Heidi 2005  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Adventure
Director: Paul Marcus
Cast: Emma Bolger, Max von Sydow, Geraldine Chaplin, Pauline McLynn, Diana Rigg, Del Synnott, Oliver Ford Davies, Jessica Claridge, Robert Bathurst, Sam Friend, Kellie Shirley, Caroline Pegg, Jessica James, Peter Wight
Aunt Detie (Pauline McLynn) drops young orphan Heidi (Emma Bolger) off to live with her Grandfather (Max von Sydow) in the Swiss Alps. Heidi loves her new life with the goats and neighbor boy Peter (Sam Friend)–until Aunt Detie reappears on the scene and takes Heidi to Frankfort where she is supposed to be a companion to wheelchair-bound Clara (Jessica Claridge). Clara's kindly Grandmamma (Diana Rigg) teaches Heidi to read, but Heidi is still homesick for Grandfather, Peter, and the goats.
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Venus 2006  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Beatrice Savoretti, Philip Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti, Carolina Giammetta, Kellie Shirley, Ashley Madekwe, Ony Uhiara, Cathryn Bradshaw
Aging actors Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) sit around cafes talking about the theater and the problems of growing old. But things change when Ian's grandniece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) comes to stay with him. Jessie is very rough around the edges, and Ian sets out to polish her roughness by taking her to the theater and encouraging her to read. Maurice, on the other hand, sees romance in Jessie who is more than 50 years his junior. Although left impotent by prostrate surgery, Maurice employs a sly courtship that brings out the good things in Jessie, and they develop a bond.
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2. Venus (2006)
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