British author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the world's most translated author: her heroes, private detective Hercule Poirot and amateur sleuth Miss Marple, are known the world over. But who is the woman behind her bestsellers? A biographical search for clues, the unraveling of an iridescent personality whose existence and works were shaped by the tragic history of the 20th century: the eventful life of the Queen of Crime.
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A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
British writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) published her first novel in 1920, in which the eccentric...
Vienna, Austria, 1910. The young painter Egon Schiele is a rising artist, provocative and free, whos...
In the sixties, Peter Handke was one of the first to show how the business works: the writer as angr...
An account of the life and work of genius Spanish writer Francisco Umbral (1932-2007), author of alm...
In this hybrid political thriller and verité portrait documentary, Sara Nodjoumi, working with co-di...
An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey H...
Legendary British actor Michael Caine, who began his brilliant career on stage during the 1950s, tal...
When the executives at Heartstrings Press wants to drop Michael Rothchild’s next romance book, junio...
A moving and very funny portrait of the personal and professional life of the magnificent French com...
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of F...
Surpassed only by the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is the most successful writer of all ti...
A journey through several countries to find those who really know Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader,...
The story of actor Kirk Douglas, the man and the legend, one of the last stars of the Golden Age of ...
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most promi...
The story of the cross destiny of George Orwell (1903-50) and Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), the genius ...
Over a 50-year career and more than a hundred movies, filmmaker John Ford (1894-1973) forged the leg...
In the 70s, Amanda Lear was a disco queen, pop icon, model and world star. She enchanted Paco Rabann...
Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ...