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Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

2001

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

2001
6
Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.
The Miracle of Stairway B

2006

The Miracle of Stairway B

2006
6
Survivors tell how 12 fire-fighters, a police officer and an office worker survived inside the North Tower of the World Trade Center as it collapsed on top of them
Stairway

2024

Stairway

2024
1
A peek into the true coming-of-age story of Robert Mutz, a Jewish teenager who escaped Vienna in the 1930s and traveled to Houston, America as a refugee from the Holocaust. Becoming the lone survivor of his village.
God Knows Where I Am

2016

God Knows Where I Am

2016
6.4
Well-educated, New Hampshire mother, Linda Bishop, was determined to stay free of the mental health system after her early release from a 3 year commitment to New Hampshire State Hospital. Instead, she became a prisoner of her own mind, a fate which she documents in one of the most evocative and chilling accounts of mental illness and of our systemic failure to protect those suffering from it.
Der Aufstieg der Habsburger. Die Schlacht am Marchfeld

2022

Der Aufstieg der Habsburger. Die Schlacht am Marchfeld

2022
8
Le Masque de fer : Le Secret enfin révélé

2021

Le Masque de fer : Le Secret enfin révélé

2021
6.2
The Black Tulip

1921

The Black Tulip

1921
1
In 17th century Holland, a faction of royalists is scheming to restore the monarchy and jail the De Witt brothers, who control the Republic. At the same time Tulip Fever is raging, and bulb-grower Cornelis van Baerle tries to obtain the secret of black tulips. Van Baerle will soon find himself threatened by radical royalists and rival bulb-grower Isaac van Boxtel.
The Fifth Empire

2004

The Fifth Empire

2004
6.4
Manoel de Oliveira directs José Régio's historical epic of religious and political power struggles. King Sebastião plans to make Portugal the world's Fifth Empire.
How to Squash a Squat

1989

How to Squash a Squat

1989
1989, New York City's Alphabet City and East Village. A year after the Tompkins Square Park Riot, squatters and their community allies try to stop the demolition of their building after an arson. Police forces occupy the neighborhood while the demolition continues. A portrait of an East Village that is no more. An homage to the voices and sounds of a neighborhood before its gentrification.
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice

1944

The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice

1944
8.3
The bickering of envious mistresses, the criminal intentions of fraudsters and the love of two young people are at the center of events, in the middle of which unfolds the fate of the city executioner Jiří, who longs to break free from his destiny and become a proper burgher. He is not heard, but he manages to expose the iniquities and their culprits, reunites a hard-pressed couple in love and his undeniable merits for the city and eventually bring him luck.
Bad Hostage

2024

Bad Hostage

2024
7
In a investigation into the pernicious origins of Stockholm Syndrome, a thrilling family story intersects with a dramatic bank robbery in Sweden (1973) and the famous kidnapping of Patty Hearst (1974).
Tra due donne

2001

Tra due donne

2001
Two Comrades Were Serving

1968

Two Comrades Were Serving

1968
6.8
Set during the last days of the civil war that followed the Russian Revolution. The Crimea Peninsula is the last stronghold of the White Guard, and the Red Army is planning the final assault. The first story line of the movie follows two Red Army soldiers: unlikely friends Nekrasov and Karyakin. The second story line is about a White Guard officer Brusentsov who is devoted to Russia and his cause but sees it being destroyed day by day.
Thorin, le dernier Néandertalien

2024

Thorin, le dernier Néandertalien

2024
8
The Notorious Bored Samurai 4

1990

The Notorious Bored Samurai 4

1990
A marriage proposal from the Kishu family is presented to Kikuji, but her brother, Sawatari Shusui, declines it. Around the same time, the lord of the Kishu family dies under suspicious circumstances. Determined to resolve the turmoil within the Kishu domain, Shusui embarks on a journey. The proposed suitor for Kikuji is Shin'nosuke, a young samurai who recently saved Shusui from an attack but left without receiving thanks. Shin'nosuke, heir to the Kishu domain, has headed back to Kishu. However, Iwakura Guntayu, the Edo elder of the Kishu domain, is plotting to install his concubine's child as the new lord and seeks Shin'nosuke's life. Accompanied by Kikuji and his servant, Sasao Yoshinari, Shusui hastens to Kishu to confront the brewing crisis.
What's Right with America

1997

What's Right with America

1997
A family returns to America after spending seven years in a remote jungle of New Guinea doing public health work, only to find that the bill of rights has been suspended and that the country is now a fascist totalitarian state.
Lincoln in the Bardo

2017

Lincoln in the Bardo

2017
In 1862, Abraham Lincoln's youngest son is laid to rest. That night, Lincoln visits his son's crypt, a chorus of ghosts narrating their brief reunion. Based on the bestselling novel by acclaimed author George Saunders.
Veerabhimanyu

1965

Veerabhimanyu

1965
Ať žije královna!

1980

Ať žije královna!

1980
Après la guerre, les restitutions

2015

Après la guerre, les restitutions

2015