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Ottobre 1963: una studentessa ventitreenne è costretta a ricorrere alle vie clandestine per poter interrompere una gravidanza. L'evento restituisce i giorni e le tappe di questa ricerca disperata: l'apatia, le ambiguità dei medici, la vicinanza di qualche compagna di corso e l'incontro con la mammana, sino al senso di fierezza per aver, in un modo o nell'atro, resistito.

"A Sick Collier". Lawrence returns in this story to the scenes of his childhood and the colliers he was brought up with. The wife in the story is probably based on his mother, although the husband is unlike the drinking, brutal father portrayed in Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's autobiographical novel. The story is a vivid portrayal of the life of a young couple when an accident strikes the husband down, but does not succeed as a short story, lacking any clear focus or message.

Die Geschichte der rätselhaftesten Flugzeugentführung der USA. USA, 1971: Unter den Passagieren eines Flugs nach Seattle ist ein Mann mit einem Aktenkoffer. Er wird als Dan Cooper in die Geschichte eingehen und doch ein Unbekannter bleiben. Mit einer selbst gebauten Bombe erpresst er eine hohe Summe, springt mit dem Fallschirm ab und verschwindet. Jens Eisel erzählt feinfühlig von einem Vietnamveteranen, der alles wagt, um seinem Leben eine neue Richtung zu geben. Und von einer Crew, die alles dafür tut, ein friedliches Ende zu sichern.

Tennessee, 1955. Conley Ford learned quickly the world's full of hard knocks. Seeking the wrong kind of excitement, the restless 13-year-old falls in with a group of older boys joyriding in stolen Mercury cars...until he is arrested and put on probation. With a harsh father waiting and too embarrassed to face his classmates as a jailbird, the impetuous youth leaves town, making it all the way to New Orleans.

Cosa accomuna un manipolo di mercanti e giardinieri inglesi, un intraprendente agricoltore americano e il botanico svedese più famoso di tutti i tempi? Fairchild, Miller, Bartram, Collinson, Banks, Linneo: sono solo alcuni membri della "confraternita dei giardinieri" che, con ruoli, motivazioni e interessi diversi, nel corso del Settecento animarono una vera e propria "rivoluzione botanica", così profonda e invasiva da aver dato forma non solo ai giardini e ai parchi inglesi così come oggi possiamo ammirarli.

Messico, 1925: A 18 anni, Frida Kahlo sogna di diventare medico, ma un terribile incidente sconvolge tutti i suoi progetti. Costretta a letto per tre anni, grazie al supporto della famiglia la ragazza inizia a dipingere, cominciando con una serie di autoritratti. Incoraggiata dal padre che ne intuisce il talento, Frida sottopone i propri dipinti al famoso pittore Diego Rivera. Ma il fascino e il genio dell’artista la colpiscono tanto da farla innamorare perdutamente.

Toeval bestaat niet. Of toch wel? Paul Auster vertelt over de kleine, komische dingen uit zijn dagelijks leven, zoals een aangebrande taart, een platte band, of een verkeerd telefoonnummer. Deze tamelijk gangbare gebeurtenissen leiden tot onverklaarbare toevalligheden in het leven die hij op een wonderlijke manier met elkaar weet te verbinden. Hoe kan het dat Auster telkens dezelfde passagier in de auto heeft tijdens de vier keren dat hij een platte band kreeg? ‘Het rode notitieboekje’ brengt vier eerder uitgebrachte verhalen samen en laat zien dat alles en iedereen op curieuze wijze met elkaar verbonden is.

Award-winning historian and best-selling author Paul L. Maier has created a compelling style of documentary fiction. He uses what is historically known of Pilate's life, adds in the known political climate of first-century Judea, and unveils the colorful, untold story that changed history. Filling in the details of Pilate's early career in Rome, Maier captures the drama of imperial Rome under Tiberius Caesar, the plotting of his political allies and enemies, and his relationship with his beloved but ambitious wife, Procula.

Un padre e un figlio. Un confronto complicato, sempre. Specie quando tuo padre sembra disapprovare tutto di te, la voglia di divertirti, l'impegno che non riesce a superare una certa soglia, i sogni che non sono supportati dalla vocazione al sacrificio. Eppure i suoi racconti di giovinezza parlano di notti brave, di avventure, di amici dai soprannomi indimenticabili, Godzilla, Karate, America. Già, che fine ha fatto America? Se le domande sono scomode, più dolorose ancora sanno essere le risposte.

