In 1798, a feral boy is discovered outside the town of Aveyron, France. Diagnosed as mentally impaired, he is relegated to an asylum. A young doctor named Jean Itard becomes convinced that the boy has normal mental capacity, but that his development was hindered by lack of contact with society. He brings the boy home and begins an arduous attempt at education over several years.
Lulu is a young woman so beautiful and alluring that few can resist her siren charms. The men drawn ...
On the South Pacific island of Bora Bora, a young couple's love is threatened when the tribal chief ...
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedit...
Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has...
The tragic true story of one of the worst cases of child abuse ever documented (in which a girl was ...
Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, droppin...
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
two young are trying to sleep, one to continue his dreams as being someone else, another just to wit...
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - th...
Lost in a hostile forest, the Marquis d'Urfé, a noble emissary of the King of France, finds refuge i...
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Te...
Casanova is a libertine, collecting seductions and sexual feats. But he is really interested in some...
France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as siste...
At the beginning of the 20th century, Claude Roc, a young middle-class Frenchman, befriends Ann, an ...
A much-needed boost, in the form of a new factory, is promised to the residents of the tiny fishing ...
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to...
Kenan is brought up by his foster father, Azmi Bey. As he grows up, he falls in love with Azmi Bey's...
Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is lov...
In 1763, Britain defeated France in the worldwide Seven Years War - referred to in the American Colo...
A doctor explains to his children the dangers of tuberculosis, what it is and how to prevent against...