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Snow in Midsummer

2023

Snow in Midsummer

2023
7.5
For 49 years, Ah Eng and Dou E were trapped in the "513" timeline. In 1969, post-election tensions gripped Kuala Lumpur when the Cantonese street opera "Snow in June" showcased Dou E, portrayed by the troupe master. Amid a riot, Ah Eng and her mother sought refuge with the troupe, losing contact with her brother and father. In 2018, Ah Eng returned to Kuala Lumpur and unexpectedly encountered "Dou E" at the cemetery.
Mistress Nell

1915

Mistress Nell

1915
Nell Gwyn and King Charles II fall in love after meeting at a fox hunt. Nell soon learns the jealous Duchess of Portsmouth is a spy and conspiring with the Duke of Buckingham to place Charles at the mercy of the King of France. Nell boldly disguises herself as a fashionable young blade and wins the confidence of the Duchess. Now entrusted with the delivery of important documents, she makes sure they go to the King of England rather than the King of France.
Berlanga!!

2021

Berlanga!!

2021
8
How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relevant in a time whose popular culture has little to do with his own? Since to understand the secrets of an artist it is essential to know the person behind, his family, his friends, his collaborators, as well as prestigious filmmakers and actors trace a collective portrait of a creator as singular as he is universal.
Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

1986

Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan

1986
4
A new ice age is coming to England. All energy sources have been depleted and despair is taking over the earth. The young king decides to use his last trump card before his power collapses and anarchy reigns over the island kingdom.
The Demise of ETA

2017

The Demise of ETA

2017
5.9
The chronicle of the process, ten long years, that led to the end of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna), a Basque terrorist gang that perpetrated robberies, kidnappings and murders in Spain and the French Basque Country for more than fifty years. Almost 1,000 people died, but others are still alive to tell the story of how the nightmare finally ended.
Stocker's Copper

1972

Stocker's Copper

1972
In August 1913 a strike at a Cornish clay pit leads to Welsh police being sent to keep order. Having no other source of income, a striking miner is forced to take in one of the policemen as a lodger. They soon become friends, but escalating tension at the mine means that conflict will become inevitable.
Defiance

2008

Defiance

2008
6.8
Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

2018

M. C. Escher: Journey to Infinity

2018
6.9
A portrait of the visionary Dutch artist M. C. Escher (1898-1972), according to his own words, taken from his diary, his correspondence and the texts of his lectures.
Vitti Dandu

2014

Vitti Dandu

2014
8
In a remote village in colonial India, an old man and his grandson display strong differences in their attitudes towards the country’s British rulers.
Adham Al-Sharqawi

1964

Adham Al-Sharqawi

1964
10
The story of the Arabic Robin Hood, the legendary local hero Adham Al-Sharqawi who persisted in resisting the British occupation for years and tried to alleviate the suffering of the people of his village.
My Brother Is an Only Child

2007

My Brother Is an Only Child

2007
6.7
Accio and Manrico are siblings from a working-class family in 1960s Italy: older Manrico is handsome, charismatic, and loved by all, while younger Accio is sulky, hot-headed, and treats life as a battleground — much to his parents' chagrin. After the former is drawn into left-wing politics, Accio joins the fascists out of spite, but his flimsy beliefs are put to test when he falls for Manrico's like-minded girlfriend.
Yellow Rose

1982

Yellow Rose

1982
7.1
The second movie in the "Margelatu" series. Continuing the adventure of the Road of the Eagles, the heroes of the movie led by Margelatu after a series of events and overcoming obstacles, bring in the country the weapons bought from Vienna with the money from the sale of the heirlooms and values left by Tudor Vladimirescu for this purpose. Thus, they contribute to the preparation of the 1848 revolution in the Romanian lands.
Panther

1995

Panther

1995
6.2
In this sprawling, fictionalized history of the Black Panthers, 1960s Oakland becomes a war zone as the Panthers battle for the right to exist.
She Said

2022

She Said

2022
7.2
New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
Warriors of Faith

1947

Warriors of Faith

1947
3.5
After the Battle of Lipany, the remnants of the Hussite troops concentrated under the leadership of Jan Roháč of Dubé at Sion Castle. However, he had no prospects of victory against the soldiers of the Lordship. Sion was conquered, Roháč of Dubé was captured and executed as a pest in Prague on September 9, 1437.
Murder on the Wedding Night

1977

Murder on the Wedding Night

1977
At the wedding feast of Shen Hsiu Chang, a guest named Tu Fu Liang suddenly announces that he had an affair with the bride, Yun Ching . The bridegroom is furious and turns on her. She disappears sadly. The next morning, her headless body is found in a lonely spot. A couple of days later, a hunter named Wu Hsiung finds a badly decomposed human head and returns it to the widower. He is rewarded with 1000 pieces of silver as the bereaved family thinks it is the head of the dead bride.
The Paradise Garden

1991

The Paradise Garden

1991
The story of Czech architect Jan Letzel, who designed the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
Opera Australia: Aida

2015

Opera Australia: Aida

2015
Verdi’s monumental music makes this historic epic an enduring favourite. Davide Livermore’s radiant production is a thrilling theatrical experience. Ten towering digital screens create ever-changing floor-to-ceiling set pieces. Immersive digital video design ranges from rich symbolism to vivid landscapes. Opulent costumes and props reflect the splendour of Egypt at the height of its power. Together with dramatic video, the massed grandeur of the famous Triumphal March is a visual and musical feast.
120

2008

120

2008
6.4
During the Sarikamis Battle, the Ottoman army runs out of ammunition and appeals to the people of Van for help, who happen to have supplies. However, the First World War is on and all men are fighting at four corners of the empire and therefore can not respond to to the appeal. The young children of Van want to do something...
Mistr Kampanus

1993

Mistr Kampanus

1993
A TV adaptation of the famous novel in which writer Zikmund Winter depicts the life story of Prague university professor and humanist poet Jan Campanus Vodňanský and his efforts to save the ancient university after the Battle of White Mountain. Campanus gradually loses all his battles. The path of concessions leads to unintentional but tragic guilt when, at Campanus's unwitting instigation, the Jesuits seize the child of the executed Jesenius. The difficult post-White Mountain period in the Czech lands presented Campanus with a dilemma: whether to convert or to keep a clear conscience, a conflict of power and honor so common in our history...