Posts Tagged ‘16th-century’

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

Monday, June 9th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Eric Bana | Jim Sturgess | Mark Rylance | David Morrissey | Benedict Cumberbatch | Oliver Coleman | Eddie Redmayne | Tom Cox | Michael Smiley | Iain Mitchell | Andrew Garfield | Lewis Jones | Corinne Galloway | Alfie Allen | Bill Wallis
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A sumptuous and sensual tale of intrigue, romance and betrayal set against the backdrop of a defining moment in European history: two beautiful sisters, Anne and Mary Boleyn, driven by their family’s blind ambition, compete for the love of the handsome and passionate King Henry VIII.

Apocalypto (2006)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Action | Adventure | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Rudy Youngblood | Dalia Hernández | Jonathan Brewer | Morris Birdyellowhead | Carlos Emilio Báez | Amilcar Ramírez | Israel Contreras | Israel Ríos | María Isabel Díaz | Espiridion Acosta Cache | Mayra Serbulo | Iazua Larios | Lorena Hernández | Itandehui Gutierrez | Sayuri Gutierrez
Directors: Mel Gibson
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Apocalypto ! Apocalypto! Apocalypto!

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man’s idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

The Fountain (2006)

Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Genres: Action | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi
Countries: USA
Actors: Hugh Jackman | Rachel Weisz | Ellen Burstyn | Mark Margolis | Stephen McHattie | Fernando Hernandez | Cliff Curtis | Sean Patrick Thomas | Donna Murphy | Ethan Suplee | Richard McMillan | Lorne Brass | Abraham Aronofsky | Renee Asofsky | Anish Majumdar
Directors: Darren Aronofsky
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Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that’s wrapped in a nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed.

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Geoffrey Rush | Tom Wilkinson | Steve O'Donnell | Tim McMullen | Joseph Fiennes | Steven Beard | Antony Sher | Patrick Barlow | Martin Clunes | Sandra Reinton | Simon Callow | Judi Dench | Bridget McConnell | Georgie Glen | Nicholas Boulton
Directors: John Madden
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Romantic comedy set in London in the late 16th century: Young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with his latest work “Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter”. A great fan of Shakespeare’s plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to the cold-hearted Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams of becoming an actress. Women were not allowed to act on stage at that time (female roles were played by men, too), but dressed up as a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play.