Movies: Period

Set in the Philippines during the 1940's, Celestina is a story about a woman, a burlesk dancer, who struggles to provide for her family while her husband is a gambling and womanizing drunkard. Despite the hardships, Celestina perseveres and finds str...

England, 1813. In the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his expensive education has missed a spot....

A 1960s period thriller centring around a gang of ex-airforce servicemen who now run a nefarious smuggling operation....

A group of merchants and vikings navigate dramatic events both within and without in this epic musical based on the Icelandic Vinland sagas. As secrets are exposed, two women (Freydís and Gudrid) have a reckoning....

In the 1950s, two religious young men go on a camping trip together. As their forbidden love for each other begins to boil into reality, Belford battles with his inner truth and inner demons....

In a world ravaged by the plague, women hunted as witches and burned alive. Three women stand against this tyranny as one is accused of witchcraft. Keeping their own secrets and demons from each other they try to survive the dangerous journey....

It is 1810 and fifteen year old Jane is about to meet her fiancée and get her period. Both for the first time. And at the same time....

A period drama set between Scotland and Italy....

This documentary-style short follows two impoverished teens performing on the streets of London in the days leading up to the London Blitz of 1940....

In this H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Carter, a grief-stricken young man, and his mentor Warren, an elder female professor of the occult, search for a portal to the underworld in an abandoned cemetery....

A young man fueled by the arrogance of his opponent must win a game of blackjack at any cost, even if it means bending the rules....

In a conservative and swampy Brazil, a birthday party is held at a fatherless home. Joana, the birthday girl, wants to get her period soon. Her brother, Dudu, wants his father home. When teenager Verbena arrives unannounced, all the wishes can come t...

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A young man, William Hawthorne, gets drafted into a brutal war for the U.S. Once on the battlefield, William loses his squad after a deadly bombing and searches for salvation....

1979. Four female workers have lunch break inside the ladies' room, at a metallurgical factory. Between laughs and scuffles, each one has a secret of their own....

Teng is the lead actor of a nationally famous Thai folk drama playhouse. Showing great skill as an actor, Teng becomes the star of the show and helps the playhouse to gain money and fame that is, until a movie studio shows up and claims that it has t...

Carmela, a 50 years old tough lady, wakes up in a crumbling, cantina, her head pounding and memories hazy. Confused and disoriented, she confronts Agustín, the enigmatic bartender who seems to know more than he lets on. He helps her remember fragment...

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A Saturday afternoon piano recital becomes a battlefield as a girl and her brother strive to become "real" musicians....