The teenage Bisbi, who plays the role of mother to her younger siblings, is the daughter of the indolent Aris, someone who just observes the passing of the years, hoping that circumstances will provide what his family may need, like the cicada in the fable; even when Bisbi tries to make him understand that their survival depends on their personal effort, which is what the industrious ant did every day…

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The commander of the military training camp, newly promoted Major Cibulka, keeps his subordinates in...

Joe Boyd, an aging Washington Senators fan, would sell his soul for the Senators to beat the New Yor...

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In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues...

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It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all serge...

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Set in the 1890s, Anna-Liisa and Johannes are young lovers. She agrees to his proposal because she i...

An unruly student at a private all-girls boarding school scandalously accuses the two women who run ...

The proud widow of Sillankorva falls in love with her young neighbor, Jaakko Hallan, whom she offers...

The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-si...

Before her death, Anu's mother promises her daughter to the wealthy Junu of Ukonmäki. Anu loves the ...

In his will, Assessor Walter Timelius acknowledges that he is the father of his former housekeeper I...

Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan’s deepest memories lead h...

During an inquest after a woman is killed, the judge suspects his own son. The woman's lover had bee...

From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in wh...

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 w...

Joe Brooks is taken advantage of by his employer, Captain Williams, who is a jealous former suitor o...