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overview : In a small town in post-WWII France, 16-year-old Janine tries to improve her conditions by any means necessary. Three people—Michel, …

overview : A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt …

overview : Paris, France, 2001. Octave Parango, a young advertiser working at the Ross & Witchcraft advertising agency, lives a suicidal existence, …

overview : A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, …

overview : Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

overview : Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students …

overview : After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

overview : An American army officer working for British intelligence comes to post-war Berlin to solve a murder. His investigation is compromised …

overview : A young couple is overjoyed when they find out that, after having had two girls, the wife is pregnant again, …

overview : An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl's lonely life is dominated by relentless bullying at school and an oppressive religious fanatic mother …

overview : Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man …

overview : Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking …

overview : A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in …

overview : It's 1947 and the borderlines between India and Pakistan are being drawn. A young girl bears witnesses to tragedy as …

overview : Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an …

overview : Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a …

overview : After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she …

overview : A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the environment as …