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Gothic is a 1986 film directed by Ken Russell. It starred Gabriel Byrne as Lord Byron, Julian Sands as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Natasha Richardson as Mary Shelley and Timothy Spall as Dr John William Polidori. It features a soundtrack composed by Thomas Dolby, and marks Richardson's film debut.
The film is a fictionalized tale based on the Shelleys' visit with Lord Byron in Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva, and the famous challenge to write a horror story, which ultimately led to Mary Shelley writing Frankenstein and John Polidori writing The Vampyre. The same event has also been portrayed in the films Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Haunted Summer (1988), among others.
The film's poster motif is based on Henry Fuseli's painting The Nightmare, which is also referenced in the film.
According to Dan Ireland who later worked with Russell the film was a big success on video.
Actors: András Muhi (producer), Benedek Fliegauf (producer), Benedek Fliegauf (writer), Benedek Fliegauf (director), András Réthelyi (actor), Nóra Richter (miscellaneous crew), Emese Vasvári (actress), Sosa Juristovszky (costume designer), Zsolt Végh (actor), Gergely Kaszás (actor), David Steinberger (producer), David Steinberger (miscellaneous crew), Michael Reuter (producer), Mónika Mécs (producer), Attila Egyed (actor),
Plot: News quickly spreads of the murder of a Romany family in a Hungarian village. The perpetrators have escaped and nobody claims to know who might have committed the crime. For another Romany family living close by, the murder only serves to confirm their latent, carefully repressed fears. Far away in Canada the head of the family decides that his wife, children and their grandfather must join him as soon as possible. Living in fear of the racist terror that surrounds them and feeling abandoned by the silent majority, the family tries to get through the day after the attack. By nightfall when darkness descends on the village the family pushes the beds closer together than usual. Yet their hope of escaping the madness proves illusory. Based on an actual series of killings in Hungary that claimed the lives of eight people in less than a year, Bence Fliegauf portrays the pogrom-like atmosphere which breeds such violence. The camera stays hot on the heels of the protagonists, making the breathless escalation of events physically palpable.
Keywords: gypsyActors: Sérgio Silva (actor), Helena Salazar (actress), Nelson Lopes (producer), Miguel Carranca (director), Miguel Carranca (writer), Ines Mares (actress), Ana Mateus (writer), Joao Eduardo (writer), Filipe Fernandes (composer), Ana Mateus (costume designer), Joao Eduardo (director), João Ullán Vieira (actor), Helena Miranda (actress), Jorge Queli (editor), José Paiva (actor),
Genres: Fantasy, Short,Actors: Sérgio Silva (actor), Helena Salazar (actress), Nelson Lopes (producer), Miguel Carranca (director), Miguel Carranca (writer), Ines Mares (actress), Ana Mateus (writer), Joao Eduardo (writer), Filipe Fernandes (composer), Ana Mateus (costume designer), Joao Eduardo (director), João Ullán Vieira (actor), Helena Miranda (actress), Jorge Queli (editor), José Paiva (actor),
Genres: Fantasy, Short,Actors: Bob Bellion (producer), Antonella Ponziani (actress), Malcolm McDowell (actor), Bob Bellion (miscellaneous crew), Kees Kasander (producer), Loris Curci (producer), Jimmy de Brabant (producer), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), Rutger Hauer (actor), Alessandro Verdecchi (producer), Elly Verduyckt (miscellaneous crew), Valentina Cervi (actress), Antoni Solé (producer), Christophe Vincent (miscellaneous crew), Carlo Dusi (producer),
Plot: An American art appraiser, Patrick Donovan, is sent to Venice to evaluate three paintings belonging to the famous Galleria dell'Accademia. The company that insures the paintings has hired Donovan's employer, the International Center for Art Authentication, to verify that two Bellini canvases as well as the crown jewel of the museum's collection - Giorgione's 'La Tempesta' - are originals. Donovan contacts Allart van Beuningen, the director of the Accademia Museum, examines the two Bellinis and confirms that they are authentic. But before he can check 'La Tempesta', with floodwaters rising and the Galleria closed to the public, the painting is stolen by assailants who attack Donovan and Van Beuningen's beautiful adopted daughter, Chiara, a professional art restorer who works at the Museum. When the painting gets stolen, Donovan has to turn into a detective in order to try to track down the thief and recover the canvas. Soon Donovan's investigations reveal a sophisticated forgery operation in which he finds himself deeply involved when he falls under the charm of Chiara, a talented artist with a dark side. Forgery, deceit, murder and betrayal ensue at a hectic pace......
Keywords: female-nudity, stolen-art