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2) Arabia
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All-new experience about the extraordinary culture and history of Arabia. With breathtaking cinematography, go deep into the heart of this exotic land to experience the great mystique of Arabia. Like riding a magic carpet, you will discover the lost city of Madain Saleh and explore its ancient tombs, travel along the early frankincense trade route, confront a wild desert sandstorm, and dive among the gorgeous coral reefs and ancient shipwrecks of...
3) Golden bowl
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Set in the early 1900's, Maggie is the daughter of American tycoon Adam Verver, who marries an improvished yet charming Italian aristrocrat, Prince Amerigo. Through a twist of fate, Adam marries the Prince's former lover, Charlotte. Maggie's suspicions deepen to a possible affair between the Prince and Charlotte, when Maggie makes the ill-fated purchase of a golden bowl. It becomes only a matter of time before Maggie unravels the truth from a world...
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In Hawaiian mythology, Pele is the powerful and fickle goddess who controls the volcanoes that gave birth to Hawaii many millennia ago. Now, viewers can explore the mythical history and enduring influence of Pele, the ancient volcano goddess of the Hawaiian Islands. Ancient tales and art help bring her story to life, while footage of modern Hawaiian ceremonies shows the very real role Pele continues to play in the lives of the islanders today.
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Weaves four stories of love and lust, inspired by Antonioni's book about enigmatic, unrequited or unresolved relationships. Set in several beautiful European locales such as Portofino and Paris, using striking compositions, sensuous shots of lovely nudes and a moving musical score to create a radiant meditation on love and desire. Features music from Van Morrison, U2 and Brian Eno.
9) Terra franca
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In an ancient riverfront village outside of present-day Lisbon, a fisherman inhabits both the solitude of the river and the shared routines of family life that rhythmically bring him ashore, as his daughter prepares for her wedding. An observational portrait of the place, individual, community, belonging, and labor.
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Little things mean a lot to ten-year-old Mui, who is trained to be a house servant in Vietnam during the '50s. As she grows up in pre-war Saigon, she finds quiet love with a family friend. As she discovers the world around her, Mui marvels at every sight, sound, and scent she experiences while going about her workday life.
13) Alice Adams
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A socially aspiring small-town girl is hindered by her father's lack of money and position, but finds herself in love with a socially prominent young man.
14) Room at the top
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A ruthlessly ambitious young man from a small mill town claws his way to the top, while sacrifiing his true love and marrying the daughter of the factor boss so that he can get ahead.
15) Italy revealed
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Explores Italy's people and their culture featuring stories from a gondolier, a fisherman, and a jockey as they explain the love of their homeland.
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Raul Ruiz's masterful adaptation of the eponymous nineteenth-century Portuguese novel. The core story centers on Joao, the bastard child of an ill-fated romance between two members of the aristocracy who are forbidden to marry, and his quest to discover the truth of his parentage. But this is just the start of an engrossing tale that follows a multitude of characters whose fates conjoin, separate and then rejoin again over three decades in Portugal,...
18) DC noir
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An anthology film based on the short stories of George Pelecanos, lauded novelist and writer/producer of HBO's The Wire and The Deuce.
19) House of mirth
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Lily Bart, a socialite in turn of the century New York who learns the precariousness of her position when her beauty starts attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy.
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