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Paco is a handsome young man engaged to Trini, an innocent young woman who has amassed considerable savings for their eventual marriage. While in search of a job, Paco rents a room from Luisa, an exotic and worldly widow (Victoria Abril), and begins a torrid affair with her. Luisa's sexual hold on Paco is so strong that she soon convinces him to kill Trini, steal her money, and run off with her. But can Paco break free from her control before it's...
23) Double indemnity
Language
English
Description
A calculating wife encourages her wealthy husband to sign a double indemnity policy proposed by smitten insurance agent Walter Neff. As the would-be lovers plot the unsuspecting husband's murder, they are pursued by a suspicious claims manager. It's a race against time to get away with the perfect crime.
24) Violette
Language
Français
Description
"The daughter of a respectable middle-class couple, Violette Nozière leads a disreputable double life. Far from being the innocent young girl her parents mistake her for, she spends her nights with dissolute young men in the Latin Quarter of Paris. To acquire money for her latest lover, Violette resolves to commit an unthinkable crime."--Container.
25) Inferno
Language
English
Description
"After a millionaire is left to die in the desert by his wife and her love, he struggles to survive in order to exact his revenge."--Container.
26) Double trouble
Language
English
Description
Elvis plays an American singer touring European discos. He gets involved with an American heiress whose evil uncle wants to kill her for the inheritance. Dashing through Europe, the pair run into spies, counterspies, jewel thieves and Belgian detectives. Includes nine songs.
28) The fortune
Language
English
Description
This hilarious comedy is about a pair of con artists who try to swindle Freddie out of her family fortune. Soon Freddie discovers that both mens' interest in her is more financial than romantic. The two scoundrels mount several inept attempts to murder her but ultimately discover that the real treasure is not the money but the girl.
Language
English
Description
When his lover, who is also his boss' wife, witnesses an attempted murder from the bedroom window in his apartment, a young architect testifies in her place to protect her and himself. His perjury is revealed and the attacker is released. His life in danger, he must team up with the victim to fight the justice system, his lover, and the attacker in order to set things right.
30) Suture
Language
English
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The wealthy and self-assured Vincent meets his blue collar half-brother Clay at their father's funeral, and is struck by their similarity. Afterward, Vincent tries to murder Clay with a car bomb and take his identity, but Clay survives the assassination attempt with no memory. Because Vincent switched their IDs before exploding the bomb, Clay is given facial reconstructive surgery that makes him look like Vincent--who turns out to be the prime suspect...
Language
Español
Description
"Set in '50s Spain, a young man (Sanz) leaves the army and looks for a job so he and his fiancée (Verdu) can get married. He rents a room from a widow (Abril), and shortly begins a torrid affair with her. The fiancée figures it out and decides to win him back by offering herself to him and taking him to meet her family. Ultimately he has to make a decision. Based on a true story." --IMDb.
Series
Masters of cinema volume no. 1
Language
None
Description
In this tale of temptation and redemption, the pleasant and peaceful life of a naive country man is turned upside down when he falls for a cold-blooded yet seductive woman from the city. She tries to persuade him to drown his virtuous wife and come back to the city with her.
34) Sunrise
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Description
A naive country man falls for a cold-blooded city woman who persuades him to drown his wife in order to be with her.