7.2

Oranges and Sunshine

2010,

• Actors: Hugo Weaving, David Wenham, Emily Watson, Lorraine Ashbourne, Tara Morice, Clayton Watson, Aisling Loftus, Richard Dillane, Kate Box, Russell Dykstra, Stuart Wolfenden, Ruth Rickman, Geoff Morrell, Greg Stone, Marg Downey, Alastair Cumming, Helen Grayson, Neil Melville, Neil Pigot, Adam Morgan, Kate Rutter, Molly Windsor, Carolina Giammetta, Neil May, Harvey Scrimshaw, Federay Holmes, Adam Tedder, John Robinson, Tammy Wakefield, Margaret Turner
• Genre: Animation, Short, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Action, Sci-Fi, Family, Romance, Comedy, Crime, Adventure, Documentary, History, Musical
• Director(s): Jim Loach
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Oranges and Sunshine tells the story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered...

  7.1

Venus

2006, UK

• Actors: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Beatrice Savoretti, Philip Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti, Carolina Giammetta, Jodie Whittaker, Kellie Shirley, Ashley Madekwe, Ony Uhiara, Cathryn Bradshaw, Joanna Croll, Liam McKenna, Meg Wynn Owen, Sam Spruell, Tom Brooke, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Harvey Virdi, Emma Buckley, Marlene Sidaway, Christine Bottomley, Daniel Cerqueira, Sam Kenyon, Andrea Riseborough, Tom Mison, Paul Chahidi, Piers Harrisson, Bronson Webb, Tim Faraday
• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director(s): Roger Michell
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Maurice Russell, once a great actor, is now living in London in the twilight of his life. Those of his generation remember him fondly, while those in the younger generations have no idea who he is. He spends most of his time hanging out with his friends Ian, also an actor, and Donald, or visiting with his wife Valerie for who he has great affection but with who he no longer lives. His acting career is virtually over, he only taking roles on the odd occasion when he needs the money. Ian has decided to invite his young great-niece Jessie from the provinces to come and stay with him, basically to act as his caregiver in case he falls ill, but also to be his companion. He envisions listening to Bach with her and her cooking him food to which he is accustomed. Jessie's stay is nothing as he envisions. She doesn't know how to cook, she drinks all his alcohol, and she has unrealistic visions of what she will accomplish in her life. Maurice, however, sees in Jessie, a person who can help him recapture part of his youth and vigor, including more fully realizing his thoughts of sex. Maurice calls her Venus, after one of his favorite paintings. As Maurice and Jessie spend more time together, they use each other to get what they want. But it isn't until Maurice approaches the end of his life will either understand if what they have is true friendship.

  7.9

Naked

1993, UK

• Actors: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Greg Cruttwell, Claire Skinner, Peter Wight, Ewen Bremner, Susan Vidler, Deborah MacLaren, Gina McKee, Carolina Giammetta, Elizabeth Berrington, Darren Tunstall, Robert Putt, Lynda Rooke, Angela Curran, Peter Whitman, Jo Abercrombie, Elaine Britten, David Foxxe, Mike Avenall, Toby Jones, Sandra Voe
• Genre: Drama, Comedy
• Director(s): Mike Leigh
• Available languages:
  • English English.

Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, spending much of his time ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very much like his own.