French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.
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A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It ...
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In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship w...
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world an...
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her th...
A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pur...
Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recoun...
In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that h...
A boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warrior...
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