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English
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"Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well is the story of its heroine, Helen, more so than the story of Bertram, for whose love she yearns. Helen wins Bertram as her husband despite his lack of interest and higher social standing, but she finds little happiness in the victory as he shuns, deserts, and attempts to betray her. The play suggests some sympathy for Bertram. As a ward to the French king, he must remain at court while his friends go off to...
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has run off and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary, a English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends...
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Florence, Italy, 1912. Lucy Honeychurch is eager for adventure, but finds herself in a safe haven of English tourists, spinsters and clergymen. More dangerously, she makes the acquaintance of the socialist Mr. Emerson and his son George. Sparks fly between Lucy and George, but Lucy does her best to ignore them. After an astute observer purposefully mistranslates her request for 'the good men' (clergymen) and sends her into the arms of 'a good man,'...
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Set in the early 1900's. "[The film] tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter). Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George (Julian Sands) and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis)." -- Container.
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Set in the early 1900's. "Tells the story of the coming of age of Lucy Honeychurch (Helena Bonham-Carter). Longing to burst free from the repression of British upper class manners and mores, she must wrestle with her inner romantic longings to choose between the passionate George (Julian Sands) and the priggish but socially suitable Cecil (Daniel Day-Lewis)"--Container.
Series
Film Movement volume 14, film 2
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Italiano
Description
During the spread of The Black Death in 14th century Italy, ten young people flee to the countryside and spend their time there telling each other stories.
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Publisher
Distributed by Kultur
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Helena loves the arrogant Bertram, and when she cures the King of France of his sickness, she claims Bertram as her reward. But her new husband, flying from Helena to join the wars, attaches two obstructive conditions to their marriage - conditions he is sure will never be met. Featuring Olivier-award winning actress Janie Dee as the Countess of Roussillon, Sam Crane as Bertram, and Ellie Piercy as Helena.
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Good times: A biographical film about singing duo Sonny and Cher. This is the only film in which they appeared together.
Chastity: Cher plays a reckless rebel in this romantic adventure film.
Silkwood: A nuclear power plant is exposed by a free-spirited worker who risks everything.
Moonstruck: A woman unexpectedly falls in love with her fiance's brother.
Mermaids: A flamboyant mom and her two unique daughters learn that even though their personal...
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