A merchant from Toulon (Raimu) of honorable appearance is in fact a receiver for a band of criminals. Threatened with blackmail, he commits a murder for which an innocent man is condemned to the penal colony (Pierre Blanchar). Eight years later, the convict escapes and our trader collects it.

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A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.

Dianas marriage has ended in divorce, so she goes to stay for a while with her younger sister Martha, whom she hasnt seen in ages. However, Diana is actually there to try to rekindle the passionate incestuous relationship that she and her sister once had until Martha decided to end it and leave Diana for good. Diana accepted it at the time, but after she got married she realized she could never love anyone like she loves Martha and she will never be happy without her. But Martha is now married to a wealthy older man and enjoys her Diana-free married life, although she does cheat on her husband occasionally--but he doesnt mind. Diana, mad with longing and lust for her sister, tries everything to convince her to come back to her, but Martha would rather die.

Eloi, a paunchy middle-aged man, finds Samuel, a young sad sack, about to kill himself by plunging into the sea. Eloi takes Samuel under his wing, giving him a hot meal and bringing him to a seedy night club to introduce him to Esperança, who is said to be the most beautiful sex worker in Lisbon - and is also Eloi's daughter.

A rather dejected Mei-li Chen lives with her extended family in the suburbs. She drops out of college when the boy she has a crush on finds a girlfriend. Mei-li eventually ends up selling tickets in a movie theatre. A great camaraderie then builds up between the two cashiers in the small ticket booth. Written by Will Gilbert

Turn from playing the piano to playing with swords, and you will get blood on your hands.

Music lessons crescendo with a love affair as a young Franz Schubert tutors a countess in Budapest.Then her fiance challenges the composer to a duel.

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An old man is recollecting all the women he met in his youth. An old woman wants them to commit suicide together but changes her mind. The little town has a doctor whose wife can not forget the old man, and the waiter who serves h...