Sweet Sugar

Jun 9, 1972

1h 26m

★ 4.3

Bitter Days...Sweet Nights

Overview

A young woman nabbed in a drug bust chooses to work on a sugarcane plantation with other convicts instead of going to jail.

Genres

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Dimension Pictures

Sweet Sugar Trailers

Cast

Sugar Bowman

Phyllis Davis

Simone (as Ella Edwards)

Ellaraino

Mojo

Timothy Brown

Dolores

Pamela Collins

Burgos

Cliff Osmond

Dr. John

Angus Duncan

Fara Ramirez (as Jackie Giroux)

Jacqueline Giroux

Carlos

Darl Severns

Max

Albert Cole

Rick

James Houghton

Mario

James Whitworth

Helena

Elvira Oropeza

The story of a farmer forced into conscription, who has been looking to get out of the army ever since. His great chance arrives when he stumbles upon a wounded general from an enemy state, and he kidnaps him, intending to claim credit for the capture, which includes five acres of land, and most importantly, honorable discharge from the army.

7.1

Diary of a Chambermaid

Mar 4, 1964

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young girl is raped and murdered, Celestine believes that the Monteils' groundskeeper, Joseph, is guilty, and stays on in order to prove it. She uses her sexuality and the promise of marriage to get Joseph to confess -- but things do not go as planned.

7.0

Bis zur Wahrheit

Jun 30, 2024

Martina is a successful neurosurgeon, happily married and mother of a pubescent daughter. She has everything under control - until she is raped by Mischa, the son of her best friend Jutta and her husband Torsten, while on a joint family vacation. When Martina's husband Andi tells her friends about it, Martina has to face not only her trauma, but also the reactions and opinions of others.

5.3

Consent: The Louise Nicholas Story

Aug 17, 2014

Based on the best-selling book 'My Story' this feature length drama goes beyond the headlines to tell an intimate story about secrets and one woman's struggle to have them heard. In 1993 Louise Nicholas made her first shocking accusations about being raped by policemen. Some believed her, many didn't. CONSENT tells the story of the senior policeman who went to great lengths to help her fight her case, the journalist who exposed the truth, and the family at the center of the storm.

5.8

The Keeping Room

Sep 25, 2014

In this radically reimagined American Western set towards the end of the Civil War, Southerner Augusta encounters two renegade, drunken soldiers who are on a mission of pillage and violence. After escaping an attempted assault, Augusta races back to the isolated farmhouse that she shares with her sister Louise and their female slave Mad. When the pair of soldiers track Augusta down intent on exacting revenge, the trio of women are forced to take up arms to fend off their assailants, finding ways to resourcefully defend their home––and themselves––as the escalating attacks become more unpredictable and relentless.

6.2

They Have Escaped

Oct 17, 2014

Two troubled youths break out of their halfway house and make their way to one's home.

6.6

Welcome to the Rileys

Oct 29, 2010

Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.

5.6

The Business of Strangers

Sep 13, 2001

A dark thriller about a successful businesswoman and her young assistant who toy with a slow-witted businessman while stuck at an airport hotel.

5.9

Blood Alley

Oct 1, 1955

An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.

5.7

The Feels

Jun 9, 2017

A lesbian bachelorette weekend goes awry when one of the brides admits she's never had an orgasm.

6.3

Born Innocent

Jan 1, 1976

A constant runaway is given over to the care of the state and finds herself in a remand centre for girls. She is soon caught between the uncaring bureaucracy, the sometimes brutal treatment from her peers and her own abusive family, and only one care worker sees her potential to rise above her tragic circumstances.

4.8

On the Doll

Oct 12, 2007

A lurid, dark look into the lives of sex workers, where victims of child abuse deal with the consequences later in life.

0.0

Postings

Feb 1, 2021

Isa, 25, is an influencer:1,5 million followers on Instagram. Too bad that she gets busted with illegal substances for athletes, robbing her of authenticity - a dramatic decline in her career.

6.7

Katalin Varga

Jul 10, 2009

In the beautiful, otherworldly Carpathian Mountains a woman is traveling with a small boy in a horse and cart, looking to punish those who once abused her. For years, Katalin has been keeping a terrible secret. Hitchhiking with two men, she was brutally raped in the woods. Although she has kept silent about what happened, she has not forgotten, and her son Órban serves as a living reminder.

6.9

Two Thousand Women

Nov 6, 1944

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

3.8

Strange Daughter

Jun 28, 2017

Seventeen-year-old Lena meets 19-year-old Farid, a young Muslim. She has a clear-cut attitude towards his culture and religion: utter rejection. Despite their differences – or perhaps because of them – they fall in love.

4.8

Hostile Intentions

Jan 1, 1995

A weekend of fun becomes a fight for survival when three American women land in a Mexican jail. After being sexually molested by the guards, they attempt to escape with the help of a fellow prisoner.

3.9

Alice in Acidland

Oct 17, 1969

Cute and perky college student Alice is invited to a "pool party" by Freida, a female teacher who is actually a lesbian and has designs on Alice. At the party Alice gets drunk, takes acid and immediately becomes a lesbian, taking a bath with Freida. Later Alice gets mixed up with LSD-addicted hippies, rape, more lesbians, more LSD, orgies, suicide, and having sex with guys in boxers.

4.7

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

May 17, 2008

Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well-regarded physician whose evenings are spent researching a rare and sacred Amazonian flower so potent it's said to literally separate the soul, giving life to man's Dark Self. The obsessive experiments to isolate its psychotropic properties happen to coincide with a series of brutal murders gripping the city with fear. Jekyll knows it's no coincidence. While his nights are lost to him, he awakens with bloody mementos and violent memories of the screams of his victims.