Josep Maria Jujol (1879-1949) developed his unusual architectural style through many years of close, creative collaboration with Antoni Gaudi. Jujol's work is characterized by a high degree of sensibility to the forms of nature, an emphatically anti-geometric aesthetic, attention to workmanship & detail. ...

Francois Truffaut's classic tale of a love triangle which takes place over 20 years, both before & after World War I. Jeanne Moreau stars as Catherine, the beautiful & unpredictable woman who maintains a delicate relationship with two friends, the quiet German Jules (Oskar Werner) & the romantic Parisian Jim (Henri Serre). The War intervenes & drives the men to the opposing fronts; afterwards, the two quickly resume their friendship, but the balance of their relationship with Catherine is now upset by more adult concerns. ...

Presents the story of Professor Otto Lidebrock, who, after discovering a parchment describing a route to the centre of the earth, embarks upon the perilous journey with his nephew Axel & guide, Hans. This work fits into Key Stage 2 English & supports Key Stage 3 English. It also helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14. ...

Animated adaptations of two of Jules Verne's most popular books. In ' Around the World in 80 Days', Phileas Fogg accepts a wager that he can circle the globe in less than 80 days. Whilst in ' Journey to the Centre of the Earth', Professor Lindbeck & his daughter Alexa set out on the adventure of a lifetime when they journey to the centre of the Earth in search of a missing scientist. ...

Collecting " Five Weeks in a Balloon", Around the World in Eighty Days, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea & " The Mysterious Island", this title offers a compilation of seven of Jules Verne's Voyages. ...

Erick Zonca directs this indie thriller set in California & Mexico. Tilda Swinton stars as Julia, a middle-aged alcoholic woman living in Los Angeles who lurches her way from one crisis to another as she tries desperately to straighten out her wreck of a life. When Julia meets Elena (Kate del Castillo), a young Mexican mother, at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting & discovers she plans to kidnap her estranged nine-year-old son from his millionaire grandfather, Julia comes up with a plan to abduct the child herself & extort Elena's inherited fortune from her. But her plans soon spiral violently out of control as her actions are increasingly dictated by her own drunkenness, desperation & despair. ...