course?

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Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Mary Nighy: The Fine Art of Love

Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Mary Nighy: The Fine Art of Love

Synopsis: Thuringia, Germany, in the early 20th century. A group of young girls are brought up in a college within dark forests and gloomy dull lakes. Young Hidalla and her friends Irene, Vera, Blanka, Melusine and Rain are brought up in an isolated world: the girls don't know anything about life outside the college's broad and high walls. At the age of 16, some of them start asking questions about their origins, their parents and the true purposes of the Headmistresses strict rules. When two of them disappear mysteriously, the initial fairytale atmosphere grows more and more eerie. Will the inspector from the nearby city discover the real purpose of the college? Will Hidalla be successful in her revolt against the destiny assigned to her by the Headmistress? This is a forbidden love story, between two of the six girls.

Away from prying eyes, there's a school that teaches young girls how to please their elite masters. On the surface, it's an orphanage doubled as a 'finishing school' where the girls learn dance, music, and etiquette taught by severe demanding teachers headed by a heartless headmistress played by Jacqueline Bisset. But a completely different reality is hidden beneath this facade, a deadly secret fiercely guarded that will cause some of the girls to pay dearly for their desire to understand. Cruel eros and lecherous titillations in a world of chaste young girls destined to be European Geishas!

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Keeley Hawes - Rachael Stirling: Tipping the Velvet

Keeley Hawes, Rachael Stirling: Tipping the Velvet

Smitten by music hall life, and by the beautiful male impersonator Kitty Butler (Keeley Hawes), Nan Astley (Rachael Stirling) leaves her family’s Whitstable oyster parlor and follows her heart to London. There she finds unimaginable joy—and misery—as she explores the secret side of fin de siècle life.

Tipping the Velvet

Based on the acclaimed novel by Sarah Waters and adapted by Andrew Davies (Bridget Jones’s Diary, Doctor Zhivago), this powerful BBC drama is both a frank depiction of lesbianism and a witty and moving account of a young woman who will win your heart while searching for her own. Also starring Anna Chancellor (Pride and Prejudice), Jodhi May (The Last of the Mohicans), Hugh Bonneville (Iris) and John Bowe (Poldark). "Provocative and uplifting" ––The Baltimore Sun. "Flat-out sublime" ––The Seattle Times.

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Shelley Conn, Laura Fraser: Nina's Heavenly Delights

Shelley Conn, Laura Fraser: Nina's Heavenly Delights

Shelley Conn and Laura Fraser: Kiss

Synopsis: When a feisty young woman returns to her home to attend her father´s funeral, she´s shocked to learn that her family has sold half of the shares in their Indian restaurant. Inspired by her colorful friends and budding new romance, she works towards saving the establishment and besting its competition.

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Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry and Laura Breckenridge: Loving Annabelle

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Director: Katherine Brooks
Stars: Erin Kelly, Diane Gaidry and Laura Breckenridge

Synopsis: Rising star Erin Kelly (Waking Madison) is Annabelle, a precocious Senator's daughter who falls for her Catholic school teacher, Simone (Diane Gaidry, The Dogwalker).
After Simone is assigned to control the rebellious student, she instead finds herself drawn into Annabelle's world. As their attraction builds, the two women must cope with the reactions of those around them. Writer-Director Katherine Brooks unveils this smoldering tale of forbidden love with intelligence, wit and sensitivity.

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Laura Breckenridge

Erin Kelly

Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Anya Lahiri: I Can't Think Straight

Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth: I Can't Think Straight

Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth

Release: November 21, 2008

Director: Shamim Sarif

Writer: Shamim Sarif, Kelly Moss

Cast: Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth, Antonia Frering, Dalip Tahil, Nina Wadia, Anya Lahiri

 

Synopsis: While preparing for her wedding, Tala meets Leyla, a shy Muslim. Although they come from different worlds, the attraction is immediate and Tala must decide whether to stay true to her culture or to her heart. Starring Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth and Nina Wadia.

