Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
In Libya in 1942, Captain Alex Foster (Burton), an intelligence officer with the British Army, allows himself to be captured by a German Afrika Korps convoy transporting British prisoners, pretending to be injured. Once integrated with the prisoners, remnants of a commando force and a medical unit, Foster outlines his plans to take over the convoy, with the help of the prisoners, and redirect it towards the Libyan port town of Tobruk.
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Le Souffle au Cœur movie storyline. Dijon, 1954. France is nearing the end of the first Indochina War, or the so-called “dirty” war, and the open-minded fifteen-year-old son of a wealthy gynaecologist, Laurent, enjoys a normal life.
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Minnie and Moskowitz movie storyline. Seymour Moskowitz is a New York parking lot attendant, whose overly gregarious nature, which is done in an effort for companionship, is off-putting to most people he encounters, except those whose companionship he may not want.
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Melody movie storyline. This romantic story is told through the viewpoint of the children in the story, the adults playing only supporting roles. Daniel Latimer befriends the troublesome Ornshaw. However, when Daniel falls in love with Melody Perkins, the boys’ friendship becomes jeopardized, as Ornshaw grows jealous of the amount of time that Daniel gives her.
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The Go-Between movie storyline. Summer 1900: Queen Victoria’s last, and the summer Leo (Dominic Guard) turns thirteen. He’s the guest of Marcus (Richard Gibson), a wealthy classmate, at a grand house in rural Norfolk. Leo is befriended by Marian (Julie Christie), Marcus’ twenty-something sister, a beauty about to be engaged to Hugh (Edward Fox), a viscount and good fellow.
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Fright movie storyline. College student Amanda (Susan George) is babysitting for Helen and Dr. Cordell, watching after their young son at their large estate in the woods. When she arrives, the child, Tara, is already asleep; Helen and Dr. Cordell leave, Amanda makes tea in the kitchen, and is watched by a man through the window.
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Evdokia movie storyline. Athens, 1971. In the middle of the costly seven-year military junta, Yorgos Baskos, a young sergeant, stumbles upon the frisky and promiscuous Evdokia at a local tavern and is captivated by her exuberance and beauty. As a result, intoxicated by wine and his lust for her, Yorgos raises his cup and dances for her eyes only.
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Dulcima movie storyline. Mr. Parker (Sir John Mills), a farmer who has the reputation of drinking most of his money away, lives on a farm which is in a poor state of repair. A pretty young girl, Dulcima Gaskain (Carol White), takes pity on him and decides to help him by cleaning the place. She is happy to be earning money, and he is happy because she is there.
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A Walk in the Spring Rain movie storyline. Professor Roger Meredith and his wife, Libby, journey to rural Tennessee, where Roger hopes to spend his sabbatical writing a law text. Arriving on a snowy winter night, the middle-aged couple stops for the key to their rented house at the home of farmer-mechanic Will Cade, Cade’s loquacious wife, and their profligate son, Boy.
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In the 30’s, in Spain, the teenager Tristana becomes an orphan when her mother, who is the servant of Don Lope (Fernando Rey), dies. Don Lope is a decadent but respected aristocrat, anticlerical and liberal with socialist principles, and he becomes the guardian of Tristana. Don Lope sexually abuses of Tristana and develops a strange lover/father relationship with her.
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