Elisabeth is at a complete loss as to what she should do with the commode
she has inherited from her mother. She is unwilling to throw it out
as it has some sentimental value, so instead she decides to store it away
in the cellar. Obviously she must wrap it up in plastic, but then she
is told that if she does so the wood will soon rot. She finds she has
a kindred spirit in Sophie, as she also has furniture in her cellar which
she is concerned about. Fearing that Elisabeth may be a depressive,
Sophie's husband Xavier tells his wife to stay away from her. Naturally
Sophie disregards her husband's warning and gladly accepts the commode that
Elisabeth offers her. She soon wishes she hadn't as her new friend
proves to be more of an encumbrance than that redundant piece of furniture...
Franz Kafka's letters to his fiancée Felice Bauer not only reveal a soul in torment; they also give us a harrowing self-portrait of a man appalled by his own existence.
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has dominated the film industry, but that doesn't mean American cinema is all bad - America has produced so many great films that you could never watch them all in one lifetime.