 

I Can't Think Straight

 

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Anya Lahiri

 

Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler: The Secrets

Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler: The Secrets

Release: November 28, 2008

Director: Avi Nesher

Writer: Avi Nesher, Hadar Galron

Cast: Fanny Ardant, Ania Bukstein, Michal Shtamler

 

Synopsis: Naomi, the brilliant and pious daughter of an ultra orthodox rabbi finds herself at a crossroads of life choices when her mother dies and she is expected to immediately marry her father's prodigy. Distressed yet determined, she begs that her father allow her one year to study at a women's religious seminary in Safed, the birthplace of the Kabala in order to prepare herself for the sacrifices she will make as a wife. Her father relents and Naomi's life begins to take an unexpected turn.

Devote but lively, Naomi and her new friend Michelle befriend a beautiful, mysterious older woman, Anouk, (Fanny Ardant) who is ill and living nearby who may or may not be Jewish, and may have committed a crime of passion. Naomi devises a series of rituals which will somehow "purify" Anouk and purge her of her sins, but as these stretch the borders of Jewish law they must be kept secret. Eventually this journeys into the forbidden and leads to a growing attraction between the two girls and more crossroads are faced.
The Secrets presents the complexities of a religious lifestyle in a vibrant environment of youth, rebellion and desire.

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Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth: World Unseen

Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth: World Unseen

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

Directed by Shamim Sarif

Synopsis: In the pressure cooker of apartheid South Africa, free-spirited Amina meets Miriam, a traditional wife and mother. Their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind her, forcing both women to face outrage and violent disapproval. Starring Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth.

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Sheetal Sheth

Lisa Ray

Angie Redman, Nina Landey: Treading Water

Angie Redman, Nina Landey: Treading Water

Casey is a longshorewoman who seems to have everything: she lives on a boat with her beautiful social worker girlfriend Alex, and they are very much in love. But there's nothing like the holidays to bring out the drama of the average family. Casey has rejected her privileged upbringing and restores old boats for a living. What she can't reject is her deep attachment to her family living just across the bay. When the Olsens come together for Christmas, the unwrapping of presents takes a back seat to the unraveling of emotions. Against the backdrop of the gorgeous New England coast, Director Lauren Himmel tells a tender story of repression and the changing notions of family.

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Necar Zadegan, Traci Dinwiddie: Elena Undone

Necar Zadegan, Traci Dinwiddie: Elena Undone

Elegant and refined Elena (Necar Zadegan, TV s 24, The Event) is a devoted wife to her pastor husband, mother to her teenage son, and daughter to her traditional Indian family. When she meets lesbian writer Peyton (ravishingly beautiful Traci Dinwiddie, TV s Supernatural ) Elena is confronted with intense, unexpected feelings for a woman and their relationship evolves into a passionate romance.

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Allison McAtee and Sarah Stouffer - Bloomington

Allison McAtee - Bloomington

Sarah Stouffer - Bloomington

Jackie Kirk, a 22 year-old ex-television child actress arrives in the mid-west all the way from California. She is ready to explore new options and exercise a sense of independence that had thus far been lacking in her life. Her greatest wish is to blend in with her peers which proves to be difficult at times as she fields the endless parade of stares and questions about “Neptune 26,” the popular sci-fi show she was once a part of. Jackie has not been away from her family since the show ended four years prior. Although she is not exactly close to her parents, being alone for the first time is nonetheless an overwhelming experience.

During a psychology department mixer Jackie meets CATHERINE STARK, a mysterious teacher in her early thirties with an infamous “lady-killer” reputation. In spite of warnings she received from other students, Jackie falls for Catherine’s charm and the two outsiders begin an instantly intense relationship.

Through the course of the school year their bond grows stronger and more personal until suddenly Jackie is faced with the chance to audition for a feature film version of her now defunct television show. The prospect of attempting a comeback into the ultra-competitive world of show business is at first daunting to Jackie but after much soul searching she decides to accept the challenge. Armed with renewed self-confidence and a few new insights she picked up courtesy of her psych studies, Jackie decides to give it her all and fight to reclaim her old role.

However, her possible return to the spotlight quickly turns into a life-lesson of its own for both student and teacher. Catherine finds that her illicit behavior, once mostly unnoticed, is now attracting unwanted attention and therefore putting her job security in jeopardy. As for Jackie, she finds that discovering her life’s passion and charting her own course might also mean having to say goodbye to her first true love.

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