Movies by Roland Joffé
As a director:
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There Be Dragons (2011)
Cast: Charlie Cox, Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Roland Joffé directs this epic tale of love and betrayal set during the Spanish Civil War. When a present-day journalist (Dougray Scott) investigates Opus Dei founder Josemaría Escrivá…
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You and I (2011)
Cast: Mischa Barton, Shantel VanSanten, Anton Yelchin …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
When a small-town Russian girl writes a poem that pop group t.A.T.u. wants to make into a song, she and her American best friend find themselves thrust into the high-stakes world of the…
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Captivity (2007)
Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
After a night of drunken decadence, self-absorbed fashion model Jennifer (Elisha Cuthbert) awakens to find herself locked in a cellar with fellow prisoner Gary (Daniel Gillies) and under the…
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Vatel (2000)
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
An upcoming visit from Louis XIV could bring great political and financial reward to a poor, gout-stricken prince, who entrusts his meticulous and versatile steward, Vatel, to plan three days…
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Goodbye Lover (1999)
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Dermot Mulroney, Mary-Louise Parker …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Obsessively cheerful Sandra Dunmore (Patricia Arquette) is married to hard-drinking ad executive Jake (Dermot Mulroney) and having a fling with his brother Ben (Don Johnson) in this stylish…
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The Scarlet Letter (1995)
Cast: Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
In this adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, Puritan settler Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) is accused of adultery in a Massachusetts settlement in the 1660s. Although she's…
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City of Joy (1992)
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Pauline Collins, Om Puri …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
American doctor Max Lowe (Patrick Swayze) travels to Calcutta, India, to search for meaning in his life. His outlook is forever changed when he crosses paths with poverty-stricken Hasari (Om…
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Fat Man & Little Boy (1989)
Cast: Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Helming the Manhattan Project, flinty Gen. Leslie R. Groves clashes with head scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer as they race to build the first nuclear bomb. With the deadline looming,…
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Nobody's Fool / Fat Man & Little Boy (1989)
Cast: Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis …
Directed by: Roland Joffé, Robert Benton
Paul Newman turns in a pair of memorable performances in this double feature, playing Sully Sullivan, an emotionally immature construction worker, and Leslie Groves, the powerful Army general…
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The Mission: Special Edition (1986)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
In the mid-18th century, a Jesuit missionary named Father Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) establishes a church in the hostile jungles of Brazil, but he finds his work converting the Rain Forest…
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The Killing Fields (1984)
Cast: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Sam Waterston portrays Sydney Schanberg, the New York Times journalist who won a Pulitzer for his coverage of the civil war in Cambodia. Aided by his translator, Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor),…