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1142) Summer cove
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Impulse: For once in her life, Rebecca Malone is following her heart. After quitting her job and selling all her belongings, she heads to Greece in search of adventure. So when a sexy local restaurant owner pursues her, she can't resist playing the role of sophisticated, well-traveled woman. But falling in love with Stephen Nickodemus was not part of the plan! Now she'll have to find a way to break the news of her true identity... without also breaking...
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"Meet Clara[,] a girl living in Los Angeles, California, in 1915. Major motion-picture companies have moved out to Hollywood, and she[']s right in the middle of all the action. When she finds herself working behind the scenes in the film industry for a big-shot producer named Mr. Cheeseman, she[']s determined to make it to the top in showbiz as a renowned director, no matter what." -- Amazon.com.
1145) In exile
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Burmese
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A Myanmar filmmaker must flee his country. As refugee in Thailand, his camera becomes the most important tool to overcome the many days away from home. He begins documenting the plight of Myanmar migrant workers working under slavery-like conditions. Audio in Burmese with English subtitles.
1146) Beaches
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Français
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Enjoy Agnès Varda's essential classics, shorts, documentaries, and multimedia works, all together for the first time. A founder of the French New Wave who became an international art-house icon, Agnès Varda was a fiercely independent, restlessly curious visionary whose work was at once personal and passionately committed to the world around her.
1148) Renoir: father and son
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"Art is a family matter for the Renoirs. The path is carved by Pierre-Auguste, the painter who along with Monet, Cezanne, Degas was at the origin of the impressionist movement and continues with Jean, the poetic avant-garde filmmaker. Indisputably one of the masters of French painting of the 19th century, Pierre-Auguste fathered one of the greatest cineastes of the twentieth century in Jean Renoir. From the father's paintings to the son's films, the...
1149) Sex is comedy
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Français
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For director Jeanne, sex is no laughing matter. She doesn't find it funny that her two leading actors can't stand each other when she's about to shoot the most important moment in her film ... the sex scene. The actress objects to nudity, the actor won't take off his socks, and the only thing heating up between them is their tempers. At her wits' end, Jeanne tries everything in her power to seduce, intimidate and sweet-talk her reluctant young lovers...
1150) Producers & directors
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English
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Explores the live and work of Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Alfred Hitchcock, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg.
1151) Renoir
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Français
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Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir, son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste, returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son. Renoir locates a fascinating moment of change, with one century's way of thinking giving way to the next.
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Song of the West: "Philadelphian Samantha Evans is content with the life she made for herself after competing as an Olympic gymnast. So she has some hesitation about giving up the city for the wilds of Wyoming ranch country to help out her pregnant twin sister. It isn't long before the beautiful mountains and natural landscape cast a spell over Sam's spirit, tempting her to stay. But even more tempting is Jake Tanner, a handsome but infuriating cowboy...
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"Cinema and surrealism--those twin-born monsters of 20th century culture--found a common champion in the visionary Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel, who transformed his childhood nightmares into art, but then came to dream of a better world. Buñuel: In the Labyrinth of the Turtles tells the graphically surreal true story of how, why, and where this unique artist came to film his third feature, the 1932 "pseudo-documentary" Las Hurdes" (Land Without...
1156) Steven Spielberg
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Español
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This book introduces Steven Spielberg and explains that he is a director and producer who makes award-winning movies.
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