Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
Beauty and the Beast movie storyline. When Mette and her father are left alone over the Christmas holidays to paint the new nursery the father ends up alone most of the time. The 16-year-old Mette is always off with her friends at the disco or skating, and the father does not mind until he discovers that young Jønne has taken some semi-nude photos of Mette and clearly is intending to go further in their relationship.
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First Name: Carmen movie storyline. Carmen, in a voice over paired with shots of the city and the sea, introduces herself as “the girl who should not be called Carmen.” Somewhere a string quartet is rehearsing the late string quartets of Beethoven.
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Cat People movie storyline. Irena Gallier (Natassia Kinski) is a young woman whom was raised by adoptive parents and is, for the first time since childhood, meeting her older brother Paul living in New Orleans. Paul (Malcolm McDowell) meets Irene when she arrives at the airport and drives her home to his apartment.
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She’s Out of Control movie storyline. Widower Doug Simpson is a radio manager from California who lives with his two daughters, Katie and Bonnie. When Katie turns 15, she feels it’s time to start looking more grown-up. She’s been dating Richard, the boy next door, whom her father adores, since middle school.
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Rooftops movie storyline. T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed ‘house’, built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is ‘combat’. Combat is a dance/streetfight during which the contestants try to push each other out of the arena, while not allowed to actually touch each other.
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Quartet movie storyline. It’s 1927 Paris. Following the conviction of her art dealer husband, Stephan Zelli (Anthony Higgins), for theft for which he was handed a one-year prison sentence, Marya Zelli (Isabelle Adjani), originally from West India, moves in with her acquaintances, expatriate Brits H.J. (Sir Alan Bates) and Lois Heidler (Dame Maggie Smith).
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In Turin in the winter of 1862, the unmarried Giorgio Bacchetti, a good-looking cavalry captain with a distinguished combat record, is involved in a passionate affair with Clara, a sweet and beautiful married woman. Their meetings end when he is transferred to an isolated outpost on the frontier.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice movie storyline. Frank Chambers (Jack Nicholson) a drifter, stops at a depression-era rural California diner in the hills outside Los Angeles for a meal and ends up working there. The diner is operated by a young, beautiful woman, Cora Smith (Jessica Lange), and her much older husband, Nick Papadakis (John Colicos), a hardworking but unimaginative immigrant from Greece.
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Possession movie storyline. During a secretive business trip away, Mark learns that his wife Anna is growing restless in what he believed was their happy marriage. Upon his return home, he learns from her that she wants a divorce. They both go through a series of different emotions related to their situation, Mark’s which is generally obsessive about learning why Anna, who he still loves, wants the divorce, and Anna’s which is generally increasingly histrionic in getting away from Mark.
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On Golden Pond movie storyline. The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea — whom they haven’t seen for years — feels she must be there for Norman’s birthday.
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