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Four stories from different eras are intercut to argue that persecution repeats whenever moral certainty becomes a weapon.
During the French and Indian War, two sisters and their escorts cross contested territory while rival forces close around them.
Members of one international family are divided by the First World War as a carefree Argentine grandson is drawn into love, loss, and combat.
A lawyer becomes an actor, masked swordsman, and revolutionary after an aristocrat kills his friend on the eve of the French Revolution.
Biblical spectacle gives way to a modern morality tale about two brothers who choose opposite relationships to law and desire.
A Jewish prince is betrayed by a Roman friend, enslaved, and driven towards revenge as the life of Christ unfolds alongside his own.
Episodes from the ministry, trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus are staged as a vast silent-era religious spectacle.
Two young pilots carry rivalry, friendship, and romantic misunderstanding into the aerial violence of the First World War.
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Read a film closely
Character companions, film comparisons and a closer look at particular scenes.
- Seven Samurai
Who are the seven samurai?
Names, actors and roles to keep the seven apart.
- The Wages of Fear
The original, Sorcerer, or the remake?
Three films compared before you choose.
- Breathless
What disappears in a jump cut?
A diagram of the time Godard leaves out.
- Wild Strawberries
What do the dreams mean?
Trace the clocks, mirror and final scene.
After watching · Spoilers - Persona
Why hear the same speech twice?
Follow who speaks and whose face fills the frame.
After watching · Spoilers - Bicycle Thieves
What happens at the end?
The final encounter, seen through father and son.
After watching · Spoilers