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The story of John Wilmot, a.k.a. the Earl of Rochester, a 17th century poet who famously drank and debauched his way to an early grave, only to earn posthumous critical acclaim for his life's work.

Charlie, a young aristocrat in turn of the century England, meets a boy named Frank on the road to Portsmouth. What Charlie doesn't realize is that Frank is actually Frances, who's donned a disguise to escape working at a brothel. Charlie takes Frank/Frances into his home, and when he discovers her true identity, the two become lovers.

A sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she decides to use the same apartment to explore her own sexuality.

French philosopher Denis Diderot produces the first encyclopedia while indulging in 18th-century decadence.

Last winter Russians got tired with Putin's autocratic actions and went out into the streets to demand change. A hope for more righteous Russia has awakened, but the journey is a long one, and the weight of history exceptionally heavy. However, an idea for new Russia has been born, and continues to grow even at this very moment. One of the people fighting for change is a Russian author and dissident Victor Erofeyev. He loves his country and wants it to be more tolerant and open-minded. For decades now, he has been criticising the people in charge of Russia. He has also been in trouble with the state since the Soviet times, but does not let the fear hold him back. With his work he wants to encourage the Russians to take a critical look around and try to actively improve their own situation. Now this is finally happening.

Not only wooing the love of one woman, but masterfully woos the hearts of many women.

An eighteen year old boy is pressured by his god-mother to begin instructions to become a priest, but he changes his plans when he arrives in Paris and sees how much fun he can get there.

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Set in a deserted, silent at, laden with mementoes and artefacts belonging to a now departed inhabitant. The film pieces together an elusive biography of a traveller to far flung destinations. There is a heavy stillness in the deserted space, the inhabitants faded memories are retraced by Rivers, but remain inescapably unresolved; narratives flicker and then disperse in succession; the immateriality of life is reflected in the material left behind.

At the start of each new verse is added an overlay layer of the same offbeat images and sounds. It follows a result close to phasing, the technique developed by Steve Reich. Reich used tape recorders to repeat the same portion of sound with a time lag between the two parts, the classic cannon technique. In the canon, different voices interpret the same melodic line, but in a different way: this shift produces a superposition of melodies, that is to say, a counterpoint. Counterpoint is a discipline of musical writing whose object is the organized superposition of distinct melodic lines.

Minne is a very imaginative young lady. She pretends to have had lovers and can't think of anything better to do other than... to tell Antoine, her husband, the day she marries him. Bad beginning for the couple... As the marriage is not consummated for years, Minne feels frustrated and tries to find elsewhere the carnal knowledge she does not find at home. But Antoine is a kind-hearted man and on the occasion of a trip, a sexual balance is at last found between the two partners.

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An access-all-areas documentary about The Libertines reunion shows at Reading & Leeds Festivals 2010 from first time director Roger Sargent; photographer, witness and confidante of the band throughout their short and turmoil filled career. Featuring the present day story of the build up, rehearsals, warm-ups and concerts set against the painfully honest interviews with each band member recounting the band's history and illustrated by Sargent's unparalleled archive of classic Libertines photographs. An intense and intimate portrayal of arguably Britain's most exciting and influential band of the last decade.

Pasadia, Pantazi, and Cara team up with the ruffian Pîrgu, because “everything is vanity”. For these princes of lost nights, the only sacred thing is friendship, and “the mutt” is the best guide on a journey through the night.

Under the reign of Louis XV, a French aristocrat, fleeing the lawsuit that had just been brought to him in Marseille for dissolute morals, took refuge in Venice accompanied by his mistress, his wife's own sister, whom he passed off as his legitimate wife. . Frequenting assiduously the Salons de la Cité instead of displaying a discretion more in keeping with his situation, he quickly finds himself confronted with the reproaches of his mistress and the investigations of the Venetian spies.

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Last March, the former enfant terribles of rock, led by Pete Doherty, performed in Paris. Since the beginning of the century, The Libertines, like their leader Pete Doherty, have been known for their escapades, including drugs, prison, internal fights, sensational statements, and tumultuous love lives. Last March, twelve years after their breakup, they presented their new album at the Olympia. Even battered by excess, the quartet has lost none of its ability to compose anthems that only the British know how to write.

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Awesome men who gather in loyalty and scatter in loyalty. The gangsters who have been scattered to do good for the town they live in gather again in the middle of Myeong-dong. The reason is the news that new rogues have appeared. Gathering to correct their unjust behavior, they unite to punish the bad guys and go back to their respective hometowns.

Four corrupted fascist libertines round up 9 teenage boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of sadistic physical, mental and sexual torture.

