Amira Casar

The Last Mistress -- In this provocative romance, Asia Argento stars as the feisty Spanish mistress who will stop at nothing to be in the arms of her forbidden lover.

Set in 19th century France, IFC's indie period piece, The Last Mistress chronicles the love affair between tempestuous Spanish mistress Vellini (Asia Argento) and distinguished, well-bred Ryno de Marigny (Fu'ad Ait Aattou). Ryno's attempt to remain faithful to his wife Hermangarde, a highly regarded young woman of the French aristocracy, profoundly fails as Vellini reappears in Ryno's life, offering him the passion and emotional connection he lacks in his marriage. His reluctant obsession with Vellini eventually overtakes his conscience, as he succumbs to the deceitful path of infidelity.

In this provocative romance, Asia Argento stars as the feisty Spanish mistress who will stop at nothing to be in the arms of her forbidden lover.

In this provocative romance, Asia Argento stars as the feisty Spanish mistress who will stop at nothing to be in the arms of her forbidden lover.

Executive produced by Terry Gilliam, "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes" is the breathtakingly beautiful and long-awaited second feature film from the Quay Brothers. On the eve of her wedding, the beautiful opera singer Malvina (Amira Casar, "Catherine Breillat's Anatomy of Hell") is mysteriously 'killed' and abducted by the malevolent Dr. Droz (Gottfried John, "Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun"). Felisberto (CŽsar Sarachu, "The Quay's Institute Benjamenta"), an innocent piano tuner, is summoned to Droz's secluded villa to service his strange musical automatons. Little by little Felisberto learns of the doctor's plans to stage a 'diabolical opera' and of Malvina's fate. He secretly conspires to rescue her, only to become trapped himself in the web of Droz's perverse universe.

After a 10-year affair with his Spanish mistress, Vellini (Asia Argento), the well-bred but penniless Ryno de Marigny (Fu'ad Ait Aattou) must marry wealthy aristocrat Hermangarde (Roxane Mesquida). But Ryno's sensual and volatile former lover will not give up so easily. Set in 19th-century France, this ravishing period piece by acclaimed French director Catherine Breillat was nominated for the Palm d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

After murdering opera singer Malvina van Stille (Amira Casar) onstage, the sinister Dr. Droz (Gottfried John) absconds with her corpse. At his villa, Droz enlists the help of the Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (César Saracho) in creating a performance starring the reanimated Malvina. Assumpta Serna co-stars in this haunting tale of obsession by groundbreaking fantasists the Brothers Quay.

Executive produced by Terry Gilliam, THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES is the breathtakingly beautiful and long-awaited second feature film from the Quay Brothers.

French director Catherine Breillat explores female sexuality and men's darkest fears about women's sexual power in this startlingly explicit and clinical film. The story centers on a woman (Amira Casar) who pays a gay man (Rocco Siffredi) to accompany her home and watch her most private activities for four days. He accepts her solicitation and is initially turned off, but eventually the two develop an intimate relationship.

Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.

A whirlwind courtship kick-starts the tempestuous marriage between American poet and novelist Sylvia Plath and English poet Ted Hughes, an intense and stormy union that quickly dissolves due to Hughes's philandering and Plath's insecurity.