Paris, 1891. Laura is living on the streets, far from the American Prairies where she was born. When aerialists Ena and August Gaudron, believing Laura to be English, decide to rescue her, she soon finds herself ensconced in the family hot air balloon business, and offered the chance to learn how to fly. Cardiff, 1896. The Gaudrons accept an invitation to be part of the Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, presenting a show of balloon ascents and parachute descents. Late one night, a young girl, Grace Parry, knocks on the door.

Eine der bedeutendsten literarischen Stimmen unserer Zeit. Es ist eine ungewöhnliche Nacht, die Leïla Slimani im Museo Punta Della Dogana in Venedig verbringt. Im einstigen Zollgebäude der Serenissima, einem Ort, an dem sich seit jeher Orient und Okzident begegnen. Für die französisch-marokkanische Schriftstellerin wird er zum Symbol ihrer eigenen Geschichte. Allein im Museum, in den dunklen Stunden zwischen Sonnenuntergang und Tagesanbruch, taucht Slimani in Erinnerungen ein.

In the summer of 1931, life was good for Junior Laemmle. Though only 23 years old, he was the head of all movie production for Universal Pictures, and under his reign, the studio flourished. So much so, he was about to be bestowed with the greatest honor a young executive can receive in Hollywood: a promotion to vice president of the entire company. What’s more, Carl Laemmle, his father and founder of the studio, was returning to California for the first time in years to personally present the honor to his son. Or so Junior thought.

1889, Paris. When Charles Zidler's extravagant pleasure palace, the Moulin Rouge, opens in bohemian Montmartre, he commissions local artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec to create a series of posters to promote it. The striking lithographs Henri produces will make his name—and launch the careers of the performers he portrayed. This sparkling collection of plays introduces us to eight of those legendary artistes, whose lives were as vivid as Lautrec's paint.

Weltberühmt und wohlhabend, aber argwöhnisch beschattet von den Chargen der McCarthy-Ära, lebt Lion Feuchtwanger 1956 noch immer im kalifornischen Exil - der letzte der großen deutschen Emigranten.

Andrea Sawatzkis ungeschminkter autobiografischer Roman. Keine Kindheit wie jede andere. Eine, die Andrea Sawatzki wie in einem Kurzfilm einfängt: 1971 wird der Journalist Günther Sawatzki von seiner Stelle in London abzogen und geht zu seiner Familie nach Deutschland zurück. Aber er will sein altes Leben aufgeben und mit seiner Geliebten zusammen sein, mit der er eine Tochter hat: Andrea. Doch bald stellt sich heraus, dass dieser weltläufige und gebildete Mann schwer krank ist.

नवाब वाज़िद अली शाह की विलासिता व पदच्युत हो नज़रबन्द होने की कहानी।

Buckingham Palace, 1981. Her engagement to Prince Charles is a dream come true for Lady Diana Spencer, but marrying the heir to the throne is not all that it seems. Alone and bored in the palace, she resents the stuffy courtiers who are intent on instructing her about her new role as princess of Wales. But when she discovers a diary written in the 1800s by Princess Charlotte of Wales, a young woman born into a gilded cage so like herself, Diana is drawn into the story of Charlotte’s reckless love affairs and fraught relationship with her father, the prince regent.

When little Ruthie and her mother are taken to Belzec Extermination Camp in the midst of World War II, Ruthie's mother knows that her daughter's life is in grave danger. Desperate, she will do anything to save her from the terrible fate that awaits her, even at the cost of her own life. But she will have to act fast if she wants to give her daughter a chance of survival. Years later, Ruthie's daughter, Noga, delves into the untold mysteries of her mother's past, on a quest to heal their fragmented relationship.

Anthony, migrante camarero que trabaja en un bar de Marsella, recibe la noticia de que su padre ha fallecido en su pueblo natal en Sri Lanka. En ese momento, decide contarle a su pareja la historia de su infancia como niño soldado durante la guerra en los años 80 en Sri Lanka. Una historia dura y conmovedora basada en la vida del actor Antonythasan Jesuthasan, protagonista de la premiada pelícua Deephan, de Jacques Audiard.

Johann "Hansi" Mühlbauer führt ein ereignisreiches Leben zwischen Rockband und Reisen, zwischen Surferfreiheit, Wildnispädagogik und seiner Arbeit als Physiotherapeut - und ist seit seinem zweiten Lebensjahr blind. Die Woche beginnt für ihn mit einem herben Verlust. Nach einem durchzechten Wochenende auf dem von ihm veranstalteten Rock-Benefiz ist sein Handy verschwunden - mit der Nummer von Alexa. Auf der Suche nach dem Handy durchlebt Hansi seine Woche und wird mehr und mehr mit sich selbst und seinem bisherigen Leben konfrontiert.