A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game works well enough until the concoction starts to wear off at the most embarrassing times.

Imprisoned for practicing black magic, writer and adventurer Giacomo Casanova escapes and wanders Europe, using his fluid sexuality to find his place in life amid a variety of eccentric and strange characters.

Year 1763. Forced into exile, the famous libertine Giacomo Casanova leaves Paris and travels to London, where he meets Marianne de Charpillon, a young prostitute to whom he is so attracted that he forgets about the other women.

This telefilm in black and white is diffused on the first French chain the November 6th 1965. It undoubtedly remains the most known adaptation of the Dom Juan of Molière.

A young libertine after a series of love affairs, to escape the wrath of the betrayed husband disguises himself as a monk and hides in a convent where one immediately realizes how much his presence is very welcome.

Helen Wynton, a society reporter, befriends Etta Stampa, who confesses that her heart is broken because her father has disinherited her because of a love story she had some years ago. Sent to St. Moritz for a story, Helen focuses on finding Etta's father, a Swiss mountain guide, to reconcile with her daughter. On the other hand, chasing Helen in St. Moritz is Mark Bower, an unscrupulous man. Aware of Bower's trip, Charles Spencer, who is in love with Helen, arrives in time to save Helen from Bower's evil intentions on the top of a mountain.

Ornithologist Abner Peacock sells off his modest-selling birdwatching periodical to a charlatan who turns it into a girlie mag, making it a massive financial success. After Peacock and the magazine are taken to court on obscenity charges, he unwillingly becomes a reluctant hero and ends up a swinging libertine.

Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, religion, and--most of all--the omnipresence of hypocrisy.

Comedy in five acts by Beaumarchais, filmed by Marcel Bluwal in studio and on location. The cast, in accordance with Marcel Bluwal's wishes, is in keeping with the age and character of the characters, to give it rhythm. At once "a comic baroque play, a bourgeois drama, a chansonnier's number, a social satire, a farce and a very pretty love story" according to Marcel Bluwal, it can also be summed up, according to Beaumarchais, as "the most bantering of intrigues".

Pete Doherty's candid interview about his unpredictable life, the pressures of his high-profile tabloid lifestyle and his most famous ex, Kate Moss. MTV turns up at his country house and spends the day with Pete whilst he gets to grips with his modelling debut, rambles through the county-side and ends up reunited with ex Libertines band mate Carl Barat!

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Follows French writer Arthur Rimbaud from his schoolboy days in Charleville to his final years in Africa.

Well known for its exploration of seduction and revenge, the “Dangerous Liaisons” by Choderlos de Laclos caused a scandal from its first publication in 1782. Despite – or because of the scandal – the book was a top-seller. Since then, it stood the test of time. Combining eras, continents and people, the novel is adapted around the world. Marvelous tool for reflection on the female condition, social satire announcing the Revolution, remarkable work on the conflicting nature of love but also of the gender war, consecration of the power of the words, a libertine manual… “Dangerous Liaisons” is all of these at once.

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A documentary by and about women who were involved in the birth of punk.

“Fools Circle 9wys” is a musical adaptation of “Riddley Walker” by Russell Hoban a book about the delusion of progress, the confused collective dream that humanity terms history, and what consciousness might be. It’s a theological speculation where virtually all knowledge of science, religion, and history has been lost, and the shadows of the past survive in songs, legends, and puppet plays.

A psychedelic docu-essay, inspired by Arthur Rimbaud’s visionary poem Une Saison en Enfer, in which the poet’s ghost travels through history, encountering revolutionary figures and queer ‘freaks’ such as Emma Goldman, David Wojnarowicz, and Marsha P. Johnson. These encounters form a multilayered collage that interrogates identity, the meaning of revolution, and the role of the artist in shaping radical histories and collective imaginaries.

Zach and Kayla Wheeler are trying to cope with the loss of their mother after her funeral. Kayla is the younger sister who is still grieving and Zach is the older brother who is now about to take legal guardianship over his little sister. Life will be hard going forward but they'll rely on each other to get through this difficult time.

A covert Black ops team led by a former lawyer turned vigilante takes on drug cartels, corrupt cops, and global power players-until one of their own is kidnapped, and the mission gets personal.

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

Paris, 1830: Octave, betrayed by his mistress, sinks into despair and debauchery. His father's death leads him to the country where he meets Brigitte, a widow who is ten years his elder. Octave falls in love passionately, but will he have the courage to believe in it?

A portrait of musician and artist Peter Doherty as he tries to pursue his musical career while battling his addiction. Torn between the needs of his inner life and the demands of the outside world, Doherty dares to face all the demons to overcome this misunderstood disease.