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overview : A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own …

overview : After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. …

overview : Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly …

overview : Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. …

overview : Despite their social differences Luise, called Pünktchen, a girl from rich parentage befriends Anton, a boy who has to earn …

overview : Luise, called Pünktchen, and Anton are closest of friends. Being the daughter of a wealthy surgeon, young Pünktchen lives in …

overview : Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. …

overview : An aging, decadent landlord’s passion for music becomes the undoing of his legacy as he sacrifices his wealth in order …

overview : It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, …

overview : As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind …

overview : After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father …

overview : During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an …

overview : Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

overview : Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The …

overview : A retired farmer and widower in his 70s, Alvin Straight learns one day that his distant brother Lyle has suffered …

overview : Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition …

overview : Sommer ’04 is a character study of a family on vacation. German director Stefan Krohmer examines the emotional abyss and …

overview : Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's …