The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
1976-11-13A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to farmers l...
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Tanabata's Wife
2019-08-10An adaptation of Sinai Hamada's short story. A Japanese farmer living in the Cordilleras hires a Bontoc woman to work at his farm, and eventually marr...
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La conjura de El Escorial
2008-09-0516th century ruler King Philip II of Spain maneuvers within a court of deceit and betrayal
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Taghiyev: School
2026-04-30August 1922. Jerry Thompson, filled with respect, prepares to hear Haji’s story. May 1901. Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev works on opening the first school...
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Deep Mountain Sniping
2025-03-03In the spring of 1938, Japanese forces occupied the Jiaodong region of China. The village of Tiandao, located deep in the Kunyu Mountains, was chosen ...
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A Tour of the Louvre
2021-10-23The tumultuous history of the Louvre Museum, founded in 1793, and its fabulous art collections, an immortal testimony to the destiny of France and all...
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Goya, Carrière & the Ghost of Buñuel
2022-09-21French writer Jean-Claude Carrière (1931-2021) traces the life and work of Spanish painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).
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Judas Iscariot
One hot spring day in the sprawling metropolis of Jerusalem, a young rabbi has been tried and sentenced to death by the Roman government for daring to...
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The Mountain and the Molehill
1989-10-15It is May 1944, two weeks before D-day. Britain stands poised for the long-awaited invasion of France - thousands of troops wait anxiously for the ord...
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Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery
2014-03-06Wolfgang Beltracchi got away with forging art masterpieces for over 40 years. He may be egotistical and nihilistic, but his genius in undeniable. He m...
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Minotaur: Picasso and the Women of Guernica
In a tormented relationship with three womenduring the first year of the Spanish Civil War, Pablo Picasso paints a picture commissioned by the Governm...
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Elena 1944
A young Filipina is taken from her village to a Japanese military camp to serve as a sex slave during WWII. She endures abuse but finds solace in a fr...
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Demetre II
1982-12-0113th century Georgia. Georgia, destroyed by numerous invaders, is on the verge of physical destruction. King Dimitri II, known as Dimitri the Devoted,...
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No Gods No Masters
2025-09-03The story unfolds in the winter of the year 1215. A mysterious stranger who has escaped from prison arrives in a tiny, remote village in the kingdom o...
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Trench of Hope
2006-10-02While playing football, two children stumble across the grave of a French WWI infantryman who died in the trenches in 1918. His name was Pierre Delpeu...
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One Corpse Too Many
1994-05-29Assigned by King Stephen to dispose of 94 hanged rebels, Cadfael discovers the body of a murdered man among the corpses and given just four days to so...
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