God on Trial (2008)

Actors: Stephen Dillane (actor), Jack Shepherd (actor), Rupert Graves (actor), André Oumansky (actor), Dominic Cooper (actor), Stellan Skarsgård (actor), Anya Noakes (miscellaneous crew), Rebecca Eaton (producer), Eddie Marsan (actor), David de Keyser (actor), Antony Sher (actor), Lorcan Cranitch (actor), Josef Altin (actor), Frank Cottrell Boyce (writer), Blake Ritson (actor),

Plot: Wondering about the meaning and modalities of their triage, presumably to live or burn, Jewish Auschwitz barrack mates start to debate on how or why God can allow (his) people to suffer such fatal misery, which even further divides a devout father and his liberal son. They eventually form a Thora court, which hears theological argumentation as well as practical considerations.

Keywords: 7-year-old, abandonment, accusation, adamite, ancestry, apology, arguing-with-god, auschwitz, back-brace, barbed-wire
Genres: Drama, War,

Quotes:

Mordechai: Don't let them take your God away from you too. Whether he exists or not, don't let them take that away too.

[first lines]::Tour Guide: Unfortunately our admission is not inclusive in your tour price, so sorry you must pay. But, um, the good news it's only 10 zlotas, so not so very bad.

Schmidt: Imagine God is a surgeon, and he has to remove a gangrenous leg or an arm to cure the whole body. It's a violent act. It's painful. But it is also loving. How would it be if we were living through a time like this? Not a punishment, a purification.

Idek: What did the Romans want? That the Jews live like Romans and abandon the Torah.::Schmidt: And where are the Romans now?::Idek: They are dust.::Schmidt: And the Torah?::Idek: Still living, still flowering, still illuminating the world.

[last lines]::Emily: And was their prayer answered?::Jacob: [referring to the Jewish people] They're still here...

Jacques: A thousand million stars in our galaxy alone. If God loves Jews so much, why didn't he fill the universe with Jews instead of stars?

Deadly Summer (1997)

Actors: Francesca Annis (actress), Nicholas Farrell (actor), Benoît Mathieu (miscellaneous crew), Catherine Sola (actress), Bill Darby (miscellaneous crew), Pauline Quirke (actress), Georges Trillat (actor), Nick Bartlett (actor), Bob Peck (actor), Jim Parker (composer), Sébastien Tavel (actor), Teresa Darby (miscellaneous crew), Ian Emes (director), Sarah Smart (actress), Ardan Fisher (editor),

Plot: Donald has invited his neighbours, Jim and Linda Topping, and their son Gary to stay in his holiday cottage in France, much to the dismay of Donald's wife and adolescent step-daughter. This complex and gripping tale chronicles a summer of twisted betrayal, and deadly consequences.

Keywords: accidental-killing, affair, death, english, france, marital-abuse, neighbor, police, river, small-community
Genres: Comedy, Drama,