Batuk Patel is a wealthy London businessman who could not be happier with
the success he has made of his life. His greatest pride are his three
beautiful daughters, whom he worships incessantly and intends keeping to
himself. No man is worthy of such divine creatures as these, other
than himself. Unfortunately, his daughters see things differently.
They have each found a man that they are intensely in love with and are keen
to marry. They know they face an uphill struggle trying to convince
their father that their prospective husbands are worthy to become his sons-in-law...
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.
In the 1910s, French cinema led the way with a new industry which actively encouraged innovation. From the serials of Louis Feuillade to the first auteur pieces of Abel Gance, this decade is rich in cinematic marvels.